Which book are you most likely to lie about?
Following the popularity of War and Peace, the BBC commissioned a survey to find out which classics most readers lie about reading.
A quarter of those surveyed said they were prepared to lie about reading a classic. 17 per cent of readers were more likely to lie if the classic had been adapted for TV or feature film.
So, is War and Peace at the top of the list? No it is not; it does however make its way into the top five, sitting comfortably in fourth place.
The book that got the most votes for its ability to create liars of the reading public was Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland.
Take a look at the list of books that makes liars out of us.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
1984 by George Orwell
The Lord Of The Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien
War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Harry Potter (series) by JK Rowling
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Diary Of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Fifty Shades trilogy by EL James
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
The Catcher In The Rye by JD Salinger
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