The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books

Description
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
War and Peace
by León Tolstói
29,037 members
460 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 4
12 Members
booksinbed, pitjrw, ebeach, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, Bretzky1, Laura1124, rplinke, MccMichaelR
2
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
6,596 members
151 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 52
7 Members
pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707
3
The Charterhouse of Parma
by Stendhal
4,431 members
79 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 119
3 Members
pitjrw, roby72, alex68
4
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
43,260 members
520 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 7
12 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
Explanations
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
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
17,826 members
331 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 10
11 Members
booksinbed, pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
6
The Odyssey
by Homer
53,464 members
477 reviews
4
Global Rank 9
9 Members
pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, MccMichaelR
7
U.S.A.
by John Dos Passos
1,482 members
15 reviews
4
Global Rank 112
4 Members
pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68
8
Collected Stories
by Isaac Babel
1,059 members
15 reviews
4
Global Rank 165
2 Members
pitjrw, roby72
9
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
35,677 members
510 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 14
12 Members
pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
10
Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman
3,455 members
89 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 163
2 Members
pitjrw, alex68
11
The Iliad
by Homer
40,231 members
387 reviews
4
Global Rank 28
7 Members
pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, mspixieears, MccMichaelR
12
The Good Soldier
by Ford Madox Ford
4,813 members
115 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 45
8 Members
hipdeep, pitjrw, roby72, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124
13
The Case of Comrade Tulayev
by Victor Serge
745 members
11 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 195
Member
pitjrw
14
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
21,460 members
253 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 196
Member
pitjrw
15
The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition
by Lewis Carroll
2,672 members
41 reviews
½ 4.5
Global Rank 197
Member
pitjrw
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The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
50,631 members
452 reviews
½ 4.5
Global Rank 63
8 Members
KimarieBee, blackdove07, cindyst2000, cej1027, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda,pitjrw ,auntSteelbreaker ,alex68