The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books

Beschrijving
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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De avonturen van Huckleberry Finn
door Mark Twain
42,880 leden
518 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 7
12 Members
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MccMichaelR : A good, even 'brilliant', commentary wrapped in a comedic story. But ... top 100 of 'all time' no, so no also to 'top 10'
2
En de zon gaat op
door Ernest Hemingway
22,915 leden
335 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 123
5 Members
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3
De meester en Margarita
door Mikhail Bulgakov
20,398 leden
465 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 44
7 Members
roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Hamlet Prince of Denmark
door William Shakespeare
30,906 leden
289 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 1
14 Members
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5
Het belang van ernst
door Oscar Wilde
10,758 leden
177 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 23
9 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
6
Macbeth
door William Shakespeare
26,034 leden
225 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 6
13 Members
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7
Charlottes web
door E. B. White
36,060 leden
1,021 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 13
10 Members
booksinbed, KimarieBee, amanda4242, cindyst2000, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707
8
Hart der duisternis
door Joseph Conrad
23,563 leden
387 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 8
13 Members
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9
Trots en vooroordeel
door Jane Austen
80,474 leden
1,365 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 17
13 Members
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10
Romeo and Juliet
door William Shakespeare
28,481 leden
279 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 11
11 Members
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12
Jane Eyre
door Charlotte Brontë
58,834 leden
913 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 5
14 Members
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13
Odyssee
door Homer
52,952 leden
472 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 9
9 Members
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14
1984
door George Orwell
81,794 leden
1,267 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 21
11 Members
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15
Het geraas en gebral
door William Faulkner
17,253 leden
224 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 35
8 Members
roby72, amanda4242, auntSteelbreaker, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
16
De tramlijn die verlangen heet
door Tennessee Williams
8,007 leden
94 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 57
8 Members
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17
De wonderlijke geschiedenis van dr Jekyll en mr Hyde
door Robert Louis Stevenson
17,108 leden
315 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 47
8 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124
18
De ontnuchtering
door Kate Chopin
9,172 leden
179 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 60
8 Members
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19
Mevrouw Dalloway
door Virginia Woolf
20,591 leden
329 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 12
12 Members
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20
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer
door Mark Twain
32,801 leden
323 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 43
9 Members
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21
Candide of Het optimisme
door Voltaire
20,518 leden
306 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 38
10 Members
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22
De vanger in het graan
door J. D. Salinger
69,459 leden
1,078 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 26
12 Members
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23
Wachten op Godot
door Samuel Beckett
12,904 leden
159 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 32
9 Members
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24
De vreemdeling
door Albert Camus
35,447 leden
501 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 14
12 Members
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25
Dubliners
door James Joyce
19,661 leden
225 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 37
10 Members
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26
Terwijl ik al heenging
door William Faulkner
14,759 leden
215 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 59
7 Members
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27
Rode draak
door Thomas Harris
9,996 leden
103 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 141
3 Members
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28
En ze keken naar God
door Zora Neale Hurston
19,092 leden
345 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 54
7 Members
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29
Fabels van Aesopus
door Aesop
3,586 leden
50 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 88
7 Members
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30
De oude man en de zee
door Ernest Hemingway
30,675 leden
505 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 74
7 Members
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31
Een poppenhuis
door Henrik Ibsen
5,364 leden
90 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 81
6 Members
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32
De rode letter
door Nathaniel Hawthorne
36,480 leden
371 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Algemene Rangorde 16
13 Members
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33
Moby Dick
door Herman Melville
35,499 leden
540 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 61
6 Members
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34
Death of a Salesman
door Arthur Miller
12,175 leden
116 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 85
7 Members
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35
Verstand en gevoel
door Jane Austen
38,045 leden
524 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 30
10 Members
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36
De storm
door William Shakespeare
13,741 leden
175 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 83
6 Members
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37
Gulliver's Travels
door Jonathan Swift
1,131 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Algemene Rangorde 39
10 Members
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38
Een samenzwering van idioten
door John Kennedy Toole
21,327 leden
472 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 58
7 Members
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39
Brieven uit de hel
door C. S. Lewis
7,855 leden
89 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 129
4 Members
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40
De rest van de dag
door Kazuo Ishiguro
16,323 leden
475 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 96
5 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
41
Ten oosten van Eden
door John Steinbeck
23,349 leden
423 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 104
5 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, alex68, steller0707
42
Het lied van de oude zeeman
door Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2,384 leden
34 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 98
5 Members
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43
De Lorax
door Dr. Seuss
8,794 leden
305 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 154
5 Members
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44
De boom die gaf
door Shel Silverstein
18,745 leden
1,008 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 143
4 Members
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45
Decamerone
door Giovanni Boccaccio
9,976 leden
120 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 87
4 Members
roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68
46
Een wereld valt uiteen
door Chinua Achebe
20,609 leden
431 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 55
9 Members
roby72, amanda4242, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
47
Lolita
door Vladimir Nabokov
31,713 leden
557 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 15
11 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MccMichaelR
48
Howl and Other Poems
door Allen Ginsberg
5,556 leden
67 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 144
3 Members
amanda4242, mspixieears, Laura1124
49
Wie is er bang voor Virginia Woolf?
door Edward Albee
4,674 leden
69 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 164
4 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, ahef1963, mspixieears,MccMichaelR
50
Bacchae [Greek text]
door Euripides
323 leden
3 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 146
3 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, mspixieears
51
Bhagavad Gita
door Vyasa
9,356 leden
94 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 133
3 Members
amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy
52
Weg der geesten : trilogie
door Pat Barker
796 leden
14 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 175
2 Members
amanda4242, kara.shamy
53
Fictions
door Jorge Luis Borges
7,585 leden
114 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 93
5 Members
roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68
54
Voor wie de klok luidt
door Ernest Hemingway
18,934 leden
185 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 118
4 Members
amanda4242, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Laura1124
55
Shining Through
door Susan Isaacs
597 leden
6 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 204
Member
amanda4242
56
Spaar de spotvogels
door Harper Lee
78,317 leden
1,431 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 3
14 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, KimarieBee, roby72, amanda4242, morryb, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
57
De druiven der gramschap
door John Steinbeck
34,238 leden
470 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 34
10 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda
58
De grote Gatsby
door F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,013 leden
1,163 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 2
17 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, Jys-g, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
59
Othello
door William Shakespeare
16,896 leden
131 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 66
8 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR