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In 2004 the ABC decided to find out what are our favourite books.
The nation's 100 favourite books:
- The Lord of the Rings / J.R.R. Tolkein
- Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen
- The Bible (Various Contributors)
- To Kill A Mockingbird / Harper Lee
- Cloudstreet / Tim Winton
- Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix / J. K. Rowling
- Nineteen Eighty-Four / George Orwell
- The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy / Douglas Adams
- The Da Vinci Code / Dan Brown and Catch 22 / Joseph Heller
- A Fortunate Life / A.B. Facey
- Dirt Music / Tim Winton
- 800 Horseman / Col Stringer
- Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte
- Zhaun Falun / Li Hongzhi
- Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban / J.K. Rowling
- Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space / Dav Pilkey
- Jane Eyre / Charlotte Bronte
- The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe / C.S. Lewis
- The Wind In The Willows / Kenneth Grahame
- The Catcher In The Rye / J.D. Salinger
- The Pillars Of The Earth / Ken Follett
- Magician / Raymond E. Feist
- Possession: A Romance / A.S. Byatt
- Dune (Dune Chronicles) / Frank Herbert
- A Fine Balance / Rohinton Mistry
- The Hobbit / J.R.R. Tolkien
- A Suitable Boy / Vikram Seth
- One Hundred Years Of Solitude / Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- 'Fighting' McKenzie Anzac Chaplain / Col Stringer
- Deltora Quest Series / Emily Rodda
- Tomorrow, When The War Began / John Marsden
- Perfume: The Story Of A Murder / Patrick Suskind
- The Grapes of Wrath / John Steinbeck
- The Ancient Future Trilogy / Traci Harding
- The God Of Small Things / Arundhati Roy
- Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire / J.K. Rowling and The Power Of One / Bryce Courtenay
- The Shipping News / Annie Proulx
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin / Louis De Bernieres
- The Poisonwood Bible / Barbara Kingsolver
- Anne Of Green Gables / L.M. Montgomery
- Gone With The Wind / Margaret Mitchell
- Cross Stitch / Diana Gabaldon
- Persuasion / Jane Austen
- Ice Station / Matthew Reilly
- Rebecca / Daphne Du Maurier
- Life Of Pi / Yann Martel
- Crime and Punishment / Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Little Women / Louisa May Alcott
- Great Expectations / Charles Dickens
- The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald
- A Series of Unfortunate Events / Lemony Snicket
- Love In The Time Of Cholera / Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Rage / Steve Gerlach
- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland / Lewis Carroll
- The Mists Of Avalon / Marion Zimmer-Bradley
- Cafe Scheherazade / Arnold Zable
- The Bone People / Keri Hulme
- Jessica / Bryce Courtenay
- Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets / J. K. Rowling
- The Fortunes Of Richard Mahony / Henry Handel Richardson
- My Family And Other Animals / Gerald Durrell
- War And Peace / Leo Tolstoy
- Wild Swans / Jung Chang
- Mao's Last Dancer / Li Cunxin
- Artemis Fowl / Eoin Colfer
- Eragon / Christopher Paolini
- Shantaram / Gregory David Roberts
- Memoirs Of A Geisha / Arthur Golden
- The Riders / Tim Winton
- Anna Karenina / Leo Tolstoy
- Angela's Ashes / Frank Mccourt
- The Age Of Reason / Thomas Paine
- The Alchemist / Paulo Coelho
- Middlemarch / George Eliot
- Emma / Jane Austen
- Midnight's Children / Salman Rushdie
- The English Patient / Michael Ondaatje
- Matilda / Roald Dahl
- Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance / Robert Pirsig
- On The Road / Jack Kerouac
- The BFG / Roald Dahl
- Animal Farm / George Orwell
- Birdsong / Sebastian Faulks
- A Prayer For Owen Meany / John Irving
- Boyz Rule / Phil Kettle
- Scarecrow / Matthew Reilly
- The Secret History / Donna Tartt
- Looking For Alibrandi / Melina Marchetta
- Watership Down / Richard Adams
- The Thorn Birds / Colleen Mccullough
- Atlas Shrugged / Ayn Rand
- Winnie The Pooh / A. A. Milne
- Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone / J. K. Rowling
- The Magic Faraway Tree / Enid Blyton
- Brideshead Revisited / Evelyn Waugh
- Heart Of Darkness / Joseph Conrad
- High Fidelity / Nick Horn
- Goosebumps / R. L Stine
- The Magic Pudding / Norman Lindsay
- Les Miserables / Victor Hugo and David Copperfield / Charles Dickens
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