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35 stars
1848 White Nights**
1849 A Little Hero*
1859 The Village of Stepanchikovo***
1861 Humiliated and Insulted***
1862 The House of the Dead***
1864 Notes from Underground***
1866 Crime and Punishment***
1866 The Gambler***
1868 The Idiot***
1870 The Eternal Husband***
1873 Demons***
1876 The Meek One*
1877 The Dream of a Ridiculous Man*
1880 The Brothers Karamazov***
1848 White Nights**
1849 A Little Hero*
1859 The Village of Stepanchikovo***
1861 Humiliated and Insulted***
1862 The House of the Dead***
1864 Notes from Underground***
1866 Crime and Punishment***
1866 The Gambler***
1868 The Idiot***
1870 The Eternal Husband***
1873 Demons***
1876 The Meek One*
1877 The Dream of a Ridiculous Man*
1880 The Brothers Karamazov***
32 stars
1920 Poirot [series]*****
1929 The Seven Dials Mystery***
1930 Miss Marple[series]*****
1931 The Sittaford Mystery***
1934 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?***
1939 And Then There Were None***
1944 Death Comes as the End***
1949 Crooked House***
1952 The Mousetrap**
1953 Witness for the Prosecution**
1920 Poirot [series]*****
1929 The Seven Dials Mystery***
1930 Miss Marple[series]*****
1931 The Sittaford Mystery***
1934 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?***
1939 And Then There Were None***
1944 Death Comes as the End***
1949 Crooked House***
1952 The Mousetrap**
1953 Witness for the Prosecution**
26 stars
1838 Oliver Twist***
1839 Nicholas Nickleby***
1841 The Old Curiosity Shop***
1843 A Christmas Carol**
1853 Bleak House***
1854 Hard Times***
1855 Little Dorrit***
1859 A Tale of Two Cities***
1861 Great Expectations***
1838 Oliver Twist***
1839 Nicholas Nickleby***
1841 The Old Curiosity Shop***
1843 A Christmas Carol**
1853 Bleak House***
1854 Hard Times***
1855 Little Dorrit***
1859 A Tale of Two Cities***
1861 Great Expectations***
24 stars
1852 Childhood***
1869 War and Peace***
1877 Anna Karenina***
1886 The Death of Ivan Ilyich**
1886 Ivan the Fool*
1886 How Much Land Does a Man Need?*
1889 The Devil**
1890 The Kreutzer Sonata**
1899 Resurrection***
1904 The Forged Coupon**
1905 Alyosha Gorshok*
1912 Hadji Murat**
1852 Childhood***
1869 War and Peace***
1877 Anna Karenina***
1886 The Death of Ivan Ilyich**
1886 Ivan the Fool*
1886 How Much Land Does a Man Need?*
1889 The Devil**
1890 The Kreutzer Sonata**
1899 Resurrection***
1904 The Forged Coupon**
1905 Alyosha Gorshok*
1912 Hadji Murat**
24 stars
1948 Sometime Never***
1953 Someone Like You***
1960 Kiss Kiss***
1964 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory**
1974 Switch Bitch***
1975 Danny the Champion of the World**
1979 My Uncle Oswald***
1982 The BFG**
1984 Boy: Tales of Childhood**
1988 Matilda**
1948 Sometime Never***
1953 Someone Like You***
1960 Kiss Kiss***
1964 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory**
1974 Switch Bitch***
1975 Danny the Champion of the World**
1979 My Uncle Oswald***
1982 The BFG**
1984 Boy: Tales of Childhood**
1988 Matilda**
24 stars
1593 Richard III**
1594 The Taming of the Shrew**
1596 Romeo and Juliet**
1596 A Midsummer Night’s Dream**
1597 The Merchant of Venice**
1599 Julius Caesar**
1601 Hamlet**
1601 Twelfth Night**
1604 Othello**
1606 Macbeth**
1609 Sonnets**
1611 The Tempest
1593 Richard III**
1594 The Taming of the Shrew**
1596 Romeo and Juliet**
1596 A Midsummer Night’s Dream**
1597 The Merchant of Venice**
1599 Julius Caesar**
1601 Hamlet**
1601 Twelfth Night**
1604 Othello**
1606 Macbeth**
1609 Sonnets**
1611 The Tempest
24 stars
1982 La Casa de los Espiritus***
