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Kristen S
It's one of my New Year's Resolutions to read the greatest books ever written; however, when I googled this I found many differing opinions and lists. Help me find the best list, or, make your own suggestions.
I'm not surprised at all with the differing opinions, I'm just curious as to what they are.
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Every list is different and it depends on what kind of books you are looking for. Most people agree on a few that are almost always in the top ten: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy; Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; Middlemarch by George Eliot; The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky; as well as a few others.
The Times list is linked below, but this is just the 100 best English books since 1923.
I also added a second link which is to a list that doesn't exclude books written originally in another language like the Times list does. This list is from a book.
I personally didn't like Anna Karenina, but I loved the Brothers Karamazov. I haven't read the others that I listed above, but I would probably include Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, and The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
Every list is different and it depends on what kind of books you are looking for. Most people agree on a few that are almost always in the top ten: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy; Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; Middlemarch by George Eliot; The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky; as well as a few others.
The Times list is linked below, but this is just the 100 best English books since 1923.
I also added a second link which is to a list that doesn't exclude books written originally in another language like the Times list does. This list is from a book.
I personally didn't like Anna Karenina, but I loved the Brothers Karamazov. I haven't read the others that I listed above, but I would probably include Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, and The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
What are the best books ever written?
Q. Hi, I'm doing a blog of 1,000 of the greatest books ever written for all types of people. anyways, me and my friends only got to number 928 and seem to be stumped. Do you know of any good reads? and I'll see if they are already on the list. It has everything from Jane Austen to J.K. and lots of others. What's some good books you recommend? Thanks
Thanks I'm getting alot of good answers that are not on the list, Catcher in the Rye is on the list.. but alot of these are not : ) TY
Thanks I'm getting alot of good answers that are not on the list, Catcher in the Rye is on the list.. but alot of these are not : ) TY
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A Hero of Our Time - Mikhail Lermontov
The Invention of Curried Sausage - Uwe Timm
Perfume - Patrick Suskind (umlaut above the u in suskind)
Mila 18 - Leon Uris
Exodus - Leon Uris
The Professor and the Madman - Simon Winchester
Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
Those are just a few off the top of my head.
*** I'd like to add a note - these aren't necessarily the first that came to mind, but the first that came to mind that I thought you might not have on your list.
A Hero of Our Time - Mikhail Lermontov
The Invention of Curried Sausage - Uwe Timm
Perfume - Patrick Suskind (umlaut above the u in suskind)
Mila 18 - Leon Uris
Exodus - Leon Uris
The Professor and the Madman - Simon Winchester
Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
Those are just a few off the top of my head.
*** I'd like to add a note - these aren't necessarily the first that came to mind, but the first that came to mind that I thought you might not have on your list.
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