Best Books Ever Written

13 "Best Books" lists combined and condensed into one master best books list, for the benefit of your reading pleasure. 623 of the best books ever written - can you collect them all?

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  #241

  Stranger in a Strange Land

  by Robert A. Heinlein

  (7 Reviews)

  87 Points

  "Once upon a time when the world was young there was a Martian named Smith."

  

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  #242

  In Cold Blood

  by Truman Capote

  (12 Reviews)

  86 Points

  "The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call 'out there'."

  

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  #243

  The Code of the Woosters

  by P. G. Wodehouse

  (5 Reviews)

  86 Points

  "I reached out a hand from under the blankets, and rang the bell for Jeeves."

  

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  #244

  The Red and the Black

  by Stendhal

  (4 Reviews)

  86 Points

  "La petite ville de Verrières peut passer pour l'une des plus jolies de la Franche-Comté.The small town of Verrieres may be regarded as one of the prettiest in the Franche-Comte."

  

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  #245

  Sybil

  by Benjamin Disraeli

  (2 Reviews)

  86 Points

  "'I'll take the odds against Caravan.'"

  

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  #246

  In the Heart of the Heart of the Country & Other Stories

  by William H. Gass

  (1 Review)

  85 Points

  

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  #247

  Paroles

  by Jacques Prévert

  (1 Review)

  85 Points

  

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  #248

  The Maltese Falcon

  by Dashiell Hammett

  (9 Reviews)

  85 Points

  "Samuel Spade's jaw was long and bony, his chin a jutting v under the more flexible v of his mouth."

  

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  #249

  Alcools

  by Guillaume Apollinaire

  (1 Review)

  84 Points

  

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  #250

  Wise Blood

  by Flannery O'Connor

  (3 Reviews)

  84 Points

  "Hazel Motes sat at a forward angle on the green plush train seat, looking one minute at the window as if he might want to jump out of it, and the next down the aisle at the other end of the car."

  

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