Big Read

The Big Read was a 2003 survey carried out by the BBC, with the goal of finding the "Nation's Best-loved Book" by way of a viewer vote via the Web, SMS and telephone. The show attracted controversy for adopting an allegedly sensationalist approach to literature and for being vulnerable to vote-padding - for example, the top 200 entries include 10 novels by comic fantasy author Terry Pratchett - but supporters praised it for raising the public awareness of reading.

German version

The initiative was launched in Germany as well in 2004, under the name Das große Lesen (literal translation), where a list of 200 items was pre-selected by a committee of professionals to choose from. The results were voted by 250,000 people.

Related Topics:
Germany - 2004

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Results

• The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Bible
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
• Perfume by Patrick Süskind
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
• The Physician by Noah Gordon
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
• Pope Joan by Donna Cross

:Source: http://www.lesekost.de/kanon/HHL04ZDF.htm, http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/7/0,1872,2181735,00.html

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