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
30,969 membres
289 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
28,830 membres
457 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
58,942 membres
916 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
26,074 membres
227 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
42,935 membres
518 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
23,572 membres
387 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
53,027 membres
473 critiques
4
9 Members
pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, MccMichaelR
10
Middlemarch
de George Eliot
17,706 membres
330 critiques
4.2
11 Members
booksinbed, pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
11
Roméo et Juliette
de William Shakespeare
28,503 membres
279 critiques
½ 3.7
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707
12
Mrs Dalloway
de Virginia Woolf
20,622 membres
329 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
36,104 membres
1,022 critiques
4.2
10 Members
booksinbed, KimarieBee, amanda4242, cindyst2000, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707
14
L'étranger
de Albert Camus
35,505 membres
507 critiques
3.9
12 Members
pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
15
Lolita
de Vladimir Nabokov
31,696 membres
563 critiques
4.1
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MccMichaelR
18
De grandes espérances
de Charles Dickens
38,449 membres
435 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
44,155 membres
492 critiques
4.2
8 Members
ebeach, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, MccMichaelR
20
Les hauts de Hurle-Vent
de Emily Brontë
51,941 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
81,916 membres
1,270 critiques
4.2
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
22
La Promenade au phare
de Virginia Woolf
17,575 membres
270 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
10,775 membres
178 critiques
4.2
9 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
24
Ulysse
de James Joyce
24,068 membres
377 critiques
4
8 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, MccMichaelR,Bretzky1
25
Les Frères Karamazov
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
29,478 membres
329 critiques
½ 4.4
8 Members
roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, rplinke, steller0707, MccMichaelR
26
L'Attrape-cœurs
de J. D. Salinger
69,523 membres
1,078 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
26,213 membres
390 critiques
½ 3.7
8 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, jeffza, Laura1124, steller0707,Bretzky1
28
L'Iliade
de Homer
39,946 membres
386 critiques
4
7 Members
pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, mspixieears, MccMichaelR
29
David Copperfield
de Charles Dickens
20,665 membres
275 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
38,089 membres
525 critiques
4.1
10 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Le Roi Lear
de William Shakespeare
15,064 membres
146 critiques
4.1
10 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
32
En attendant Godot
de Samuel Beckett
12,930 membres
161 critiques
3.9
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, botch_snap
33
Le Procès
de Franz Kafka
19,877 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
34,277 membres
471 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
17,266 membres
226 critiques
4
8 Members
roby72, amanda4242, auntSteelbreaker, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
36
Les Contes de Canterbury
de Geoffrey Chaucer
21,964 membres
168 critiques
½ 3.7
8 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124
37
Gens de Dublin
de James Joyce
19,689 membres
226 critiques
3.9
10 Members
ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
38
Candide
de Voltaire
20,543 membres
307 critiques
3.8
10 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
39
Gulliver's Travels
de Jonathan Swift
1,131 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
38,447 membres
627 critiques
4.1
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, mspixieears, steller0707, MccMichaelR
41
La Divine Comédie
de Dante Alighieri
21,741 membres
188 critiques
4.1
6 Members
roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda, MccMichaelR
42
Les quatre filles du docteur March
de Louisa May Alcott
26,425 membres
399 critiques
4
8 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124
43
Les aventures de Tom Sawyer
de Mark Twain
32,865 membres
324 critiques
3.9
9 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, amanda4242, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
44
Le Maître et Marguerite
de Mikhail Bulgakov
20,436 membres
465 critiques
4.2
7 Members
roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
45
Le bon soldat
de Ford Madox Ford
4,784 membres
114 critiques
3.8
8 Members
hipdeep, pitjrw, roby72, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124
46
Abattoir 5
de Kurt Vonnegut
43,997 membres
704 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
17,129 membres
315 critiques
½ 3.7
8 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124
48
Catch 22
de Joseph Heller
39,991 membres
525 critiques
4.1
7 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, blackdove07, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Laura1124
49
Persuasion
de Jane Austen
28,688 membres
532 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
21,203 membres
217 critiques
½ 3.7
8 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
51
La Montagne magique
de Thomas Mann
9,598 membres
175 critiques
4.2
6 Members
ebeach, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, mspixieears
52
Le Guépard
de Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
6,564 membres
147 critiques
4.1
7 Members
pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707
53
Le Grand Sommeil
de Raymond Chandler
10,282 membres
284 critiques
4
8 Members
roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
54
Mais leurs yeux dardaient sur Dieu
de Zora Neale Hurston
19,105 membres
345 critiques
4
7 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, cindyst2000, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707,MccMichaelR
