A BBC survey said that 60% of people are considered more attractive if they are well-read. So here are the 20 books we lie about when asked if we've read them.

"Have you read...?" It's a very common question. Maybe it's a question about the new novel everyone is talking about or there's a popular show or movie that's based on a book series, but it's a question that comes up a lot. So here is the list of the books people have lied and have said that they've read them.

20. "The Catcher in the Rye" J.D. Salinger

Little, Brown and Company
Little, Brown and Company
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19. "Catch 22" Joseph Heller

Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
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18. "The Great Gatsby" F. Scott Fitzgerald

Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons
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17. "And Then There Were None" Agatha Christie

Collins Crime Club
Collins Crime Club
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16. "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy, E.L. James

Vintage Books
Vintage Books
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15. "Oliver Twist" Charles Dickens

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Richard Bentley
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14. "The Diary of Anne Frank" Anne Frank

Contact Publishing
Contact Publishing
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13. "Great Expectations" Charles Dickens

Chapman & Hall
Chapman & Hall
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12. "Harry Potter" series, J.K. Rowling

Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
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11. "Bleak House" Charles Dickens

Bradbury & Evans
Bradbury & Evans
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10. "Pride and Prejudice" Jane Austen

T. Egerton, Whitehall
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9. "Crime and Punishment" Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Russian Messenger
The Russian Messenger
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8. "David Copperfield" Charles Dickens

Bradbury & Evans
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7. "To Kill a Mockingbird" Harper Lee

J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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6. "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" Arthur Conan Doyle

George Newnes
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5. "Anna Karenina" Leo Tolstoy

The Russian Messenger
The Russian Messenger
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4. "War and Peace" Leo Tolstoy

The Russian Messenger
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3. "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien

Allen & Unwin
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2. "1984" George Orwell

Secker & Warburg
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1. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" Lewis Carroll

Macmillan
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