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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1
Hamlet Prince of Denmark
door William Shakespeare
31,051 leden
291 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 1
14 Members
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2
De grote Gatsby
door F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,306 leden
1,170 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
3
Spaar de spotvogels
door Harper Lee
78,634 leden
1,433 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 3
14 Members
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4
De avonturen van Huckleberry Finn
door Mark Twain
43,075 leden
520 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 7
12 Members
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Verklaringen
MccMichaelR : A good, even 'brilliant', commentary wrapped in a comedic story. But ... top 100 of 'all time' no, so no also to 'top 10'
5
Jane Eyre
door Charlotte Brontë
59,146 leden
919 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 5
14 Members
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6
Macbeth
door William Shakespeare
26,137 leden
229 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 6
13 Members
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7
Romeo and Juliet
door William Shakespeare
28,599 leden
279 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 11
11 Members
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8
Charlottes web
door E. B. White
36,197 leden
1,025 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 13
10 Members
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9
Hart der duisternis
door Joseph Conrad
23,640 leden
389 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 8
13 Members
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10
Mevrouw Dalloway
door Virginia Woolf
20,686 leden
330 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 12
12 Members
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11
Oorlog en Vrede
door Leo Tolstoy
28,912 leden
459 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 4
12 Members
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12
Madame Bovary
door Gustave Flaubert
26,247 leden
389 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 27
8 Members
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13
Trots en vooroordeel
door Jane Austen
80,814 leden
1,370 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 17
13 Members
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14
Het belang van ernst
door Oscar Wilde
10,775 leden
178 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 23
9 Members
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15
Middlemarch
door George Eliot
17,749 leden
331 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 10
11 Members
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16
Het proces
door Franz Kafka
19,917 leden
237 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 33
9 Members
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17
De woeste hoogte
door Emily Brontë
52,099 leden
705 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 20
11 Members
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18
Candide of Het optimisme
door Voltaire
20,589 leden
307 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 38
10 Members
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19
1984
door George Orwell
82,126 leden
1,274 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 21
11 Members
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20
Gulliver's Travels
door Jonathan Swift
1,131 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Algemene Rangorde 39
10 Members
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21
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer
door Mark Twain
32,968 leden
328 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 43
9 Members
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22
Koning Lear
door William Shakespeare
15,088 leden
146 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 31
10 Members
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23
Verstand en gevoel
door Jane Austen
38,190 leden
529 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 30
10 Members
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24
Lolita
door Vladimir Nabokov
31,746 leden
563 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 15
11 Members
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25
De vanger in het graan
door J. D. Salinger
69,643 leden
1,081 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 26
12 Members
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26
De tramlijn die verlangen heet
door Tennessee Williams
8,052 leden
96 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 57
8 Members
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27
Grote verwachtingen
door Charles Dickens
38,573 leden
435 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 18
12 Members
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28
De ontnuchtering
door Kate Chopin
9,195 leden
179 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 60
8 Members
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29
De Canterbury-verhalen
door Geoffrey Chaucer
22,029 leden
169 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 36
8 Members
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30
David Copperfield
door Charles Dickens
20,717 leden
276 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 29
9 Members
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Verklaringen
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!
31
De druiven der gramschap
door John Steinbeck
34,366 leden
475 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 34
10 Members
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32
Onder moeders vleugels
door Louisa May Alcott
26,517 leden
400 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 42
8 Members
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33
Wachten op Godot
door Samuel Beckett
12,961 leden
161 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 32
9 Members
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34
Catch-22
door Joseph Heller
40,063 leden
526 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 48
7 Members
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35
Sophie's keuze
door William Styron
6,005 leden
87 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 94
5 Members
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36
Othello
door William Shakespeare
16,950 leden
131 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 66
8 Members
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37
De uren
door Michael Cunningham
12,732 leden
231 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 80
6 Members
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38
Overtuiging
door Jane Austen
28,743 leden
532 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 49
8 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
39
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
door Thomas Hardy
19,212 leden
244 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 100
6 Members
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40
Henry V
door William Shakespeare
6,046 leden
53 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 76
6 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
41
Death of a Salesman
door Arthur Miller
12,237 leden
116 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 85
7 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, cindyst2000, thecoroner, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,MccMichaelR
42
De Molen aan de Floss
door George Eliot
8,732 leden
119 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 56
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
43
In ongenade
door J. M. Coetzee
10,873 leden
275 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 69
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707
44
Juffrouw Brodies beste jaren
door Muriel Spark
5,211 leden
171 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 106
6 Members
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45
Het paradijs verloren
door John Milton
13,952 leden
113 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 73
6 Members
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46
Onzichtbare man
door Ralph Ellison
16,211 leden
212 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 64
7 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR
47
De Lorax
door Dr. Seuss
8,850 leden
306 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 154
5 Members
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48
Het hart is een eenzame jager
door Carson McCullers
10,737 leden
243 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 91
7 Members
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49
Anna Karenina
door Leo Tolstoy
38,540 leden
630 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 40
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, mspixieears, steller0707, MccMichaelR
50
Emma
door Jane Austen
38,061 leden
506 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 62
7 Members
booksinbed, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
51
Een poppenhuis
door Henrik Ibsen
5,387 leden
91 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 81
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
52
Kermis der ijdelheid
door William Makepeace Thackeray
14,714 leden
191 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 65
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda
53
De storm
door William Shakespeare
13,801 leden
175 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 83
6 Members
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54
Onze wederzijdse vriend
door Charles Dickens
5,846 leden
100 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 92
6 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124
55
Aantekeningen uit het ondergrondse
door Fyodor Dostoevsky
12,562 leden
156 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 67
5 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1
56
Het narrenschip
door Katherine Anne Porter
1,142 leden
18 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 130
3 Members
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57
The Comedians
door Graham Greene
2,697 leden
44 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 179
2 Members
booksinbed, steller0707
58
Wat ze droegen
door Tim O'Brien
14,381 leden
393 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 136
3 Members
booksinbed, cej1027, kara.shamy
59
Negen verhalen
door J. D. Salinger
11,765 leden
112 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 124
3 Members
booksinbed, blackdove07, ManWithAnAgenda
60
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Malayalam Retold)
door Thomas Hardy
8,321 leden
114 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 102
5 Members
booksinbed, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
61
Daniel Deronda
door George Eliot
3,757 leden
49 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 125
4 Members
booksinbed, roby72, alex68, kara.shamy
62
The Ambassadors
door Henry James
3,978 leden
43 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 184
2 Members
booksinbed, roby72
63
Bleak House
door Charles Dickens
13,704 leden
248 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 89
5 Members
booksinbed, merrystar, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
64
Het lied van Solomon
door Toni Morrison
10,849 leden
124 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 157
4 Members
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65
En eentje zag ze vliegen
door Ken Kesey
24,257 leden
298 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 149
3 Members
booksinbed, ahef1963, steller0707
66
Stille sneeuwval : de geschiedenis van de gezusters Makioka : roman
door Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
2,176 leden
42 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 105
5 Members
booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
67
Bacchae [Greek text]
door Euripides
326 leden
3 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 146
3 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, mspixieears
68
Wie is er bang voor Virginia Woolf?
door Edward Albee
4,684 leden
70 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 164
4 Members
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69
Antony and Cleopatra
door William Shakespeare
5,500 leden
61 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 137
3 Members
booksinbed, ahef1963, kara.shamy
70
Carrie
door Theodore Dreiser
4,045 leden
60 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 135
3 Members
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71
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
door Betty Smith
16,574 leden
442 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 122
5 Members
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72
De duivelsverzen
door Salman Rushdie
12,060 leden
140 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 101
5 Members
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73
En de zon gaat op
door Ernest Hemingway
22,992 leden
337 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 123
5 Members
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74
Ten oosten van Eden
door John Steinbeck
23,442 leden
424 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 104
5 Members
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75
De kleur paars
door Alice Walker
19,777 leden
335 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 103
6 Members
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76
De rest van de dag
door Kazuo Ishiguro
16,413 leden
477 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 96
5 Members
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77
The Deptford Trilogy
door Robertson Davies
2,547 leden
39 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 117
4 Members
booksinbed, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
78
De boom die gaf
door Shel Silverstein
18,819 leden
1,013 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 143
4 Members
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79
Het geschonden geweten
door Graham Greene
7,767 leden
123 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 107
5 Members
booksinbed, thecoroner, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707
80
Tot ziens, tot morgen
door William Maxwell
1,706 leden
68 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 187
2 Members
booksinbed, Laura1124
81
Hedda Gabler
door Henrik Ibsen
1,574 leden
23 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 210
Member
booksinbed
83
De weg van alle vlees
door Samuel Butler
3,611 leden
42 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 212
Member
booksinbed
84
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
door Eudora Welty
2,437 leden
15 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 214
Member
booksinbed
85
Mrs Bridge
door Evan S. Connell
1,074 leden
36 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 216
Member
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