The Big Read Meme

[nmg]

It's doing the rounds, and I'm a sucker for memes like this:

"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see."

1. Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2. Italicise those you intend to read.
3. Underline the books you LOVE.
4. Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down

Comments

[rdmaughan]

Top 100 books by what criteria? Popular vote, number sold, critic selection or some other criteria?

The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?

[ahnlak]

The problem is that the list isn't quite the same as the BBC's "Big Read" top 100, and it looks like someone has half-heartedly tried to condense series - for example, on the original there are four Harry Potters listed indivudually, which seems to have become a single "Hary Potter series" entry.

[jacint]

Also, it seems a little out of order. I think it's right that HP and Narnia are condensed, though.

[nmg]

I'm not sure of the provenance of this list (I saw it first about a week ago); it clearly isn't quite the Big Read list, although much of the remainder is still there.

[nmg]

If it's actually based on the Big Read, that would make it popular vote.