The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books

Description
125 famous authors, British and American writers, including Norman Mailer, Ann Patchett, Jonathan Franzen, Claire Messud, and Joyce Carol Oates, provided a personal top ten list, ranked, in order, of what they consider the ten greatest books and to each title is assigned a reverse-order point value based on the number position at which it appears on any list.
Basé sur le distinctions du livre
The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books
1
Hamlet
de William Shakespeare
33,312 membres
292 critiques
4.2
14 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, jeffza, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
4
Tolstoï. La Guerre et la Paix (La Pléiade)
de Leo Tolstoy
29,292 membres
453 critiques
½ 4.3
12 Members
booksinbed, pitjrw, ebeach, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, Bretzky1, Laura1124, rplinke, MccMichaelR
5
Jane Eyre
de Charlotte Brontë
59,852 membres
926 critiques
4.2
14 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, Tess_W, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
6
Macbeth
de William Shakespeare
26,488 membres
232 critiques
4
13 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MccMichaelR
7
Aventures de Huckleberry Finn
de Mark Twain
43,662 membres
517 critiques
3.9
12 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
Explications
MccMichaelR : A good, even 'brilliant', commentary wrapped in a comedic story. But ... top 100 of 'all time' no, so no also to 'top 10'
8
Au cœur des ténèbres
de Joseph Conrad
23,873 membres
389 critiques
½ 3.6
13 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
9
L'Odyssée
de Homer
36,054 membres
461 critiques
4
9 Members
pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, MccMichaelR
10
Middlemarch
de George Eliot
17,989 membres
330 critiques
4.2
11 Members
booksinbed, pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
11
Romeo and Juliet
de William Shakespeare
29,067 membres
275 critiques
½ 3.7
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707
12
Mrs Dalloway
de Virginia Woolf
20,979 membres
326 critiques
3.9
12 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
13
Le Petit Monde de Charlotte
de E. B. White
36,678 membres
1,025 critiques
4.2
10 Members
booksinbed, KimarieBee, amanda4242, cindyst2000, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707
14
L'étranger
de Albert Camus
35,983 membres
506 critiques
3.9
12 Members
pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
15
Lolita
de Vladimir Nabokov
32,069 membres
560 critiques
4.1
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MccMichaelR
18
De grandes espérances
de Charles Dickens
39,029 membres
437 critiques
3.9
12 Members
booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
19
Crime et Châtiment
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
44,846 membres
490 critiques
½ 4.3
8 Members
ebeach, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, MccMichaelR
20
Les hauts de Hurle-Vent
de Emily Brontë
52,857 membres
703 critiques
3.9
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
21
1984
de George Orwell
83,113 membres
1,286 critiques
4.2
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
22
La Promenade au phare
de Virginia Woolf
17,850 membres
269 critiques
3.9
10 Members
roby72, merrystar, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
23
L'importance d'être Constant
de Oscar Wilde
10,877 membres
177 critiques
4.2
9 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
24
Ulysse
de James Joyce
24,434 membres
337 critiques
4
8 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, MccMichaelR,Bretzky1
25
Les Frères Karamazov
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
29,931 membres
335 critiques
½ 4.4
8 Members
roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, rplinke, steller0707, MccMichaelR
26
L'Attrape-cœurs
de J. D. Salinger
70,243 membres
1,084 critiques
3.8
12 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, blackdove07, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
27
Madame Bovary
de Gustave Flaubert
26,566 membres
384 critiques
½ 3.7
8 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, jeffza, Laura1124, steller0707,Bretzky1
28
L'Iliade
de Homer
28,486 membres
385 critiques
4
7 Members
pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, mspixieears, MccMichaelR
29
David Copperfield
de Charles Dickens
21,351 membres
280 critiques
4.1
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, morryb, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, MccMichaelR
Explications
MccMichaelR: Dickens ranks among the very best writers and selecting 1 book is and was difficult for me. This, of his books, is representative of his best writings and doesn't suffer (read Bleak House for an example) from demonstrated ability in need of some judicious editing!
