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
32,961 leden
306 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 1
14 Members
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2
De grote Gatsby
door F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,470 leden
1,175 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 2
17 Members
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3
Spaar de spotvogels
door Harper Lee
78,842 leden
1,434 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 3
14 Members
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4
De avonturen van Huckleberry Finn
door Mark Twain
43,192 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
59,290 leden
923 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 5
14 Members
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6
Macbeth
door William Shakespeare
26,217 leden
231 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 6
13 Members
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7
Romeo and Juliet
door William Shakespeare
28,693 leden
280 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 11
11 Members
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8
Charlottes web
door E. B. White
36,288 leden
1,027 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 13
10 Members
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9
Hart der duisternis
door Joseph Conrad
23,681 leden
389 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 8
13 Members
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10
Mevrouw Dalloway
door Virginia Woolf
20,733 leden
331 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 12
12 Members
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11
Oorlog en Vrede
door Leo Tolstoy
28,986 leden
460 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 4
12 Members
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12
Madame Bovary
door Gustave Flaubert
26,315 leden
389 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 27
8 Members
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13
Trots en vooroordeel
door Jane Austen
81,051 leden
1,371 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 17
13 Members
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14
Het belang van ernst
door Oscar Wilde
10,806 leden
178 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 23
9 Members
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15
Middlemarch
door George Eliot
17,803 leden
331 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 10
11 Members
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16
Het proces
door Franz Kafka
19,969 leden
237 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 33
9 Members
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17
De woeste hoogte
door Emily Brontë
52,248 leden
708 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 20
11 Members
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18
Candide of Het optimisme
door Voltaire
20,630 leden
308 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 38
10 Members
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19
1984
door George Orwell
82,321 leden
1,275 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 21
11 Members
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20
Gulliver's Travels
door Jonathan Swift
1,132 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Algemene Rangorde 39
10 Members
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21
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer
door Mark Twain
33,076 leden
328 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 43
9 Members
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22
Koning Lear
door William Shakespeare
15,127 leden
147 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 31
10 Members
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23
Verstand en gevoel
door Jane Austen
38,304 leden
529 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 30
10 Members
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24
Lolita
door Vladimir Nabokov
31,811 leden
565 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 15
11 Members
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25
De vanger in het graan
door J. D. Salinger
70,096 leden
1,083 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 26
12 Members
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26
De tramlijn die verlangen heet
door Tennessee Williams
8,085 leden
96 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 57
8 Members
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27
Grote verwachtingen
door Charles Dickens
38,687 leden
438 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 18
12 Members
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28
De ontnuchtering
door Kate Chopin
9,218 leden
179 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 60
8 Members
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29
De Canterbury-verhalen
door Geoffrey Chaucer
22,070 leden
169 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 36
8 Members
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30
David Copperfield
door Charles Dickens
21,116 leden
282 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
34,445 leden
478 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 34
10 Members
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32
Onder moeders vleugels
door Louisa May Alcott
26,602 leden
402 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 42
8 Members
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33
Wachten op Godot
door Samuel Beckett
12,989 leden
161 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 32
9 Members
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34
Catch-22
door Joseph Heller
40,134 leden
528 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 48
7 Members
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35
Sophie's keuze
door William Styron
6,014 leden
87 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 94
5 Members
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36
Othello
door William Shakespeare
17,029 leden
132 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 66
8 Members
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37
De uren
door Michael Cunningham
12,749 leden
232 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 80
6 Members
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38
Overtuiging
door Jane Austen
28,842 leden
534 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
19,265 leden
247 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 100
6 Members
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40
Henry V
door William Shakespeare
6,068 leden
53 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 76
6 Members
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41
Death of a Salesman
door Arthur Miller
12,276 leden
116 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 85
7 Members
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42
De Molen aan de Floss
door George Eliot
8,755 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
10,878 leden
277 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 69
7 Members
booksinbed, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, steller0707
