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Le Monde - Les 100 livres du siècle

Based on bookaward: Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century

Members: 18 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date | CK Order
1
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
57,425 members, 938 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: tlwright (1), timtom (1), msemmag (1), Trifolia (1), Rubenwiering (1), ahef1963 (1), FlorianKarpfinger (3), thecoroner (8), FranzK72 (9), roby72 (20), mspixieears — 1 more, cej1027

Score: 39.04

2
In Search of Lost Time
by Marcel Proust
3,027 members, 39 reviews
4.51 stars (4.51 stars)

Lists: blancosa (1), tlwright (2), timtom (2), FranzK72 (2), thecoroner (2), ukh (2), roby72 (2), Dilara86 (4), FlorianKarpfinger (6), Rubenwiering (13)

Score: 31.67

3
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
27,821 members, 379 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (1), Trifolia (2), Rubenwiering (2), tlwright (3), timtom (3), aulsmith (4), roby72 (17), thecoroner (19), FranzK72 (27), cej1027

Score: 28.31

4
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
33,100 members, 603 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: Jys-g (1), Trifolia (3), tlwright (4), timtom (4), ukh (4), ahef1963 (12), FranzK72 (31), roby72 (37), cej1027, mspixieears

Score: 26.41

5
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
28,765 members, 380 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ukh (1), Trifolia (4), Rubenwiering (4), tlwright (5), timtom (5), roby72 (13), ahef1963 (14), FranzK72 (15), FlorianKarpfinger (25), mspixieears

Score: 25.38

6
Ulysses
by James Joyce
19,372 members, 268 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (1), thecoroner (1), aulsmith (1), roby72 (1), tlwright (6), ahef1963 (6), FlorianKarpfinger (10), mspixieears

Thumbs down: timtom

Score: 23.74

Explanations:

timtom (0): Impossible to read more than a few pages. Too dense for a non-English native maybe.

7
Journey to the End of the Night
by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
4,925 members, 65 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: Rubenwiering (3), blancosa (3), FranzK72 (4), timtom (6), thecoroner (6), ukh (6), roby72 (6), tlwright (7), FlorianKarpfinger (20)

Score: 23.48

8
1984
by George Orwell
65,119 members, 1,041 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (2), Trifolia (5), Rubenwiering (5), timtom (7), ahef1963 (7), tlwright (8), FlorianKarpfinger (11), roby72 (32), mspixieears

Score: 22.27

9
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
36,752 members, 542 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: blancosa (4), Trifolia (7), timtom (8), FranzK72 (8), tlwright (9), thecoroner (11), roby72 (11), ahef1963 (13), FlorianKarpfinger (24)

Score: 20.66

10
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
43,561 members, 586 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), FlorianKarpfinger (4), Trifolia (6), Rubenwiering (6), timtom (9), tlwright (10), roby72 (39), cej1027

Score: 20.5

11
The Trial
by Franz Kafka
16,520 members, 186 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ukh (3), thecoroner (4), FranzK72 (5), roby72 (7), timtom (10), tlwright (11), FlorianKarpfinger (21), mspixieears

Score: 19.7

12
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
22,377 members, 428 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: Trifolia (8), ahef1963 (9), timtom (11), tlwright (12), FlorianKarpfinger (14), FranzK72 (19), thecoroner (30), roby72 (31), cej1027

Score: 19.46

13
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello
1,140 members, 25 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: blancosa (2), aulsmith (5), roby72 (12), tlwright (13), thecoroner (14), FranzK72 (16), ahef1963 (20), mspixieears

Score: 18.63

14
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
10,576 members, 131 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3), ahef1963 (8), timtom (12), FlorianKarpfinger (13), tlwright (14), FranzK72 (21), roby72 (25), mspixieears

Score: 17.78

15
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir
1,619 members, 10 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (2), Dilara86 (2), timtom (13), tlwright (15), thecoroner (16), roby72 (19), FranzK72 (23)

Score: 16.61

16
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann
7,540 members, 119 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: roby72 (4), thecoroner (5), FranzK72 (7), timtom (14), tlwright (16), FlorianKarpfinger (18), mspixieears

