Appendix D: The Chaotic Age, Pt 2: France (Harold Bloom's Western Canon)

1.
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating — 46,245 ratings
2.
Blue of Noon
Blue of Noon 3.72 avg rating — 3,268 ratings
3.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,695 ratings
4.
Retreat from Love
Retreat from Love
by: Colette
3.67 avg rating — 338 ratings
5.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,860 ratings
6.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,362 ratings
7.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,176 ratings
8.
ThaĂŻs
Thaïs 3.67 avg rating — 1,599 ratings
9.
The Lost Estate
The Lost Estate 3.72 avg rating — 14,906 ratings
10.
The Immoralist
The Immoralist 3.55 avg rating — 13,270 ratings
11.
The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters 3.83 avg rating — 10,131 ratings
12.
Mount Analogue
Mount Analogue 4.10 avg rating — 2,977 ratings
13.
The Balcony
The Balcony 3.81 avg rating — 3,332 ratings
14.
Manhood: A Journey from Childhood into the Fierce Order of Virility
Manhood: A Journey from Childhood into the Fierce Order of Virility 3.43 avg rating — 554 ratings
15.
Selected Writings
Selected Writings 4.14 avg rating — 384 ratings
16.
The Family Idiot 1: Gustave Flaubert 1821-1857
The Family Idiot 1: Gustave Flaubert 1821-1857 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings
17.
Nausea
Nausea 3.93 avg rating — 134,143 ratings
18.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,304 ratings
19.
Thérèse
Thérèse 3.79 avg rating — 921 ratings
19.
The Desert of Love
The Desert of Love 3.62 avg rating — 826 ratings
19.
The Woman of the Pharisees
The Woman of the Pharisees 3.83 avg rating — 306 ratings
22.
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays
The Bald Soprano and Other Plays 4.03 avg rating — 6,404 ratings
23.
Becket
Becket really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,952 ratings
24.
Rhinoceros and Other Plays
Rhinoceros and Other Plays 3.98 avg rating — 3,141 ratings
25.
Project for a Revolution in New York
Project for a Revolution in New York 3.79 avg rating — 334 ratings
26.
Selected Writings
Selected Writings 4.39 avg rating — 851 ratings
27.
For a New Novel: Essays on Fiction (Northwestern University Press Paperbacks)
For a New Novel: Essays on Fiction (Northwestern University Press Paperbacks) 3.95 avg rating — 721 ratings
28.
The Grass
The Grass 3.87 avg rating — 185 ratings
29.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating — 68,143 ratings
30.
Penguin Island by Anatole France, Fiction, Classics
Penguin Island by Anatole France, Fiction, Classics 3.66 avg rating — 2,157 ratings
31.
Corydon
Corydon 3.47 avg rating — 552 ratings
32.
Lafcadio's Adventures
Lafcadio's Adventures 3.63 avg rating — 3,492 ratings
33.
Journals 1889-1949
Journals 1889-1949 4.20 avg rating — 167 ratings
34.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories
by: Colette
4.12 avg rating — 1,144 ratings
35.
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers 4.01 avg rating — 6,846 ratings
36.
The Thief's Journal
The Thief's Journal 3.93 avg rating — 5,092 ratings
37.
Four Plays: Ondine / Enchanted / Madwoman of Challot / Apollo of Bellac
Four Plays: Ondine / Enchanted / Madwoman of Challot / Apollo of Bellac 4.25 avg rating — 36 ratings
38.
Selected Works
Selected Works 4.17 avg rating — 76 ratings
39.
The Infernal Machine and Other Plays
The Infernal Machine and Other Plays 4.01 avg rating — 1,271 ratings
40.
Selected Writings
Selected Writings 4.14 avg rating — 743 ratings
41.
Poems of André Breton: A Bilingual Anthology
Poems of André Breton: A Bilingual Anthology 4.11 avg rating — 327 ratings
42.
Manifestoes of Surrealism
Manifestoes of Surrealism 3.83 avg rating — 3,243 ratings
43.
The Art of Poetry
The Art of Poetry 4.28 avg rating — 97 ratings
44.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.30 avg rating — 235 ratings
45.
Selected Poems (A Calderbook, Cb435) (English and French Edition)
Selected Poems (A Calderbook, Cb435) (English and French Edition) 4.04 avg rating — 284 ratings
46.
Paris Peasant
Paris Peasant 3.72 avg rating — 1,184 ratings
47.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof 3.86 avg rating — 1,926 ratings
48.
Count d'Orgel's Ball
Count d'Orgel's Ball 3.61 avg rating — 829 ratings
49.
No Exit and Three Other Plays
No Exit and Three Other Plays 4.08 avg rating — 29,810 ratings
50.
Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr
Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr 4.02 avg rating — 385 ratings
51.
