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Our Best The Big ReadThe favourite books of
the Germans

• What is your best-loved book?
• Your Choice
• Novels
• Poems
• Theatre-Plays
• Short-Stories
• Non-Fiction
• 250.000 regular votes

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• Voting-Phase July 6 to August 6
• 12.000 ZDF-voting kits
• Posters
• 1 Million Voting-cards
• Bookmarks
• Sent to 10.000 Bookstores
• 8.000 Libraries

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The Final ShowOctober 1, 2004

• Ranking of the 50 most favourite books
• Short films running from 50 to 1
• Celebrities in the studio
• Ranked writers video messages
• Umberto Eco
• Ken Follett
• Isabel Allende
• John Irving
• Paulo Coelho et.al.

• 3.6 Million viewers, 15,4 market share
• 10,4 market share 14-49 years

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The RankingTop 20

• 1. J.R.R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings
• 2. The Bible
• 3. Ken Follett The Pillars of the Earth
• 4. Patrick Süskind Perfume
• 5. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Little Prince
• 6. Thomas Mann Buddenbrooks
• 7. Noah Gordon The Physician
• 8. Paulo Coelho The Alchimist
• 9. J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the
  Philosophers Stone
• 10. Donna W. Cross Pope Joan
• 11. Cornelia Funke Inkheart
• 12. Diana Gabaldon Drums of Autumn
• 13. Isabel Allende The House of the Spirits
• 14. Bernhard Schlink The Reader
• 15. Johann Wolfgang Goethe Faust Part 1
• 16. Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Shadow of the Wind
• 17. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice
• 18. Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose
• Dan Brown Angels and Demons

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The Ranking

• Voters 66 women, 34 men
• German readers love historical
• and mythical stories
• Crime, horror, science-fiction,
• non-fiction not really elected

• The Favourites Favourites
• 3 titles each
• Thomas Mann
• Hermann Hesse
• 2 titles each
• Gabriel Garcia Márquez
• John Irving
• J.K. Rowling
• Theodor Fontane

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The Ranking

• Womens Favourites
• Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (97,1)
• Diana Gabaldon Drums of Autumn (97)
• Marlen Haushofer The Wall (94,5)
• Mens Favourites
• Douglas Adams The Ultimate Hitchhikers
  Guide (82,1)
• Hermann Hesse Steppenwolf (61)
• E.M. Remarque
• All Quiet on the Western Front (60,7)

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The Ranking

• Childrens Favourites
• Cornelia Funke Inkheart (45,5)
• J.K. Rowling Harry Potter
• and the Order of the Phoenix (22,8)
• J.K. Rowling Harry Potter
• and the Philosophers Stone (18,1)
• Favourites 14 to 29
• J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings
  (60,2) Jostein Gaarder Sophies World (55,5)
• J.K. Rowling Harry Potter
• and the Order of the Phoenix (53)

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The Ranking

• Favourites 30 to 49
• John Irving Owen Meany (74,2)
• John Irving Cider House Rules (65,5)
• Sten Nadolny
• The Discovery of Slowness (64,1)
• Favourites 50 plus
• Theodor Fontane The Stechlin (55,9)
• Ulla Hahn Das verborgene Wort (50,9)
• Thomas Mann
• Joseph and his Brothers (47)
• Our Best in the net www.dasgrosselesen.zdf.de

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