30
Raison et sentiments
de Jane Austen
38,703 membres
524 critiques
4.1
10 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Le Roi Lear
de William Shakespeare
15,274 membres
147 critiques
4.1
10 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
32
En attendant Godot
de Samuel Beckett
13,101 membres
161 critiques
3.9
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, botch_snap
33
Le Procès
de Franz Kafka
20,169 membres
237 critiques
4
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, mspixieears, rplinke, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
34
Les Raisins de la colère
de John Steinbeck
34,768 membres
476 critiques
4.1
10 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
35
Le Bruit et la Fureur
de William Faulkner
17,491 membres
224 critiques
4
8 Members
roby72, amanda4242, auntSteelbreaker, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
36
Les Contes de Canterbury
de Geoffrey Chaucer
22,305 membres
168 critiques
½ 3.7
8 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124
37
Gens de Dublin
de James Joyce
19,926 membres
228 critiques
3.9
10 Members
ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
38
Candide
de Voltaire
20,809 membres
314 critiques
3.8
10 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
39
Gulliver's Travels
de Jonathan Swift
1,139 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.5
10 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
40
Anna Karénine
de Leo Tolstoy
39,027 membres
627 critiques
4.1
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, mspixieears, steller0707, MccMichaelR
41
La Divine Comédie
de Dante Alighieri
22,187 membres
186 critiques
4.1
6 Members
roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda, MccMichaelR
42
Les quatre filles du docteur March
de Louisa May Alcott
26,937 membres
405 critiques
4
8 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124
43
Les aventures de Tom Sawyer
de Mark Twain
33,486 membres
325 critiques
3.9
9 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, amanda4242, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
44
Le Maître et Marguerite
de Mikhail Bulgakov
20,744 membres
465 critiques
4.2
7 Members
roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
45
Le bon soldat
de Ford Madox Ford
4,856 membres
114 critiques
3.8
8 Members
hipdeep, pitjrw, roby72, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124
46
Abattoir 5
de Kurt Vonnegut
44,587 membres
710 critiques
4.1
9 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, blackdove07, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, botch_snap,alex68 ,Bretzky1 ,MccMichaelR
47
L'étrange cas du Dr Jekyll et de Mr Hyde
de Robert Louis Stevenson
17,364 membres
321 critiques
½ 3.7
8 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124
48
Catch 22
de Joseph Heller
40,407 membres
533 critiques
4.1
7 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, blackdove07, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Laura1124
49
Persuasion
de Jane Austen
29,112 membres
531 critiques
4.2
8 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
50
Portrait de l'artiste en jeune homme
de James Joyce
21,451 membres
216 critiques
½ 3.7
8 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
51
La Montagne magique
de Thomas Mann
9,758 membres
176 critiques
4.2
6 Members
ebeach, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, mspixieears
52
Le Guépard
de Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
6,648 membres
151 critiques
4.1
7 Members
pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707
53
Le Grand Sommeil
de Raymond Chandler
10,418 membres
285 critiques
4
8 Members
roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
54
Mais leurs yeux dardaient sur Dieu
de Zora Neale Hurston
19,419 membres
348 critiques
4
7 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, cindyst2000, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707,MccMichaelR
55
Le monde s'effondre
de Chinua Achebe
20,935 membres
436 critiques
3.8
9 Members
roby72, amanda4242, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
56
Le Moulin sur la Floss
de George Eliot
8,809 membres
120 critiques
3.8
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
57
Un tramway nommé Désir
de Tennessee Williams
8,156 membres
95 critiques
3.9
8 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
58
La conjuration des imbéciles
de John Kennedy Toole
21,606 membres
477 critiques
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
59
Tandis que j'agonise
de William Faulkner
15,001 membres
219 critiques
3.9
7 Members
amanda4242, blackdove07, auntSteelbreaker, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707,MccMichaelR
60
L'éveil
de Kate Chopin
9,283 membres
178 critiques
½ 3.6
8 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
61
Moby Dick
de Herman Melville
35,998 membres
537 critiques
3.8
6 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
62
Emma
de Jane Austen
38,608 membres
508 critiques
4.1
7 Members
booksinbed, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
63
Le Seigneur des anneaux
de J. R. R. Tolkien
50,905 membres
453 critiques
½ 4.5
8 Members
KimarieBee, blackdove07, cindyst2000, cej1027, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,pitjrw ,auntSteelbreaker ,alex68
64
Homme invisible, pour qui chantes-tu?
