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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  #521

  James and the Giant Peach

  by Roald Dahl

  (12 Reviews)

  21 Points

  "Until he was four years old, James Henry Trotter had a happy life."

  

  I've Read It I Want To Read It
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  #522

  The Bottle Factory Outing

  by Beryl Bainbridge

  (2 Reviews)

  21 Points

  "The hearse stood outside the block of flats, waiting for the old lady."

  

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  #523

  Cloud Atlas

  by David Mitchell

  (4 Reviews)

  21 Points

  "Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints."

  

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  #524

  The Tunnel

  by William H. Gass

  (1 Review)

  20 Points

  

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  #525

  The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

  by Howard Pyle

  (6 Reviews)

  20 Points

  "In merry England in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was..."

  

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  #526

  The Twits

  by Roald Dahl

  (9 Reviews)

  20 Points

  "What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays."

  

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  #527

  The General of the Dead Army

  by Ismail Kadare

  (1 Review)

  20 Points

  

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  #528

  Omensetter's Luck

  by William H. Gass

  (1 Review)

  19 Points

  

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  #529

  The Razor's Edge

  by W. Somerset Maugham

  (2 Reviews)

  19 Points

  "I have never begun a novel with more misgiving. If I call it a novel it is only because I don't know what else to call it."

  

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  #530

  I Capture the Castle

  by Dodie Smith

  (3 Reviews)

  19 Points

  "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink."

  

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