2003年，英国广播公司发起了名为BBC Big Read的调查，评选出英国人最爱读的100本书，很多故事孩子们会喜欢。

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien  托尔金（1892-1973），英国。魔戒，1954-1955
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen  简.奥斯丁（1775-1817），英国。傲慢与偏见，1813
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman  菲利普·普尔曼（1946-），英国。黑质三部曲，2006
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams  银河系搭乘客指南
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling  哈利波特和圣火杯
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee  杀死一只知更鸟
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne  小熊维尼
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell  一九八四
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis  狮子，女巫和魔衣柜
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë  简爱
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller  第二十二条军规
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë  呼啸山庄
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks  鸟鸣
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier  蝴蝶梦
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger  麦田守望者
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame  柳林风声
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens  远大前程
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott  小妇人
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres  克莱利上尉的曼陀林
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy  战争与和平
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell  飘

22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling  哈利波特和魔法石
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling  哈利波特和密室
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling  哈利波特和阿兹卡班的囚徒
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien  霍比特人
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy  德伯家的苔丝
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck  愤怒的葡萄
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll  绿野仙踪
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens  大卫.科波菲尔
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl  查理和巧克力工厂
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson  金银岛
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen  艾玛
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery  绿山墙的安妮
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald  伟大的盖茨比
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas  基督山伯爵
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell  动物庄园
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens  圣诞颂歌
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett  秘密花园
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck  人鼠之间
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy  安娜.卡列尼娜
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl  吹梦巨人
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome  燕子和亚马逊号
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell  黑骏马
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky  罪与罚
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens  双城记
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough  荆棘鸟
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding  蝇王
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl  玛蒂尔达
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce  尤利西斯
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl  蠢特夫妇
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar  别有洞天
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo  教父
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho  保罗·柯艾略（1947-），巴西。牧羊人奇幻之旅，1988
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot  公主日记
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

链接：http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/vote/