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.
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The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books
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Ulysse
de James Joyce
24,075 membres
376 critiques
4
Rang global 24
8 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, MccMichaelR,Bretzky1
2
Middlemarch
de George Eliot
17,693 membres
330 critiques
4.2
Rang global 10
11 Members
booksinbed, pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
3
Hamlet
de William Shakespeare
30,921 membres
289 critiques
4.2
Rang global 1
14 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, jeffza, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
4
Le Roi Lear
de William Shakespeare
15,046 membres
145 critiques
4.1
Rang global 31
10 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
5
Portrait de l'artiste en jeune homme
de James Joyce
21,202 membres
216 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 50
8 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Lolita
de Vladimir Nabokov
31,680 membres
558 critiques
4.1
Rang global 15
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MccMichaelR
7
Macbeth
de William Shakespeare
26,039 membres
225 critiques
4
Rang global 6
13 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MccMichaelR
8
Homme invisible, pour qui chantes-tu?
de Ralph Ellison
16,348 membres
212 critiques
4
Rang global 64
7 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
10
Le Bruit et la Fureur
de William Faulkner
17,262 membres
225 critiques
4
Rang global 35
8 Members
roby72, amanda4242, auntSteelbreaker, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
11
Gens de Dublin
de James Joyce
19,671 membres
226 critiques
3.9
Rang global 37
10 Members
ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
12
Holy Bible
de Bible
415 membres
4 critiques
4.2
Rang global 82
5 Members
roby72, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, MccMichaelR
13
La Bhagavad Gîtâ
de Vyasa
9,356 membres
94 critiques
4
Rang global 133
3 Members
amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy
14
David Copperfield
de Charles Dickens
20,653 membres
273 critiques
4.1
Rang global 29
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!
15
Le Moulin sur la Floss
de George Eliot
8,694 membres
119 critiques
3.8
Rang global 56
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
16
Antony and Cleopatra
de William Shakespeare
5,484 membres
61 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 137
3 Members
booksinbed, ahef1963, kara.shamy
17
Sister Carrie
de Theodore Dreiser
4,037 membres
60 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 135
3 Members
booksinbed, kara.shamy, steller0707
18
L'étranger
de Albert Camus
35,458 membres
501 critiques
3.9
Rang global 14
12 Members
pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
19
The Deptford Trilogy
de Robertson Davies
2,538 membres
39 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 117
4 Members
booksinbed, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
20
Jane Eyre
de Charlotte Brontë
58,851 membres
913 critiques
4.2
Rang global 5
14 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, Tess_W, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
21
Emma
de Jane Austen
37,902 membres
505 critiques
4.1
Rang global 62
7 Members
booksinbed, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
22
Persuasion
de Jane Austen
28,657 membres
532 critiques
4.2
Rang global 49
8 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
23
Candide
de Voltaire
20,527 membres
306 critiques
3.8
Rang global 38
10 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
24
Les Heures
de Michael Cunningham
12,695 membres
232 critiques
3.9
Rang global 80
6 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
25
La Lettre écarlate
de Nathaniel Hawthorne
36,494 membres
371 critiques
½ 3.4
Rang global 16
13 Members
roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,auntSteelbreaker ,MccMichaelR
26
Les hauts de Hurle-Vent
de Emily Brontë
51,892 membres
698 critiques
3.9
Rang global 20
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
28
Raison et sentiments
de Jane Austen
38,054 membres
524 critiques
4.1
Rang global 30
10 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
29
Roméo et Juliette
de William Shakespeare
28,494 membres
279 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 11
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707
30
L'Odyssée
de Homer
52,972 membres
472 critiques
4
Rang global 9
9 Members
pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, MccMichaelR
31
Les quatre filles du docteur March
de Louisa May Alcott
26,388 membres
398 critiques
4
Rang global 42
8 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124
32
Le Petit Monde de Charlotte
de E. B. White
36,074 membres
1,022 critiques
4.2
Rang global 13
10 Members
booksinbed, KimarieBee, amanda4242, cindyst2000, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707
33
L'éveil
de Kate Chopin
9,175 membres
179 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 60
8 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
34
Le paradis perdu
de John Milton
13,879 membres
112 critiques
4
Rang global 73
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy
35
Tandis que j'agonise
de William Faulkner
14,747 membres
215 critiques
3.9
Rang global 59
7 Members
amanda4242, blackdove07, auntSteelbreaker, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707,MccMichaelR
36
Temps difficiles
de Charles Dickens
10,531 membres
131 critiques
½ 3.5
Rang global 121
5 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy,MccMichaelR
37
La Vie du roi Henri V
de William Shakespeare
6,018 membres
53 critiques
4
Rang global 76
6 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
38
Antigone / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus
de Sophocles
13,177 membres
51 critiques
4
Rang global 116
4 Members
roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy
39
Mais leurs yeux dardaient sur Dieu
de Zora Neale Hurston
19,073 membres
345 critiques
4
Rang global 54
7 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, cindyst2000, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707,MccMichaelR
40
Absalon, Absalon!