1984 De Amor y de Sombra***
1987 Eva Luna***
1990 Cuentos de Eva Luna***
1991 El Plan Infinito***
1999 Hija de la Fortuna***
2002 La Ciudad de las Bestias***
2014 El Juego de Ripper***
1982 La Casa de los Espiritus***
1984 De Amor y de Sombra***
1987 Eva Luna***
1990 Cuentos de Eva Luna***
1991 El Plan Infinito***
1999 Hija de la Fortuna***
2002 La Ciudad de las Bestias***
2014 El Juego de Ripper***
23 stars
1987 Norwegian Wood***
1993 The Elephant Vanishes***
1995 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle***
2002 Kafka on the Shore***
2006 Tony Takitani*
2010 1Q84***
2014 Drive My Car*
2017 Killing Commendatore***
2021 The City and Its Uncertain Walls***
1987 Norwegian Wood***
1993 The Elephant Vanishes***
1995 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle***
2002 Kafka on the Shore***
2006 Tony Takitani*
2010 1Q84***
2014 Drive My Car*
2017 Killing Commendatore***
2021 The City and Its Uncertain Walls***
22 stars
1938 Brighton Rock***
1940 The Power and the Glory***
1947 The Destructors*
1950 The Third Man***
1951 The End of the Affair***
1955 The Quiet American***
1958 Our Man in Havana***
1978 The Human Factor***
1938 Brighton Rock***
1940 The Power and the Glory***
1947 The Destructors*
1950 The Third Man***
1951 The End of the Affair***
1955 The Quiet American***
1958 Our Man in Havana***
1978 The Human Factor***
18 stars
1872 Under the Greenwood Tree***
1874 Far from the Madding Crowd***
1883 The Three Strangers*
1885 A Mere Interlude*
1887 The Woodlanders***
1890 Barbara of the House of Grebe*
1891 Tess of the d’Urbervilles***
1895 Jude the Obscure***
1872 Under the Greenwood Tree***
1874 Far from the Madding Crowd***
1883 The Three Strangers*
1885 A Mere Interlude*
1887 The Woodlanders***
1890 Barbara of the House of Grebe*
1891 Tess of the d’Urbervilles***
1895 Jude the Obscure***
18 stars
1906 Unterm Rad***
1908 In der alten Sonne*
1915 Das Nachtpfauenoge*
1919 Demian***
1922 Siddharta**
1928 Der Steppenwolf***
1930 Narziß und Goldmund***
1932 Die Morgenlandfahrt**
1906 Unterm Rad***
1908 In der alten Sonne*
1915 Das Nachtpfauenoge*
1919 Demian***
1922 Siddharta**
1928 Der Steppenwolf***
1930 Narziß und Goldmund***
1932 Die Morgenlandfahrt**
18 stars
1952 Archibald Strohalm***
1959 Het Stenen Bruidsbed***
1975 Twee Vrouwen***
1982 De Aanslag***
1992 De Ontdekking van de Hemel***
1998 De Procedure***
1952 Archibald Strohalm***
1959 Het Stenen Bruidsbed***
1975 Twee Vrouwen***
1982 De Aanslag***
1992 De Ontdekking van de Hemel***
1998 De Procedure***
18 stars
1967 Žert [The Joke]***
1979 Kniha Smíchu a Zapomnĕní [The Book of Laughter and Forgetting]***
1984 Nesnesitelná Lehkost Bytí [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]***
1990 Immortality [Nesmrtelost]***
1998 L'Identité***
1967 Žert [The Joke]***
1979 Kniha Smíchu a Zapomnĕní [The Book of Laughter and Forgetting]***
1984 Nesnesitelná Lehkost Bytí [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]***
1990 Immortality [Nesmrtelost]***
1998 L'Identité***
17 stars
1955 El Triple Campeón Revela Sus Secretos***
1962 Los Funerales de la Mamá Grande***
1967 Cien Años de Soledad***
1972 La Increíble y Triste Historia de la Cándida Eréndira y de Su Abuela Desalmada***
1981 Crónica de una muerta anunciada**
1985 El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera***
1955 El Triple Campeón Revela Sus Secretos***
1962 Los Funerales de la Mamá Grande***
1967 Cien Años de Soledad***
1972 La Increíble y Triste Historia de la Cándida Eréndira y de Su Abuela Desalmada***
1981 Crónica de una muerta anunciada**
