The peer pressure is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!

[amycurl]

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling--I haven't read the last two, I think
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman--The

Comments

[anatolealice]

I think this list is probably representative of books people had to read when they were in school and liked/remembered. When they did the Nations Favourite Poems they were mostly ones people had memorised for school.

I noticed most of the k kids didn't bold the childrens' books that I know so well (that there are children who don't know about the Faraway tree etc is mind boggling!).

If it's any consolation, Beloved is on pretty much every reading list I've seen (I still haven't read it though)