de William Faulkner
7,646 membres
106 critiques
4.1
Rang global 99
6 Members
hipdeep, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
41
Le Fléau
de Stephen King
19,796 membres
366 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 110
4 Members
ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
42
Les Raisins de la colère
de John Steinbeck
34,248 membres
470 critiques
4.1
Rang global 34
10 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
43
La Tempête
de William Shakespeare
13,748 membres
175 critiques
3.9
Rang global 83
6 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
44
La Complainte du vieux marin
de Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2,384 membres
34 critiques
4.1
Rang global 98
5 Members
amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707
45
Disgrâce
de J. M. Coetzee
10,858 membres
274 critiques
3.8
Rang global 69
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707
46
Feuilles d'herbe
de Walt Whitman
10,256 membres
85 critiques
4.1
Rang global 126
4 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy
47
Un enfant du pays
de Richard Wright
7,709 membres
100 critiques
3.9
Rang global 176
2 Members
kara.shamy, Laura1124
48
Le Chant de Salomon
de Toni Morrison
10,814 membres
124 critiques
4
Rang global 157
4 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, kara.shamy, steller0707,MccMichaelR
49
Le Rouge et le Noir
de Stendhal
9,485 membres
136 critiques
3.8
Rang global 120
4 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy
50
Winesburg-en-Ohio
de Sherwood Anderson
5,920 membres
120 critiques
3.8
Rang global 78
7 Members
hipdeep, roby72, merrystar, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
51
Daniel Deronda.
de George Eliot
3,740 membres
49 critiques
3.9
Rang global 125
4 Members
booksinbed, roby72, alex68, kara.shamy
52
L'ami commun
de Charles Dickens
5,819 membres
99 critiques
4.2
Rang global 92
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124
53
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
de Emily Dickinson
5,140 membres
37 critiques
½ 4.4
Rang global 203
Member
kara.shamy
54
Méridien de sang
de Cormac McCarthy
11,550 membres
272 critiques
4.2
Rang global 167
2 Members
kara.shamy, MccMichaelR
55
L'arbre généreux
de Shel Silverstein
18,752 membres
1,008 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 143
4 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, cej1027, kara.shamy,MccMichaelR
56
De grandes espérances
de Charles Dickens
38,407 membres
432 critiques
3.9
Rang global 18
12 Members
booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
57
Incendie de los angeles (l')
de Nathanael West
1,857 membres
49 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 162
2 Members
kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
58
The Regeneration Trilogy
de Pat Barker
797 membres
14 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 175
2 Members
amanda4242, kara.shamy
59
Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur
de Harper Lee
78,348 membres
1,431 critiques
½ 4.4
Rang global 3
14 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, KimarieBee, roby72, amanda4242, morryb, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
60
Au cœur des ténèbres
de Joseph Conrad
23,571 membres
387 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 8
13 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
61
L'Attrape-cœurs
de J. D. Salinger
69,475 membres
1,078 critiques
3.8
Rang global 26
12 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, blackdove07, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
62
Le bon soldat
de Ford Madox Ford
4,780 membres
113 critiques
3.8
Rang global 45
8 Members
hipdeep, pitjrw, roby72, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124
63
Othello
de William Shakespeare
16,897 membres
131 critiques
4
Rang global 66
8 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
64
Le monde s'effondre
de Chinua Achebe
20,612 membres
431 critiques
3.8
Rang global 55
9 Members
roby72, amanda4242, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
65
La conjuration des imbéciles
de John Kennedy Toole
21,334 membres
472 critiques
3.9
Rang global 58
7 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
66
La couleur pourpre
de Alice Walker
19,687 membres
334 critiques
4.1
Rang global 103
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
67
La vie et les opinions de Tristram Shandy, gentilhomme
de Laurence Sterne
7,661 membres
112 critiques
3.9
Rang global 68
6 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
68
A propos de courage
de Tim O'Brien
14,319 membres
393 critiques
4.2
Rang global 136
3 Members
booksinbed, cej1027, kara.shamy
69
Moi, Claude, empereur, tome 1
de Robert Graves
9,172 membres
168 critiques
4.2
Rang global 158
3 Members
ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
70
La Ligne de beauté
de Alan Hollinghurst
4,580 membres
113 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 209
Member
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