# Das große Lesen: Germany's favourite books (ZDF, 2004)

The Lord of the Rings ahead of the Bible and The Pillars of the Earth: the top places of "Das große Lesen", the 2004 ZDF vote modelled on the BBC's Big Read, in which some 250,000 votes were cast.

- 18 votes · 26 items
- Jan 15, 2025 · Katharina Nowak
- https://even.best/en/l/5130/das-gro%C3%9Fe-lesen-germany-s-favourite-books-zdf-2004

## Top 26

1. **The Lord of the Rings** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — By J. R. R. Tolkien. No. 1 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
2. **Buddenbrooks** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — By Thomas Mann. No. 6 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
3. **The Bible** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 2 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
4. **The Pillars of the Earth** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Ken Follett. No. 3 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
5. **Perfume** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Patrick Süskind. No. 4 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
6. **Inkheart** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Cornelia Funke. No. 11 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
7. **Outlander** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Diana Gabaldon. No. 12 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
8. **Faust** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. No. 15 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
9. **The Shadow of the Wind** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Carlos Ruiz Zafón. No. 16 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
10. **Pride and Prejudice** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Jane Austen. No. 17 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
11. **The Magic Mountain** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Thomas Mann. No. 22 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
12. **Gone with the Wind** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Margaret Mitchell. No. 23 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
13. **The Discovery of Heaven** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Harry Mulisch. No. 25 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
14. **Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — By J. K. Rowling. No. 9 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
15. **The Little Prince** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. No. 5 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
16. **The Physician** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By Noah Gordon. No. 7 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
17. **The Alchemist** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By Paulo Coelho. No. 8 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
18. **Pope Joan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By Donna Woolfolk Cross. No. 10 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
19. **The House of the Spirits** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By Isabel Allende. No. 13 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
20. **The Reader** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By Bernhard Schlink. No. 14 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
21. **The Name of the Rose** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By Umberto Eco. No. 18 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
22. **Effi Briest** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By Theodor Fontane. No. 20 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
23. **Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By J. K. Rowling. No. 21 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
24. **Siddhartha** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By Hermann Hesse. No. 24 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
25. **The Neverending Story** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By Michael Ende. No. 26 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
26. **Angels & Demons** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — By Dan Brown. No. 19 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.