Despite the increase in TV watching, reading still is an important leisure activity in Britain. More than 5,000 titles were nominated in a national survey conducted in 1996. The public was invited to suggest up to five books. It was later suggested that the votes either came from English literary students or from people who were showing off. What do you think? Can you point out a few important names that failed to make it into the top 100 list?
1.The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
2.1984George Orwell
3. Animal Farm George Orwell
4. UlyssesJames Joyce
5. Catch-22Joseph Heller
6. The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger
7. To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
8. One Hundred Years of SolitudeGabriel Garcia Marquez
9. The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
10. TrainspottingIrvine Welsh
11. Wild SwansJung Chang
12. The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald
13. Lord of theFlies William Golding
14. On the RoadJack Kerouac
15. Brave New World Aldous Huxley
16.The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahame
17. Winnie-the-PoohA. A, Milne
18. TheCotor PurpleAlice Walker
19. The HobbitJ. R. R. Tolkien
20. The OutsiderAlbert Camus
21. The lion, the Witch and the WardrobeC. S. Lewis
22. The TrialFranz Kafka
23. Gone with the Wind Margaret Michell
24. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams
25. Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie