The Stranger by Albert Camus

Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's extraordinary first novel, The Stranger (L'Etranger), has had a profound impact on millions of American readers. Through this story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched Algerian beach, Camus was exploring what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."

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This book is on the following lists:

1. - 1st on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (Le Monde)
2. - 4th on Top 100 World Literature Titles (Perfection Learning)
3. - 7th on For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
4. - 10th on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
5. - 20th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
6. - 22nd on 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Complex)
7. - 26th on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
8. - 49th on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
9. - 57th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
10. - 63rd on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
11. - 82nd on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
12. - The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
13. - 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Barnes and Noble)
14. - The Best Classics (The Times)
15. - The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (http://www.uhlibrary.net/pdf/college_board_recommended_books.pdf)
16. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
17. - Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
18. - The New York Public Library's Books of the Century (New York Public Library)
19. - 100 Most Influential Books of the Century (Boston Public Library)
20. - 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
21. - ZEIT-Bibliothek der 100 Bücher (Die Zeit)
22. - Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) (Tidningen Boken)
23. - The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
24. - The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (Book)
25. - Best Books Ever (bookdepository.com)
26. - The Graphic Canon (Book)
27. - Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
28. - The Bigger Read List (English PEN)

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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	Spark Notes The Stranger	Paperback	1312552	$28.25	$1.49	2002
	The Stranger	Paperback	1742	$6.50	$1.09	1989
	The Stranger ALBERT CAMUS (Vintage International)	Kindle Edition	110364	$3.00		2021
	The Stranger	Hardcover	60133	$9.31	$2.45	1993
	The Stranger	Hardcover	937927	$14.56	$2.94	1989
	The Stranger	Hardcover	2425316	$65.00	$3.91	1988
	The Stranger ALBERT CAMUS (Vintage International)	Kindle Edition	399912	$3.00		2021
	The Stranger ALBERT CAMUS (Vintage International)	Kindle Edition	272899	$3.00		2020
	The Stranger: The Graphic Novel	Hardcover	1130430	$22.06		2016
	The Stranger	Paperback	844434	$4.50		2020
	The Stranger by Albert Camus (1989-03-13)	Paperback	9474597	$12.91	$5.42
	Letranger The Stranger (Chinese Edition)	Paperback	1153373	$19.48	$8.08	2009
	The Stranger by Albert Camus (1989) Paperback	Paperback	171167	$10.35	$3.46	1989
	The Stranger	Paperback	28667	$5.95	$3.99	2019
	The Stranger V2	Paperback	847428	$57.77	$1.48	1954
	The Outsider	Mass Market Paperback	2590340	$146.71	$2.16	1974
	The Stranger (Chinese Edition)	Hardcover	1413691	$10.99	$26.90	2015
	The Stranger	Paperback	185089	$8.50	$0.63
	The Stranger	Mass Market Paperback	361487	$8.59	$2.64
	The Stranger	Kindle Edition	30218	$2.99		2014
	The Stranger	Paperback	420267	$8.85	$4.13
	The Stranger	Mass Market Paperback	2264254	$11.43	$2.30
	The Stranger	Hardcover	2562006	$100.70	$7.25
	The Stranger (Vintage International)	Kindle Edition	4389	$8.99		2012
	Stranger	Audio CD	903497	$109.59	$43.31	2005
	The Stranger Publisher: Vintage	Paperback	747579	$9.10	$3.98
	The Stranger	Mass Market Paperback	2312810	$4.57	$4.56
	The Stranger Publisher: Vintage	Paperback	765958	$8.21	$3.69
	The Stranger	Kindle Edition	39875	$2.99		2014
	By Albert Camus: The Stranger	Paperback	180723	$8.04	$2.36	1989
	The Stranger	Paperback	52537	$7.00		2016
	The Stranger	Paperback	276717	$7.00		2015
	The Stranger	Paperback	1060618	$9.76	$5.85	2006
	The Stranger - Albert Camus	Kindle Edition	155403	$8.00		2014
	The Stranger	Paperback	651299	$5.50		2016
	The Stranger	Kindle Edition	27520	$2.99		2014
	The Stranger	Kindle Edition	43788			2015
	L'Étranger (Français): The Stranger (French Edition)	Paperback	17090280	$7.00		2016
	The Stranger	Paperback	158045	$7.00		2015
	The Stranger	Kindle Edition	59344	$1.50		2014
	The Stranger	Paperback	1328372	$4.99	$0.98	2010
	The Stranger	Hardcover	9426139		$17.94
	The Stranger	Audible Audio Edition	1	$11.95		2005
	The Stranger	Paperback	506438	$12.10		2015
	The Stranger (English Edition)	Paperback	163508	$7.00		2016
	l'Etranger	Hardcover	7134937		$6.08
	L'Etranger	Mass Market Paperback	12451554		$24.94
	Letranger	Paperback	15809771		$10.22
	Den fremmede [The Stranger]	Audible Audio Edition	118975	$21.95		2010
	The Stranger	Paperback	1460901	$10.25	$2.96
	The Stranger	Paperback	27271	$8.86	$3.70
	L'etranger	Hardcover	10861346		$39.95
	The Stranger	Paperback	572707	$6.20		2016
	The Stranger.	Paperback	3964349		$2.12
	Stranger	Hardcover	4747587	$20.85	$38.94
	The Stranger	Mass Market Paperback	9291905		$9.95
	Albert Camus's the Stranger (Barron's Book Notes)	Paperback	1417579	$108.97	$2.58	1986
	The Stranger	Hardcover	6538915		$21.05
	The Stranger	Mass Market Paperback	10371260		$6.75