Das große Lesen: Germany's favourite books (ZDF, 2004)
The top 3 according to 18 votes from people: The Lord of the Rings · Buddenbrooks · The Bible. (Updated Jan 15, 2025.)
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.
Automatically translated (original in Deutsch). See the original
Top 26
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1
The Lord of the Rings
By J. R. R. Tolkien. No. 1 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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2
Buddenbrooks
By Thomas Mann. No. 6 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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3
The Bible
No. 2 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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4
The Pillars of the Earth
By Ken Follett. No. 3 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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5
Perfume
By Patrick Süskind. No. 4 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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6
Inkheart
By Cornelia Funke. No. 11 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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7
Outlander
By Diana Gabaldon. No. 12 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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8
Faust
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. No. 15 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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9
The Shadow of the Wind
By Carlos Ruiz Zafón. No. 16 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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10
Pride and Prejudice
By Jane Austen. No. 17 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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11
The Magic Mountain
By Thomas Mann. No. 22 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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12
Gone with the Wind
By Margaret Mitchell. No. 23 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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13
The Discovery of Heaven
By Harry Mulisch. No. 25 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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14
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
By J. K. Rowling. No. 9 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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15
The Little Prince
By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. No. 5 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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16
The Physician
By Noah Gordon. No. 7 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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17
The Alchemist
By Paulo Coelho. No. 8 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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18
Pope Joan
By Donna Woolfolk Cross. No. 10 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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19
The House of the Spirits
By Isabel Allende. No. 13 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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20
The Reader
By Bernhard Schlink. No. 14 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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21
The Name of the Rose
By Umberto Eco. No. 18 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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22
Effi Briest
By Theodor Fontane. No. 20 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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23
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
By J. K. Rowling. No. 21 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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24
Siddhartha
By Hermann Hesse. No. 24 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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25
The Neverending Story
By Michael Ende. No. 26 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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26
Angels & Demons
By Dan Brown. No. 19 in ZDF's "Das große Lesen" (2004).
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