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Post by windysisters on May 8, 2017 9:06:06 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml (there are two pages, 50 on each) The BBC originally started this in the 1990s I think. The list in the above link was last updated in 2014. The books are a more accessible than some lists and not so heavy on "classics". I've read 37 of them, tried and given up on a further 3 and have 4 on my TBR
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Post by pennyt on May 8, 2017 9:40:58 GMT
That is a much more accessible reading list than the Guardian one, and a much broader cross-section of writing. I've read 42 of those on the first page, and 28 of the books on the second page (which is rather heavy on Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Wilson, two authors I don't go a bundle on!) By the way, there is also a BBC top 200 reads list - see here for books 101-200: www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top200.shtmlAgain, there's a disproportionate number of TP and JW books among these, but otherwise the list is another good mix overall of highbrow and popular! Of this 100 I've read 36. |
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Post by windysisters on May 8, 2017 10:34:22 GMT
Oh thanks for the second list. I've read 13, given up on 2 and have 6 TBR
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Post by peppercricket on May 8, 2017 10:51:47 GMT
That's better! I've read at least 40 of those.
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Post by geminii on May 8, 2017 12:48:53 GMT
An interesting list .. Read = 20 .. I was delighted to see The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton (had the whole Series as a child) was selected .. would have been a few more if I was bothered with Harry Potter TBR = 23 (some from Amazon Kindle download for FREE) Film / TV adaptation watched = 51 .. perhaps more if they used a different title Just thought I'd throw that final stat in there  |
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Post by janetandjohn on May 8, 2017 13:17:53 GMT
30 from the first list, with a couple I haven't got round to yet; ando f that second list I seem to have only read 18, and none of the others appeal.
Very mixed bunch, aren't they?
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Post by elliej84 on May 8, 2017 17:39:27 GMT
Umm 7 off the first list
Ha and 3 off the second
I'm not even going to bother with the other list as I have and will continue to stay well clear of classics unless forced to endure them
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Post by shanzi on May 8, 2017 18:22:04 GMT
Have read only 3 on the first list, have one on the second list on TBR.
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Post by elliej84 on May 8, 2017 19:05:15 GMT
Have read only 3 on the first list, have one on the second list on TBR. That makes me feel a bit better  |
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Post by eightlegs on May 9, 2017 19:04:19 GMT
I've read 32 and 27, but it certainly helps if you have kids of both sexes to cover the Jacqueline Wilsons and Alex Riders! And they're definitely not all classics, eg The Shell Seekers - Rosaumunde Pilcher and The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver.
I was also quite amused by the Goosebumps - R L Stine entry on the list. This is actually a series of over 60 books for kids but they all follow essentially the same plot which gets a bit tedious. Thankfully my son only got through a few before moving on to something else!
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Post by jen on May 11, 2017 20:13:43 GMT
I remember this when it was televised, I still haven't read 'Catcher in the Rye' which I think Ruby Wax was introducing. I think Ray Mears was the one introducing The Lord of the Rings, currently rereading after ages reading Two Towers in summer, then Return of the king in the winter. I've read a few and heard of some, usually when I see long lists I don't know them. Didn't see goosebumps on there.
Why Stephen King? No James Herbert.
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Post by jessieloo22 on Jun 4, 2017 11:20:35 GMT
I've read 49, mainly because I've read all of the children's books on their as they were my kind of era. I remember when this was on TV, I loved it!
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Post by polish6 on Jul 31, 2017 17:57:19 GMT
Dear All,
I have read 9 from the top 50, and 6 from 51-100.
My question would be this - who the hell put Kane and Abel at 96? Perhaps a personal view, but to me, this has got to be one of the worst books ever written. (I am sure many people will now reply),
Yours
Polish6, Marek
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Post by janetandjohn on Jul 31, 2017 18:36:35 GMT
Dear All, I have read 9 from the top 50, and 6 from 51-100. My question would be this - who the hell put Kane and Abel at 96? Perhaps a personal view, but to me, this has got to be one of the worst books ever written. (I am sure many people will now reply), Yours Polish6, Marek This isn't a must read list, Marek, it's what happened when the BBC asked for people's best loved books. It was very early on, 2003? So fifteen years later, there are some really good ones that are favourites that do not appear there, and I gues ol' Jeffrey Archer's book was popular that year..... |
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Post by peppercricket on Aug 1, 2017 7:42:23 GMT
I really enjoyed Kane and Abel when I read it a million years ago, I'd probably think it was a load of old tosh now.  |
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