What are your favourite books?

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I have a tag - "favourites" - which number around 40. What are your favourites? Feel free to add books, to thumb down books you didn't like, and to add comments.
1
La voleuse de livres
de Markus Zusak
46,007 membres
2,141 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
dara85, KimarieBee, ahef1963
2
Gaudy Night
de Dorothy L. Sayers
5,554 membres
150 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
3
Au risque de se perdre
de Kathryn Hulme
502 membres
9 critiques
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, CeskaDiana
4
Amants et fils
de D. H. Lawrence
9,655 membres
101 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, bluepiano,aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith : All the Freudian undertone really turned me off to his and Lawrence in general.
ahef1963: So evocative that I can see England, smell it, almost touch it.
bluepiano: Not in my top 500 but listing it because other comments have made me want to read it again. Evokes socially-striving working class in the north of England, invites a Freudian approach, explains Lawrence's twerpiness.
5
Tragédie à l'Everest
de Jon Krakauer
14,319 membres
319 critiques
4.2
2 Members
dara85, ahef1963
6
A Game of Thrones
de George R. R. Martin
43,562 membres
1,131 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
KimarieBee, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Watership Down
de Richard Adams
25,342 membres
474 critiques
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
8
Une journée d'Ivan Denissovitch
de Alexander Solzhenitsyn
13,201 membres
206 critiques
4
Member
ahef1963
9
L'apprenti assassin
de Robin Hobb
12,818 membres
284 critiques
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
10
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volumes 1 through 5
de Francis James Child
155 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
bluepiano
11
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
de Khaled Hosseini
53,622 membres
1,309 critiques
4.2
Member
dara85
12
L'Arche des ombres, Tome 1 :
de Robin Hobb
6,169 membres
98 critiques
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
13
Dark Lord of Derkholm
de Diana Wynne Jones
2,474 membres
57 critiques
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
14
Feet of clay : saints, sinners, and madmen : a study of gurus
de Anthony Storr
228 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: This book explained so many things that happened to me and my friends. A brilliant analysis of how humans create new ideas
15
ATTA
de Jarett Kobek
56 membres
1 critique
4
Member
bluepiano
Explications
bluepiano: This would almost certainly be in my top 500 favourites in fiction. I'm listing it because I wish more people knew about it.
16
Microserfs
de Douglas Coupland
4,961 membres
64 critiques
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
17
Shining
de Stephen King
23,712 membres
460 critiques
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
18
L'étranger
de Albert Camus
36,231 membres
512 critiques
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Probably my absolute favourite.
19
Mille Soleils Splendides
de Khaled Hosseini
30,810 membres
900 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
20
Maison hantée
de Shirley Jackson
10,121 membres
439 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
21
Fool's Errand
de Robin Hobb
5,727 membres
74 critiques
4.2
Member
KimarieBee
22
Des garçons épatants
de Michael Chabon
4,358 membres
104 critiques
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: I swore off middle-aged academic angst novels after Herzog, but I couldn't put this one down and thought it was spectacular at the end.
23
Le Moineau de Dieu
de Mary Doria Russell
7,839 membres
410 critiques
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
24
Un autre pays
de James Baldwin
3,003 membres
42 critiques
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
25
The Spotted Sphinx
de Joy Adamson
135 membres
1 critique
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: I bought this book for 10 cents at a flea market when I was 7 years old. Still much loved.
26
King Cophetua
de Julien Gracq
38 membres
2 critiques
4
Member
bluepiano
Explications
bluepiano: The non plus ultra of novellas.
27
Jane Eyre
de Charlotte Brontë
60,358 membres
931 critiques
4.2
Member
ahef1963
28
Le danseur de Manhattan
de Andrew Holleran
1,035 membres
12 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
29
Raison et sentiments
de Jane Austen
39,014 membres
527 critiques
4.1
Member
ahef1963
30
Le prince des marées
de Pat Conroy
5,895 membres
112 critiques
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
31
Ceux qui nous sauvent
de Jenna Blum
3,097 membres
166 critiques
4
Member
dara85
32
Garden Spells
de Sarah Addison Allen
5,087 membres
369 critiques
4
Member
dara85
33
La pendule d'halloween
de John Bellairs
2,558 membres
78 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
34
Auprès de moi toujours
de Kazuo Ishiguro
23,420 membres
942 critiques
3.8
Member
ahef1963
35
Portrait de femme
de Henry James
11,023 membres
126 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
36
Le Jour des Triffides
de John Wyndham
7,597 membres
209 critiques
4
Member
KimarieBee
37
Middlemarch
de George Eliot
18,117 membres
333 critiques
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
38
Shibumi
de Trevanian
1,780 membres
58 critiques
3.9
Member
KimarieBee
39
Les dépossédés
de Ursula K. Le Guin
10,964 membres
268 critiques
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
40
La Mer, la mer
de Iris Murdoch
3,641 membres
96 critiques
3.9
Member
ahef1963
41
Sole Survivor
de Derek Hansen
110 membres
3 critiques
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
42
A Fortunate Life
de A. B. Facey
966 membres
22 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
KimarieBee
43
The Secret Country
de Pamela Dean
909 membres
22 critiques
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
44
Riders in the Chariot
de Patrick White
696 membres
19 critiques
4.1
Member
ahef1963
45
Goodnight Mister Tom
de Michelle Magorian
2,681 membres
70 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
46
The Prophets
de Robert Jones Jr.
881 membres
26 critiques
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
47
Lunch with the Generals
de Derek Hansen
54 membres
½ 4.3
Member
KimarieBee
48
Jonathan Strange et Mr Norrell
de Susanna Clarke
27,371 membres
784 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
49
The Child Thief: A Novel
de Brom
1,406 membres
65 critiques
4
Member
KimarieBee
50
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
de Daniel L. Everett
784 membres
32 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: I'm a language and linguistics geek, and this book answered so many questions for me. Fascinating.
51
Les mensonges de Locke Lamora
de Scott Lynch
10,485 membres
442 critiques
4.2
Member
KimarieBee
52
Lucy, une jeune femme de 3 500 000 ans
de Donald C. Johanson
1,079 membres
8 critiques
4
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: The book that got me interested in paleoanthropology. Dated now, but intricately details scientific methods.
53
The Far Field
de Madhuri Vijay
469 membres
19 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
54
Neverwhere
de Neil Gaiman
25,244 membres
587 critiques
4.1
Member
ahef1963
55
Les tours de Barchester
de Anthony Trollope
4,981 membres
107 critiques
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
56
The Winds of War
de Herman Wouk
3,371 membres
56 critiques
4.2
Member
KimarieBee
57
L'Equilibre du monde
de Rohinton Mistry
9,278 membres
256 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
KimarieBee
58
Villette
de Charlotte Brontë
8,986 membres
149 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
59
La romancière et l'archéologue
de Agatha Christie
1,943 membres
40 critiques
4.1
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: As well as a great memoir, a history of the upper middle class at the turn of the 20th century.
60
Les Royaumes du nord
de Philip Pullman
36,806 membres
747 critiques
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
61
The Chrysalids
de John Wyndham
4,832 membres
125 critiques
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: A required text in grade 10 English and an instant favourite. I felt an immediate connection to the outcasts.
62
A man you can bank on
de Derek Hansen
14 membres
1 critique
½ 4.5
Member
KimarieBee
63
Le Meilleur des mondes
de Aldous Huxley
54,872 membres
785 critiques
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: The excellence of Huxley's ideas and writing never fail to move me.
64
Perdido Street Station
de China Miéville
9,508 membres
317 critiques
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
65
Le Cercle de la croix
de Iain Pears
5,296 membres
137 critiques
3.9
Member
KimarieBee
66
Orlando
de Virginia Woolf
10,844 membres
175 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
67
Ma famille et autres animaux
de Gerald Durrell
5,372 membres
155 critiques
4.2
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: The wittiest book I've ever read. It never grows old.
68
Le dieu dans l'ombre
de Megan Lindholm
244 membres
9 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
KimarieBee
69
La tour de Babylone
de Ted Chiang
5,303 membres
236 critiques
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
70
Les Iles Glorieuses, Tome 1 : Clairvoyante
de Glenda Larke
283 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
KimarieBee
71
De l'eau pour les éléphants
de Sara Gruen
29,208 membres
1,185 critiques
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
72
As For Me and My House
de Sinclair Ross
433 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: The finest of Canadian Prairie Literature.
73
La couleur des sentiments
de Kathryn Stockett
31,122 membres
1,489 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
KimarieBee
74
Le Dieu manchot
de José Saramago
2,509 membres
50 critiques
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Extaordinary historical fiction. One day I will visit the building erected in this tale.
75
The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait
de Glenway Wescott
77 membres
1 critique
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
76
Into the Water
de Paula Hawkins
4,709 membres
217 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
KimarieBee
77
La Bibliothèque de Mount Char
de Scott Hawkins
3,059 membres
250 critiques
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
78
Vieux, râleur et suicidaire, la vie selon Ove
de Fredrik Backman
11,553 membres
701 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: I read this last week. Fell in love.
79
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
de N. K. Jemisin
1,493 membres
49 critiques
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
80
Beauty in Thorns
de Kate Forsyth
37 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
KimarieBee
81
La Peur du Sage (Première Partie)
de Patrick Rothfuss
21,002 membres
800 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: The most wondrous fantasy world I've ever stepped into.
82
L'Invasion des ténèbres
de Robert Jordan
20,249 membres
529 critiques
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
83
Le testament
de Nevil Shute
3,794 membres
141 critiques
4
Member
ahef1963
84
L'autre
de Thomas Tryon
1,394 membres
33 critiques
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
85
L'orange mécanique
de Anthony Burgess
26,328 membres
387 critiques
4
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: The story, the language-play, the shocks: unbelievably brilliant.
86
Miss Lonelyhearts
de Nathanael West
791 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
87
Liens de sang
de Octavia E. Butler
8,682 membres
357 critiques
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
88
November
de David Mamet
62 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
ahef1963
89
The Phantom Tollbooth
de Norton Juster
17,957 membres
427 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
90
L'énorme chambrée
de E. E. Cummings
1,492 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
91
Angle d'équilibre
de Wallace Stegner
5,537 membres
184 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
92
Tigane
de Guy Gavriel Kay
5,118 membres
145 critiques
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
93
Matilda
de Roald Dahl
22,747 membres
479 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
94
L'Étrange Vie de Nobody Owens
de Neil Gaiman
22,667 membres
1,268 critiques
4.2
Member
ahef1963
95
Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000 Mile Canoe Adventure
de Don Starkell
195 membres
4 critiques
4
Member
ahef1963
96
The Selfish Giant
de Oscar Wilde
143 membres
½ 4.7
Member
ahef1963
97
Gerald Durrell: The Authorized Biography
de Douglas Botting
138 membres
2 critiques
3.8
Member
ahef1963
98
Le déclin de l'empire Whiting
de Richard Russo
8,853 membres
184 critiques
3.9
Member
ahef1963
99
La petite maison dans la prairie. Tome 7 : Ces heureuses années
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
9,186 membres
65 critiques
4.1
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: My favourite book when I was a child. It still provides me with much pleasure.
100
84, Charing Cross Road
de Helene Hanff
5,971 membres
354 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963