55
Le monde s'effondre
de Chinua Achebe
20,641 membres
432 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
8,700 membres
119 critiques
3.8
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
57
Un tramway nommé Désir
de Tennessee Williams
8,029 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
21,361 membres
475 critiques
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
59
Tandis que j'agonise
de William Faulkner
14,767 membres
215 critiques
3.9
7 Members
amanda4242, blackdove07, auntSteelbreaker, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707,MccMichaelR
60
L'éveil
de Kate Chopin
9,184 membres
179 critiques
½ 3.6
8 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
61
Moby Dick
de Herman Melville
35,560 membres
541 critiques
3.8
6 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
62
Emma
de Jane Austen
37,939 membres
505 critiques
4.1
7 Members
booksinbed, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
63
Le Seigneur des anneaux
de J. R. R. Tolkien
50,360 membres
450 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
16,373 membres
212 critiques
4
7 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
65
La Foire aux Vanités
de William Makepeace Thackeray
14,672 membres
190 critiques
3.9
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
66
Othello
de William Shakespeare
16,901 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
12,515 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
7,663 membres
113 critiques
3.9
6 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
69
Disgrâce
de J. M. Coetzee
10,867 membres
274 critiques
3.8
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707
70
L'île au trésor
de Robert Louis Stevenson
34,020 membres
430 critiques
3.8
6 Members
roby72, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
71
À la recherche du temps perdu
de Marcel Proust
3,893 membres
46 critiques
½ 4.5
4 Members
ebeach, roby72, thecoroner, alex68
72
The Long Goodbye
de Raymond Chandler
5,227 membres
114 critiques
4.2
6 Members
roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
73
Le paradis perdu
de John Milton
13,896 membres
112 critiques
4
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy
74
Le vieil homme et la mer
de Ernest Hemingway
30,701 membres
505 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
25,375 membres
257 critiques
4
5 Members
merrystar, cindyst2000, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
76
La Vie du roi Henri V
de William Shakespeare
6,030 membres
53 critiques
4
6 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
77
Beloved
de Toni Morrison
22,821 membres
405 critiques
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, roby72, cindyst2000, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
78
Winesburg-en-Ohio
de Sherwood Anderson
5,927 membres
120 critiques
3.8
7 Members
hipdeep, roby72, merrystar, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
79
La Eneida
de Virgil
22,900 membres
198 critiques
3.9
4 Members
roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68
80
Les Heures
de Michael Cunningham
12,707 membres
232 critiques
3.9
6 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
81
Une maison de poupée
de Henrik Ibsen
5,373 membres
90 critiques
½ 3.6
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
82
Holy Bible
de Bible
415 membres
4 critiques
4.2
5 Members
roby72, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, MccMichaelR
83
La Tempête
de William Shakespeare
13,768 membres
175 critiques
3.9
6 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
84
Don Quichotte
de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
30,506 membres
449 critiques
4.1
5 Members
hipdeep, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
85
Mort d'un commis voyageur
de Arthur Miller
12,191 membres
116 critiques
½ 3.6
7 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, cindyst2000, thecoroner, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
86
Route des Indes
de E. M. Forster
12,425 membres
142 critiques
3.8
7 Members
merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
87
Le Décaméron
de Giovanni Boccaccio
9,992 membres
120 critiques
4
4 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68
88
Fables
de Aesop
3,590 membres
50 critiques
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears,MccMichaelR
89
Bleak-House
de Charles Dickens
13,690 membres
248 critiques
4.2
5 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
90
Cent ans de solitude
de Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44,418 membres
693 critiques
4.2
7 Members
roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124,Bretzky1 ,MccMichaelR
91
Le coeur est un chasseur solitaire
de Carson McCullers
10,717 membres
243 critiques
4
7 Members
booksinbed, cindyst2000, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,Bretzky1 ,MccMichaelR
92
L'ami commun
de Charles Dickens
5,831 membres
100 critiques
4.2
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124
93
Fictions
de Jorge Luis Borges
7,596 membres
114 critiques
½ 4.4
5 Members
roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68
94
Le Choix de Sophie
de William Styron
5,999 membres
87 critiques
4.1
5 Members
booksinbed, cindyst2000, Laura1124, rplinke, steller0707,MccMichaelR
95
Portrait de femme
de Henry James
10,814 membres
125 critiques
3.9
4 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
96
Les vestiges du jour
de Kazuo Ishiguro
16,354 membres
475 critiques
4.2
5 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
97
Feu pâle
de Vladimir Nabokov
7,938 membres
139 critiques
4.2
5 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Laura1124, steller0707
98
La Complainte du vieux marin
de Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2,387 membres
34 critiques
4.1
5 Members
amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707
99
Absalon, Absalon!
de William Faulkner
7,654 membres
107 critiques
4.1
6 Members
hipdeep, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
100
Tess d'Urberville
de Thomas Hardy
19,165 membres
244 critiques
3.8
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, steller0707,MccMichaelR