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Ultimate Best Books

List: 100 Books of the Century by Le Monde

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Agatha Christie

4.0 (5)

Mrs Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September—a Thursday.

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Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein

Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein

Marguerite Duras

4.0 (2)

Lol Stein was born here in South Tahla, and she spent a good part of her youth in this town.

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Manhattan Transfer

Manhattan Transfer

John Dos Passos

3.5 (2)

Three gulls wheel above the broken boxes, orangerinds, spoiled cabbage heads that heave between the splintered plank walls, the green waves spume under the round bow as the ferry, skidding on the tide, crashes, gulps the broken water, slides, settles slowly into the slip.

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The Second Sex

The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir

4.75 (4)

Woman?

#309
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The Wanderer

The Wanderer

Alain-Fournier

5.0 (3)

He appeared at our house on a Sunday in November 189... (Davison translation)

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The Interrogation

The Interrogation

J. M. G. Le Clezio

4.0 (1)

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The Journal of Jules Renard

The Journal of Jules Renard

Jules Renard

5.0 (1)

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