John Banville's Favourite Books

1.
Duino Elegies
Duino Elegies 4.39 avg rating — 9,806 ratings
2.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,328 ratings
3.
The Tower
The Tower 3.98 avg rating — 1,118 ratings
4.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,849 ratings
5.
Letters to a Young Poet
Letters to a Young Poet 4.28 avg rating — 113,875 ratings
6.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,163 ratings
7.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,361 ratings
8.
Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson 3.89 avg rating — 150 ratings
9.
The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs 4.26 avg rating — 19,807 ratings
10.
The Greeks and the Irrational
The Greeks and the Irrational 4.20 avg rating — 1,030 ratings
11.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus 4.08 avg rating — 13,446 ratings
12.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,940 ratings
13.
Mary
Mary 3.71 avg rating — 8,657 ratings
14.
The Third Policeman
The Third Policeman 3.97 avg rating — 22,252 ratings
15.
Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel
Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel 3.60 avg rating — 289 ratings
16.
The Strangers in the House
The Strangers in the House 3.70 avg rating — 1,602 ratings
17.
How's the Pain?
How's the Pain? 3.80 avg rating — 772 ratings
18.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating — 47,125 ratings
19.
The Hunter (Parker, #1)
The Hunter (Parker, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 13,931 ratings
20.
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 45,502 ratings
21.
Ill Seen Ill Said
Ill Seen Ill Said 3.73 avg rating — 483 ratings
22.
Men and Events: Historical Essays
Men and Events: Historical Essays 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
23.
Dirty Snow
Dirty Snow 3.89 avg rating — 4,174 ratings
24.
The Heart of William James
The Heart of William James 4.46 avg rating — 37 ratings
25.
The Memory Chalet
The Memory Chalet
by: Tony Judt
4.13 avg rating — 2,188 ratings
26.
A Chance Meeting : Intertwined Lives of American Writers and Artists, 1854-1967
A Chance Meeting : Intertwined Lives of American Writers and Artists, 1854-1967 4.13 avg rating — 235 ratings
27.
Human Chain
Human Chain 3.94 avg rating — 1,415 ratings
28.
Picasso and Truth: From Cubism to Guernica
Picasso and Truth: From Cubism to Guernica 3.98 avg rating — 82 ratings
29.
Zibaldone di pensieri
Zibaldone di pensieri 4.43 avg rating — 456 ratings
30.
Building: Letters, 1960-1975
Building: Letters, 1960-1975 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
31.
The Letters of Paul Cézanne
The Letters of Paul Cézanne 3.88 avg rating — 80 ratings
32.
Histoire d'O | Story of O (Story of O, #1)
Histoire d'O | Story of O (Story of O, #1) 3.30 avg rating — 21,734 ratings
33.
Ordinary Dogs
Ordinary Dogs 3.86 avg rating — 116 ratings
34.
Writing Beckett's Letters (Volume 16) (Cahiers)
Writing Beckett's Letters (Volume 16) (Cahiers) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
35.
The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life
The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life 3.93 avg rating — 471 ratings
36.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating — 172,387 ratings
37.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady 3.80 avg rating — 84,063 ratings
38.
The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence
The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence 3.98 avg rating — 137 ratings
39.
Kafka: The Years of Insight
Kafka: The Years of Insight 4.65 avg rating — 261 ratings
40.
Notes From The Underground
Notes From The Underground 4.17 avg rating — 209,313 ratings
41.
Austerlitz
Austerlitz 3.98 avg rating — 25,620 ratings
42.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,965 ratings
43.
A Hundred Doors
A Hundred Doors 3.82 avg rating — 60 ratings
44.
Letters, 1928-1946
Letters, 1928-1946 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
45.
The World of Yesterday
The World of Yesterday 4.51 avg rating — 27,414 ratings
46.
Strindberg: A Life
Strindberg: A Life 4.11 avg rating — 61 ratings
47.
Butcher's Moon (Parker, #16)
Butcher's Moon (Parker, #16) 4.43 avg rating — 1,949 ratings
48.
Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea
Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea 3.89 avg rating — 1,837 ratings
49.
The Last September
The Last September 3.45 avg rating — 3,550 ratings
50.
Poems
Poems 4.20 avg rating — 12,966 ratings
51.
The Chambers Dictionary
The Chambers Dictionary 4.54 avg rating — 148 ratings
52.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.39 avg rating — 502 ratings
53.
The Hooligan's Return: A Memoir
The Hooligan's Return: A Memoir 3.87 avg rating — 415 ratings
54.
Canada
Canada 3.52 avg rating — 27,803 ratings
55.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,546 ratings
56.
The Debt to Pleasure
The Debt to Pleasure 3.74 avg rating — 3,102 ratings