de Ralph Ellison
16,449 membres
212 critiques
4
7 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
65
La Foire aux Vanités
de William Makepeace Thackeray
14,883 membres
192 critiques
3.9
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
66
Othello
de William Shakespeare
17,185 membres
131 critiques
4
8 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
67
Les Carnets du sous-sol
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
12,760 membres
155 critiques
4.1
5 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1
68
La vie et les opinions de Tristram Shandy, gentilhomme
de Laurence Sterne
7,742 membres
115 critiques
3.9
6 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
69
Disgrâce
de J. M. Coetzee
10,950 membres
277 critiques
3.8
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707
70
L'île au trésor
de Robert Louis Stevenson
34,740 membres
433 critiques
3.8
6 Members
roby72, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
71
À la recherche du temps perdu
de Marcel Proust
3,947 membres
43 critiques
½ 4.6
4 Members
ebeach, roby72, thecoroner, alex68
72
The Long Goodbye
de Raymond Chandler
5,299 membres
115 critiques
4.2
6 Members
roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
73
Le paradis perdu
de John Milton
14,171 membres
113 critiques
4
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy
74
Le vieil homme et la mer
de Ernest Hemingway
31,127 membres
501 critiques
3.8
7 Members
roby72, amanda4242, cej1027, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707,MccMichaelR
75
Les Chroniques de Narnia, tome 5 : L'Odyssée du passeur d'Aurore
de C. S. Lewis
25,893 membres
256 critiques
4
5 Members
merrystar, cindyst2000, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
76
La Vie du roi Henri V
de William Shakespeare
6,121 membres
54 critiques
4
6 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
77
Beloved
de Toni Morrison
23,176 membres
407 critiques
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, roby72, cindyst2000, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
78
Winesburg-en-Ohio
de Sherwood Anderson
6,002 membres
122 critiques
3.8
7 Members
hipdeep, roby72, merrystar, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
79
La Eneida
de Virgil
23,315 membres
197 critiques
3.9
4 Members
roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68
80
Les Heures
de Michael Cunningham
12,741 membres
230 critiques
3.9
6 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
81
Une maison de poupée
de Henrik Ibsen
5,464 membres
91 critiques
½ 3.6
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
82
Holy Bible
de Bible [version/translation unknown]
422 membres
4 critiques
4.2
5 Members
roby72, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, MccMichaelR
83
La Tempête
de William Shakespeare
14,018 membres
172 critiques
3.9
6 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
84
Don Quichotte
de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
31,000 membres
447 critiques
4.1
5 Members
hipdeep, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
85
Mort d'un commis voyageur
de Arthur Miller
12,402 membres
115 critiques
½ 3.6
7 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, cindyst2000, thecoroner, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
86
Route des Indes
de E. M. Forster
12,592 membres
143 critiques
3.8
7 Members
merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
87
Le Décaméron
de Giovanni Boccaccio
10,126 membres
122 critiques
4
4 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68
88
Fables
de Aesop
3,669 membres
50 critiques
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears,MccMichaelR
89
Bleak-House
de Charles Dickens
13,843 membres
249 critiques
4.2
5 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
90
Cent ans de solitude
de Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44,900 membres
692 critiques
4.2
7 Members
roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124,Bretzky1 ,MccMichaelR
91
Le coeur est un chasseur solitaire
de Carson McCullers
10,838 membres
244 critiques
4
7 Members
booksinbed, cindyst2000, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,Bretzky1 ,MccMichaelR
92
L'ami commun
de Charles Dickens
5,912 membres
101 critiques
4.2
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124
93
Fictions
de Jorge Luis Borges
7,715 membres
114 critiques
½ 4.4
5 Members
roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68
94
Le Choix de Sophie
de William Styron
6,054 membres
88 critiques
4.1
5 Members
booksinbed, cindyst2000, Laura1124, rplinke, steller0707,MccMichaelR
95
Portrait de femme
de Henry James
10,938 membres
125 critiques
3.9
4 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
96
Les vestiges du jour
de Kazuo Ishiguro
16,558 membres
476 critiques
4.2
5 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
97
Feu pâle
de Vladimir Nabokov
8,015 membres
140 critiques
4.2
5 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Laura1124, steller0707
98
La Complainte du vieux marin
de Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2,426 membres
34 critiques
4.1
5 Members
amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707
99
Absalon, Absalon!
de William Faulkner
7,751 membres
106 critiques
4.1
6 Members
hipdeep, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
100
Tess d'Urberville
de Thomas Hardy
19,423 membres
248 critiques
3.8
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, steller0707,MccMichaelR