Score: 16.35

17
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
11,661 members, 212 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (12), timtom (15), thecoroner (15), ahef1963 (15), tlwright (17), roby72 (21), FlorianKarpfinger (28), mspixieears

Score: 16.2

18
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11,404 members, 237 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), FlorianKarpfinger (8), Trifolia (9), timtom (16), tlwright (18), roby72 (42), mspixieears

Score: 15.25

19
The Man Without Qualities
by Robert Musil
448 members, 7 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (3), thecoroner (3), roby72 (3), timtom (17), FlorianKarpfinger (17), tlwright (19)

Score: 14.97

20
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
16,320 members, 251 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), FlorianKarpfinger (7), thecoroner (17), timtom (18), roby72 (18), tlwright (20), FranzK72 (25)

Score: 14.82

21
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
15,953 members, 377 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: Rubenwiering (7), thecoroner (10), FranzK72 (14), roby72 (16), timtom (19), tlwright (21), FlorianKarpfinger (27)

Score: 14.32

22
Man's Fate
by André Malraux
2,046 members, 30 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: ukh (5), Rubenwiering (11), FranzK72 (18), timtom (20), tlwright (22), thecoroner (26), roby72 (30)

Score: 14.03

23
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
58,871 members, 936 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: Rubenwiering (8), ahef1963 (10), Trifolia (13), FlorianKarpfinger (15), timtom (21), tlwright (23), FranzK72 (28), roby72 (34)

Thumbs down: cej1027

Score: 13.86

24
A Room of One's Own
by Virginia Woolf
9,739 members, 127 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (12), timtom (22), tlwright (24), thecoroner (24), roby72 (24), FranzK72 (30), mspixieears

Score: 13.51

25
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
by Rainer Maria Rilke
2,037 members, 22 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: roby72 (5), FranzK72 (6), thecoroner (7), FlorianKarpfinger (19), timtom (23), tlwright (25)

Score: 13.22

26
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
7,066 members, 221 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), FlorianKarpfinger (5), Trifolia (12), timtom (24), tlwright (26), roby72 (40)

Score: 13.03

27
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
14,070 members, 172 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16), thecoroner (20), FranzK72 (22), roby72 (22), tlwright (27), timtom (27), FlorianKarpfinger (29)

Score: 12.82

28
Life: A User's Manual
by Georges Perec
3,098 members, 44 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (3), roby72 (15), FranzK72 (17), thecoroner (18), timtom (26), tlwright (28)

Score: 12.49

29
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
8,225 members, 232 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17), thecoroner (22), timtom (25), tlwright (29), FranzK72 (33), FlorianKarpfinger (33), roby72 (33)

Score: 12.34

30
Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
5,841 members, 86 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: roby72 (9), FranzK72 (10), thecoroner (13), FlorianKarpfinger (23), timtom (28), tlwright (30)

Score: 11.94

31
Under the Volcano
by Malcolm Lowry
3,532 members, 68 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: roby72 (8), thecoroner (12), FranzK72 (13), FlorianKarpfinger (22), timtom (29), tlwright (31)

Score: 11.9

32
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D. H. Lawrence
11,218 members, 174 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: Trifolia (10), ahef1963 (11), FlorianKarpfinger (16), timtom (30), tlwright (32), roby72 (46), mspixieears

Thumbs down: FranzK72

Score: 11.75

33
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati
1,813 members, 44 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (6), FranzK72 (20), thecoroner (28), roby72 (29), timtom (31), tlwright (33)

Score: 11.27

34
Le Grand Meaulnes
by Alain-Fournier
2,774 members, 60 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: Rubenwiering (9), Trifolia (14), timtom (32), tlwright (34), FranzK72 (35), roby72 (38)

Score: 10.97

35
The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
42,074 members, 409 reviews
4.53 stars (4.53 stars)

Lists: Trifolia (11), ahef1963 (19), timtom (33), tlwright (35), cej1027, mspixieears

Thumbs down: FranzK72

Score: 10.84

36
If This Is a Man
by Primo Levi
4,836 members, 89 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: roby72 (14), thecoroner (23), FranzK72 (24), FlorianKarpfinger (26), timtom (34), tlwright (36)

Score: 10.76

37
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
23,625 members, 325 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22), timtom (35), roby72 (36), tlwright (37), FlorianKarpfinger (41), mspixieears

