Le Monde 100 Books of the Century

1.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
2.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,500 ratings
3.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,400 ratings
4.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,255 ratings
5.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,996 ratings
6.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,695 ratings
7.
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating — 46,248 ratings
8.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,309 ratings
9.
Le Grand Meaulnes
Le Grand Meaulnes 3.72 avg rating — 14,908 ratings
10.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,469 ratings
11.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,390 ratings
12.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,667 ratings
13.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,264 ratings
14.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,407 ratings
15.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,106 ratings
16.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,341 ratings
17.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,218 ratings
18.
The Tartar Steppe
The Tartar Steppe 4.21 avg rating — 38,428 ratings
19.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,119 ratings
20.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,711 ratings
21.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,674 ratings
22.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,636 ratings
23.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,018 ratings
24.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,515 ratings
25.
Man's Fate
Man's Fate 3.75 avg rating — 6,323 ratings
26.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,074 ratings
27.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,504 ratings
28.
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating — 33,404 ratings
29.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,864 ratings
30.
The Joke
The Joke 4.03 avg rating — 39,335 ratings
31.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,232 ratings
32.
Zazie in the Metro
Zazie in the Metro 3.65 avg rating — 9,352 ratings
33.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,511 ratings
34.
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 3.69 avg rating — 17,763 ratings
35.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,452 ratings
36.
The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism 4.30 avg rating — 13,914 ratings
37.
Ficciones
Ficciones 4.40 avg rating — 75,853 ratings
38.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,589 ratings
39.
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer 3.64 avg rating — 7,032 ratings
40.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating — 26,362 ratings
41.
Asterix the Gaul (Asterix, #1)
Asterix the Gaul (Asterix, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 31,623 ratings
42.
L'Œuvre au noir
L'Œuvre au noir 4.02 avg rating — 5,936 ratings
43.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,271 ratings
43.
Aurélien
Aurélien 4.31 avg rating — 1,998 ratings
45.
The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters 3.83 avg rating — 10,131 ratings
46.
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality 3.64 avg rating — 7,780 ratings
47.
Life: A User's Manual
Life: A User's Manual 4.18 avg rating — 9,834 ratings
48.
Contempt
Contempt 3.95 avg rating — 5,771 ratings
49.
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz 4.34 avg rating — 83,597 ratings
50.
L'écume des jours
L'écume des jours 3.92 avg rating — 41,529 ratings
51.
Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness 3.99 avg rating — 34,131 ratings
52.
Moravagine
Moravagine 3.81 avg rating — 2,334 ratings
53.
Le Lotus bleu (Tintin #5)
Le Lotus bleu (Tintin #5)
by: Hergé
4.06 avg rating — 14,866 ratings
53.
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
55.
La Cantatrice chauve
La Cantatrice chauve 3.76 avg rating — 7,008 ratings
55.
Lord Jim
Lord Jim 3.61 avg rating — 32,456 ratings
57.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,597 ratings
58.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof 3.86 avg rating — 1,927 ratings
59.
Thérèse
Thérèse 3.79 avg rating — 921 ratings
60.
Le Silence de la mer
Le Silence de la mer
by: Vercors
3.85 avg rating — 6,113 ratings
61.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,617 ratings
62.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,298 ratings
63.
Bonjour tristesse
Bonjour tristesse 3.73 avg rating — 66,223 ratings
64.
Le Soulier de satin
Le Soulier de satin 3.53 avg rating — 230 ratings
65.
Tropismes
Tropismes 3.66 avg rating — 1,845 ratings
66.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui 3.81 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
67.
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Six Characters in Search of an Author 3.83 avg rating — 22,013 ratings
68.
Writing Degree Zero
Writing Degree Zero 3.88 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
69.
Under Satan's Sun
Under Satan's Sun 3.59 avg rating — 906 ratings
69.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils 4.03 avg rating — 12,495 ratings
71.
La Modification
La Modification 3.58 avg rating — 1,360 ratings
72.
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
73.
The Theater and Its Double
The Theater and Its Double 4.14 avg rating — 4,695 ratings
74.
Martin Eden
Martin Eden 4.48 avg rating — 51,262 ratings
74.
Écrits
Écrits 4.03 avg rating — 3,353 ratings
76.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,608 ratings
77.
Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett
Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett 3.46 avg rating — 9,424 ratings
78.
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers 4.01 avg rating — 6,846 ratings
79.
Paroles
Paroles 4.19 avg rating — 8,550 ratings
80.
Alcools
Alcools 3.85 avg rating — 8,550 ratings
81.
Tristes Tropiques
Tristes Tropiques 4.14 avg rating — 3,981 ratings
82.
Gaston 1 (Gaston Définitive, #1)
Gaston 1 (Gaston Définitive, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 404 ratings
83.
Belle du Seigneur
Belle du Seigneur 4.09 avg rating — 4,034 ratings
84.
La Confusion des sentiments
La Confusion des sentiments 4.04 avg rating — 12,374 ratings
85.
Nadja
Nadja 3.54 avg rating — 12,674 ratings
86.
Friday, or, The Other Island
Friday, or, The Other Island 3.67 avg rating — 3,696 ratings
87.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,287 ratings
88.
Les Vrilles De La Vigne
Les Vrilles De La Vigne
by: Colette
3.40 avg rating — 267 ratings
89.
Capital of Pain
Capital of Pain 4.09 avg rating — 2,285 ratings
90.
Corto Maltese the ballad of the salt sea
Corto Maltese the ballad of the salt sea 4.23 avg rating — 3,852 ratings
91.
The Opposing Shore
The Opposing Shore 4.02 avg rating — 1,488 ratings
92.
The Ravishing of Lol Stein
The Ravishing of Lol Stein 3.60 avg rating — 5,865 ratings
93.
The Interrogation
The Interrogation 3.26 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
94.
The Journal of Jules Renard
The Journal of Jules Renard 4.15 avg rating — 407 ratings
95.
The General of the Dead Army
The General of the Dead Army 4.02 avg rating — 5,081 ratings
96.
Romancero gitano
Romancero gitano 4.23 avg rating — 13,858 ratings
97.
Fureur et Mystère
Fureur et Mystère 4.10 avg rating — 492 ratings
98.
Le Piège diabolique (Blake et Mortimer, #9)
Le Piège diabolique (Blake et Mortimer, #9) 3.95 avg rating — 509 ratings
99.
The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus, Plexus, Nexus
The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus, Plexus, Nexus 4.30 avg rating — 424 ratings
100.
Amers, suivi de Oiseaux et de Poésie
Amers, suivi de Oiseaux et de Poésie 3.72 avg rating — 155 ratings