1985 El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera***
17 stars
1867 Thérèse Raquin***
1880 Nana***
1880 Madame Sourdis**
1883 Au Bonheur des Dames***
1885 Germinal***
1890 La Bête humaine***
1867 Thérèse Raquin***
1880 Nana***
1880 Madame Sourdis**
1883 Au Bonheur des Dames***
1885 Germinal***
1890 La Bête humaine***
17 stars
1878 Daisy Miller**
1880 Washington Square***
1881 The Portrait of a Lady***
1886 The Bostonions***
1888 The Aspern Papers**
1892 The Real Thing*
1898 The Turn of the Screw***
1878 Daisy Miller**
1880 Washington Square***
1881 The Portrait of a Lady***
1886 The Bostonions***
1888 The Aspern Papers**
1892 The Real Thing*
1898 The Turn of the Screw***
17 stars
1953 De Kapellekensbaan***
1955 Menuet**
1958 De Paradijsvogel***
1971 Pieter Daens***
1972 Mieke Maaike's Obscene Jeugd***
1980 Eros en de Eenzame Man***
1953 De Kapellekensbaan***
1955 Menuet**
1958 De Paradijsvogel***
1971 Pieter Daens***
1972 Mieke Maaike's Obscene Jeugd***
1980 Eros en de Eenzame Man***
16 stars
1829 Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné**
1831 Notre-Dame de Paris***
1862 Les Misérables***
1869 L’Homme qui rit***
1874 Quatrevingt-treize***
1883 La Légende des siècles**
1829 Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné**
1831 Notre-Dame de Paris***
1862 Les Misérables***
1869 L’Homme qui rit***
1874 Quatrevingt-treize***
1883 La Légende des siècles**
15 stars
1811 Sense and Sensibility***
1813 Pride and Prejudice***
1814 Mansfield Park***
1815 Emma***
1818 Northanger Abbey***
1811 Sense and Sensibility***
1813 Pride and Prejudice***
1814 Mansfield Park***
1815 Emma***
1818 Northanger Abbey***
15 stars
1950 The Grass Is Singing***
1962 The Golden Notebook***
1974 The Memoirs of a Survivor***
1985 The Good Terrorist***
1988 The Fifth Child***
1950 The Grass Is Singing***
1962 The Golden Notebook***
1974 The Memoirs of a Survivor***
1985 The Good Terrorist***
1988 The Fifth Child***
15 stars
1886 Romance with Double Bass*
1886 A Dreadful Night*
1886 The Orator*
1889 The Bet*
1892 Ward No. 6**
1894 The Black Monk*
1894 Rothschild's Violin*
1899 The Lady with the Dog*
1896 The Seagull**
1897 Uncle Vanya**
1904 The Cherry Orchard**
1886 Romance with Double Bass*
1886 A Dreadful Night*
1886 The Orator*
1889 The Bet*
1892 Ward No. 6**
1894 The Black Monk*
1894 Rothschild's Violin*
1899 The Lady with the Dog*
1896 The Seagull**
1897 Uncle Vanya**
1904 The Cherry Orchard**
15 stars
1993 Le Sabotage amoureux***
1999 Stupeur et tremblements***
2000 Métaphysique des tubes***
2003 Antéchrista***
2007 Ni d’Ève ni d’Adam***
1993 Le Sabotage amoureux***
1999 Stupeur et tremblements***
2000 Métaphysique des tubes***
2003 Antéchrista***
2007 Ni d’Ève ni d’Adam***
15 stars
1969 Conversación en la Catedral***
1973 Pantaleón y las Visitadoras***
1981 La Guerra del Fin del Mundo***
2000 La Fiesta del Chivo***
2016 Cinco Esquinas***
1969 Conversación en la Catedral***
1973 Pantaleón y las Visitadoras***
1981 La Guerra del Fin del Mundo***
2000 La Fiesta del Chivo***
2016 Cinco Esquinas***
15 stars
2004 Spieltrieb***
2007 Schilf***
2009 Corpus Delicti***
2012 Nullzeit***
2016 Unterleuten***
2004 Spieltrieb***
2007 Schilf***
2009 Corpus Delicti***
2012 Nullzeit***
2016 Unterleuten***
14 stars
1901 Buddenbrooks***
1912 Der Tod in Venedig**
1924 Der Zauberberg***
1939 Lotte in Weimar***
1947 Doktor Faustus***
1901 Buddenbrooks***
1912 Der Tod in Venedig**
1924 Der Zauberberg***
1939 Lotte in Weimar***
1947 Doktor Faustus***
14 stars
1838 Ligeia*
1839 The Fall of the House of Usher*
1841 A Descent Into the Maelstrom*
