The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Talented Mr. Ripley is a psychological thriller that follows the story of Tom Ripley, a young man struggling to make ends meet in New York City. When a wealthy shipbuilder mistakes Tom for a close friend of his son, Dickie Greenleaf, he offers him an all-expenses-paid trip to Italy to persuade his wayward son to return home. Instead, Tom becomes obsessed with the luxurious lifestyle of Dickie and his girlfriend, Marge, and goes to extreme lengths to make it his own, including identity theft and murder.
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- 17th on 100 Best Novels in English Since 1900 (Counterpunch)
- 28th on The 50 best books of the past 100 years (The Times)
- 45th on The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time (Crime Writers' Association)
- 48th on Top 100 Killer Thrillers (NPR)
- 48th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 70th on The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Mystery Writers of America)
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- 100 Great 20th Century English-language Works of Fiction by Women (Feminista!)
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- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
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- 100 Novels That Shaped Our World (BBC)
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- The 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time (Time)
- The Books You've Always Meant to Read (Waterstones)
- The 100 Best Crime Novels and Thrillers since 1945 (The Times)
- The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950 (The Modern Library (Book))