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Top 10+ Books
This Category contains the Top 10 Books. The Top is based on visitors VOTES. You can VOTE or Suggest your favorite Book.
1. Les Miserables
Les Misérables (1862) is a novel by French author Victor Hugo. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty-year period in the early 19th century, starting in the year of Napoleon's final defeat.
Les Misérables is set in the Parisian underworld. The protagonist, Jean Valjean, is sentenced to prison for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread. After his release, Valjean plans to rob Monseigneur Myriel, a saintlike bishop, but cancels his plan. However, he forfeits his parole by committing a minor crime, and for this crime Valjean is haunted by the police inspector Javert. Valjean eventually reforms and becomes under the name of M. Madeleine a read more...
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2. War and Peace
War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1869, after portions of a previous version were serialized from 1865-1867 in Russkiy Vestnik.
This panoramic study of early 19th-century Russian society, noted for its mastery of realistic detail and variety of psychological analysis, is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is primarily concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families-particularly the Bezukhovs, the Bolkonskys, and the Rostovs-the members of which are portrayed against a vivid background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon (1805-14).
It has a huge cast of characters and many far-reaching themes, read more...
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3. Pride and Prejudice
"Pride and Prejudice" is a novel by Jane Austen. First published on 28 January 1813, it is her second published novel. Originally called "First Impressions", it was never published under that title, and in following revisions it was retitled "Pride and Prejudice".
In Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", beautiful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet snubs the prideful aristocrat Mr. Darcy — until he helps her family avoid a potentially devastating scandal. The novel is Jane Austen's most popular and well-known romance novel, demonstrating her masterful use of ironic plot twists and flawless prose set against the strict social environment of Regency England. read more...
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4. Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment is a novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky that was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments in 1866.
"Crime and Punishment" is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better instincts, is inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder.
From that moment on, is presented his conflicting feelings of self-loathing and pride, of contempt for and need of others, and of terrible despair and hope of redemption: and, in a remarkable transformation of the detective novel, there are desribed his read more...
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5. Romeo & Juliet
"Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young "star-cross'd lovers" whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families.
Romeo and Juliet is sometimes considered to have no unifying theme, save that of young love. Romeo and Juliet have become emblematic of young lovers and doomed love. read more...
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6. Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens first serialised in All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It is regarded as one of his greatest and most sophisticated novels, and is one of his most enduringly popular, having been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times.
Great Expectations is written in a semi-autobiographical style and is the story of the orphan Pip, writing his life from his early days of childhood until adulthood and trying to be a gentleman along the way. The story can also be considered semi-autobiographical of Dickens, like much of his work, drawing on his experiences of life and people. read more...
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7. The Count of Monte Cristo
"The Count of Monte Cristo" is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered to be, along with The Three Musketeers, Dumas' most popular work. It is also among the highest selling books of all time. The writing of the work was completed in 1844.
The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through to the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, forgiveness and death, and is told in the style of an adventure story. read more...
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8. Divine Comedy
"The Divine Comedy", written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. read more...
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9. The Art of War
"The Art of War" is a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC,during the Zhou dynasty, by Sun Tzu.
The Art of War is one of the oldest and most successful books on military strategy in the world. It has had a huge influence on Eastern military thinking, business tactics, and beyond.
The book has also been applied to business and managerial strategies. read more...
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10. The Communist Manifesto
Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei), often referred to as The Communist Manifesto, was first published on February 21, 1848, and is one of the world's most influential political manuscripts.
Karl Marx describes in his communist manifesto, the ten steps necessary to destroy a free enterprise system and replace it with a system of omnipotent government power, so as to effect a communist socialist state. Those ten steps are known as the Ten Planks of The Communist Manifesto. read more...
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