The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books

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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
1
Hamlet
de William Shakespeare
30,928 membres
289 ressenyes
4.2
14 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, jeffza, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
3
Matar un rossinyol
de Harper Lee
78,364 membres
1,432 ressenyes
½ 4.4
14 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, KimarieBee, roby72, amanda4242, morryb, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
4
Guerra i pau
de Leo Tolstoy
28,747 membres
455 ressenyes
½ 4.3
12 Members
booksinbed, pitjrw, ebeach, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, Bretzky1, Laura1124, rplinke, MccMichaelR
5
Jane Eyre
de Charlotte Brontë
58,860 membres
913 ressenyes
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
26,046 membres
225 ressenyes
4
13 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MccMichaelR
7
Les Aventures d'en Huckleberry Finn
de Mark Twain
42,907 membres
518 ressenyes
3.9
12 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
Explicacions
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
El cor de les tenebres
de Joseph Conrad
23,555 membres
387 ressenyes
½ 3.6
13 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
9
Odissea
de Homer
52,988 membres
473 ressenyes
4
9 Members
pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, MccMichaelR
10
Middlemarch
de George Eliot
17,696 membres
330 ressenyes
4.2
11 Members
booksinbed, pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
11
Romeu i Julieta
de William Shakespeare
28,503 membres
279 ressenyes
½ 3.7
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707
12
Mrs. Dalloway
de Virginia Woolf
20,604 membres
329 ressenyes
3.9
12 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
13
Charlotte's Web
de E. B. White
36,087 membres
1,022 ressenyes
4.2
10 Members
booksinbed, KimarieBee, amanda4242, cindyst2000, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707
14
L'estrany
de Albert Camus
35,462 membres
501 ressenyes
3.9
12 Members
pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
15
Lolita
de Vladimir Nabokov
31,685 membres
559 ressenyes
4.1
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MccMichaelR
16
La lletra escarlata
de Nathaniel Hawthorne
36,502 membres
372 ressenyes
½ 3.4
13 Members
roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,auntSteelbreaker ,MccMichaelR
17
Orgull i prejudici
de Jane Austen
80,515 membres
1,366 ressenyes
½ 4.4
13 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, jeffza, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,auntSteelbreaker ,MccMichaelR
18
Grans esperances
de Charles Dickens
38,420 membres
432 ressenyes
3.9
12 Members
booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
19
Crim i càstig
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
44,118 membres
492 ressenyes
4.2
8 Members
ebeach, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, MccMichaelR
20
Cims borrascosos
de Emily Brontë
51,898 membres
699 ressenyes
3.9
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
21
1984
de George Orwell
81,833 membres
1,268 ressenyes
4.2
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
22
Al far
de Virginia Woolf
17,559 membres
268 ressenyes
3.9
10 Members
roby72, merrystar, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
23
La importància de ser Frank
de Oscar Wilde
10,763 membres
178 ressenyes
4.2
9 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
24
Ulisses
de James Joyce
24,081 membres
377 ressenyes
4
8 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, MccMichaelR,Bretzky1
25
Els germans Karamàzov
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
29,445 membres
328 ressenyes
½ 4.4
8 Members
roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, rplinke, steller0707, MccMichaelR
26
El vigilant en el camp de sègol
de J. D. Salinger
69,483 membres
1,078 ressenyes
3.8
12 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, blackdove07, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
27
Madame Bovary
de Gustave Flaubert
26,186 membres
390 ressenyes
½ 3.7
8 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, jeffza, Laura1124, steller0707,Bretzky1
28
Ilíada
de Homer
39,895 membres
386 ressenyes
4
7 Members
pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, mspixieears, MccMichaelR
29
David Copperfield
de Charles Dickens
20,658 membres
274 ressenyes
4.1
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, morryb, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, MccMichaelR
Explicacions
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
Seny i sentiment
de Jane Austen
38,060 membres
525 ressenyes
4.1
10 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
31
El Rei Lear
de William Shakespeare
15,049 membres
145 ressenyes
4.1
10 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
32
Tot esperant Godot
de Samuel Beckett
12,918 membres
161 ressenyes
3.9
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, botch_snap
33
El procés
de Franz Kafka
19,862 membres
