I’ve done this before, but this list is slightly different than the last one and it’s always fun to see where I come in.  So, the BBC says that most people will only have read 6 out of the 99 books listed:

The ones I’ve read are bold (and marked with an X), tbr are blue.  I’ve read 50 of the 99.

1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (X)

2. The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien (X)

3. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte (X)

4. Harry Potter series – JK Rowling (X)

5. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (X)

6. The Bible (most of it)

7. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte (X)

8. Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell (X)

9. His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman (X)

10. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens (X)

11. Little Women – Louisa M Alcott (X)

12. Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy ()

13. Catch 22 – Joseph Heller (X)

14. Complete Works of Shakespeare ()

15. Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier (X)

16. The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien (X)

17. Birdsong – Sebastian Faulk ()

18. Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger ()

19. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger (X)

20. Middlemarch – George Eliot ()

21. Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell (X)>

22. The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald (tbr)

23. Bleak House – Charles Dickens ()

24. War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy ()

25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams (X)

26. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky (tbr)

27. Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck (X)

28. Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll (X)

29. The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame (X)

30. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy (X)

31. David Copperfield – Charles Dickens (X)

32. Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis (X)

33. Emma – Jane Austen (X)

34. Persuasion – Jane Austen (X)

35. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis (X)

36. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hossein (X)

37. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres ()

38. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden (X)

39. Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne (X)

40. Animal Farm – George Orwell (X)

41. The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown (X)

42. One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (started this one several times)

43. A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving ()

44. The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins (X)

45. Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery (X)

46. Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy ()

47. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood ()

48. Lord of the Flies – William Golding (X)

49. Atonement – Ian McEwan (X)

50. Life of Pi – Yann Martel (X)

51. Dune – Frank Herbert ()

52. Cold Comfort Farm ()

53. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen (X)

54. A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth ()

55. The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon ()

56. A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens ()

57. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley ()

58. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night – Mark Haddon (X)

59. Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (X)

60. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck ()

61. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov ()

62. The Secret History – Donna Tartt ()

63. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold (X)

64. Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas ()

65. On The Road – Jack Kerouac ()

66. Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy ()

67. Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding (X)

68. Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie ()

69. Moby Dick – Herman Melville ()

70. Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens (X)

71. Dracula – Bram Stoker ()

72. The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett ()

73. Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson (X)

74. Ulysses – James Joyce ()

75. The Inferno – Dante ()

76. Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome ()

77. Germinal – Emile Zola ()

78. Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray ()

79. Possession – AS Byatt ()

80. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens (X)

81. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell ()

82. The Color Purple – Alice Walker ()

83. The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro ()

84. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert ()

85. A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry (X)

86. Charlotte’s Web – EB White (X)

87. The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom (X)

88. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (tbr)

89. The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton ()

90. Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad ()

91. The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery (X)

92. The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks ()

93. Watership Down – Richard Adams ()

94. A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole ()

95. A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute ()

96. The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas ()

97. Hamlet – William Shakespeare (X)

98. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl (X)

99 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo (X)

Apparently the BBC reckons that most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here.  I count 51, but I’m not very good at counting…
Copy and paste – put an X next to the ones you have read.
(I found this on a few blogs and facebook.  I have no idea if the 6/100 thing is legit or not.)
1. (x) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
2. (x) The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
3. (x) Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4. (x) Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
5. (x) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
6. () The Bible (not all the way through – I’m ashamed to admit!)
7. (x) Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
8. (x) Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
9. (x) His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
10. (x) Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
11. (x) Little Women – Louisa M Alcott
12. () Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
13. (x) Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
14. () Complete Works of Shakespeare
15. (x) Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier (I’m pretty sure I read this one)
16. (x) The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
17. () Birdsong – Sebastian Faulk
18. () Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
19. (x) The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
20. () Middlemarch – George Eliot
21. () Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell (I’ve seen the movie, does that count?)
22. () The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
23. (x) Bleak House – Charles Dickens
24. () War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy (I started this one…just couldn’t finish it)
25. (x) The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
26. () Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
27. () Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. () Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
29. (x) Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
30. (x) The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame (I was actually in the play when I was younger!)
31. (x) Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
32. (x) David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
33. (x) Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis
34. (x) Emma – Jane Austen
35. (x) Persuasion – Jane Austen
36. (x) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis
37. (x) The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
38. () Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres
39. (x) Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
40. (x) Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
41. (x) Animal Farm – George Orwell
42. (x) The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
43. () One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (I’ve started this one a couple times and always had to return it to the library before I got a chance to finish it)
44. () A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving
45. () The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
46. (x) Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
47. () Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
48. () The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
49. (x) Lord of the Flies – William Golding
50. (x) Atonement – Ian McEwan
51. (x) Life of Pi – Yann Martel
52. () Dune – Frank Herbert
53. () Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54. (x) Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
55. () A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
56. () The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. () A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
58. () Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
59. (x) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
60. (x) Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. (x) Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
62. () Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
63. () The Secret History – Donna Tartt
64. (x) The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
65. () Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
66. () On The Road – Jack Kerouac
67. () Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68. (x) Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
69. () Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
70. () Moby Dick – Herman Melville
71. (x) Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
72. () Dracula – Bram Stoker
73. (x) The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. (x) Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson
75. () Ulysses – James Joyce
76. () The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
77. () Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
78. () Germinal – Emile Zola
79. () Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
80. () Possession – AS Byatt
81. (x) A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
82. () Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
83. () The Color Purple – Alice Walker
84. () The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
85. () Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
86. (x) A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
87. (x) Charlotte’s Web – EB White
88. (x) The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
89. () Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90. () The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton
91. () Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92. (x) The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint
93. () The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94. () Watership Down – Richard Adams
95. () A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
96. () A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
97. () The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
98. (x) Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99. (x) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
100. (x) Les Miserables – Victor Hugo