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   What are the best books of all time?

   • Beloved is a suspenseful, heartbreaking, and intimate story. It deserves a spot on all “best books of all time” lists for the way it stands as a monument to the “Sixty Million and More,” as the book’s dedication reads, who lost their lives to the Atlantic slave trade. 100. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)

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   How many books are considered the greatest works of literature ever written?

   • Here is a list of 12 novels that, for various reasons, have been considered some of the greatest works of literature ever written. Greta Garbo in Anna KareninaGreta Garbo in Anna Karenina (1935), directed by Clarence Brown.

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   How many 'best of' books are there?

   • Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 352 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the . 1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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   Who were the most famous writers in history?

   • 1. Leo Tolstoy – 327 2. William Shakespeare – 293 3. James Joyce – 194 4. Vladimir Nabokov – 190 5. Fyodor Dostoevsky – 177 6. William Faulkner – 173 7. Charles Dickens – 168 8. Anton Chekhov – 165 9. Gustave Flaubert – 163 10. Jane Austen – 161

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   What is the longest poem ever written?

   • 6. The Mahabharata by Vyasa (c. 300 BC) If your literary tastes run towards lengthiness, this 200,000-verse epic is the perfect read for you — stitch the Odyssey and the Iliad together and you’ll only have one tenth of the Mahabharata. No wonder it’s been called the longest poem ever written.

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   What are some good books based on a true story?

   • 1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust 4. Ulysses * by James Joyce 5. Dubliners * by James Joyce 6. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 7. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 8. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 9.

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   Literary critics, historians, avid readers, and even casual readers will all have different opinions on which novel is truly the “greatest book ever written.” Is it a novel with beautiful, captivating figurative language?

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   1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the summer of 1922, the novel follows the life of a young and mysterious millionaire, his extravagant lifestyle in Long Island, and his obsessive love for a beautiful former debutante.

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   The 265th Greatest Book of All Time Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston This novel follows the life of Janie Crawford, a young African-American woman, in the early 20th century.

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   Jan 30, 2012 · The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books asks 125 of modernity’s greatest British and American writers—including Norman Mailer, Ann Patchett, Jonathan Franzen, Claire Messud, and Joyce ...

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   Reader's Digest has created a list of greatest books of all time. Their website says: To land in the top 100, a book needed to truly stand out in the stacks. We considered best sellers, award winners, and books that are highly rated by readers and critics alike.

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   Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1877) “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”. Such is stated the first of many contentious issues addressed in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, considered by many to be the greatest and best book of all time.

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   Oct 8, 2024 · Editor Eric's comprehensive list of the 999 greatest works of literature ever written—from ancient to modern times—with selected critiques and comments. The updated results of a two decade-long research project.