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The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [2] [3] The list triggered comments from critics and other news agencies.
The Daily Telegraph's 100 Novels Everyone Should Read [5] The Guardian ' s 100 Best Novels Written in English (2015) [ 3 ] Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (1999) [ 6 ]
The BBC started the Big Read with the goal of finding the "Nation's Best-loved Novel" by way of a viewer vote via the Web, SMS, and telephone. The show attracted controversy for adopting an allegedly sensationalist approach to literature , but supporters praised it for raising the public awareness of reading. [ 5 ]
Altered Carbon (TV series) American Gods (TV series) Anatomy of a Scandal; Angel Pavement (1957 TV series) Angel Pavement (1967 TV series) Anglo-Saxon Attitudes; The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series) Ann Veronica (TV series) Anna of the Five Towns (TV series) Any Human Heart (TV series) Apple Tree Yard; Armadillo (TV serial) Arthur & George ...
The Beast Must Die (novel) Beau Geste; Behind Her Eyes (novel) Beyond This Place (novel) The Big Four (novel) Biggles; Birdsong (novel) The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses; Black Beauty; Black Hearts in Battersea; The Black Tower (James novel) The Blackheath Poisonings; Bleak House; Blott on the Landscape; Bodies (novel) The Body in the ...
The list contains 1001 titles and is made up of novels, short stories, and short story collections. There is also one pamphlet (A Modest Proposal), one book of collected text (Adjunct: An Undigest), and one graphic novel . The most featured authors on the 2006 list are J. M. Coetzee and Charles Dickens with ten titles each. [3]
To the Ends of the Earth is a trilogy of nautical novels—Rites of Passage (1980), Close Quarters (1987), and Fire Down Below (1989)—by British author William Golding.Set on a former British man-of-war transporting migrants to Australia in the early 19th century, the novels explore themes of class and man's reversion to savagery when isolated, in this case, the closed society of the ship's ...
The highest-ranked book on the list was the Elena Ferrante novel My Brilliant Friend published in 2012. Authors Ferrante, Jesmyn Ward, and George Saunders each had three books on the list, the most of any author.