My favorite books, Top 300

Submitted by lindaunicorn on Wed, 11/21/2007 - 13:46
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  1. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
  2. The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  3. Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll
  4. Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
  5. The Art Of War, Sun Tzu
  6. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
  7. (lit. The Encyclopedia of Relative and Absolute Knowledge), Bernard Werber
  8. The Greek Myths, Robert Graves
  9. Animal Farm, George Orwell
  10. Oedipus the King, Sophocles
  11. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke
  12. The Rights of the Reader, Daniel Pennac
  13. (lit. The Book of Travel), Bernard Werber
  14. The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce
  15. [The Lady or the Tiger?], Frank Richard Stockton
  16. Life, the Universe and Everything, Douglas Adams
  17. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams
  18. A Hunger Artist, Franz Kafka
  19. Medea, Euripides
  20. Dune, Frank Herbert
  21. The Fairy Gunmother, Daniel Pennac
  22. Germinal, Émile Zola
  23. Ball of Fat, Guy de Maupassant
  24. Lord of the Flies, William Golding
  25. The Bald Soprano, Eugène Ionesco
  26. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
  27. The Adversary, Emmanuel Carrère
  28. The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams
  29. The Stepford Wives, Ira Levin
  30. Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne
  31. The Empire of the Ants, Bernard Werber
  32. (lit. The Day of the Ants), Bernard Werber
  33. The Great Wall of China, Franz Kafka
  34. The Emperor's New Clothes, Hans Christian Andersen
  35. The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe
  36. In the Penal Colony, Franz Kafka
  37. The City Coat of Arms, Franz Kafka
  38. Monsieur Malaussene, Daniel Pennac
  39. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, Douglas Adams
  40. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Joanne K. Rowling
  41. Asterix #5: Asterix and the Banquet, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  42. Asterix #10: Asterix the Legionary, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  43. Asterix #3: Asterix and the Goths, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  44. The Catcher in the Rye, Jerome David Salinger
  45. Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams
  46. Young Törless, Robert Musil
  47. The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams Bianco
  48. Fear and Trembling, Amélie Nothomb
  49. The Turn of the Screw, Henry James
  50. Possession, Antonia Susan Byatt
  51. Getting Even, Woody Allen
  52. Silk, Alessandro Baricco
  53. Novecento, Alessandro Baricco
  54. A Home at the End of the World, Michael Cunningham
  55. Less Than Zero, Bret Easton Ellis
  56. The Rules of Attraction, Bret Easton Ellis
  57. The Burrow, Franz Kafka
  58. The Lesson, Eugène Ionesco
  59. The Devil and Daniel Silverman, Theodore Roszak
  60. Side Effects, Woody Allen
  61. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Douglas Adams
  62. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
  63. Sulphuric Acid, Amélie Nothomb
  64. Marie-Antoinette, Simone Bertière
  65. Notebook, Agota Kristof
  66. Without Feathers, Woody Allen
  67. Human Rites, Amélie Nothomb
  68. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie
  69. [The Lottery], Shirley Jackson
  70. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Joanne K. Rowling
  71. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Joanne K. Rowling
  72. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Joanne K. Rowling
  73. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
  74. The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice
  75. (lit. The Revolution of the Ants), Bernard Werber
  76. The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux
  77. Prometheus, Franz Kafka
  78. The Fall, Albert Camus
  79. The City and the Pillar, Gore Vidal
  80. I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere, Anna Gavalda
  81. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Joanne K. Rowling
  82. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Joanne K. Rowling
  83. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Joanne K. Rowling
  84. Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin
  85. Othello, William Shakespeare
  86. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
  87. The Exeter Text: Jewels, Secrets, Sex, Georges Perec
  88. The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
  89. Angels & Insects, Antonia Susan Byatt
  90. (lit. I am the Strongest), Mario Ramos
  91. The Judgment, Franz Kafka
  92. The Married Man, Edmund White
  93. Loving Sabotage, Amélie Nothomb
  94. A Boy’s Own Story, Edmund White
  95. The Shape of a Girl, Joan MacLeod
  96. Skinned Alive: Stories, Edmund White
  97. The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler
  98. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
  99. The Fairies are Thirsty, Denise Boucher
  100. Confessions of a Mask, Yukio Mishima
  102. [Ghost World], Daniel Clowes
