World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading.

It might have slipped past you but today is World Book Day. So I thought it would fun to do a quick survey on Twitter so I asked more or less:

I wanna know one book that everyone should read? I mine is Dracula @vintagebooks

And here are some of the great suggestions so far – some of them cheated and chose two!

1. Liz_Sara @nextread One book everyone should read – that’s hard! Either Wuthering Heights if we’re talking classics or The Historian if not
2. Figures @nextread Lord of the Rings. Obvious I know, but still the greatest book ever written!
3. Figures @nextread If I was allowed a 2nd, I’d say Weaveworld – the book that made me say “You can do that with Fantasy?”
4. scottvharrison @nextread A Christmas Carol. Everyone’s seen an adaptation but none have matched the sheer warmth, darkness and power of the book!
5. BookChickCity Dracula is my fav book, but as you’ve chosen it, I would say In Cold Blood by Truman Capote RT @nextread for @worldbookdayuk mine is Dracula
6. BookChickCity Can I be special & have two? Other book I’d choose is Why Do Caged Birds Sing by Maya Angelou RT @nextreadfor @worldbookdayuk
7. SamSykesSwears @nextread Shogun by James Clavell.
8. ALRutter @nextread Mine is Watership Down by Richard Adams, to see an example of how stories work on multiple levels
9. Locksley_uk @nextread Small Gods, Terry Pratchett.
10. ghostfinder @nextread One book for everyone to read? Tricky. I shall go left-field and suggest The Princess Bride.
11. Rezze @nextread The Solitaire Mystery, by Jostein Gaardner.
12. SaqiBooks @worldbookdayuk @nextread A Thousand Splendid Suns. Made me cry… in public. Incredible and I much preferred to The Kite Runner
13. BookZone @nextread My choice is the ultimate caper/heist story and first in a great series – Modesty Blaise by Peter O’Donnell
14. crimeficreader @nextread But best read so far this yr for me is Amanda Craig’s Hearts & MInds. Real life in the belly of London.
15. Gergaroth @nextread Pet Sematary
16. booksmugglers @nextread One book everyone should read: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
17. Gollancz @nextread One book everyone should read? Outside of Gollancz? The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
18. woodge @nextread Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
19. artsderbyshire @nextread 1 book everyone should read – Primo Levi, If this is a man. U didn’t ought 2be allowed 2rest yr bones in the ground til you have.
20. KieraG23 @nextread Black Swan Green, David Mitchell #worldbookday
21. stujallen @nextread rings of saturn w g sebald his wonderful lyrical novel
22. MihaiDarkWolf @nextread I subscribe to The Shadow of the Wind, but I’ll add another: Michael Ende’s “The Neverending Story“.
23. AtomBooks @nextread: Pride and Prejudice, of course! Feisty heroines are the cornerstone of Western literature – and of our list!!
24. MEStaton @nextread Perfume (Suskind) or I, Claudius (Graves) at the top of the list
25. MunchKim @nextread Everyone should read all 7 Chronicles of Narnia books, I still love re-reading them now!
26. stuartamdouglas @nextread Pride and Prejudice. No contest.
27. jrobertking @nextread Everyone should read “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Mark Haddon. Insightful and compelling.
28. MarnieBelle @nextread around the world in 80 days must read
29. Kamvision @nextread The Iliad - Homer
30. AltMagOnline @nextread I think everyone should read Bad Omens! Such a brilliant book.

So readers, after seeing the list, any that have been missed? What is your one book? And what do you think of the choices so far?