The Average Adult has only read 6 of the following books...

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
42. The Da Vinci Code
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Only 16 :( I have to work on this.

I guess it helps if you belong to a book club.

2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
19. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
24. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
42. The Da Vinci Code
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare

2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
24. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

You could count it as 21, since I haven't really read ever single Shakespeare work, but I've read a damn lot of them, and because I haven't read all of His Dark Materials, just the first two books. Otherwise 23. Only 22 on the BBC list.

The doubles on there should have given way to some other good classics, like Kidnapped, Ivanhoe, The Picture of Dorian Gray. But I'm glad Jane Eyre is on there, it's one of my favorites.

2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - but not the whole series yet :-(
14. Shakespeare - Romeo&Juliet
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare

well, it looks like 11 for me ;-)
well, my recommendations? - The lovely bones, Little Prince, Hamlet, Anne of Green Gables, Jane Eyre, Memoirs of a Geisha, Three Musketeers... but some of these you won´t find attractive if you are a man, like f.e. Anne or Jane Eyre, they are more attractive to women...men don´t like these books ;-)

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

Looks like I've got a .270 Literary Batting Average.

I've started or read portions of a handful of other titles, but never completed them. Sad part is I really don't see myself getting to any of the unread titles any time soon!

4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
24. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

Unsure whether I can count Pride & Prejudice for having read Pride & Prejudice & Zombies?

So I've read 1/4 of them, and 13 of those listed above I read because I wanted to. Also the Shakespeare one may not count since I've read most but not all of his works (I figured most should be credit enough). (No) thanks to school for all the Dickens ones. :P

I've also attempted to read One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Bible, but keep getting bored with & abandoning them. So between that & the fact that I have no urge to read The Da Vinci Code, I'll never hit 100 percent on this one.

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
24. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
75. Ulysses - James Joyce
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Only in School mind you)
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

I've read quite a lot of these.

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
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
42. The Da Vinci Code
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas

I've counted 38. Some of them I've read as a kid though, and I barely remember them. And some I don't remember finishing and maybe I haven't? Like The Color Purple. Some I've reread many times, like One Hundred Years of Solitude and Alice, especially Alice. And omfg, Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary were painful to read, just painful.

8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare


I should read more.

4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
6. The Bible
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Only in School mind you)
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

Of which Catcher in the Rye is my favorite.
I could marry that book.

Wow I've read 23 and I thought I was one who doesn't read that much!



1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible


16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien

18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger


22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald

28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis

36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis

41. Animal Farm - George Orwell


49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding

51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel


57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac



81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker


87. Charlotte's Web - EB White


94. Watership Down - Richard Adams

98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare

2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

I have 8 of them. more than average, but still a very little number.

2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy

13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - reading at the moment

14. Complete Works of Shakespeare - read not all of him, but lots of plays

16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

At least 20-30 of them are obligatory at school, how can it be that an average person did not read so many of the school programme 0_0