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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  #391

  Matilda

  by Roald Dahl

  (13 Reviews)

  52 Points

  "It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers."

  

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  #392

  The Thornbirds

  by Colleen McCullough

  (2 Reviews)

  52 Points

  "On December 8th, 1915, Meggie Cleary had her fourth birthday."

  

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  #393

  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

  by Agatha Christie

  (4 Reviews)

  52 Points

  "Mrs Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September—a Thursday."

  

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  #394

  Good Night, Mr. Tom

  by Michelle Magorian

  (1 Review)

  52 Points

  "Yes," said Tom bluntly, on opening the door. "What d'you want?"

  

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  #395

  Nadja

  by André Breton

  (1 Review)

  51 Points

  "Who am I?"

  

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  #396

  King Lear

  by William Shakespeare

  (5 Reviews)

  51 Points

  "I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall."

  

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  #397

  The Magnificent Ambersons

  by Booth Tarkington

  (2 Reviews)

  51 Points

  "Major Amberson had "made a fortune" in 1873, when other people were losing fortunes, and the magnificence of the Ambersons began then."

  

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  #398

  Othello

  by William Shakespeare

  (6 Reviews)

  50 Points

  "Never tell me; I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this."

  

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  #399

  Aurélien

  by Louis Aragon

  (0 Reviews)

  50 Points

  "La première fois qu'Aurélien vit Bérénice, il la trouva franchement laide."

  

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  #400

  Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

  by Haruki Murakami

  (5 Reviews)

  50 Points

  "The elevator continued its impossibly slow ascent."

  

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