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100 Favorite Novels of Le Monde Readers

After compiling a list of the 100 greatest novels according to Le Monde's critics, the newspaper decided to engage its readership by asking them to vote for their favorite novels. A total of 26,000 readers participated, each submitting up to five titles.
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Harry Potter (Jk Rowling)
Harry Potter
1
Jk Rowling
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
2
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
3
Marcel Proust
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
4
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
5
J.R.R.Tolkien
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
6
George Orwell
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
7
Albert Camus
Belle Du Seigneur (Albert Cohen)
Belle Du Seigneur
8
Albert Cohen
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
9
Victor Hugo
Promise at Dawn (Romain Gary)
Promise at Dawn
10
Romain Gary
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
11
Alexandre Dumas
La Horde Du Contrevent (Alain Damasio)
La Horde Du Contrevent
12
Alain Damasio
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
13
Marguerite Yourcenar
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
14
Jane Austen
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
15
Milan Kundera
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
16
Iaac Asimov
The Life Before Us (Romain Gary)
The Life Before Us
17
Romain Gary
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
18
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
19
Gustave Flaubert
Froth on the Daydream
Froth on the Daydream
20
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
21
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
22
Stendhal
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
23
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
24
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Ice People (René Barjavel)
The Ice People
25
René Barjavel
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
26
Albert Camus
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
27
Leo Tolstoy
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden
28
Jack London
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
29
John Steinbeck
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
30
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Bel Ami (Maupassant)
Bel Ami
31
Maupassant
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
32
Frank Herbert
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones
33
Jonathan Littell
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (Joel Dicker)
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
34
Joel Dicker
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
35
Leo Tolstoy
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
36
Umberto Eco
The Opposing Shore
The Opposing Shore
37
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
38
John Irving
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
39
Émile Zola
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
40
Patrick Suskind
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