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Culture Café's 500 Best Books - Page 4

In 2008, Culture café users voted for their ten favorite books.
After 5000 votes, here are the 500 best books.
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Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
121
Jorge Luis Borges
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
122
George Orwell
La Horde Du Contrevent (Alain Damasio)
La Horde Du Contrevent
123
Alain Damasio
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
124
Stephenie Meyer
The Gambler (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Gambler
125
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
When I Was Five I Killed Myself
When I Was Five I Killed Myself
126
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
127
Stephen King
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
128
Ray Bradbury
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
129
Victor Hugo
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
130
J.D. Salinger
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (Stefan Zweig)
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
131
Stefan Zweig
Antigone, by Jean Anouilh
Antigone, by Jean Anouilh
132
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
133
Primo Levi
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
134
Gabriel García Márquez
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
135
Dan Simmons
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
136
Ernest Hemingway
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
137
Malcolm Lowry
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
138
Marguerite Duras
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
139
Dante Alighieri
The Ladies' Paradise (Emile Zola)
The Ladies' Paradise
140
Emile Zola
Lignes De Faille (Nancy Huston)
Lignes De Faille
141
Nancy Huston
Elementary Particles
Elementary Particles
142
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
143
Paul Auster
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
144
Jonathan Safran Foer
La Part De L'autre
La Part De L'autre
145
Le Soleil Des Scorta (Laurent Gaudé)
Le Soleil Des Scorta
146
Laurent Gaudé
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
147
William Shakespeare
Seamus Deane: Reading in the Dark
Seamus Deane: Reading in the Dark
148
The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights
149
Foucaults Pendulum
Foucaults Pendulum
150
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
151
Françoise Sagan
My Dog Stupid (John Fante)
My Dog Stupid
152
John Fante
Les Enfants De La Terre
Les Enfants De La Terre
153
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
154
Denis Diderot
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
155
Gustave Flaubert
Bouvard and Pécuchet (Gustave Flaubert)
Bouvard and Pécuchet
156
Gustave Flaubert
The Dead Heart (Douglas Kennedy)
The Dead Heart
157
Douglas Kennedy
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
158
Rainer Maria Rilke
L'herbe Rouge
L'herbe Rouge
159
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
160
Voltaire
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