The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books

Descrizione: 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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Jane Eyre

di Charlotte Brontë

58,959 utenti

916 recensioni

4.2

Classifica globale 5

14 Members: booksinbed, ebeach, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, thecoroner, Tess_W, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR

I fratelli Karamazov

di Fyodor Dostoevsky

29,485 utenti

329 recensioni

½ 4.4

Classifica globale 25

8 Members: roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, rplinke, steller0707, MccMichaelR

Comma 22

di Joseph Heller

39,995 utenti

526 recensioni

4.1

Classifica globale 48

7 Members: hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, blackdove07, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Laura1124

Guerra e pace

di Leo Tolstoy

28,844 utenti

457 recensioni

½ 4.3

Classifica globale 4

12 Members: booksinbed, pitjrw, ebeach, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, Bretzky1, Laura1124, rplinke, MccMichaelR

Furore

di John Steinbeck

34,270 utenti

471 recensioni

4.1

Classifica globale 34

10 Members: booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda

Middlemarch

di George Eliot

17,713 utenti

330 recensioni

4.2

Classifica globale 10

11 Members: booksinbed, pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

Uomo invisibile

di Ralph Ellison

16,167 utenti

212 recensioni

Classifica globale 64

7 Members: hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR

La lettera scarlatta

di Nathaniel Hawthorne

36,542 utenti

373 recensioni

½ 3.4

Classifica globale 16

13 Members: roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,auntSteelbreaker ,MccMichaelR

Lolita

di Vladimir Nabokov

31,703 utenti

563 recensioni

4.1

Classifica globale 15

11 Members: booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MccMichaelR

Lord Jim

di Joseph Conrad

9,030 utenti

115 recensioni

½ 3.7

Classifica globale 138

3 Members: roby72, Bretzky1, Laura1124

King Lear

di William Shakespeare

15,068 utenti

146 recensioni

4.1

Classifica globale 31

10 Members: hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124,MccMichaelR

Le avventure di Huckleberry Finn

di Mark Twain

42,951 utenti

518 recensioni

3.9

Classifica globale 7

12 Members: hipdeep, booksinbed, pitjrw, roby72, amanda4242, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR
Spiegazioni: MccMichaelR : A good, even 'brilliant', commentary wrapped in a comedic story. But ... top 100 of 'all time' no, so no also to 'top 10'

1984

di George Orwell

81,942 utenti

1,271 recensioni

4.2

Classifica globale 21

11 Members: booksinbed, roby72, amanda4242, blackdove07, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

Piccole donne

di Louisa May Alcott

26,430 utenti

399 recensioni

Classifica globale 42

8 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, cindyst2000, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124

Il crollo

di Chinua Achebe

20,646 utenti

432 recensioni

3.8

Classifica globale 55

9 Members: roby72, amanda4242, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,MccMichaelR

Delitto e castigo

di Fyodor Dostoevsky

44,148 utenti

492 recensioni

4.2

Classifica globale 19

8 Members: ebeach, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, MccMichaelR

David Copperfield

di Charles Dickens

20,669 utenti

275 recensioni

4.1

Classifica globale 29

9 Members: booksinbed, roby72, morryb, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, MccMichaelR
Spiegazioni: MccMichaelR: Dickens ranks among the very best writers and selecting 1 book is and was difficult for me. This, of his books, is representative of his best writings and doesn't suffer (read Bleak House for an example) from demonstrated ability in need of some judicious editing!