Skip to main content

BBC Big Read

Description: In April 2003 the BBC Big Read survey asked the public to vote for their 200 favourite books of all time. Three quarters of a million votes were received.
Based on tag: BBC Big Read

FranzK72's List36 LibraryThing300

Rank Title Author Added

FranzK72's profile

1

24,167 members

379 reviews

4

Global Rank 34

11 Members: roby72, CarltonC, thecoroner, ALWINN, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, linlef, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, FranzK72,merrystar ,sturlington ,Bretzky1
Explanations: merrystar : duplicate

2

28,963 members

460 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 40

9 Members: roby72, CarltonC, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

3

by Herman Melville

35,550 members

545 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 28

13 Members: roby72, amanda4242, sturlington, paruline, thecoroner, ALWINN, alex68, Bretzky1, Arrowpolisher, linlef, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

44,331 members

495 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 33

10 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, linlef, FlorianKarpfinger, kaykan, FranzK72, valeriepatton

5

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,435 members

1,175 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 5

6

by Vladimir Nabokov

31,780 members

565 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 118

9 Members: roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,sturlington ,ALWINN ,Bluewolf0411 ,cej1027

7

The Picture of Dorian Gray

39,652 members

637 reviews

4

Global Rank 22

16 Members: roby72, bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Midnight's Children

by Salman Rushdie

13,932 members

244 reviews

4

Global Rank 70

10 Members: roby72, CarltonC, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, FranzK72,kaykan

9

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44,551 members

697 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 29

14 Members: roby72, bigcurlyloz, CarltonC, merrystar, blackdove07, paruline, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Dreesie, FlorianKarpfinger, kaykan, Rchlwtsn, FranzK72,sturlington ,Bretzky1

10

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov

20,481 members

468 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 61

9 Members: roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

11

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

52,218 members

706 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 7

22 Members: roby72, bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, CarltonC, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, ahef1963, Arrowpolisher, linlef, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, kaykan, Rchlwtsn, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, valeriepatton

13

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

27,215 members

482 reviews

4

Global Rank 11

20 Members: hipdeep, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, linlef, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, Liivin, mspixieears, Rchlwtsn, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,Bluewolf0411

14

by William Makepeace Thackeray

14,741 members

191 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 83

9 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

15

Pride and Prejudice

80,973 members

1,371 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 9

16

All Quiet on the Western Front

by Erich Maria Remarque

19,149 members

403 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 32

14 Members: roby72, CarltonC, merrystar, paruline, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, Bretzky1, ahef1963, linlef, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, valeriepatton

17

The Name of the Rose

19,567 members

313 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 30

14 Members: roby72, amanda4242, CarltonC, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, thecoroner, alex68, normandie_m, ahef1963, Dreesie, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72

18

by George Eliot

17,795 members

331 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 39

14 Members: roby72, bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Dreesie, linlef, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,sturlington

19

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

44,820 members

770 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 8

22 Members: roby72, bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, paruline, thecoroner, ALWINN, alex68, rretzler, cej1027, normandie_m, ahef1963, Dreesie, linlef, Peace2, mspixieears, Rchlwtsn, FranzK72, steller0707, archanads,Bluewolf0411

20

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

69,721 members

1,083 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 12

21 Members: roby72, bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, CarltonC, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, paruline, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, linlef, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, Rchlwtsn, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,Bluewolf0411 ,cej1027

21

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy

10,171 members

141 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 77

8 Members: roby72, thecoroner, ALWINN, alex68, Bretzky1, linlef, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72

22

Les Misérables

26,377 members

341 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 82

9 Members: roby72, merrystar, paruline, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, Arrowpolisher, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72,sturlington

23

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

34,417 members

478 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 21

16 Members: hipdeep, roby72, amanda4242, sturlington, paruline, thecoroner, alex68, Bluewolf0411, Bretzky1, cej1027, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, linlef, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

24

28,803 members

534 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 51

12 Members: bigcurlyloz, CarltonC, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, ahef1963, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,Bluewolf0411

