I watched the fairly entertaining program, My Favourite Book on the ABC last night. Apparently the nation voted that our favourite top 10 books to be :

1. The Lord Of The Rings* - J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
3. The Bible* - Various Contributors
4. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
5. Cloudstreet* - Tim Winton
6. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Book 5) - J.K. Rowling
7. Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
8. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy* - Douglas Adams
9(draw). The Da Vinci Code* - Dan Brown
9(draw). Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
10. A Fortunate Life - A.B. Facey

Oooh I’ve read half of them! (The ones marked with a *)
Most of them are such classics and I’m a little embarrassed that I haven’t read the others. In particular To Kill a Mocking Bird and Catch 22. My husband even has them on his book shelf! So I might bump them up my to-read list. Heh. However… I’ll probably give Harry Potter a miss.

The Top 100 list is a pretty interesting browse too.

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