Well that is a BIG call. Actualy the list is from BBC's The Big Read program. I profess to know nothing about the program but I did come across it when I was searching for a list of books to read.
You see I stumbled across (not stumbled upon) a list of 100 of the greatest movies of all time, as voted for by Empire Magazine. Being a bit of a movie buff I thought "That sounds like a great idea" especially becuase is was created by movie enthusiasts, not maketing / PR machines that had a barrow to push. I think it took me three/four years to get through them all - it was not a concerted effort by any means!! But i finished it and the original (photocopied) list has been framed and now hangs in my study.
With that list completed a new challenge was called for and being an avid reader, books it had to be. But the list could not be any old list. I found quite a few lists but they all seemed stuffy or full of rubbish - but the real killer was that none had sci-fi books on them. I LOVE sci-fi. My favourite book is the increasingly inaccurately named Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Any list had to have sci-fi, and the list I found has my favuorite book as #4. I am/was happy with that!!
Anyway if you are intested the list is attached.
So far I have read 26 of the books. Which means I am currently reading my 27th book - Kane & Able by Jeffery Archer. No. 92 on the list.
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