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Whitcoulls Top 100 Books Reading List for 2008

The Whitcoulls Top 100 List for 2008 is now available from any Whitcoulls store. This year the list of titles selected by Kiwi readers as their favourite reads for 2008 is topped by T R R Tolkein's timeless classic trilogy The Lord of the Rings.

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In the number two spot is My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Jodi Picoult has emerged as one of New Zealander's favourite authors having a total of five books on the list including Nineteen Minutes, The Pact, Change of Heart, and Plain Truth.

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Jane Austen remains popular two hundred years on with her classic love story of Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice claiming third place.

Whitcoulls Top 100 Books List for 2008 New Zealand Top 5 details

Books by New Zealand authors or with New Zealand interest include:
  • Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
  • Denniston Rose by Jenny Pattrick
  • Edmonds Cookery Book by Edmonds 
  • The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King

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The Whitcoulls Top 100 2008 Books complete list of titles is as follows:
  1. The Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien
  2. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
  3. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
  4. Cross Stitch - Diana Gabaldon
  5. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows - J K Rowling
  6. The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons
  7. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
  8. The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
  9. The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
  10. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory

    11. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett #9 Whitcoulls Top 100 Books List for 2008

  11. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
  12. To Kill a Mocking Bird - Harper Lee 
  13. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
  14. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
  15. Holy Bible
  16. The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien
  17. Magician / Raymond Feist
  18. The Clan of the Cave Bear / Jean M Auel
  19. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult
  20. Gone with the Wind / Margaret Mitchell 

    21. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee #12 Whitcoulls Top 100 Books Reading List for 2008

  21. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
  22. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J K Rowling
  23. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
  24. Into the Wilderness - Sara Donati
  25. A Thousand Splendid Suns -/ Khaled Hosseini
  26. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
  27. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
  28. Jessica - Bryce Courtenay
  29. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
  30. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J K Rowling

    31. Life of Pi by Yann Martel #26 Whitcoulls Top 100 Books Reading List for 2008

  31. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J K Rowling
  32. A Fine Balance -/ Rohinton Mistry
  33. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C S Lewis
  34. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
  35. Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes
  36. The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
  37. Shantaram - Gregory Roberts
  38. The Pact - Jodi Picoult
  39. Tea Rose - Jennifer Donnelly
  40. Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult

    41. The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly #39 on Whitcoulls Top 100 Books Reading List for 2008

  41. Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
  42. Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones
  43. The Girl in Times Square - Paullina Simons
  44. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
  45. This Charming Man - Marian Keyes
  46. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 
  47. River God - Wilbur Smith
  48. The Persimmon Tree - Bryce Courtenay
  49. World Without End - Ken Follett
  50. Dune - Frank Herbert

    51. World Without End #2 Kingsbridge series by Ken Follett #39 Whitcoulls Top 100 Books Reading List for 2008

  51. Wild Swans - Jung Chang
  52. April Fools Day - Bryce Courtenay
  53. Atonement - Ian McEwan
  54. The Bone Garden - Tess Gerritsen
  55. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
  56. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J K Rowling
  57. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban - J K Rowling
  58. Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes
  59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
  60. Catcher in the Rye - J D Salinger

    61. The Alchemist by Paul Coelho #55 Whitcoulls Top 100 Books List for 2008

  61. I Know this Much is True - Wally Lamb
  62. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
  63. Tomorrow with the War Began - John Marsden
  64. Northern Lights - Philip Pullman
  65. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
  66. Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer
  67. Tully - Paullina Simons
  68. Catch -22 - Joseph Heller
  69. No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
  70. Watermelon - Marian Keyes

    71. I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb #61 Whitcoulls Top 100 Books Reading List for 2008

  71. We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
  72. Anybody Out There - Marian Keyes
  73. Chocolat - Joanne Harris
  74. Winter Rose - Jennifer Donnelly
  75. Denniston Rose - Jenny Pattrick
  76. Killing Floor - Lee Child
  77. A Really Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
  78. Anne of Green Gables - L M Montgomery
  79. Nothing to Lose - Lee Child
  80. The Secret - Rhonda Byrne

    81. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver #71 on Whitcoulls Top 100 Books Reading List for 2008

  81. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
  82. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
  83. The Stand - Stephen King
  84. Edmonds Cookery Book - Edmonds 
  85. The Potato Factory - Bryce Courtenay
  86. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married - Marian Keyes
  87. The Vintner's Luck - Elizabeth Knox
  88. The Red Tent - Anita Diamant
  89. Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
  90. The Penguin History of New Zealand - Michael King

    91. The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King #90 Whitcoulls Top 100 Books Reading List for 2008

  91. London - Edward Rutherfurd
  92. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
  93. The Shipping News - Annie E Proulx
  94. Four Fires - Bryce Courtenay
  95. Mao's Last Dancer - Li Gunxin
  96. Last Chance Saloon - Marian Keyes
  97. Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult
  98. Perfume - Patrick Suskind
  99. The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough
  100. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks

    101. London by Edward Rutherfurd #91 Whitcoulls Top 100 Books Reading List for 2008

Which of these Whitcoulls Top 100 Books titles for 2008 is on your reading list? Please feel to leave a comment below about the books you have enjoyed or are enjoying on this list.


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