The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre 3.74 avg rating — 10,000 ratings
52.
The Fall
The Fall 4.03 avg rating — 127,531 ratings
53.
The Rebel
The Rebel 4.14 avg rating — 18,046 ratings
54.
Selected Writings: The Space Within
Selected Writings: The Space Within 4.22 avg rating — 160 ratings
55.
The Book of Questions: Volume I [I. The Book of Questions, II. The Book of Yukel, III. Return to the Book]
The Book of Questions: Volume I [I. The Book of Questions, II. The Book of Yukel, III. Return to the Book] 4.50 avg rating — 273 ratings
56.
If There Were Anywhere But Desert: The Selected Poems
If There Were Anywhere But Desert: The Selected Poems 4.29 avg rating — 51 ratings
57.
Anabasis
Anabasis 3.86 avg rating — 360 ratings
58.
Birds
Birds 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings
59.
Exile and Other Poems
Exile and Other Poems 3.37 avg rating — 38 ratings
60.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.29 avg rating — 113 ratings
61.
Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries
Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries 4.17 avg rating — 1,100 ratings
62.
The Selected Poems
The Selected Poems
by: Max Jacob
4.21 avg rating — 66 ratings
63.
Despair Has Wings
Despair Has Wings really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings
64.
Things: Selected Writings
Things: Selected Writings 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
65.
Paroles
Paroles 4.19 avg rating — 8,550 ratings
66.
Selected Poems | Philippe Jaccottet
Selected Poems | Philippe Jaccottet 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings
67.
The Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc
The Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc 3.92 avg rating — 61 ratings
68.
From the Hidden Storehouse: Selected Poems (Field Translation Series 6)
From the Hidden Storehouse: Selected Poems (Field Translation Series 6) 4.34 avg rating — 65 ratings
69.
The Conquerors
The Conquerors 3.41 avg rating — 345 ratings
70.
The Way of the Kings
The Way of the Kings 3.21 avg rating — 629 ratings
71.
Man's Fate
Man's Fate 3.75 avg rating — 6,323 ratings
72.
Man's Hope
Man's Hope 3.67 avg rating — 792 ratings
73.
The Voices of Silence: Man and His Art
The Voices of Silence: Man and His Art 4.13 avg rating — 164 ratings
74.
Five Plays: Antigone / Eurydice / The Ermine / The Rehearsal / Romeo and Jeannette
Five Plays: Antigone / Eurydice / The Ermine / The Rehearsal / Romeo and Jeannette 4.12 avg rating — 296 ratings
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Three Plays: Amédée / The New Tenant / Victims of Duty
Three Plays: Amédée / The New Tenant / Victims of Duty 3.85 avg rating — 183 ratings
76.
Thomas the Obscure
Thomas the Obscure 4.07 avg rating — 1,386 ratings
77.
The Baphomet
The Baphomet 3.75 avg rating — 269 ratings
78.
Les lois de l'hospitalité
Les lois de l'hospitalité 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
79.
Locus Solus
Locus Solus 3.99 avg rating — 1,293 ratings
80.
Tristes Tropiques
Tristes Tropiques 4.14 avg rating — 3,981 ratings
81.
Le Voyeur
Le Voyeur 3.80 avg rating — 1,424 ratings
82.
Jealousy & In the Labyrinth
Jealousy & In the Labyrinth 3.88 avg rating — 810 ratings
83.
The Erasers
The Erasers 3.76 avg rating — 1,823 ratings
84.
The Use of Speech
The Use of Speech 3.64 avg rating — 130 ratings
85.
The Planetarium
The Planetarium 3.54 avg rating — 472 ratings
86.
The Wind
The Wind 3.57 avg rating — 136 ratings
87.
The Flanders Road
The Flanders Road 3.64 avg rating — 687 ratings
88.
Four Novels By Marguerite Duras - The Square - Moderato Cantabile - 10:30 on a Saturday Night - The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas
Four Novels By Marguerite Duras - The Square - Moderato Cantabile - 10:30 on a Saturday Night - The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas 3.98 avg rating — 503 ratings
89.
Fable
Fable 4.04 avg rating — 56 ratings
90.
The Libera Me Domine
The Libera Me Domine 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings
91.
That Voice (French Series)
That Voice (French Series) 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings
92.
The Ogre
The Ogre 4.02 avg rating — 2,303 ratings
93.
Friday, or, The Other Island
Friday, or, The Other Island 3.67 avg rating — 3,696 ratings
94.
Coup de Grâce
Coup de Grâce 3.68 avg rating — 1,906 ratings
95.
Transparence of the World
Transparence of the World 4.32 avg rating — 106 ratings
96.
Words in Stone: Pierre Écrite
Words in Stone: Pierre Écrite 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings