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The Bibliophile's 250 Favourite Novels

This is the first in a series of lists about my favourite novels and non-fiction books. I'm beginning at the largest number I decided upon, being 250, and gradually working my way down to determine what my favourite fiction and non-fiction books of all time are. What I consider my favourite books are not what I necessarily consider the best books, nor do they automatically come from my list of 1001 Books To Read Before You Die. Rather, I consider a favourite book what it sounds to be - a book that I have enjoyed reading more than the average book I read; where dismay sets in at the amount of the book that's been read after just one or two days, and where the book is shut for the final time with a satisfied but bittersweet feeling.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
4 3 2 1 (Paul Auster)
4 3 2 1
2
Paul Auster
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
3
Saul Bellow
Age of Vice (Deepti Kapoor)
Age of Vice
4
Deepti Kapoor
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
5
Robert Penn Warren
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
6
Anthony Doerr
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
7
Erich Maria Remarque
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
8
Michael Chabon
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
9
Henry James
American Dirt (Jeanine Cummins)
American Dirt
10
Jeanine Cummins
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
11
Philip Roth
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis, 1991)
American Psycho
12
Bret Easton Ellis, 1991
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
13
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Amerika (Franz Kafka)
Amerika
14
Franz Kafka
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
15
Wallace Stegner
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
16
Leo Tolstoy
Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)
Anxious People
17
Fredrik Backman
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'Neill)
At Swim, Two Boys
18
Jamie O'Neill
The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach
19
Alex Garland
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
20
Ann Patchett
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
21
Guy De Maupassant
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
22
V.S. Naipaul
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
23
Raymond Chandler
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate
24
E.L. Doctorow
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
25
Sebastian Faulks
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
26
James Ellroy
Blacktop Wasteland (S.A. Cosby)
Blacktop Wasteland
27
S.A. Cosby
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
28
Cormac McCarthy
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
29
Tom Wolfe
The Book of Evidence (John Banville)
The Book of Evidence
30
John Banville
The Bourne Trilogy (Robert Ludlum)
The Bourne Trilogy
31
Robert Ludlum
A Boy's Own Story (Edmund White)
A Boy's Own Story
32
Edmund White
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
33
Aldous Huxley
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
34
Graham Greene
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
35
Hilary Mantel
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
36
Thomas Mann
The Burgess Boys (Elizabeth Strout)
The Burgess Boys
37
Elizabeth Strout
Burmese Days (George Orwell)
Burmese Days
38
George Orwell
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
39
Voltaire
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
40
Walter Miller
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