Best Books Ever

Books, I just don't have enough words to describe what books mean to reading fanatics like me. Books are my companions, my collection of grammar and vocabulary. It's been a common saying that books are man's best friend. Many great people in this world have been inspired by simple examples which they read in some books. In this article, I list out the names of the best books ever written.

Best Selling Books Ever

Well people, don't get offended by reading my list of good books to read. The books listed over here may not be your favorite, but most have been best-sellers. Some of the names mentioned over here are also my favorite.

Madame Bovary
Written by Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary is one of the most controversial books written in its time. It was attacked by public lawyers for the content of obscenity, when it was published in serial order in a French magazine called La Revue de Paris. The novel focuses on a doctor's wife Emma Bovary who has a string of affairs and lives her life defying society's rules and regulations. Though the story is very simple, the writer's greatness lies in the details and hidden patterns of the book.

War and Peace
Considered as Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece, War and Peace is one of the best books ever written. The book was first published from 1865 to 1869 in the famous Russian magazine, Russkii Vestnik. War and Peace tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. Regarded as one of the world's best-selling novels, War and Peace is a book that everyone should read once.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Thank God, someone wrote a book for the youngsters. Written by Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is commonly accounted as one of the greatest American novels of all time. It's one of the first novels in America which used local color regionalism.

Anna Karenina
Penned by Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina is regarded as a pioneer in realist fiction. Tolstoy considered this book his greatest work. Majority of book critics panned this book on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life". Another great Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, called Anna Karenina a "Flawless work of Art".

Hamlet
It's no surprise that William Shakespeare appears on my list of highest selling books. I still don't consider Hamlet as his best work, but I am not ready to against the views of so many brilliant writers. Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, written in 1599 and 1601. The play is set in Denmark, it shows the story of Prince Hamlet and how he takes revenge on his uncle for murdering Hamlet's father.

Middlemarch
Middlemarch is considered as one of the best books ever written by George Elliot. Middlemarch was one of the most important novels published during the Victorian era and was first published in 1871 to 1872. The plot's set in 1830s in Middlemarch, a fictional town in England.

Best Fiction Books Ever

Fiction is one genre in books which has fans from all ages. From the young to the elderly, there's not a single person in this world who doesn't like or appreciate fiction writing. So here is a list of some great fictional books.

• Geek Love ~ Katherine Dunn
• Saint Maybe ~ Anne Tyler
• A Prayer for Owen Meany ~ John Irving
• Naked ~ David Sedaris
• Beloved ~ Toni Morrison
• Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) ~ Anne Tyler
• Equal Affections ~ David Leavitt
• The World According to Garp ~ John Irving
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel ~ Michael Chabon
• Maniac Magee ~ Jerry Spinelli

Best Books for Young Adults

When we talk about best books for young adults, we are talking about books which they can relate to, books that can help them understand life. So here are some great novels for young adults.

• The Wild Girls ~ Pat Murphy
• Ten Cents a Dance ~ Christine Fletcher
• Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow ~ Jessica Day George
• Sweethearts ~ Sara Zarr
• Suckerpunch ~ David Hernandez
• The Spectacular Now ~ Tim Tharp
• Pretty Monsters ~ Kelly Link
• Me, the Missing, and the Dead ~ Jenny Valentine
• The Knife of Never Letting Go ~ Patrick Ness

List of Good Books

The books that have been mentioned in this category still allure readers with its writing. However, the list of best books ever is endless, I have listed some of the best books of all time.

• The Alchemist ~ Paulo Coelho
• The Da Vinci Code ~ Dan Brown
• One Hundred Years of Solitude ~ Gabriel García Márquez
• Charlotte's Web ~ E.B. White
• Sense and Sensibility ~ Jane Austen
• The Shining ~ Stephen King
• A Clockwork Orange ~ Anthony Burgess
• Dracula ~ Bram Stoker
• Memoirs of a Geisha ~ Arthur Golden
• The Kite Runner ~ Khaled Hosseini

So these were some names of the best books ever written. I hope you have found a name of your preference in the above given lists. So what are you waiting for? Pick up one of these and start reading, you have a long list to cover.