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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 is a RELIABLE list of the top 10 (or 100) books of all time?
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Is there any source out there that is nationally recognized and reliable that gives a list of the greatest books ever written? Not just some NY Times author's top 10 list! Please include a link if you can!
Answer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml
OR http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/01/30/writers-top-ten-favorite-books/
Any website isn`t likely to be 110% reliable, but BBC has named 100 of most well-known books (on the link above)... :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml
OR http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/01/30/writers-top-ten-favorite-books/
Any website isn`t likely to be 110% reliable, but BBC has named 100 of most well-known books (on the link above)... :)
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