Babban Karanta

Babban Karanta wani bincike ne kan littattafan da BBC ta gudanar a Burtaniya a shekara ta 2003, lokacin da aka karɓi kuri'u sama da kashi uku cikin huɗu na miliyan ɗaya daga jama'ar Burtaniya don neman littafin da aka fi so a ƙasar. Binciken shekara-shekara shine mafi girman gwajin ɗanɗano na karatun jama'a har zuwa yau,  kuma ya ƙare tare da shirye-shirye da yawa da shahararrun mutane suka shirya da ke ba da shawarar littattafan da suka fi so.

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BBC ta fara Big Read tare da burin gano "Littafin Ƙasar da aka fi so" ta hanyar kuri'un mai kallo ta hanyar Yanar gizo, SMS, da tarho. Nunin ya jawo gardama saboda karɓar hanyar da ake zargi da sha'awa ga wallafe-wallafen, amma magoya baya sun yaba da shi don wayar da kan jama'a game da karatu. Jama'ar Burtaniya sun jefa kuri'a da farko ga duk wani labari da suke so. Daga wannan, an tsara jerin 200, tare da mafi girma 21 sannan aka gabatar don ƙarin jefa kuri'a, akan tanadin cewa littafi daya ne kawai ga kowane marubuci aka ba da izini a saman 21. Kamar yadda zaben ya dogara ne akan litattafai, wasan kwaikwayon William Shakespeare ba su kasance wani ɓangare na binciken ba.

 Marubutan da ke da litattafai da yawa a cikin jerin 

 Littattafai da yawa a cikin Top 50

A matakin farko, duk litattafan Harry Potter guda huɗu da J. K. Rowling ya rubuta sun kasance daga cikin shugabannin 25. Haka kuma litattafan duniya ta tsakiya na J. R. R. Tolkien. Mataki na biyu ya ƙunshi littattafai 21 daga marubuta daban-daban: saman 25 tare da Rowling wanda aka wakilta kawai ta hanyar ta huɗu, Goblet of Fire, da Tolkien kawai ta The Lord of the Rings. Wadannan litattafai guda biyu a ƙarshe sun kasance na biyar kuma na farko; sauran shugabannin farko na Rowling da Tolkien sun jagoranci ma-rans a cikin matsayi 22-25.Penguin Dominates The Big Read Top 100 Penguin Press Office

 Littattafai da yawa a cikin Top 100

 Hudu: J. K. Rowling
 Uku: Jane Austen, Charles Dickens
 Biyu: Thomas Hardy, George Orwell, JRR TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien

 Littattafai da yawa a cikin Top 200

 Biyar: Charles Dickens, Terry Pratchett
 Hudu: Roald Dahl, J. K. Rowling, Jacqueline Wilson
 Uku: Jane Austen
 Biyu: Thomas Hardy, Gabriel García Márquez, George Orwell, John Steinbeck, JRR Tolkien, Leo Tolstoy

 Littattafai da yawa a cikin Top 25

 Goma sha biyar: Terry Pratchett
 Goma sha huɗu: Jacqueline Wilson
 Tara: Roald Dahl
 Bakwai: Charles Dickens
 Hudu: Thomas Hardy, J. K. Rowling
 Uku: Jane Austen, Anthony Horowitz, Stephen King, John Steinbeck
 Biyu: George Eliot, John Irving, Gabriel García Márquez, George Orwell, JRR Tolkien, Leo Tolstoy

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