What are your favourite books?

Descrição
I have a tag - "favourites" - which number around 40. What are your favourites? Feel free to add books, to thumb down books you didn't like, and to add comments.
1
The Book Thief
de Markus Zusak
44,993 membros
2,126 resenhas
½ 4.4
3 Members
dara85, KimarieBee, ahef1963
2
Gaudy Night
de Dorothy L. Sayers
5,467 membros
150 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
3
Sons and Lovers
de D. H. Lawrence
9,529 membros
100 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, bluepiano,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : All the Freudian undertone really turned me off to his and Lawrence in general.
ahef1963: So evocative that I can see England, smell it, almost touch it.
bluepiano: Not in my top 500 but listing it because other comments have made me want to read it again. Evokes socially-striving working class in the north of England, invites a Freudian approach, explains Lawrence's twerpiness.
4
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
de Jon Krakauer
14,097 membros
317 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
dara85, ahef1963
5
A guerra dos tronos
de George R. R. Martin
42,755 membros
1,123 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
KimarieBee, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Watership Down
de Richard Adams
24,938 membros
472 resenhas
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
7
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
de Alexander Solzhenitsyn
12,966 membros
201 resenhas
4
Member
ahef1963
8
Assassin's Apprentice
de Robin Hobb
12,581 membros
284 resenhas
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
9
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volumes 1 through 5
de Francis James Child
153 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
bluepiano
10
The Kite Runner
de Khaled Hosseini
52,879 membros
1,300 resenhas
4.2
Member
dara85
11
Ship of Magic
de Robin Hobb
6,051 membros
98 resenhas
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
12
Dark Lord of Derkholm
de Diana Wynne Jones
2,439 membros
57 resenhas
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
13
Feet of clay : saints, sinners, and madmen : a study of gurus
de Anthony Storr
222 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith: This book explained so many things that happened to me and my friends. A brilliant analysis of how humans create new ideas
14
ATTA
de Jarett Kobek
53 membros
1 resenha
4.1
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: This would almost certainly be in my top 500 favourites in fiction. I'm listing it because I wish more people knew about it.
15
Microserfs
de Douglas Coupland
4,932 membros
64 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Shining
de Stephen King
23,229 membros
453 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
17
O Estrangeiro
de Albert Camus
35,574 membros
507 resenhas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Probably my absolute favourite.
18
A cidade do sol
de Khaled Hosseini
30,378 membros
895 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
19
The Haunting of Hill House
de Shirley Jackson
9,798 membros
433 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
20
Fool's Errand
de Robin Hobb
5,650 membros
75 resenhas
4.2
Member
KimarieBee
21
Wonder Boys
de Michael Chabon
4,314 membros
104 resenhas
4
Member
aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith: I swore off middle-aged academic angst novels after Herzog, but I couldn't put this one down and thought it was spectacular at the end.
22
The Sparrow
de Mary Doria Russell
7,729 membros
406 resenhas
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
23
Another Country
de James Baldwin
2,939 membros
41 resenhas
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
24
The Spotted Sphinx
de Joy Adamson
134 membros
1 resenha
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: I bought this book for 10 cents at a flea market when I was 7 years old. Still much loved.
25
King Cophetua
de Julien Gracq
37 membros
2 resenhas
4
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: The non plus ultra of novellas.
26
Jane Eyre
de Charlotte Brontë
59,159 membros
921 resenhas
4.2
Member
ahef1963
27
Dancer from the Dance
de Andrew Holleran
1,015 membros
11 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
28
Sense and Sensibility
de Jane Austen
38,214 membros
529 resenhas
4.1
Member
ahef1963
29
The Prince of Tides
de Pat Conroy
5,826 membros
108 resenhas
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
30
Those Who Save Us
de Jenna Blum
3,078 membros
166 resenhas
4
Member
dara85
31
Garden Spells
de Sarah Addison Allen
5,030 membros
369 resenhas
4
Member
dara85
32
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
de John Bellairs
2,495 membros
74 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
33
Never Let Me Go
de Kazuo Ishiguro
22,916 membros
938 resenhas
3.8
Member
ahef1963
34
The Portrait of a Lady
de Henry James
10,764 membros
125 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
35
The Day of the Triffids
de John Wyndham
7,476 membros
207 resenhas
4
Member
KimarieBee
36
Middlemarch
de George Eliot
17,754 membros
331 resenhas
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
37
Shibumi
de Trevanian
1,760 membros
57 resenhas
3.9
Member
KimarieBee
38
The Dispossessed
de Ursula K. Le Guin
10,729 membros
268 resenhas
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
39
The Sea, the Sea
de Iris Murdoch
3,580 membros
94 resenhas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
40
Sole Survivor
de Derek Hansen
108 membros
3 resenhas
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
41
A Fortunate Life
de A. B. Facey
955 membros
22 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
KimarieBee
42
The Secret Country
de Pamela Dean
897 membros
22 resenhas
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
43
Riders in the Chariot
de Patrick White
683 membros
20 resenhas
4.1
Member
ahef1963
44
Good Night, Mr. Tom
de Michelle Magorian
2,619 membros
69 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
45
The Prophets
de Robert Jones Jr.
830 membros
26 resenhas
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
46
Lunch with the Generals
de Derek Hansen
54 membros
½ 4.3
Member
KimarieBee
47
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
de Susanna Clarke
27,014 membros
775 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
48
The Child Thief: A Novel
de Brom
1,377 membros
67 resenhas
4
Member
KimarieBee
49
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
de Daniel L. Everett
776 membros
31 resenhas
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: I'm a language and linguistics geek, and this book answered so many questions for me. Fascinating.