  103. Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Suetonius
  104. Caligula, Albert Camus
  105. Class Trip, Emmanuel Carrère
  106. Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett
  107. Carmen, Prosper Mérimée
  108. A Little Fable, Franz Kafka
  109. On Blondes, Joanna Pitman
  110. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
  111. Mostly Harmless, Douglas Adams
  112. Asterix #20: Asterix in Corsica, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  113. Asterix #15: Asterix and the Roman Agent, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  114. Asterix #17: The Mansions of the Gods, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  115. Asterix #22: Asterix and the Great Crossing, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  116. Peplum, Amélie Nothomb
  117. The Nightingale and the Rose, Oscar Wilde
  118. She, Henry Rider Haggard
  119. The Oval Portrait, Edgar Allan Poe
  120. The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe
  121. The Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe
  122. A Common Confusion, Franz Kafka
  123. The Vulture, Franz Kafka
  124. The Birds, Daphne du Maurier
  125. Story #2, Eugène Ionesco
  126. William Wilson, Edgar Allan Poe
  127. The Blindmen and the Elephant, John Godfrey Saxe
  128. The Beggar, Guy de Maupassant
  129. The Trojan war will not take place, Jean Giraudoux
  130. Raël, Brigitte McCann
  131. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
  132. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Helen Fielding
  133. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams
  134. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
  135. The Piano, Jane Campion and Kate Pullinger
  136. Confusion, Stefan Zweig
  137. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
  138. The Stranger Next Door, Amélie Nothomb
  139. The Horla (1887 version), Guy de Maupassant
  140. Empress, Shan Sa
  141. Titus Andronicus, Williams Shakespeare
  142. Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
  143. Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne
  144. (lit. To Understand Ancient Rome), Jean-Michel Thibaux
  145. A Crossbreed, Franz Kafka
  146. (lit. The Tree of Possibles), Bernard Werber
  147. The Bridge, Franz Kafka
  148. (lit. 5150, Elms Street), Patrick Sénécal
  149. Aliss, Patrick Sénécal
  150. The Libertine, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
  151. The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
  152. The Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe
  153. The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe
  154. (lit. Dynamics of the Groups), Jean-Marie Aubry and Yves Saint-Arnaud
  155. Contemplation, Franz Kafka
  156. Berenice, Edgar Allan Poe
  157. Metzengerstein, Edgar Allan Poe
  158. The Hobbit, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
  159. The Valiant Little Tailor, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
  160. Hamlet, William Shakespeare
  161. Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor, Franz Kafka
  162. The Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe
  163. Violin, Anne Rice
  164. Close Range: Wyoming Stories, Edna Annie Proulx
  165. (lit. The Alliance of the Ewe), Gabrielle Lavallée
  166. The Eyes of the Dragon, Stephen King
  167. The Paper House, Carlos María Domínguez
  168. The Master of Go, Yasunari Kawabata
  169. Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert
  170. Children of Dune, Frank Herbert
  171. [The Deeper Meaning of Liff], Douglas Adams and John Lloyd
  172. Hans in Luck, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
  173. The Proclamation, Franz Kafka
  174. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt
  175. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, Edgar Allan Poe
  176. The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe
  177. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Joanne K. Rowling (Newt Scamander)
  178. Quidditch Through the Ages, Joanne K. Rowling (Kennilworthy Whisp)
  179. Maxims, François de La Rochefoucauld
  180. Exit the King, Eugène Ionesco
  181. (lit. The Countess of Blood), Maurice Périsset
  182. Maelzel's Chess Player, Edgar Allan Poe
  183. Julius Caesar, Williams Shakespeare
  184. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Anne Rice (A. N. Roquelaure)
  185. Beauty's Punishment, Anne Rice (A. N. Roquelaure)
  186. Beauty's Release, Anne Rice (A. N. Roquelaure)
  187. Boyhood, John Maxwell Coetzee
  188. Siegfried the Mighty Warrior, Maria Luisa Gefaell de Vivanco
  189. Respected Sir, Naguib Mahfouz
  190. The Apple Tree, Daphne du Maurier
  191. Orpheus Descending, Tennessee Williams
  192. Little Children, Tom Perrotta
  193. The Scapegoat, Daniel Pennac
  194. The Immoralist, André Gide
  195. Fellowship, Franz Kafka
  196. Poison, Roald Dahl
  197. Dip in the Pool, Roald Dahl
  198. Doctor Heraclius Gloss, Guy de Maupassant
  199. MS. Found in a Bottle, Edgar Allan Poe
  200. The Holy Terrors, Jean Cocteau
  201. (lit. Swallow's Diary), Amélie Nothomb
  203. (lit. Messrs. The Children), Daniel Pennac
  204. The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant
  205. Dojoji, Yukio Mishima
  206. The Seven Bridges, Yukio Mishima
