40:(lit. "The Big Book") and took place in 2005. Around 1400 libraries, 500 book shops and 1300 schools participated in the competition in various ways. It proved to be far more popular in Hungary (with a population of 10 million) than in the UK (with a population of 60 million), with 400,000 votes arriving (as opposed to 140,000 votes in the UK competition in the corresponding period).
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59:. The other two Hungarian books that participated in the final were
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December 15, the population selected their ultimate favourite by
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Contests similar to Big Read were held in other countries:
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Sources differ on the order of books ranked 32nd and 33rd.
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1470:"Népszabadság Online: Vonzódunk a mesékhez"
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1301:Authors by number of novels in the Top 100
493:Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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385:Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
312:Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
148:Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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396:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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1053:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
19:is the Hungarian version of the BBC
1494:Index – Az Egri csillagok a kedvenc
1430:"A Nagy Könyv - Benne minden jóval"
1225:The Confessions of a Haut-Bourgeois
14:
1203:The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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343:One Hundred Years of Solitude
267:The Man with the Golden Touch
204:One Hundred Years of Solitude
192:The Man with the Golden Touch
1411:("The Big Read") in Bulgaria
223:Eclipse of the Crescent Moon
78:Eclipse of the Crescent Moon
57:Eclipse of the Crescent Moon
1064:Love in the Time of Cholera
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858:Állítsátok meg Terézanyut!
1556:Hungarian literary awards
546:Give Me Back My Mountains
473:The Count of Monte Cristo
1042:A Journey Round My Skull
954:The Pillars of the Earth
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323:The Master and Margarita
295:Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
181:The Master and Margarita
131:Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1247:Joseph and His Brothers
784:For Whom the Bell Tolls
429:The Old Man and the Sea
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1360:Gabriel García Márquez
1192:An Old-fashioned Story
1069:Gabriel García Márquez
976:School at the Frontier
923:The Good Soldier Švejk
665:The Catcher in the Rye
612:Dirty Fred the Captain
483:A funtineli boszorkány
407:Be Faithful Unto Death
348:Gabriel García Márquez
209:Gabriel García Márquez
1267:My Happy Days in Hell
1105:Gergő és az álomfogók
720:The 14-Carat Roadster
654:The Red and the Black
525:Kincskereső kisködmön
301:The Lord of the Rings
104:The Lord of the Rings
1541:BBC Big Read website
1148:Journey by Moonlight
1096:Bezzeg az én időmben
1086:The Pendragon Legend
970:Erich Maria Remarque
868:The Name of the Rose
848:Flowers for Algernon
828:The Princess Diaries
590:St. Peter's Umbrella
579:Crime and Punishment
515:The Three Musketeers
256:Nineteen Eighty-Four
234:The Paul Street Boys
170:Nineteen Eighty-Four
93:The Paul Street Boys
61:The Paul Street Boys
1289:Celestial Harmonies
1075:The Book of Fathers
795:Pride and Prejudice
418:Vuk: The Little Fox
1181:The Magic Mountain
1020:A Farewell to Arms
540:Henryk Sienkiewicz
451:Gone with the Wind
32:was imported into
1109:Gyula Böszörményi
987:A Hungarian Nabob
901:The Da Vinci Code
890:Death is My Trade
709:Lord of the Flies
681:Dezső Kosztolányi
634:Wuthering Heights
623:Slave of the Huns
584:Fyodor Dostoevsky
456:Margaret Mitchell
375:Indul a bakterház
290:The Little Prince
126:The Little Prince
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1159:Jadwiga's Pillow
1047:Frigyes Karinthy
1025:Ernest Hemingway
789:Ernest Hemingway
740:Lassie Come-Home
644:A nap szerelmese
606:Charlotte Brontë
434:Ernest Hemingway
365:The Baron's Sons
328:Mikhail Bulgakov
306:J. R. R. Tolkien
269:(Az arany ember)
194:(Az arany ember)
186:Mikhail Bulgakov
109:J. R. R. Tolkien
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1368:Kálmán Mikszáth
1344:Alexandre Dumas
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1294:Péter Esterházy
965:Arch of Triumph
934:The Young Lions
879:Robinson Crusoe
822:Kálmán Mikszáth
806:The Gold Coffin
714:William Golding
595:Kálmán Mikszáth
573:Zsigmond Móricz
520:Alexandre Dumas
478:Alexandre Dumas
440:Lottie and Lisa
412:Zsigmond Móricz
279:Winnie-the-Pooh
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1308:István Fekete
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1364:Robert Merle
1356:Sándor Márai
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1372:Ferenc Móra
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1348:Eric Knight
1334:Albert Wass
1316:Magda Szabó
1257:Ne féljetek
1252:Thomas Mann
1219:Magda Szabó
1197:Magda Szabó
1186:Thomas Mann
1170:Ida's Novel
1153:Antal Szerb
1142:Magda Szabó
1100:Klára Fehér
1091:Antal Szerb
1036:Leo Tolstoy
1003:Eric Knight
981:Géza Ottlik
959:Ken Follett
948:Albert Wass
873:Umberto Eco
862:Zsuzsa Rácz
811:Ferenc Móra
800:Jane Austen
778:Leo Tolstoy
745:Eric Knight
551:Albert Wass
529:Ferenc Móra
487:Albert Wass
467:Victor Hugo
359:Áron Tamási
284:A. A. Milne
250:Magda Szabó
142:Magda Szabó
120:A. A. Milne
81:(literally
1550:Categories
1523:2008-06-28
1480:2008-06-28
1440:2008-06-28
1416:References
1405:in Germany
1380:Jenő Rejtő
1261:Anna Jókai
1164:Pál Závada
939:Irwin Shaw
763:Téli berek
730:Aranyecset
725:Jenő Rejtő
617:Jenő Rejtő
354:Abel Alone
1330:Mór Jókai
1137:Für Elise
1009:Revulsion
992:Mór Jókai
906:Dan Brown
833:Meg Cabot
676:Anna Édes
601:Jane Eyre
535:Quo Vadis
370:Mór Jókai
273:Mór Jókai
198:Mór Jókai
17:Big Read
1394:See also
1278:PetePite
1214:The Door
756:Karl May
751:Winnetou
687:Catch-22
659:Stendhal
504:Fateless
333:Tüskevár
159:Tüskevár
30:Big Read
22:Big Read
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