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From Archer to Joyce, the nation's most beloved books

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20030517
Author:Andrew Johnson

THERE ARE not many favourite book lists which include both Jeffrey Archer and James Joyce. But the nation's book lovers are an eclectic lot.

Nearly 140,000 book fans across the country have produced a list of 100 books in a BBC poll to find Britain's favourite read.

Already the Big Read Top 100 has attracted four times as many votes as the BBC's Great Britons series, on which it is based. The list mixes the high and low-brow and proves what any agent will tell you, that people like a good story.

Charles Dickens has five entries, level with Terry Pratchett, making them the most represented ...

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