Nick Cave's Favorite Books

1.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,576 ratings
2.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,209 ratings
3.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,789 ratings
4.
The Holy Bible: King James Version
The Holy Bible: King James Version
by: Anonymous
4.44 avg rating — 308,852 ratings
5.
The Man Who Drew Cats
The Man Who Drew Cats 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings
6.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,467 ratings
7.
Selected Letters, 1940-1985
Selected Letters, 1940-1985 4.09 avg rating — 112 ratings
8.
High Windows
High Windows 4.09 avg rating — 2,423 ratings
8.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge 3.86 avg rating — 65,074 ratings
10.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,631 ratings
10.
Ariel
Ariel 4.19 avg rating — 86,757 ratings
12.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,887 ratings
13.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,456 ratings
14.
The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed 4.01 avg rating — 19,571 ratings
14.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,699 ratings
16.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,561 ratings
17.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,950 ratings
18.
W. H. Auden: A Tribute
W. H. Auden: A Tribute 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings
19.
Train Dreams
Train Dreams 3.90 avg rating — 29,227 ratings
20.
In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison
In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison 3.56 avg rating — 1,243 ratings
20.
The Rings of Saturn
The Rings of Saturn 4.23 avg rating — 16,862 ratings
22.
Thank You, Fog
Thank You, Fog 3.80 avg rating — 162 ratings
23.
The Flowers of Evil
The Flowers of Evil 4.20 avg rating — 77,702 ratings
23.
Pinocchio
Pinocchio 3.84 avg rating — 87,070 ratings
25.
Collected Poems
Collected Poems 4.15 avg rating — 577 ratings
25.
Coming Through Slaughter
Coming Through Slaughter 3.87 avg rating — 6,860 ratings
27.
American Murder Ballads and Their Stories
American Murder Ballads and Their Stories 3.60 avg rating — 30 ratings
27.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,808 ratings
29.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,042 ratings
30.
Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World
Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World 4.20 avg rating — 2,037 ratings
30.
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden 3.94 avg rating — 9,292 ratings
32.
Sanctuary
Sanctuary 3.63 avg rating — 14,459 ratings
33.
Lives of the Saints: For Every Day in the Year
Lives of the Saints: For Every Day in the Year 4.20 avg rating — 637 ratings
33.
Victory
Victory 3.84 avg rating — 4,203 ratings
35.
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton: The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton: The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton 4.11 avg rating — 1,840 ratings
35.
Break, Blow, Burn
Break, Blow, Burn 3.96 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
37.
Here I Am
Here I Am 3.64 avg rating — 27,406 ratings
38.
The Unvanquished: The Corrected Text
The Unvanquished: The Corrected Text 3.77 avg rating — 6,498 ratings
39.
Harlot
Harlot 4.43 avg rating — 74 ratings
40.
The Informers
The Informers 3.40 avg rating — 19,728 ratings
41.
Das Kapital
Das Kapital
by: Karl Marx
4.09 avg rating — 23,211 ratings
42.
News from Nowhere
News from Nowhere 3.31 avg rating — 2,629 ratings
43.
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid 3.95 avg rating — 4,469 ratings
44.
The Cantos
The Cantos 3.92 avg rating — 5,373 ratings
45.
SCUM Manifesto
SCUM Manifesto 3.77 avg rating — 11,554 ratings
46.
The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross
The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross 4.48 avg rating — 1,501 ratings
47.
The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Ávila, Vol. 1
The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Ávila, Vol. 1 4.51 avg rating — 234 ratings
48.
Inferno & From an Occult Diary
Inferno & From an Occult Diary 3.84 avg rating — 355 ratings