Katie Price’s Autobiography & Fifty Shades: The 100 “Most Essential” Books Out There

When you think of the greatest books out there, you tend to focus on authors like Charles Dickens and Jane Austen. However, a new survey has ranked Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James and Being Jordan by Katie Price as two of the most ‘essential’ books out there right now.

A team of researchers looked up literary forums and websites in order to compile a list of the best-loved books in the world. We think it goes without saying that their investigation threw up a few random results.

The research, which was commissioned by Bookmarkyourlibrary.org.uk, found that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling was the most-owned book but more than one in ten of us regularly lie about what titles we’ve read.

Katie Price's autobiography made the cut

“No doubt literary aficionados will object to the likes of titles by Katie Price and Russell Brand appearing in the list. But our view is that as long as people are picking up books and reading that has to be a positive thing,” said Elisabeth Robinson, a spokeswoman for Bookmarkyourlibrary.

So what made the cut? Here are 20 of the 100 most popular books in the world right now...

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling

2. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

3. The Bible

4. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K Rowling

6. The Official Highway Code by the Department of Transport

7. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis

8. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James

9. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

10. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkein

11. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

12. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkein

13. Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals by Jamie Oliver

14. The BFG by Roald Dahl

15. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

16. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

17. Animal Farm by Gorge Orwell

18. 1984 by George Orwell

19. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

20. Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding