The annual Angus and Robertson Top 100 is a list of the top 100 books as voted by Australian readers. The top 100 was recently announced and there are some surprising winners.
I have included the list below for people to have a look at. The books that I have read are in bold. How many have you read?
1 The Twilight Saga Stephenie Meyer
2 Harry Potter 1-7 J.K. Rowling
3 The Millennium Trilogy Stieg Larsson
4 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
5 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold
6 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
7 My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult
8 Sookie Stackhouse Charlaine Harris
9 The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger
10 The Book Thief Markus Zusak
11 Lunch in Paris Elizabeth Bard
12 The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
13 Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
14 61 Hours Lee Child
15 Dragon Haven Robin Hobb
16 Vampire Academy Richelle Mead
17 The Silent Sea Clive Cussler
18 Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin
19 The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
20 Tuscan Rose Belinda Alexandra
21 The Power of One Bryce Courtenay
22 The Notebook Nicholas Sparks
23 The Pacific Hugh Ambrose
24 Ransom David Malouf
25 Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
26 Dear John Nicholas Sparks
27 Magician Raymond E. Feist
28 The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
29 House Rules Jodi Picoult
30 Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
31 A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
32 Marley & Me John Grogan
33 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls Jane Austen & Steve
34 Breath Tim Winton
35 The Bronze Horseman Paullina Simons
36 Cloudstreet Tim Winton
37 The People's Train Thomas Keneally
38 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
39 Truth Peter Temple
40 Little Women Louisa May Alcott
41 Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert
42 The Host Stephenie Meyer
43 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
44 The Book of Emmett Deborah Forster
45 Ice Station Matthew Reilly
46 The Road Cormac Macarthy
47 The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards
48 Persuasion Jane Austen
49 Jessica Bryce Courtenay
50 Atonement Ian McEwan
51 Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
52 The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follet
53 The Alchemist Paulo Coehlo
54 April Fool's Day Bryce Courtenay
55 Life of Pi Yann Martel
56 Angels & Demons Dan Brown
57 The Pact Jodi Picoult
58 The Five People You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom
59 Parrot and Olivier in America Peter Carey
60 Always Looking Up Michael J. Fox
61 Seven Ancient Wonders Matthew Reilly
62 The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
63 Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult
64 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Burrows
65 The Lost Symbol Dan Brown
66 Solar Ian McEwan
67 Fallen Lauren Kate
68 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova
69 P.S. I Love You Cecila Ahern
70 The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis
71 Obernewtyn Isobelle Carmody
72 A Fortunate Life A.B. Facey
73 Handle with Care Jodi Picoult
74 Cross Stitch Diana Gabaldon
75 Dirt Music Tim Winton
76 It Stephen King
77 Hourglass Claudia Gray
78 Tully Paullina Simons
79 The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley
80 Shantaram: A Novel Gregory David Roberts
81 The Princess Bride William Goldman
82 Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell
83 Requiem for a Species Clive Hamilton
84 The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory
85 Break No Bones Kathy Reichs
86 Animal Farm George Orwell
87 The Six Sacred Stones Matthew Reilly
88 The Five Greatest Warriors Matthew Reilly
89 Maralinga Judy Nunn
90 Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk
91 One for the Money Janet Evanovich
92 Worst Case James Patterson
93 Once in a Lifetime Cathy Kelly
94 The Stand Stephen King
95 Anybody Out There Marian Keyes
96 The Secret Rhonda Byrne
97 Temple Matthew Reilly
98 All That Remains Patricia Cornwall
99 The Slap Christos Tsolkias
100 Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice
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I am quite surprised by the Twilight series coming first, but I suppose that it is the "in thing" at the moment. It's funny that the top 3 are all series, and 2 of those 3 are young adult.
There are some on the list that I would really love to read, like The Slap by Christos Tsolkias, and there are others that I am surprised about, like the volume of Matthew Reilly books on the list.
How many have you read? What do you think of the list?
Originally posted 5 July 2010 Page Turners
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