Monday, 6 December 2004 Top 100 Books : ABC Viewers Votes The ABC ran a survey of its viewers/listeners to vote for their favourite books heres the top 100. How many have you read??? The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Bible (Various Contributors) To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Cloudstreet by Tim Winton Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey Dirt Music by Tim Winton 800 Horseman by Col Stringer Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Zhaun Falun by Li Hongzhi Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Book 3) by J.K. Rowling Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space by Dav Pilkey Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger The Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett Magician by Raymond E. Feist Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt Dune (Dune Chronicles) by Frank Herbert A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ‘Fighting’ McKenzie Anzac Chaplain by Col Stringer Deltora Quest Series by Emily Rodda Tomorrow, When The War Began by John Marsden Perfume: The Story Of A Murder by Patrick Suskind The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Ancient Future Trilogy by Traci Harding The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling and The Power Of One by Bryce Courtenay The Shipping News by Annie Proulx Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Anne Of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon Persuasion by Jane Austen Ice Station by Matthew Reilly Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier Life Of Pi by Yann Martel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Great Expectations by Charles Dickens The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Rage by Steve Gerlach Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Mists Of Avalon by Marion Zimmer-Bradley Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold Zable The Bone People by Keri Hulme Jessica by Bryce Courtenay Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (Book 2) by J. K. Rowling The Fortunes Of Richard Mahony by Henry Handel Richardson My Family And Other Animals by Gerald Durrell War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy Wild Swans by Jung Chang Mao’s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Eragon by Christopher Paolini Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden The Riders by Tim Winton Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Angela’s Ashes by Frank Mccourt The Age Of Reason by Thomas Paine The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Middlemarch by George Eliot Emma by Jane Austen Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Matilda by Roald Dahl Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig On The Road by Jack Kerouac The Bfg by Roald Dahl Animal Farm by George Orwell Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving Boyz Rule by Phil Kettle Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly The Secret History by Donna Tartt Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta Watership Down by Richard Adams The Thorn Birds by Colleen Mccullough Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Winnie The Pooh by A. A. Milne Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone (Book 1) by J. K. Rowling The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Heart Of Darkness by Conrad High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Goosebumps by R. L Stine The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens [listening to: Drunk Again - Reel Big Fish ] 5:10:35 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! Random TV Shopping @ Thinkgeek Geoff Appleby is dreaming of doing some shopping at Think Geek. I bought some stuff from them recently: “3 in 1” - Laser Pointer/Stylus/Pen Geek Work Shirt I’m blogging this. TShirt Utili-Key 6-in-1 Tool SoundBug All good geek stuff. The Geek Shirt has been a big hit with the folks at work. I may need to go back to get some more Christmas Goodies for myself… [listening to: Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf ] 10:40:10 AM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! Random © Copyright 2006 Frank Arrigo. A Geek Microsoft Blogger Last update: 8/07/2006; 10:13:21 AM.