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Inside the BBC Big Read: 100 Best-Loved Books (BBC Big Read (public vote))
The BBC Big Read: 100 Best-Loved Books—originating from BBC Big Read (public vote)—stands as one of the most influential literary roadmaps for modern readers. Bringing together 102 landmark works by acclaimed authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Jane Austen, Philip Pullman, Douglas Adams, this collection spans unforgettable storytelling, cultural turning points, and enduring intellectual achievements.
Highlights of this curated canon include "The Lord of the Rings", "Pride and Prejudice", "His Dark Materials", "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Whether you are tackling the ranking from #1 to #102 or searching for your next weekend read, ZipMyBook lets you sample available editions right in your browser with our 10-Minute Daily Free Reader or request complete DRM-free EPUB and PDF editions delivered directly to your personal Google Drive shelf.
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BBC Big Read: 100 Best-Loved Books — Complete Book Catalog
BBC Big Read (public vote)102 Curated Books
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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Winnie the Pooh
A.A. Milne
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
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Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
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Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks
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Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
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The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Louis de Bernières
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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
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Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling
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The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
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Middlemarch
George Eliot
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving
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The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
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The Story of Tracy Beaker
Jacqueline Wilson
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez
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The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
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Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
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A Town Like Alice
Nevil Shute
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Persuasion
Jane Austen
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Dune
Frank Herbert
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Emma
Jane Austen
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Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
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Watership Down
Richard Adams
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
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Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
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Animal Farm
George Orwell
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
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Goodnight Mister Tom
Michelle Magorian
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The Shell Seekers
Rosamunde Pilcher
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The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
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The Stand
Stephen King
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Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth
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The BFG
Roald Dahl
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Swallows and Amazons
Arthur Ransome
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Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
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Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
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Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Noughts & Crosses
Malorie Blackman
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
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Mort
Terry Pratchett
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The Magic Roundabout
Serge Danot
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
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The Color Purple
Alice Walker
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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
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Katherine
Anya Seton
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Kane and Abel
Jeffrey Archer
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
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Girls in Love
Jacqueline Wilson
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The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot
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Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
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Three Men in a Boat
Jerome K. Jerome
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Small Gods
Terry Pratchett
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The Beach
Alex Garland
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Dracula
Bram Stoker
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Point Blanc
Anthony Horowitz
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The Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens
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Stormbreaker
Anthony Horowitz
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The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
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The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth
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The Illustrated Mum
Jacqueline Wilson
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James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
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The Women in White
Wilkie Collins
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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
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Moonfleet
J. Meade Falkner
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The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Villette
Charlotte Brontë
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Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh
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Happiness
Tahar Ben Jelloun
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The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
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Ulysses
James Joyce
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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The Godfather
Mario Puzo
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson
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The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Sue Townsend
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Beloved
Toni Morrison
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