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.

Results

• The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë