April
2003
What is your favourite book? |
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there a book that you find impossible to put down? |
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The
BBC are searching for Britain’s best-loved fiction. The public
have nominated their favourites and the top 100 list has now been
published. |
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 A
two-week nomination period during April has produced a list Britain's
Top 100 best-loved books.
This
list has now been published. Check the BBC Big Read website,
www.bbc.co.uk/bigread, to see if your nomination made
the list.
The
list contains books from authors as diverse as Charles Dicken and
Jeffry Archer.
A large
number of children's books were also nominated, including all four
Harry Potter books as well as more classic tales. Leeds' own Arthur
Ransome receives a nomination for his book Swallows and
Amazons.
Many
of the favourite books have also been made into films or TV dramas,
such as the epic Gone With the Wind or Brideshead Revisited.
In
the autumn, a special feature length TV programme will reveal the
Top 10 for the first time. Ten passionate advocates will argue the
case for each book in a series of documentaries.
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Did
your favourite book make the shortlist? Which book in the
top 100 do you think will win? We'd like to know what Leeds'
favourite book is, so join the discussion on our messageboard.
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