  207. (lit. Mercury), Amélie Nothomb
  208. (lit. Attack), Amélie Nothomb
  209. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
  210. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
  211. Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
  212. The Salmon of Doubt, Douglas Adams
  213. Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie
  214. The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett
  215. Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt
  216. Cinderella, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
  217. Write to Kill, Daniel Pennac
  218. The Fir Tree, Hans Christian Andersen
  219. (lit. The Ultimate Secret), Bernard Werber
  220. Little Black Book of Stories, Antonia Susan Byatt
  221. The Silence of the Sirens, Franz Kafka
  222. The Two Brothers, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
  223. Volkswagen Blues, Jacques Poulin
  224. Man from the South, Roald Dahl
  225. King Pest, Edgar Allan Poe
  226. The Witches, Roald Dahl
  227. The Little Match Girl, Hans Christian Andersen
  228. The Snow Man, Hans Christian Andersen
  229. Investigations of a Dog, Franz Kafka
  230. Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier
  231. The Manual of the Warrior of Light, Paulo Coelho
  232. The Hygiene of the Assassin, Amélie Nothomb
  233. (lit. Faithful People Do Not Make the News), Nadine Bismuth
  234. (lit. The 7 Days of Retaliation), Patrick Sénécal
  235. The Envious, Francesco Alberoni
  236. Friendship, Francesco Alberoni
  237. The Lost Childhood, Yehuda Nir
  238. Story #1, Eugène Ionesco
  239. (lit. The Empire of the Angels), Bernard Werber
  240. (lit. The Father of our Fathers), Bernard Werber
  241. Sin City #1: Sin City, Frank Miller
  242. Sin City #3: The Big Fat Kill, Frank Miller
  243. Sin City #4: That Yellow Bastard, Frank Miller
  244. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
  245. Cleopatra, Hortense Dufour
  246. Don't Trifle with Love, Alfred de Musset
  247. You Can't Be Sure of Anything, Alfred de Musset
  248. The Sound Machine, Roald Dahl
  249. Trojan Women, Euripides
  250. The Devoted Friend, Oscar Wilde
  251. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
  252. A Descent into the Maelstrom, Edgar Allan Poe
  253. The Pigeon, Patrick Süskind
  254. The Object of my Affection, Stephen McCauley
  255. Maurice, Edward Morgan Forster
  256. (lit. The Passenger), Patrick Sénécal
  257. The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  258. The Postman, Antonio Skármeta
  259. Antichrista, Amélie Nothomb
  260. The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Hans Christian Andersen
  261. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie
  262. The Purloined Letter, Edgar Allan Poe
  263. Golden Joe, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
  264. Passion Fruit, Daniel Pennac
  265. Suicides, Guy de Maupassant
  266. The Devil in the Belfry, Edgar Allan Poe
  267. The Pearl, John Steinbeck
  268. The Wolf, Guy de Maupassant
  269. The Book of Disquietude, Fernando Pessoa (Bernardo Soares)
  270. Neck, Roald Dahl
  271. Taste, Roald Dahl
  272. [Codex Hammurabi], Hammurabi
  273. Hugh Pine and the Good Place, Janwillem van de Wetering
  274. Frisk, Dennis Cooper
  275. Seven Blind Mice, Ed Young
  276. Hundred Thousand Billion Poems, Raymond Queneau
  277. Asterix #8: Asterix in Britain, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  278. Asterix #1: Asterix the Gaul, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  279. Asterix #4: Asterix the Gladiator, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  280. Asterix #2: Asterix and the Golden Sickle, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
  281. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat, Roald Dahl
  282. Hansel and Gretel, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
  283. The Great Automatic Grammatizator, Roald Dahl
  284. (lit. Suicide Instructions), Olivier Cahuzac
  285. (lit. Darkness), Paul Claudel
  286. Coward, Guy de Maupassant
  287. The Happy Prince, Oscar Wilde
  288. Manx Gold, Agatha Christie
  289. Macbett, Eugène Ionesco
  290. The Miser, Molière
  291. The Snow Queen, Hans Christian Andersen
  292. The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen
  293. The Gold-Bug, Edgar Allan Poe
  294. Macbeth, William Shakespeare
  295. The Nightingale, Hans Christian Andersen
  296. Phaedra, Jean Racine
  297. Britannicus, Jean Racine
  298. Antony and Cleopatra, William Shakespeare
  299. My Mother, Georges Bataille
  300. The Hair, Guy de Maupassant
  301. Nunc Dimittis, Roald Dahl
  302. Mr. Peabody's Apples, Madonna Louise Ciccone
Author Comments: 

This is my 200 favorite books. I've read all these books in french language, but I wrote the titles in engligh for a better understanding. The list is subject to change often. I'll update as I discover better books.
(lit.) means literally.
[] are read in english language.
The updates are in highlight.
Updated 2007-11-20.

Cloned From: 
My favorite readings, Top 1000
Nance11/21/2007

It's ok if you want to clone it, but I have say that I always change the list, almost every week, as I read new books and change my mind about the order.