World Book Night is due to kick-off on 5 March 2011 when a million books will be given away.
The Twenty Five books chosen by a committee of judges can be found if you follow the link below. Check out the reviews if you don’t know these works :
I have looked at this list, and can confirm that we already have nine of these titles on our List of novels you might want to read in your life-time.
These are:
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon,
- Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
- Life of Pi – Yann Martel
- A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
- Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
- Northern Lights – Philip Pullman
- All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Muriel Spark
- Fingersmith – Sarah Waters
However, thirteen other Novels on the World Book Night list are not on our list. Some of them seem to be worthy contenders. Since, on this Blog we pride ourselves on allowing a democratic choice, I have organised the World Book Night Poll below.
Each visitor to this site has 10 votes to distribute to the list of 13 novels below. You have until 5 March to make your selection. The two titles with the most votes will be added to our List of Novels you might want to read in your life-time.
This poll is open to everyone – so please tell your friends and family – please feel free to comment once you’ve made your choice.
This poll is now closed.