237 ressenyes
4
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, mspixieears, rplinke, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
34
El raïm de la ira
de John Steinbeck
34,258 membres
471 ressenyes
4.1
10 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
35
El soroll i la fúria
de William Faulkner
17,271 membres
225 ressenyes
4
8 Members
roby72, amanda4242, auntSteelbreaker, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
36
Contes de Canterbury
de Geoffrey Chaucer
21,964 membres
168 ressenyes
½ 3.7
8 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124
37
Dublinesos
de James Joyce
19,674 membres
226 ressenyes
3.9
10 Members
ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
38
Càndid o l'optimisme
de Voltaire
20,531 membres
306 ressenyes
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 ressenyes
½ 3.5
10 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
40
Anna Karènina
de Leo Tolstoy
38,406 membres
623 ressenyes
4.1
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, mspixieears, steller0707, MccMichaelR
41
La Divina Comèdia
de Dante Alighieri
21,725 membres
188 ressenyes
4.1
6 Members
roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda, MccMichaelR
42
Little Women
de Louisa May Alcott
26,394 membres
398 ressenyes
4
8 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124
43
Les aventures de Tom Sawyer
de Mark Twain
32,819 membres
323 ressenyes
3.9
9 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, amanda4242, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
44
El mestre i Margarida
de Mikhail Bulgakov
20,416 membres
465 ressenyes
4.2
7 Members
roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
45
The Good Soldier
de Ford Madox Ford
4,780 membres
113 ressenyes
3.8
8 Members
hipdeep, pitjrw, roby72, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124
46
Escorxador-5
de Kurt Vonnegut
43,969 membres
704 ressenyes
4.1
9 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, blackdove07, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, botch_snap,alex68 ,Bretzky1 ,MccMichaelR
47
L'estrany cas del Dr. Jekyll i Mr. Hyde
de Robert Louis Stevenson
17,117 membres
315 ressenyes
½ 3.7
8 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124
48
Catch-22
de Joseph Heller
39,994 membres
525 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, blackdove07, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Laura1124
49
Persuasió
de Jane Austen
28,662 membres
532 ressenyes
4.2
8 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
50
Retrat de l'artista adolescent
de James Joyce
21,209 membres
216 ressenyes
½ 3.7
8 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
51
La Montaña Mágica
de Thomas Mann
9,596 membres
175 ressenyes
4.2
6 Members
ebeach, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, mspixieears
52
El guepard
de Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
6,561 membres
147 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707
53
La gran dormida
de Raymond Chandler
10,270 membres
284 ressenyes
4
8 Members
roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
54
Their Eyes Were Watching God
de Zora Neale Hurston
19,080 membres
345 ressenyes
4
7 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, cindyst2000, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707,MccMichaelR
55
Tot se'n va en orris
de Chinua Achebe
20,618 membres
431 ressenyes
3.8
9 Members
roby72, amanda4242, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
56
The Mill on the Floss
de George Eliot
8,698 membres
119 ressenyes
3.8
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
57
Un tramvia anomenat Desig
de Tennessee Williams
8,014 membres
94 ressenyes
3.9
8 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
58
La Conxorxa dels ximples
de John Kennedy Toole
21,334 membres
472 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
59
Mentre em moria
de William Faulkner
14,754 membres
215 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
amanda4242, blackdove07, auntSteelbreaker, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707,MccMichaelR
60
El Despertar
de Kate Chopin
9,178 membres
179 ressenyes
½ 3.6
8 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
61
Moby Dick
de Herman Melville
35,525 membres
541 ressenyes
3.8
6 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
62
Emma
de Jane Austen
37,912 membres
505 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
booksinbed, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
63
The Lord of the Rings
de J. R. R. Tolkien
50,325 membres
450 ressenyes
½ 4.5
8 Members
KimarieBee, blackdove07, cindyst2000, cej1027, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,pitjrw ,auntSteelbreaker ,alex68
64
Invisible Man
de Ralph Ellison
16,357 membres
212 ressenyes
4
7 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
65
La fira de les vanitats
de William Makepeace Thackeray
14,660 membres
190 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
66
Otel·lo
de William Shakespeare
16,902 membres
131 ressenyes
4
8 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
67
Memòries del subsòl
