My Favourite Book

My Favourite Book

My Favourite Book was a 2004 survey carried out by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation toidentify the nation's favourite books. The survey was prompted by the Big Read survey carried out in Britain in 2003 by the BBC. Similar surveys have been held: My Favourite Film in 2005, My Favourite Album in 2006, and My Favourite Australian in 2008.

Top 10 books

# "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien
# "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
# The Bible
# "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
# "Cloudstreet" by Tim Winton
# "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" by J. K. Rowling
# "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
# "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown
# "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller
# "A Fortunate Life" by Albert Facey

ee also

*My Favourite Album
*My Favourite Film
*My Favourite Australian

External links

* [http://www.abc.net.au/myfavouritebook/ ABC's My Favourite Book Website]


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