People purposefully lie about reading classic books, to appear more intellectual and wise, reveals new a survey.

According to the survey, most of the books that were left unread were the books that were most often filmed, talked about and studied in school.
Also, the top 10 books people claim to read but haven't are:
1. '1984' by George Orwell (26 percent)
2. 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy (19 percent)
3. 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens (18 percent)
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5. 'A Passage to India' by EM Forster (12 percent)
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7. 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' by Harper Lee (10 percent)
8. 'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoevsky (8 percent)
9. 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen (8 percent)
10. 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte (5 percent)
Source-ANI