Score: 10.71

39
Manhattan Transfer
by John Dos Passos
1,686 members, 21 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (27), roby72 (27), FlorianKarpfinger (31), timtom (37), FranzK72 (37), tlwright (39)

Score: 10.05

40
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
26,668 members, 463 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (9), roby72 (10), FranzK72 (11), timtom (38), FlorianKarpfinger (39), tlwright (40)

Thumbs down: cej1027

Score: 9.56

41
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (Basic Books Classics)
by Sigmund Freud
1,193 members, 6 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (21), roby72 (28), FlorianKarpfinger (32), tlwright (41), mspixieears

Score: 9.25

42
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
15,181 members, 148 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (18), FlorianKarpfinger (37), timtom (39), tlwright (42), roby72 (45)

Score: 8.28

43
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
by Heinrich Böll
2,063 members, 39 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (34), roby72 (35), FranzK72 (38), timtom (40), tlwright (43)

Score: 8.07

44
Our Lady of the Flowers
by Jean Genet
1,528 members, 10 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (6), timtom (41), tlwright (44), FlorianKarpfinger (48)

Score: 7.21

45
The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
13,854 members, 254 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (9), timtom (42), roby72 (43), tlwright (45)

Score: 6.99

46
Bonjour Tristesse
by Françoise Sagan
2,777 members, 87 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: Rubenwiering (12), timtom (43), FlorianKarpfinger (45), tlwright (46)

Score: 6.79

47
Contempt
by Alberto Moravia
708 members, 10 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (26), roby72 (26), timtom (44), tlwright (47)

Score: 6.62

48
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad
7,352 members, 90 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (35), roby72 (41), timtom (45), tlwright (48)

Score: 6.29

49
Martin Eden
by Jack London
1,436 members, 26 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (38), timtom (46), roby72 (47), tlwright (49)

Score: 6.19

50
Capital of Pain
by Paul Éluard
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: Dilara86 (1), tlwright (50)

Score: 5.5

51
The Blue Lotus
by Hergé
1,559 members, 20 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: Rubenwiering (10), timtom (47), tlwright (51)

Score: 5.27

52
The Abyss
by Marguerite Yourcenar
1,329 members, 24 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: Trifolia (15), thecoroner (29), tlwright (52)

Score: 5.25

53
Thérèse Desqueyroux
by François Mauriac
633 members, 12 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: Trifolia (16), timtom (48), tlwright (53)

Score: 5

54
Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology
by Jean-Paul Sartre
3,955 members, 13 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (21), FlorianKarpfinger (42), tlwright (54)

Score: 4.92

55
Asterix the Gaul
by René Goscinny
1,961 members, 31 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23), timtom (49), tlwright (55)

Score: 4.81

56
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
19,318 members, 388 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (36), roby72 (44), tlwright (56)

Score: 4.65

57
The Counterfeiters
by André Gide
1,079 members, 6 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (32), FlorianKarpfinger (50), tlwright (57)

Score: 4.64

58
Under Satan's Sun
by Georges Bernanos
247 members, 3 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (34), timtom (50), tlwright (58)

Score: 4.61

59
Confusion: The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R. von D.
by Stefan Zweig
632 members, 18 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (40), timtom (51), tlwright (59)

Score: 4.53

60
The Joke
by Milan Kundera
3,296 members, 33 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (43), timtom (52), tlwright (60)

Score: 4.49

61
Nadja
by André Breton
1,671 members, 13 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (47), timtom (53), tlwright (61)

Score: 4.44

62
Tristes Tropiques
by Claude Lévi-Strauss
1,396 members, 19 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (49), timtom (54), tlwright (62)

Score: 4.41

63
Pietr the Latvian
by Georges Simenon
814 members, 39 reviews
3.34 stars (3.34 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (51), timtom (55), tlwright (63)

Score: 4.39

64
The Silence of the Sea
by Vercors
380 members, 10 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (52), timtom (56), tlwright (64)

Score: 4.37

65
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
by Bertolt Brecht
342 members, 4 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (53), timtom (57), tlwright (65)

Score: 4.35

66
Froth on the Daydream
by Boris Vian
1,882 members, 37 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (5), tlwright (66)