1841 The Murders in the Rue Morgue*
1842 The Oval Portrait*
1842 The Masque of the Red Death*
1843 The Pit and the Pendulum*
1843 The Tell-Tale Heart*
1843 The Black Cat*
1844 The Oblong Box*
1845 The Raven*
1845 The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar*
1845 The Imp of the Perverse*
1846 The Cask of Amontillado*
1838 Ligeia*
1839 The Fall of the House of Usher*
1841 A Descent Into the Maelstrom*
1841 The Murders in the Rue Morgue*
1842 The Oval Portrait*
1842 The Masque of the Red Death*
1843 The Pit and the Pendulum*
1843 The Tell-Tale Heart*
1843 The Black Cat*
1844 The Oblong Box*
1845 The Raven*
1845 The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar*
1845 The Imp of the Perverse*
1846 The Cask of Amontillado*
13 stars
1880 Boule de Suif*
1881 Partie de campagne*
1882 Aux champs*
1883 La Ficelle*
1883 La Confession de Théodule Sabot*
1883 La Main*
1884 L’Héritage*
1884 La Parure*
1884 L’Armoire*
1884 La Parapluie*
1885 Toine*
1886 La Question du latin*
1890 L’Inutile Beauté*
1880 Boule de Suif*
1881 Partie de campagne*
1882 Aux champs*
1883 La Ficelle*
1883 La Confession de Théodule Sabot*
1883 La Main*
1884 L’Héritage*
1884 La Parure*
1884 L’Armoire*
1884 La Parapluie*
1885 Toine*
1886 La Question du latin*
1890 L’Inutile Beauté*
12 stars
1998 Benim Adim Kirmizi [My Name Is Red]
2002 Kar [Snow]
2008 Masumiyet Müzesi [The Museum of Innocence]
2021 Veba Geceleri [Nights of Plague]
1998 Benim Adim Kirmizi [My Name Is Red]
2002 Kar [Snow]
2008 Masumiyet Müzesi [The Museum of Innocence]
2021 Veba Geceleri [Nights of Plague]
12 stars
1905 The House of Mirth***
1910 The Lady's Maid's Bell*
1911 Ethan Frome**
1912 The Reef***
1920 The Age of Innocence***
1905 The House of Mirth***
1910 The Lady's Maid's Bell*
1911 Ethan Frome**
1912 The Reef***
1920 The Age of Innocence***
12 stars
1945 Pippi Långstrump**
1946 Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist**
1961 Lotta på Bråkmakargatan**
1963 Emil i Lönneberga**
1973 Bröderna Lejonhjärta**
1981 Ronja Rövardotter**
1945 Pippi Långstrump**
1946 Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist**
1961 Lotta på Bråkmakargatan**
1963 Emil i Lönneberga**
1973 Bröderna Lejonhjärta**
1981 Ronja Rövardotter**
12 stars
1864 Voyage au centre de la terre***
1865 De la Terre à la lune***
1870 Vingt mille lieues sous les mers***
1872 Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours***
1864 Voyage au centre de la terre***
1865 De la Terre à la lune***
1870 Vingt mille lieues sous les mers***
1872 Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours***
12 stars
1857 Rudin***
1858 Asha*
1859 Home of the Gentry***
1860 First Love**
1862 Fathers and Sons***
1857 Rudin***
1858 Asha*
1859 Home of the Gentry***
1860 First Love**
1862 Fathers and Sons***
12 stars
1996 Qumran***
2000 La Répudiée***
2009 Sépharade***
2013 Le Palimpseste d'Archimède***
1996 Qumran***
2000 La Répudiée***
2009 Sépharade***
2013 Le Palimpseste d'Archimède***
11 stars
1891 The Picture of Dorian Gray***
1892 Lady Windermere’s Fan**
1895 An Ideal Husband**
1895 The Importance of Being Earnest**
1896 Salomé**
1891 The Picture of Dorian Gray***
1892 Lady Windermere’s Fan**
1895 An Ideal Husband**
1895 The Importance of Being Earnest**
1896 Salomé**
11 stars
1931 Maigret [series]*****
1933 Les Fiançailles de Monsieur Hire***
1938 L’Homme qui regardait passer les trains***
1931 Maigret [series]*****
1933 Les Fiançailles de Monsieur Hire***
1938 L’Homme qui regardait passer les trains***
11 stars
1917 The Mark on the Wall*
1920 Solid Objects*
1925 Mrs Dalloway***
