Britain's Favorite Books

(Hat tip: Rich Leonardi)

One of my favorites, "Pride And Prejudice", voted Britain's best read:

LONDON (AFP) - Jane Austen's "Pride And Prejudice" topped a poll of Britons' 100 favourite books released Thursday, indicating that classic novels are still most people's idea of a good read ahead of modern offerings.

Children's books adapted into big-budget films also do well -- "The Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien is at number two and JK Rowling's "Harry Potter" series is at four.

But with "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte at number three, her sister Emily's "Wuthering Heights" at seven and "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by George Orwell at eight, the list is dominated by staples of the school curriculum.

There is also room for the Bible at number six in the list of works "our nation can't live without", compiled from an online poll of 2,000 readers for World Book Day Thursday.

And the complete works of William Shakespeare also chart at number 14.

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