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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Holy Bible
door Bible
415 leden
4 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 82
5 Members
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2
Spaar de spotvogels
door Harper Lee
78,358 leden
1,432 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 3
14 Members
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3
De avonturen van Huckleberry Finn
door Mark Twain
42,904 leden
518 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'
4
Romeo and Juliet
door William Shakespeare
28,503 leden
279 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 11
11 Members
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5
Charlottes web
door E. B. White
36,079 leden
1,022 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 13
10 Members
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6
Jane Eyre
door Charlotte Brontë
58,859 leden
913 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 5
14 Members
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7
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer
door Mark Twain
32,812 leden
323 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 43
9 Members
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8
In de ban van de ring
door J. R. R. Tolkien
50,323 leden
450 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Algemene Rangorde 63
8 Members
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9
De rode letter
door Nathaniel Hawthorne
36,500 leden
372 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Algemene Rangorde 16
13 Members
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10
De druiven der gramschap
door John Steinbeck
34,252 leden
471 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 34
10 Members
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11
Brieven uit de hel
door C. S. Lewis
7,858 leden
89 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 129
4 Members
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12
Schateiland
door Robert Louis Stevenson
33,989 leden
430 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 70
6 Members
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13
De boom die gaf
door Shel Silverstein
18,753 leden
1,008 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 143
4 Members
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14
De Lorax
door Dr. Seuss
8,810 leden
305 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 154
5 Members
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15
De reis van het drakenschip
door C. S. Lewis
25,332 leden
256 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 75
5 Members
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16
Een wereld valt uiteen
door Chinua Achebe
20,616 leden
431 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 55
9 Members
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17
Wat ze droegen
door Tim O'Brien
14,321 leden
393 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 136
3 Members
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18
Liefdesmedicijn
door Louise Erdrich
3,920 leden
78 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 169
2 Members
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19
Medea
door Euripides
2,904 leden
48 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 139
3 Members
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20
De oude man en de zee
door Ernest Hemingway
30,688 leden
505 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 74
7 Members
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21
De grote Gatsby
door F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,041 leden
1,165 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 2
17 Members
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22
Gulliver's Travels
door Jonathan Swift
1,131 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Algemene Rangorde 39
10 Members
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23
Hart der duisternis
door Joseph Conrad
23,552 leden
387 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 8
13 Members
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