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Culture Café's 500 Best Books

In 2008, Culture café users voted for their ten favorite books.
After 5000 votes, here are the 500 best books.
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Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
1
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
2
Albert Camus
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
4
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
5
J.R.R. Tolkien
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
6
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
7
Alexandre Dumas
Belle Du Seigneur
Belle Du Seigneur
8
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
9
Marcel Proust
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
10
Patrick Suskind
Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
11
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
12
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Froth on the Daydream Boris Vian
Froth on the Daydream Boris Vian
13
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
14
Gustave Flaubert
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
15
Jack Kerouac
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
16
Oscar Wilde
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
17
Bret Easton Ellis
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
18
Emily Brontë
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
19
Cormac McCarthy
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
20
Charles Baudelaire
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
21
Albert Camus
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
22
Homer
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
23
Umberto Eco
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
24
John Kennedy Toole
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
25
Jane Austen
Don Quichotte (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quichotte
26
Miguel De Cervantes
La Nuit Des Temps (René Barjavel)
La Nuit Des Temps
27
René Barjavel
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
28
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden
29
Jack London
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
30
Agatha Christie
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
31
Milan Kundera
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
32
Vladimir Nabokov
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
33
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Le Pavillon Des Enfants Fous (Valérie Valère)
Le Pavillon Des Enfants Fous
34
Valérie Valère
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
35
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
36
Fyodor Dostoevsky
La Fausse Couche Du Paraphrène (Arno Mothra)
La Fausse Couche Du Paraphrène
37
Arno Mothra
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
38
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
39
Georges Perec
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
40
Leo Tolstoy
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