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The Bibliophile's 250 Favourite Novels - Page 4

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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Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
121
Walter Scott
J R (William Gaddis)
J R
122
William Gaddis
Jack Maggs (Peter Carey)
Jack Maggs
123
Peter Carey
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
124
Charlotte Bronte
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
125
Rudyard Kipling
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
126
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
127
Victor Hugo
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
128
Andrew Sean Greer
Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)
Lessons in Chemistry
129
Bonnie Garmus
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
130
Georges Perec
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
The Lincoln Highway
131
Amor Towles
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
132
Alan Hollinghurst
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
133
Hanya Yanagihara
London Orbital (Iain Sinclair)
London Orbital
134
Iain Sinclair
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
135
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
136
J.R.R. Tolkien
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
137
Gabriel García Márquez
La Reine Margot (Alexandre Dumas)
La Reine Margot
138
Alexandre Dumas
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
139
Kingsley Amis
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
140
Andy Weir
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
141
Arthur Golden
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
142
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
The Midnight Library
143
Matt Haig
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
144
Salman Rushdie
A Million Little Pieces (James Frey)
A Million Little Pieces
145
James Frey
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
146
Herman Melville
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
147
Martin Amis
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
148
Wilkie Collins
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
Motherless Brooklyn
149
Jonathan Lethem
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
150
Agatha Christie
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
151
Elena Ferrante
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
152
Umberto Eco
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
153
Jhumpa Lahiri
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
154
William Gibson
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
155
Kazuo Ishiguro
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
156
Paul Auster
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale
157
Kristin Hannah
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
Oblomov
158
Ivan Goncharov
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
159
Ernest Hemingway
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
160
Elizabeth Strout
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