50
The Lies of Locke Lamora
de Scott Lynch
10,195 membros
440 resenhas
4.2
Member
KimarieBee
51
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
de Donald C. Johanson
1,065 membros
8 resenhas
4
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: The book that got me interested in paleoanthropology. Dated now, but intricately details scientific methods.
52
The Far Field
de Madhuri Vijay
458 membros
18 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
53
Lugar Nenhum
de Neil Gaiman
24,969 membros
580 resenhas
4.1
Member
ahef1963
54
Barchester Towers
de Anthony Trollope
4,924 membros
106 resenhas
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
55
The Winds of War
de Herman Wouk
3,335 membros
55 resenhas
4.2
Member
KimarieBee
56
A Fine Balance
de Rohinton Mistry
9,174 membros
255 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
KimarieBee
57
Villette
de Charlotte Brontë
8,810 membros
145 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
58
An Autobiography
de Agatha Christie
1,915 membros
40 resenhas
4.1
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: As well as a great memoir, a history of the upper middle class at the turn of the 20th century.
59
A Bussola De Ouro
de Philip Pullman
36,267 membros
742 resenhas
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
60
The Chrysalids
de John Wyndham
4,752 membros
122 resenhas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: A required text in grade 10 English and an instant favourite. I felt an immediate connection to the outcasts.
61
A man you can bank on
de Derek Hansen
14 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.5
Member
KimarieBee
62
Brave New World
de Aldous Huxley
54,018 membros
773 resenhas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: The excellence of Huxley's ideas and writing never fail to move me.
63
Perdido Street Station
de China Miéville
9,407 membros
314 resenhas
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
64
O círculo da cruz
de Iain Pears
5,250 membros
138 resenhas
3.9
Member
KimarieBee
65
Orlando: A Biography
de Virginia Woolf
10,645 membros
174 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
66
My Family and Other Animals
de Gerald Durrell
5,268 membros
150 resenhas
4.2
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: The wittiest book I've ever read. It never grows old.
67
Cloven Hooves
de Megan Lindholm
239 membros
9 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
KimarieBee
68
Stories of Your Life and Others
de Ted Chiang
5,118 membros
233 resenhas
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
69
The Aware
de Glenda Larke
281 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
KimarieBee
70
Water for Elephants
de Sara Gruen
28,971 membros
1,181 resenhas
4.1
Member
KimarieBee
71
As For Me and My House
de Sinclair Ross
435 membros
10 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: The finest of Canadian Prairie Literature.
72
The Help
de Kathryn Stockett
30,630 membros
1,490 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
KimarieBee
73
Baltasar and Blimunda
de José Saramago
2,465 membros
49 resenhas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: Extaordinary historical fiction. One day I will visit the building erected in this tale.
74
The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait
de Glenway Wescott
76 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
75
Into the Water
de Paula Hawkins
4,654 membros
216 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
KimarieBee
76
The Library at Mount Char
de Scott Hawkins
2,939 membros
249 resenhas
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
77
A Man Called Ove
de Fredrik Backman
11,240 membros
687 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: I read this last week. Fell in love.
78
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
de N. K. Jemisin
1,444 membros
50 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
79
Beauty in Thorns
de Kate Forsyth
36 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
KimarieBee
80
The Name of the Wind
de Patrick Rothfuss
20,474 membros
791 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: The most wondrous fantasy world I've ever stepped into.
81
The Eye of the World
de Robert Jordan
19,819 membros
374 resenhas
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
82
A Town Like Alice
de Nevil Shute
3,751 membros
140 resenhas
4.1
Member
ahef1963
83
The Other
de Thomas Tryon
1,364 membros
33 resenhas
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
84
LARANJA MECÂNICA
de Anthony Burgess
25,912 membros
389 resenhas
4
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: The story, the language-play, the shocks: unbelievably brilliant.
85
Miss Lonelyhearts
de Nathanael West
775 membros
33 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
86
Kindred
de Octavia E. Butler
8,427 membros
354 resenhas
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
87
November
de David Mamet
62 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
ahef1963
88
The Phantom Tollbooth
de Norton Juster
17,516 membros
425 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
89
The Enormous Room
de E. E. Cummings
1,466 membros
26 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
90
Angle of Repose
de Wallace Stegner
5,472 membros
183 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
91
Tigana
de Guy Gavriel Kay
5,041 membros
144 resenhas
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
92
O Livro do Cemitério
de Neil Gaiman
22,237 membros
1,264 resenhas
4.2
Member
ahef1963
93
Matilda
de Roald Dahl
22,149 membros
479 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
94
Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000 Mile Canoe Adventure
de Don Starkell
193 membros
4 resenhas
4
Member
ahef1963
95
The Selfish Giant
de Oscar Wilde
133 membros
½ 4.7
Member
ahef1963
96
Gerald Durrell: The Authorized Biography
de Douglas Botting
139 membros
2 resenhas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
97
Empire Falls
de Richard Russo
8,785 membros
183 resenhas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
98
The Nun's Story
de Kathryn Hulme
500 membros
9 resenhas
3.9
Member
ahef1963
99
These Happy Golden Years
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
8,882 membros
65 resenhas
4.1
Member
ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: My favourite book when I was a child. It still provides me with much pleasure.
100
84, Charing Cross Road
de Helene Hanff
5,864 membros
348 resenhas
4.2
Member
ahef1963