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Monday, March 05, 2007

Ten Books You Can't Live Without

The World Book Day poll on 'Ten Books You Can't Live Without' on the official WBD website produced these results :-
  1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - 20%
  2. Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien - 17%
  3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte - 14%
  4. Harry Potter books - J K Rowling - 12%
  5. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee - 9.5%
  6. The Bible - 9%
  7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte - 8.5%
  8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell - 6%, tied with:
    His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman - 6%
  9. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - 0.55%
The Da Vinci Code was 42nd. More in the Guardian.
Results of our own Library/English Department poll shortly.

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