The Big Read

I initially saw this mentioned on officialgaiman, and it's been showing up in a few places since.

I used to have a list of Utne Reader's canon [1] posted near my computer as a reference for whenever I really really felt like buying books but was at a loss as to what to read next. (This happens far less frequently than one might think.) So a idea of having as a resource a list of books that people actually read over and over again really appeals to me.

The Big Read
"April the BBC's Big Read began the search for the nation's best-loved novel, and we asked you to nominate your favourite books. The votes poured in from all around the UK and here's the results!"

( books I've read are in bold )

There are things in here that I will probably never read -- I took a stab at a Harry Potter book once and it completely failed to interest me -- but I've had a copy of God of Small Things kicking around for a while.

[1] It was intended to be a list that was more inclusive of books written by non-whites and included names like Zora Neal Thurston.