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A very objective list of the best books ever written

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Very personal but objectively the best books to share your time with! Follow me on the endless journey of reading! A choice made with the heart.
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New Books

 
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A new opus from the great Japanese master. To be discovered urgently!
The City and Its Uncertain Walls: A Novel by Haruki Murakami
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English Books

The best of the books in English

 
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A must read from this master of literature. A great story in the heart of America.
Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster
 
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A touchingly nostalgic book set in bohemian New York. One of my favorites by this magnificent author.
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
 
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My favorite Murakami book. An ideal gateway to his unique world of fiction.
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
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Autobiographical tale, travelogue, initiation story... A book that transforms and beautifies
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
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A powerful and moving book. A must-read.
My Absolute Darling: A Novel by Gabriel Tallent
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Superb and an absolute masterpiece. All Morrison work must be read, but this one the first.
Beloved by Toni Morrison
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If you can read Echenoz in French, even better. Masterfully written stories, modern and effective, with incomparable writing.
I'm Gone (Prix Goncourt Winner) by Jean Echenoz
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Jim Harrison wrote the greatest truly american books. A must-read.
Dalva an Novel by Jim Harrison
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One of the best and most provocative books of Roth. A must-read for today's citizens
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
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In the universally-praised Returning to Earth, Jim Harrison has delivered a masterpiece—a tender, profound, and magnificent novel about life, death, and the possibility of finding redemption in unlikely places.
Returning to Earth by Jim Harrison
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A classic with a “burning ”relevance !
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Livres en français

Les livres en français qui me paraissent incontournables

 
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Echenoz est un incontournable. Une écriture inimitable et des récits qui font mouche sans se la raconter. Je m'en vais fait partie des pépites.
Je m'en vais
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Un autre Echenoz, le premier à m'être tombé dans les mains
Au piano
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La Bibliothèque idéale en Pléiade

 
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Pour tous les amoureux de l'Orient et des histoires à dormir debout
Anonyme, Les Mille et Une Nuits I, II et III
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Splendeurs de la Chine antique à déguster sans modération
Anonyme, Spectacles curieux d'aujourd'hui et d'autrefois
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La poésie d'Apollinaire ne se démode pas et touche droit au cœur.
Guillaume Apollinaire, Œuvres poétiques complètes
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On ne se lasse pas de la langue et de l'actualité de a poésie d'Aragon.
Louis Aragon, Œuvres poétiques complètes I, II
 
Saint Augustin, La Cité de Dieu
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La Pléiade - Catalogue - Bibliothèque de la Pléiade - Jane Austen, Œuvres romanesques complètes I, II
 
La Pléiade - Catalogue - Bibliothèque de la Pléiade - Collectif, Les Présocratiques
 
La Pléiade - Catalogue - Bibliothèque de la Pléiade - Collectif, Anthologie de la poésie française I, II
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La Pléiade - Catalogue - Bibliothèque de la Pléiade - Charles Baudelaire, Œuvres complètes I, II