bbc book list, the top 100 discussion

Huh. This is the 100 best, is it, according to BBC? Well, it's an interesting set of choices. Are they in any order or just random?

I just read Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone and found it a page-turner and pretty good, but I don't know that I'd put it on a top 100 list, let alone all the other Rowling titles listed. And apologies to those who love Coehlo, but I probably wouldn't have included it on this list.

Some new titles too. I too have never read Pratchett and would appreciate any advice on where to start with his work. I've read and remember a bit more than a third of these, most of which I enjoyed. The best film adaptation of any of these works that I've seen has been "Brideshead Revisited"--that is, the original television film series with Anthony Andrews, produced by the BBC and WGBH, the Boston PBS station. It's a remarkable film, completely true to the original and absolutely fascinating. Brideshead would probably be my favorite book on this list.

jennifer and I were discussing this list (and the fact that like 40 percent of the titles are by Pratchett!) and we realized something obvious which is that this is a British list, and so is skewed.
I wonder if there is some way on Goodreads for us to get people to vote for their 100 favorite (from an American pov) titles? I mean, I dont necessarily love Twain and Melville and James but... I was a little surprised not to see a single title by any of them or any other American classic authors. Also... no Trollope!
And yes, I would say def these are in order, with 1 as best.

I'd love it: think of the controversies we could get into! Try emailing that nice young man who runs this site for some info--surely there's a way to do this.

And I agree: how can you have a British 100 with no Trollope? Heresy, I say.

how do i email the aforementioned nice young man?

OK, i figured out how to do it, list away!