London, Apr 5 (ANI): Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' has topped a list of teachers' favourite books.
An online survey by the Times Educational Supplement (TES) asked 500 teachers to name their favourite titles.
Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was second and the Harry Potter series third - but the top 100 also includes picture books like 'The Gruffalo', the BBC reported.
The list "is a masterpiece of erudition and entertainment", according to TES editor Gerard Kelly.
TES Teachers' top reads include:
1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
3. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
4. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
5. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
6. Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
7. The Lord of the Rings series - JRR Tolkien
8. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
9. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
10. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
11.. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
12. The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins
13. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
14. The Chronicles of Narnia series CS Lewis
15. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
16. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
17. His Dark Materials series - Philip Pullman
18. The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson+ Axel Scheffler
19. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
20. Life of Pi - Yann Martel (ANI)
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