Books

BBC's Big Read (awards)

This award was given to 168 books.


  1. Catch-22: Book 1

    Catch-22

    by Joseph Heller

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 11
  2. The Illustrated Mum

    by Jacqueline Wilson

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 110
  3. Jude the Obscure

    by Thomas Hardy

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 111
  4. The Cruel Sea

    by Nicholas Monsarrat

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 113
  5. Les Misérables

    by Victor Hugo

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 114
  6. The Mayor of Casterbridge

    The Life and Death of a Man of Character

    by Thomas Hardy

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 115
  7. Tracy Beaker: Book 2

    The Dare Game

    by Jacqueline Wilson

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 116
  8. Bad Girls

    by Jacqueline Wilson

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 117
  9. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    by Oscar Wilde

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 118
  10. Asian Saga: Book 1

    Shōgun

    A Novel of Japan

    by James Clavell

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 119
  11. Wuthering Heights

    by Emily Brontë

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 12
  12. The Day of the Triffids

    by John Wyndham

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 120
  13. Lola Rose

    by Jacqueline Wilson

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 121
  14. Vanity Fair

    by William Makepeace Thackeray

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 122
  15. The Forsyte Chronicles

    The Forsyte Saga (collective work)

    The Man of Property / In Chancery / To Let

    by John Galsworthy

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 123
  16. House of Leaves

    by Mark Z. Danielewski

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 124
  17. Discworld: Book 11

    Reaper Man

    by Terry Pratchett

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 126
  18. Possession

    by A. S. Byatt

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 129
  19. Birdsong

    A Novel of Love and War

    by Sebastian Faulks

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 13
  20. East of Eden

    by John Steinbeck

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 133
  21. George's Marvelous Medicine

    by Roald Dahl

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 134
  22. Discworld: Book 6

    Wyrd Sisters

    by Terry Pratchett

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 135
  23. The Color Purple

    by Alice Walker

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 136
  24. Discworld: Book 20

    Hogfather

    by Terry Pratchett

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 137
  25. Richard Hannay: Book 1

    The Thirty-Nine Steps

    by John Buchan

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 138
  26. Girls: Book 4

    Girls in Tears (Girls Quartet)

    by Jacqueline Wilson

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 139
  27. Rebecca

    by Daphne du Maurier

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 14
  28. Sleepovers

    by Jacqueline Wilson

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 140
  29. High Fidelity

    by Nick Hornby

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 143
  30. It

    by Stephen King

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 144
  31. James and the Giant Peach

    by Roald Dahl

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 145
  32. The Green Mile (collective work)

    The Two Dead Girls / The Mouse on the Mile / Coffey's Hands / The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix / Night Journey / Coffey on the Mile

    by Stephen King, Frank Darabont

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 146
  33. Papillon

    by Henri Charrière

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 147
  34. Discworld: Book 15

    Men at Arms

    by Terry Pratchett

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 148
  35. Aubrey-Maturin: Book 1

    Master & Commander

    by Patrick O'Brian

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 149
  36. The Catcher in the Rye

    by J. D. Salinger

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 15
  37. Alex Rider: Book 3

    Skeleton Key

    by Anthony Horowitz

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 150
  38. Discworld: Book 16

    Soul Music

    by Terry Pratchett

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 151
  39. Discworld: Book 26

    Thief of Time

    by Terry Pratchett

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 152
  40. Discworld: Book 24

    The Fifth Elephant

    by Terry Pratchett

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 153
  41. Atonement

    by Ian McEwan

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 154
  42. Secrets

    by Jacqueline Wilson

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 155
  43. The Silver Sword

    by Ian Serraillier

    Year: 2003
    Rank: 156

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