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
12,516 membres
155 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1
68
Vida i opinions de Tristram Shandy, home de llinatge
de Laurence Sterne
7,663 membres
112 ressenyes
3.9
6 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
69
Desgràcia
de J. M. Coetzee
10,859 membres
274 ressenyes
3.8
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707
70
L'illa del tresor
de Robert Louis Stevenson
33,992 membres
430 ressenyes
3.8
6 Members
roby72, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
71
A la recerca del temps perdut
de Marcel Proust
3,883 membres
44 ressenyes
½ 4.5
4 Members
ebeach, roby72, thecoroner, alex68
72
El llarg adeu
de Raymond Chandler
5,224 membres
114 ressenyes
4.2
6 Members
roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
73
El Paradís perdut
de John Milton
13,885 membres
112 ressenyes
4
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy
74
El vell i la mar
de Ernest Hemingway
30,691 membres
505 ressenyes
3.8
7 Members
roby72, amanda4242, cej1027, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707,MccMichaelR
75
La travessia del Navegant de l'Alba
de C. S. Lewis
25,333 membres
256 ressenyes
4
5 Members
merrystar, cindyst2000, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
76
Enric V
de William Shakespeare
6,022 membres
53 ressenyes
4
6 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
77
Beloved
de Toni Morrison
22,800 membres
405 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, roby72, cindyst2000, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
78
Winesburg, Ohio
de Sherwood Anderson
5,924 membres
120 ressenyes
3.8
7 Members
hipdeep, roby72, merrystar, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
79
Eneida
de Virgil
22,877 membres
198 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68
80
Les hores
de Michael Cunningham
12,696 membres
232 ressenyes
3.9
6 Members
booksinbed, ebeach, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
81
Casa de nines
de Henrik Ibsen
5,369 membres
90 ressenyes
½ 3.6
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
82
Holy Bible
de Bible
415 membres
4 ressenyes
4.2
5 Members
roby72, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, MccMichaelR
83
La Tempesta
de William Shakespeare
13,754 membres
175 ressenyes
3.9
6 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
84
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha
de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
30,475 membres
449 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
hipdeep, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
85
Death of a Salesman
de Arthur Miller
12,181 membres
116 ressenyes
½ 3.6
7 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, cindyst2000, thecoroner, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
86
Viatge a l'Índia
de E. M. Forster
12,417 membres
142 ressenyes
3.8
7 Members
merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
87
Decameró
de Giovanni Boccaccio
9,984 membres
120 ressenyes
4
4 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68
88
Faules
de Aesop
3,588 membres
50 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
hipdeep, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears,MccMichaelR
89
El Casalot
de Charles Dickens
13,680 membres
247 ressenyes
4.2
5 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
90
Cent anys de solitud
de Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44,377 membres
688 ressenyes
4.2
7 Members
roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124,Bretzky1 ,MccMichaelR
91
El cor és un caçador solitari
de Carson McCullers
10,705 membres
243 ressenyes
4
7 Members
booksinbed, cindyst2000, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,Bretzky1 ,MccMichaelR
92
Our Mutual Friend
de Charles Dickens
5,821 membres
99 ressenyes
4.2
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124
93
Ficciones
de Jorge Luis Borges
7,589 membres
114 ressenyes
½ 4.4
5 Members
roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68
94
Sophie's Choice
de William Styron
5,997 membres
87 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
booksinbed, cindyst2000, Laura1124, rplinke, steller0707,MccMichaelR
95
Retrat d'una dama
de Henry James
10,807 membres
125 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
96
El que resta del dia
de Kazuo Ishiguro
16,330 membres
475 ressenyes
4.2
5 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
97
Foc pàl·lid
de Vladimir Nabokov
7,927 membres
139 ressenyes
4.2
5 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Laura1124, steller0707
98
Poema del vell mariner
de Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2,384 membres
34 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707
99
Absalom, Absalom!
de William Faulkner
7,648 membres
106 ressenyes
4.1
6 Members
hipdeep, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
100
Teresa dels Urbervilles : una dona pura, fidelment presentada
de Thomas Hardy
19,144 membres
244 ressenyes
3.8
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, steller0707,MccMichaelR