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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  #421

  Friday, or, The Other Island

  by Michel Tournier

  (1 Review)

  46 Points

  

  I've Read It I Want To Read It
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  #422

  The Shadow of the Wind

  by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

  (7 Reviews)

  45 Points

  "I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.Todavia recuerdo aquel amanecer en que mi padre me llevo por primera vez a visitar el Cementerio de..."

  

  I've Read It I Want To Read It
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  #423

  Parade's End

  by Ford Madox Ford

  (2 Reviews)

  44 Points

  

  I've Read It I Want To Read It
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  #424

  The Pursuit of Love

  by Nancy Mitford

  (5 Reviews)

  44 Points

  "There is a photograph in existence of Aunt Sadie and her six children sitting round the tea-table at Alconleigh."

  

  I've Read It I Want To Read It
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  #425

  Always Coming Home

  by Ursula K. Le Guin

  (2 Reviews)

  44 Points

  "Stone Telling is my last name."

  

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  #426

  The Princesse de Cleves

  by Madame de La Fayette

  (4 Reviews)

  44 Points

  "La magnificence et la galanterie n'ont jamais paru en France avec tant d'éclat que dans les dernières années du règne de Henri second."

  

  I've Read It I Want To Read It
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  #427

  Naked Lunch

  by William S. Burroughs

  (6 Reviews)

  44 Points

  "I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making their moves, setting up their devil-doll stool pigeons, crooning over my spoon and dropper I throw away at Washington Square station,..."

  

  I've Read It I Want To Read It
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  #428

  Black Beauty

  by Anna Sewell

  (6 Reviews)

  43 Points

  "The first place that I can well remember, was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it."

  

  I've Read It I Want To Read It
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  #429

  The Savage Detectives

  by Roberto Bolaño

  (3 Reviews)

  43 Points

  "I've been cordially invited to join the visceral realists."

  

  I've Read It I Want To Read It
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  #430

  London Fields

  by Martin Amis

  (1 Review)

  42 Points

  "This is a true story but I can't believe it's really happening."

  

  I've Read It I Want To Read It