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26 Famous Authors' Favorite Books - Page 2

A list of 26 authors and the books they say are their favorites, or that impacted their life or their own writing in any way.
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Olimpe and Theophil (Madame De Genlis)
Olimpe and Theophil
41
Madame De Genlis
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
42
Ann Radcliffe
Sir Charles Grandison
Sir Charles Grandison
43
Mark Twain (Mark Twain)
Mark Twain
44
Mark Twain
The French Revolution (Thomas Carlyle)
The French Revolution
45
Thomas Carlyle
King Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
King Arthur
46
Sir Thomas Malory
The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights
47
Anonymous
Meg Wolitzer
Meg Wolitzer
48
Old Filth (Jane Gardam)
Old Filth
49
Jane Gardam
Erik Larson
Erik Larson
50
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
51
Dashiell Hammett
F Scott Fitzgerald
F Scott Fitzgerald
52
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
53
Theodore Dreiser
The Life of Jesus (Ernest Renan)
The Life of Jesus
54
Ernest Renan
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
55
Henrik Ibsen
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
56
Sherwood Anderson
The Old Wives' Tale (Arnold Bennett)
The Old Wives' Tale
57
Arnold Bennett
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
58
Dashiell Hammett
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
59
Stendhal
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
60
An Outline of Abnormal Psychology (Gardner Murphy)
An Outline of Abnormal Psychology
61
Gardner Murphy
The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov
62
Anton Chekhov
The Best American Humorous Short Stories (Alexander Jessup)
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
63
Alexander Jessup
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
Victory
64
Joseph Conrad
The Revolt of the Angels (Anatole France)
The Revolt of the Angels
65
Anatole France
The Plays of Oscar Wilde
The Plays of Oscar Wilde
66
Sanctuary (William Faulkner)
Sanctuary
67
William Faulkner
Within a Budding Grove (Marcel Proust)
Within a Budding Grove
68
Marcel Proust
The Guermantes Way (Marcel Proust)
The Guermantes Way
69
Marcel Proust
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
70
Marcel Proust
South Wind
South Wind
71
The Garden Party (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party
72
Katherine Mansfield
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
73
Leo Tolstoy
The Poetical Works of Shelley (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
The Poetical Works of Shelley
74
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Complete Poetical Works (John Keats)
Complete Poetical Works
75
John Keats
Edwidge Danticat (Edwidge Danticat)
Edwidge Danticat
76
Edwidge Danticat
Love, Anger, Madness (Marie Vieux-Chauvet)
Love, Anger, Madness
77
Marie Vieux-Chauvet
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
78
Andromaque (Jean Racine)
Andromaque
79
Jean Racine
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
80
Jules Verne
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