Famous Authors Name Their Favorite Novels(from 1915)

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New York Times, 38 Books

This list of famous authors listing their 6 favorite novels was published in the New York Times on September 5th, 1915. The authors who answered were James Lane Allen, Edwin Lefevre, Oliver Onions, Honore Willsie, Susan Glaspell, Gene Stratton Porter, Eleanor Atkinson, Leona Dalrymple, Frank H. Spearman, and Harvey J. O’Higgins

This list was originally published in 1915 and was added to this site about 2 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
104 Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1847 British English
47 David Copperfield Charles Dickens 1849 British English
69 Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe 1719 British English
73 The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 American English
135 Tom Jones Henry Fielding 1749 British English
118 Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1891 British English
977 The History Of Henry Esmond William Makepeace Thackeray 1852 British English
300 Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott 1819 British English
2322 Romola George Eliot 1863 British English
246 Kim Rudyard Kipling 1901 British English
75 The Portrait of a Lady Henry James 1881 American English
486 Adam Bede George Eliot 1859 British English
331 Clarissa Samuel Richardson 1748 British English
7714 Fraternity John Galsworthy 1909 British English
1901 Handley Cross R. S. Surtees 1843 British English
1168 The History of Mr. Polly H. G. Wells 1910 British English
28 Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë 1847 British English
285 Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy 1895 British English
2313 Lavengro George Borrow 1851 British English
1196 Lorna Doone R. D. Blackmore 1869 British English
30 Middlemarch George Eliot 1871 British English
1145 Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens 1839 British English
275 The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1836 British English
738 The Return of the Native Thomas Hardy 1878 British English
2587 Sir Charles Grandison Samuel Richardson 1753 British English
144 Sons and Lovers D. H. Lawrence 1913 British English
1317 The Story Of An African Farm Olive Schreiner 1883 South African English
6828 The Awakening Of Helena Ritchie Margaret Deland 1906 American English
1044 The Egoist George Meredith 1879 British English
1359 The Heart Of Midlothian Sir Walter Scott 1818 Scottish English
6804 The Little Minister J. M. Barrie 1891 Scottish English
390 The Old Wives' Tale Arnold Bennett 1908 British English
3008 The American Henry James 1877 American English
241 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 1876 American English
1482 Tono Bungay H. G. Wells 1909 British English
52 The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy Laurence Sterne 1759 British English
351 The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith 1766 British English
1545 What Maisie Knew Henry James 1897 American English