# Bulgaria's Big Read: the nation's 12 favourite books (2009)

Ivan Vazov's Under the Yoke on top, followed by Anton Donchev's Time of Parting and Dimitar Dimov's Tobacco: the top 12 of Golyamoto chetene, the Bulgarian National Television version of the BBC's Big Read, decided in 2009.

- 222 votes · 12 items
- Oct 21, 2020 · Brittany J.
- https://even.best/en/l/5132/bulgaria-s-big-read-the-nation-s-12-favourite-books-2009

## Top 12

1. **Under the Yoke** (23 · ▲24 ▼1) — By Ivan Vazov. No. 1 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).
2. **Time of Parting (Vreme razdelno)** (18 · ▲21 ▼3) — By Anton Donchev. No. 2 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).
3. **The Master and Margarita** (17 · ▲18 ▼1) — By Mikhail Bulgakov. No. 6 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).
4. **Tobacco (Tyutyun)** (16 · ▲18 ▼2) — By Dimitar Dimov. No. 3 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).
5. **The Lord of the Rings** (16 · ▲17 ▼1) — By J. R. R. Tolkien. No. 7 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).
6. **The Little Prince** (14 · ▲17 ▼3) — By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. No. 5 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).
7. **The Iron Lamp (Zhelezniyat svetilnik)** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — By Dimitar Talev. No. 4 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).
8. **The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — By Douglas Adams. No. 11 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).
9. **Doomed Souls (Osadeni dushi)** (10 · ▲14 ▼4) — By Dimitar Dimov. No. 9 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).
10. **One Hundred Years of Solitude** (9 · ▲13 ▼4) — By Gabriel García Márquez. No. 12 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).
11. **East of Eden** (5 · ▲12 ▼7) — By John Steinbeck. No. 8 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).
12. **The Count of Monte Cristo** (5 · ▲8 ▼3) — By Alexandre Dumas. No. 10 in Bulgaria's Big Read (2009).

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.