Score: 4.08

67
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
23,417 members, 255 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: Vitor76123 (1)

Score: 4

68
The Interrogation
by J. M. G. Le Clezio
399 members, 12 reviews
3.08 stars (3.08 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (29), tlwright (67)

Score: 3.12

69
The order of things: an archaeology of the human sciences
by Michel Foucault
3,013 members, 14 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (44), tlwright (68)

Score: 2.95

70
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt
2,291 members, 20 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (46), tlwright (69)

Score: 2.92

71
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
13,271 members, 244 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: timtom (58), tlwright (70)

Score: 2.83

72
Sophie's Choice
by William Styron
5,060 members, 80 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: timtom (59), tlwright (71)

Score: 2.82

73
Moravagine
by Blaise Cendrars
600 members, 9 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: timtom (60), tlwright (72)

Score: 2.81

74
Zazie in the Metro
by Raymond Queneau
1,384 members, 22 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: timtom (61), tlwright (73)

Score: 2.8

75
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
by Selma Lagerlöf
1,003 members, 18 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: timtom (62), tlwright (74)

Score: 2.79

76
Belle du Seigneur
by Albert Cohen
772 members, 12 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: timtom (63), tlwright (75)

Score: 2.78

77
The Ravishing of Lol Stein
by Marguerite Duras
664 members, 9 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: timtom (64), tlwright (76)

Score: 2.77

78
Friday, or, The Other Island
by Michel Tournier
621 members, 9 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: timtom (65), tlwright (77)

Score: 2.76

79
The Horseman on the Roof
by Jean Giono
463 members, 7 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: timtom (66), tlwright (78)

Score: 2.75

80
Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea
by Hugo Pratt
446 members, 8 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: timtom (67), tlwright (79)

Score: 2.74

81
A Change of Heart
by Michel Butor
141 members, 3 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: timtom (68), tlwright (80)

Score: 2.73

82
Tropisms
by Nathalie Sarraute
216 members, 4 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: timtom (69), tlwright (81)

Score: 2.72

83
The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus, Plexus, Nexus
by Henry Miller
108 members, 1 review
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: timtom (70), tlwright (82)

Score: 2.71

84
Gaston, tome 1
by André Franquin
49 members, 0 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: timtom (71), tlwright (83)

Score: 2.7

85
The Theater and Its Double
by Antonin Artaud
1,012 members, 10 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: tlwright (84)

Score: 1.32

86
Paroles
by Jacques Prévert
761 members, 8 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: tlwright (85)

Score: 1.32

87
Écrits: A Selection
by Jacques Lacan
602 members, 0 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: tlwright (86)

Score: 1.31

88
Writing Degree Zero
by Roland Barthes
574 members, 2 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: tlwright (87)

Score: 1.31

89
The Opposing Shore
by Julien Gracq
406 members, 9 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: tlwright (88)

Score: 1.31

90
The General of the Dead Army
by Ismail Kadare
395 members, 8 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: tlwright (89)

Score: 1.3

91
Alcools
by Guillaume Apollinaire
390 members, 7 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: tlwright (90)

Score: 1.3

92
Gypsy Ballads
by Federico García Lorca
385 members, 5 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: tlwright (91)

Score: 1.3

93
The Bald Soprano
by Eugène Ionesco
348 members, 2 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: tlwright (92)

Score: 1.29

94
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
by James Hadley Chase
350 members, 13 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: tlwright (93)

Score: 1.29

95
The Journal of Jules Renard
by Jules Renard
196 members, 2 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: tlwright (94)

Score: 1.29

96
Aurélien
by Louis Aragon
178 members, 4 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: tlwright (95)

Score: 1.28

97
Passing Time
by Michel Butor
136 members, 4 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: tlwright (96)

Score: 1.28

98
The Satin Slipper; or, The Worst Is Not the Surest
by Paul Claudel
114 members, 2 reviews
3.36 stars (3.36 stars)

Lists: tlwright (97)

Score: 1.28

99
Fureur et Mystère
by René Char
106 members, 2 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: tlwright (98)

Score: 1.27

100
Capital of Pain / L'amour la poésie
by Paul Éluard
71 members, 1 review
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: tlwright (99)

Score: 1.27

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