Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,485 ratings
2.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,568 ratings
3.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,505 ratings
4.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,522 ratings
5.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,244 ratings
6.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,550 ratings
7.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,323 ratings
8.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,018 ratings
9.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,717 ratings
10.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,525 ratings
11.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,088 ratings
12.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,222 ratings
13.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,599 ratings
14.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,269 ratings
15.
Ficciones
Ficciones 4.40 avg rating — 75,857 ratings
16.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,694 ratings
17.
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating — 46,253 ratings
18.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,412 ratings
19.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,107 ratings
20.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,302 ratings
21.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,024 ratings
22.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
23.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,346 ratings
24.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,272 ratings
25.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,512 ratings
26.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,471 ratings
27.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,713 ratings
28.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,292 ratings
29.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,594 ratings
30.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,526 ratings
31.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,643 ratings
32.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,667 ratings
33.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,864 ratings
34.
Asterix the Gaul (Asterix, #1)
Asterix the Gaul (Asterix, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 31,624 ratings
35.
Bonjour tristesse
Bonjour tristesse 3.73 avg rating — 66,231 ratings
36.
The Tartar Steppe
The Tartar Steppe 4.21 avg rating — 38,429 ratings
37.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,619 ratings
38.
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating — 33,406 ratings
39.
Martin Eden
Martin Eden 4.48 avg rating — 51,269 ratings
40.
Lord Jim
Lord Jim 3.61 avg rating — 32,456 ratings
41.
L'écume des jours
L'écume des jours 3.92 avg rating — 41,531 ratings
42.
Le Grand Meaulnes
Le Grand Meaulnes 3.72 avg rating — 14,909 ratings
43.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,609 ratings
44.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,235 ratings
45.
If This Is a Man • The Truce
If This Is a Man • The Truce 4.54 avg rating — 21,713 ratings
46.
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Six Characters in Search of an Author 3.83 avg rating — 22,014 ratings
47.
The Joke
The Joke 4.03 avg rating — 39,339 ratings
48.
Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness 3.99 avg rating — 34,132 ratings
49.
Paroles
Paroles 4.19 avg rating — 8,550 ratings
50.
Le Lotus bleu (Tintin #5)
Le Lotus bleu (Tintin #5)
by: Hergé
4.06 avg rating — 14,866 ratings
51.
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays 4.03 avg rating — 6,404 ratings
52.
Sexus (The Rosy Crucifixion, #1)
Sexus (The Rosy Crucifixion, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,101 ratings
53.
Nadja
Nadja 3.54 avg rating — 12,674 ratings
54.
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences 4.12 avg rating — 9,485 ratings
55.
The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters 3.83 avg rating — 10,131 ratings
56.
Zazie in the Metro
Zazie in the Metro 3.65 avg rating — 9,352 ratings
57.
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality 3.64 avg rating — 7,780 ratings
58.
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 3.69 avg rating — 17,763 ratings
59.
Tristes Tropiques
Tristes Tropiques 4.14 avg rating — 3,981 ratings
60.
L'Œuvre au noir
L'Œuvre au noir 4.02 avg rating — 5,936 ratings
61.
La Confusion des sentiments
La Confusion des sentiments 4.04 avg rating — 12,376 ratings
62.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating — 26,361 ratings
63.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils 4.03 avg rating — 12,494 ratings
64.
Lorca: Gypsy Ballads (Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics)
Lorca: Gypsy Ballads (Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics) 4.23 avg rating — 13,860 ratings
65.
Life: A User's Manual
Life: A User's Manual 4.18 avg rating — 9,836 ratings
66.
Alcools
Alcools 3.85 avg rating — 8,551 ratings
67.
Man's Fate
Man's Fate 3.75 avg rating — 6,323 ratings
68.
The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism 4.30 avg rating — 13,914 ratings
69.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof 3.86 avg rating — 1,927 ratings
70.
The Ravishing of Lol Stein
The Ravishing of Lol Stein 3.60 avg rating — 5,867 ratings
70.
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers 4.01 avg rating — 6,846 ratings
72.
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer 3.64 avg rating — 7,032 ratings
73.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui 3.81 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
74.
Le Silence de la mer
Le Silence de la mer
by: Vercors
3.85 avg rating — 6,113 ratings
75.
Moravagine
Moravagine 3.81 avg rating — 2,334 ratings
76.
Contempt
Contempt 3.95 avg rating — 5,771 ratings
77.
Ballad of the Salt Sea: A Corto Maltese adventure
Ballad of the Salt Sea: A Corto Maltese adventure 4.23 avg rating — 3,852 ratings
78.
Capital of Pain
Capital of Pain 4.09 avg rating — 2,285 ratings
79.
Aurélien
Aurélien 4.31 avg rating — 1,998 ratings
80.
The Theater and Its Double
The Theater and Its Double 4.14 avg rating — 4,695 ratings
81.
The Opposing Shore
The Opposing Shore 4.02 avg rating — 1,488 ratings
82.
Le Secret de l'Espadon - 1 (Blake et Mortimer, #1)
Le Secret de l'Espadon - 1 (Blake et Mortimer, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 1,019 ratings
83.
Belle du Seigneur
Belle du Seigneur 4.09 avg rating — 4,035 ratings
84.
Friday, or, The Other Island
Friday, or, The Other Island 3.67 avg rating — 3,697 ratings
85.
Thérèse Desqueyroux
Thérèse Desqueyroux 3.68 avg rating — 5,198 ratings
86.
Under Satan's Sun
Under Satan's Sun 3.59 avg rating — 906 ratings
87.
Writing Degree Zero
Writing Degree Zero 3.88 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
88.
Les Vrilles De La Vigne
Les Vrilles De La Vigne
by: Colette
3.40 avg rating — 267 ratings
89.
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Blandish's Orchids and Dave Fenner #1)
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Blandish's Orchids and Dave Fenner #1) 3.77 avg rating — 2,888 ratings
90.
Tropisms
Tropisms 3.66 avg rating — 1,845 ratings
91.
The Journal of Jules Renard
The Journal of Jules Renard 4.15 avg rating — 407 ratings
92.
Écrits
Écrits 4.03 avg rating — 3,353 ratings
93.
Gaston 1 (Gaston Définitive, #1)
Gaston 1 (Gaston Définitive, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 404 ratings
94.
Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett
Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett 3.46 avg rating — 9,425 ratings
95.
The General of the Dead Army
The General of the Dead Army 4.02 avg rating — 5,081 ratings
96.
Le Soulier de satin
Le Soulier de satin 3.53 avg rating — 230 ratings
97.
La Modification
La Modification 3.58 avg rating — 1,360 ratings
98.
The Interrogation
The Interrogation 3.26 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
99.
Furor & Mystery and Other Writings
Furor & Mystery and Other Writings 4.37 avg rating — 43 ratings
100.
Amers, suivi de Oiseaux et de Poésie
Amers, suivi de Oiseaux et de Poésie 3.72 avg rating — 155 ratings