1927 To the Lighthouse***
1928 Orlando***
1917 The Mark on the Wall*
1920 Solid Objects*
1925 Mrs Dalloway***
1927 To the Lighthouse***
1928 Orlando***
11 stars
1835 Nevsky Prospekt**
1835 Diary of a Madman*
1835 Taras Bulba**
1836 The Nose*
1836 The Carriage*
1842 The Overcoat*
1842 Dead Souls***
1835 Nevsky Prospekt**
1835 Diary of a Madman*
1835 Taras Bulba**
1836 The Nose*
1836 The Carriage*
1842 The Overcoat*
1842 Dead Souls***
11 stars
1927 Hills Like White Elephants*
1929 A Farewell to Arms***
1933 A Clean, Well-Lighted Place*
1936 The Snows of Kilimanjaro*
1940 For Whom thhe Bell Tolls***
1952 The Old Man and the Sea**
1927 Hills Like White Elephants*
1929 A Farewell to Arms***
1933 A Clean, Well-Lighted Place*
1936 The Snows of Kilimanjaro*
1940 For Whom thhe Bell Tolls***
1952 The Old Man and the Sea**
11 stars
1935 Tortilla Flat***
1937 Of Mice and Men**
1939 The Grapes of Wrath***
1952 East of Eden***
1935 Tortilla Flat***
1937 Of Mice and Men**
1939 The Grapes of Wrath***
1952 East of Eden***
11 stars
1936 Jamaica Inn***
1945 Rebecca***
1951 My Cousin Rachel***
1952 The Birds*
1971 Don’t Look Now*
1936 Jamaica Inn***
1945 Rebecca***
1951 My Cousin Rachel***
1952 The Birds*
1971 Don’t Look Now*
10 stars
1895 The Time Machine**
1896 The Story of the Late Mr Elvesham*
1898 The War of the Worlds***
1897 The Invisible Man***
1904 The Country of the Blind*
1895 The Time Machine**
1896 The Story of the Late Mr Elvesham*
1898 The War of the Worlds***
1897 The Invisible Man***
1904 The Country of the Blind*
10 stars
1831 Boris Godunov**
1831 The Shot*
1831 The Blizzard*
1832 Eugene Onegin**
1834 The Queen of Spades*
1836 The Captain's Daughter***
1831 Boris Godunov**
1831 The Shot*
1831 The Blizzard*
1832 Eugene Onegin**
1834 The Queen of Spades*
1836 The Captain's Daughter***
9 stars
1887 Sherlock Holmes [series]*****
1898 The Brazilian Cat*
1912 The Lost World***
1887 Sherlock Holmes [series]*****
1898 The Brazilian Cat*
1912 The Lost World***
9 stars
1914 Dubliners***
1914 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man***
1922 Ulysses***
1914 Dubliners***
1914 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man***
1922 Ulysses***
9 stars
2001 The Kukotsky Enigma***
2002 Women's Lies***
2010 The Big Green Tent***
2001 The Kukotsky Enigma***
2002 Women's Lies***
2010 The Big Green Tent***
9 stars
1915 Die Verwandlung**
1922 Ein Hungerkünstler*
1925 Der Process***
1926 Das Schloss***
1915 Die Verwandlung**
1922 Ein Hungerkünstler*
1925 Der Process***
1926 Das Schloss***
9 stars
2006 Half of a Yellow Sun***
2009 The Thing around Your Neck***
2013 Americanah***
2006 Half of a Yellow Sun***
2009 The Thing around Your Neck***
2013 Americanah***
9 stars
1929 Emil und die Detektive**
1931 Der 35. Mai**
1931 Fabian***
1949 Das doppelte Lottchen**
1929 Emil und die Detektive**
1931 Der 35. Mai**
1931 Fabian***
1949 Das doppelte Lottchen**
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Here are my favourite writers arranged by a star system. Their best works in my opinion get a number of stars.
Five stars = Cycle of novels
Three stars = novel; original short story collection
Two stars = novella (20,000-40,000); children's book; narrative poem; poetry collection; play
One star = short story (...-20,000); lyrical poem
Five stars = Cycle of novels
Three stars = novel; original short story collection
Two stars = novella (20,000-40,000); children's book; narrative poem; poetry collection; play
One star = short story (...-20,000); lyrical poem
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