haven't seen this posted anywhere else, but if you go to
www.worldbookday10.com there is a survey going on to find the most popular books - you need to give your favourite and those that have made you into the person you are.
My top 10 were (in no real order!)
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
Chalet School
Cricket Term, Antonia Forest
Gone with the Wind
A Town like Alice
Cider with Rosie
The Magic Faraway Tree
Pride and Prejudice
On the Road
To Kill a Mockingbird should have been on there, but I forgot it and instead put down The Other Side of Paradise (Noel Barber)
And I've just realised I forgot to put down any of Jilly Coopers - hey, they're not asking for the most erudite....
Although some people are obviously too thick to follow the instructions and so there are about four versionsof every book - sometimes I worry about the british public!