44
Juffrouw Brodies beste jaren
door Muriel Spark
5,245 leden
172 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 106
6 Members
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45
Het paradijs verloren
door John Milton
13,978 leden
113 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 73
6 Members
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46
Onzichtbare man
door Ralph Ellison
16,239 leden
212 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 64
7 Members
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47
De Lorax
door Dr. Seuss
8,886 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
10,763 leden
243 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 91
7 Members
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49
Anna Karenina
door Leo Tolstoy
38,641 leden
632 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 40
9 Members
booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, mspixieears, steller0707, MccMichaelR
50
Emma
door Jane Austen
38,204 leden
506 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 62
7 Members
booksinbed, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
51
Een poppenhuis
door Henrik Ibsen
5,408 leden
91 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 81
6 Members
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52
Kermis der ijdelheid
door William Makepeace Thackeray
14,762 leden
192 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 65
7 Members
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53
De storm
door William Shakespeare
13,851 leden
176 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 83
6 Members
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54
Onze wederzijdse vriend
door Charles Dickens
5,859 leden
102 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 92
6 Members
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55
Aantekeningen uit het ondergrondse
door Fyodor Dostoevsky
12,606 leden
156 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 67
5 Members
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56
Het narrenschip
door Katherine Anne Porter
1,144 leden
18 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 130
3 Members
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57
The Comedians
door Graham Greene
2,700 leden
44 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 179
2 Members
booksinbed, steller0707
58
Wat ze droegen
door Tim O'Brien
14,424 leden
393 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 136
3 Members
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59
Negen verhalen
door J. D. Salinger
11,789 leden
112 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 124
3 Members
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60
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Malayalam Retold)
door Thomas Hardy
8,341 leden
114 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 102
5 Members
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61
Daniel Deronda
door George Eliot
3,763 leden
49 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 125
4 Members
booksinbed, roby72, alex68, kara.shamy
62
The Ambassadors
door Henry James
3,985 leden
43 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 184
2 Members
booksinbed, roby72
63
Bleak House
door Charles Dickens
13,729 leden
249 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 89
5 Members
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64
Het lied van Solomon
door Toni Morrison
10,887 leden
124 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 157
4 Members
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65
En eentje zag ze vliegen
door Ken Kesey
24,317 leden
298 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 149
3 Members
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66
Stille sneeuwval : de geschiedenis van de gezusters Makioka : roman
door Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
2,185 leden
43 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 105
5 Members
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67
Bacchae [Greek text]
door Euripides
327 leden
3 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 146
3 Members
booksinbed, amanda4242, mspixieears
68
Wie is er bang voor Virginia Woolf?
door Edward Albee
4,697 leden
70 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 164
4 Members
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69
Antony and Cleopatra
door William Shakespeare
5,521 leden
61 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 137
3 Members
booksinbed, ahef1963, kara.shamy
70
Carrie
door Theodore Dreiser
4,053 leden
61 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 135
3 Members
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71
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
door Betty Smith
16,575 leden
443 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 122
5 Members
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72
De duivelsverzen
door Salman Rushdie
12,094 leden
140 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 101
5 Members
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73
En de zon gaat op
door Ernest Hemingway
23,023 leden
338 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 123
5 Members
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74
Ten oosten van Eden
door John Steinbeck
23,508 leden
425 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 104
5 Members
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75
De kleur paars
door Alice Walker
19,809 leden
340 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 103
6 Members
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76
De rest van de dag
door Kazuo Ishiguro
16,441 leden
478 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 96
5 Members
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77
The Deptford Trilogy
door Robertson Davies
2,548 leden
39 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 117
4 Members
booksinbed, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124
78
De boom die gaf
door Shel Silverstein
18,884 leden
1,013 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 143
4 Members
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79
Het geschonden geweten
door Graham Greene
7,785 leden
124 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 107
5 Members
booksinbed, thecoroner, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707
80
Tot ziens, tot morgen
door William Maxwell
1,708 leden
68 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 187
2 Members
booksinbed, Laura1124
81
Hedda Gabler
door Henrik Ibsen
1,580 leden
23 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 210
Member
booksinbed
83
De weg van alle vlees
door Samuel Butler
3,609 leden
42 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 212
Member
booksinbed
84
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
door Eudora Welty
2,439 leden
15 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 214
Member
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85
Mrs Bridge
door Evan S. Connell
1,076 leden
36 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 216
Member
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