25

by Charles Dickens

13,718 members

248 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 48

12 Members: CarltonC, merrystar, ALWINN, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, kaykan, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington

26

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

27,875 members

412 reviews

4

Global Rank 108

8 Members: roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, rretzler, ahef1963, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, steller0707,linlef

27

Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh

12,616 members

265 reviews

4

Global Rank 42

14 Members: amanda4242, CarltonC, sturlington, thecoroner, ALWINN, alex68, rretzler, normandie_m, ahef1963, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,merrystar

28

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

by Milan Kundera

22,521 members

275 reviews

4

Global Rank 67

10 Members: roby72, CarltonC, sturlington, thecoroner, ALWINN, alex68, rretzler, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, FranzK72

29

The Forsyte Saga

by John Galsworthy

2,522 members

42 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 93

7 Members: roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

30

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

38,650 members

436 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 52

13 Members: roby72, CarltonC, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,merrystar ,sturlington

31

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

19,244 members

245 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 59

12 Members: roby72, CarltonC, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Dreesie, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, steller0707,kaykan

32

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)

by Jerome K. Jerome

7,711 members

290 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 49

12 Members: kulujian, CarltonC, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, Peace2, Liivin, FranzK72, steller0707

33

The Pickwick Papers

by Charles Dickens

9,093 members

131 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 68

8 Members: roby72, CarltonC, thecoroner, ALWINN, alex68, Dreesie, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72

34

by John Steinbeck

23,484 members

425 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 56

11 Members: roby72, amanda4242, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Dreesie, linlef, FlorianKarpfinger, kaykan, FranzK72, steller0707

35

Far from the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy

11,438 members

198 reviews

4

Global Rank 65

9 Members: roby72, bigcurlyloz, CarltonC, thecoroner, alex68, Bluewolf0411, Peace2, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

36

12,987 members

289 reviews

4

Global Rank 37

14 Members: roby72, CarltonC, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, ALWINN, alex68, normandie_m, ahef1963, kara.shamy, linlef, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

37

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,878 members

338 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 45

14 Members: roby72, CarltonC, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, Peace2, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

-

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,403 members

303 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 24

16 Members: roby72, bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, CarltonC, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, ALWINN, rretzler, normandie_m, ahef1963, Arrowpolisher, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,FranzK72

-

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

35,469 members

559 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 20

16 Members: kulujian, bigcurlyloz, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, paruline, ALWINN, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, Peace2, Liivin, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton,Bluewolf0411 ,FranzK72

-

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

49,781 members

747 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 15

17 Members: roby72, bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, CarltonC, sturlington, paruline, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, linlef, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, valeriepatton,FranzK72

-

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

134,277 members

2,060 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 13

-

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

102,783 members

885 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 23

-

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

110,800 members

1,000 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 25

-

by Charles Dickens

24,365 members

240 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 62

12 Members: roby72, CarltonC, paruline, thecoroner, ALWINN, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears,sturlington ,FranzK72

-

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

23,861 members

330 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 54

13 Members: amanda4242, CarltonC, merrystar, sturlington, ALWINN, cej1027, normandie_m, ahef1963, Arrowpolisher, Peace2, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,Bluewolf0411 ,Dreesie ,FranzK72

-

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

107,547 members

986 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 18

-

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

14,161 members

242 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 73

10 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, blackdove07, paruline, cej1027, ahef1963, linlef, Peace2, Liivin, ManWithAnAgenda,FranzK72

-

The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

50,576 members

452 reviews

½ 4.5

Global Rank 46

16 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, CarltonC, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, paruline, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Arrowpolisher, linlef, Peace2, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton,Bluewolf0411 ,FranzK72

-

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

38,924 members

723 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 36

17 Members: hipdeep, bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, CarltonC, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, paruline, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, linlef, Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,alex68 ,Bluewolf0411 ,FranzK72

-

by Frank Herbert

42,804 members

695 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 63

13 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, CarltonC, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, paruline, ALWINN, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, linlef, FlorianKarpfinger, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1 ,Dreesie ,FranzK72

-

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

25,131 members

452 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 47

15 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, paruline, rretzler, cej1027, normandie_m, ahef1963, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, Peace2, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,Bluewolf0411 ,FranzK72

-

Charlotte's Web

36,258 members

1,025 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 41

15 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, linlef, Peace2, mspixieears, lydia.ao, steller0707, valeriepatton,Bluewolf0411 ,FranzK72

-

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

45,947 members

767 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 31

16 Members: hipdeep, bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, Peace2, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, valeriepatton,Bluewolf0411 ,FranzK72

-

by Paulo Coelho

39,363 members

1,041 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 53

10 Members: roby72, bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, merrystar, blackdove07, paruline, ALWINN, ahef1963, Peace2, ShelbyFlannery,FranzK72

-

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

29,582 members

562 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 57

12 Members: bigcurlyloz, merrystar, paruline, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, linlef, Peace2, mspixieears, valeriepatton,Bluewolf0411 ,FranzK72

-

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

22,916 members

1,069 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 60

13 Members: hipdeep, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, Arrowpolisher, linlef, Peace2, steller0707,Bluewolf0411 ,FranzK72

-

The Day of the Triffids

by John Wyndham

7,488 members

207 reviews

4

Global Rank 79

10 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, CarltonC, sturlington, paruline, ALWINN, ahef1963, Dreesie, linlef, Peace2,FranzK72

-

The Thirty-Nine Steps

5,407 members

189 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 100

9 Members: amanda4242, CarltonC, paruline, ALWINN, ahef1963, Dreesie, linlef, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger,FranzK72

-

by Terry Pratchett

11,295 members

166 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 89

9 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, CarltonC, blackdove07, cej1027, ahef1963, linlef, Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda,FranzK72

-

by Terry Pratchett

34,874 members

792 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 75

10 Members: hipdeep, bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, blackdove07, sturlington, ahef1963, linlef, Peace2, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,FranzK72

-

His Dark Materials

by Philip Pullman

14,261 members

202 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 102

9 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, merrystar, paruline, rretzler, ahef1963, linlef, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,FranzK72

-

by Irvine Welsh

7,762 members

79 reviews

4

Global Rank 123

8 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, blackdove07, paruline, ALWINN, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,FranzK72

-

by Terry Pratchett

12,479 members

189 reviews

4

Global Rank 98

9 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, CarltonC, merrystar, blackdove07, ahef1963, linlef, Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda,FranzK72

-

The Colour of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

22,124 members

447 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 99

9 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, linlef, Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda,FranzK72

-

35,591 members

629 reviews

4

Global Rank 119

9 Members: amanda4242, sturlington, paruline, rretzler, ahef1963, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1 ,Dreesie ,FranzK72

-

Bridget Jones's Diary

by Helen Fielding

16,926 members

265 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 144

7 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, rretzler, ahef1963, Dreesie, Peace2, mspixieears,sturlington ,FranzK72

-

The Thorn Birds

by Colleen McCullough

7,582 members

147 reviews

4

Global Rank 128

7 Members: bigcurlyloz, amanda4242, merrystar, ALWINN, rretzler, ahef1963, steller0707,FranzK72

About This List

Started: roby72
October 2013
Type: Numbered and unnumbered

Related Lists

LibraryThingers' 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Top 100 to Read before you Die

NPRs audience picks: 100 best beach reads

Best books I read in 2013

Rory Gilmore Book Club

Twentieth Century Greatest Hits

Best of British Literature

The Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read

1,001 BYMRBYD Concensus

Current Discussions

None

Related Tags

19th century (23,117) adventure (18,903) British (18,528) British literature (15,645) children (15,923) children's (28,230) classic (76,612) classics (76,933) Discworld (19,419) England (18,520) fantasy (202,275) fiction (401,865) Harry Potter (29,580) historical fiction (23,500) humor (32,290) literature (50,355) magic (27,530) novel (58,409) own (15,759) read (52,688) romance (16,861) science fiction (46,672) series (17,272) to-read (126,314) young adult (25,396)

Verdana Standard Verdana Small The Lorax System Standard System Large Georgia Large Text Atkinson

This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.