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."

The 40th greatest fiction book of all time


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. - Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
  13. - The Bigger Read List (English PEN)
  14. - The Best Classics (The Times)
  15. - 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Barnes and Noble)
  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. - The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (http://www.uhlibrary.net/pdf/college_board_recommended_books.pdf)
  21. - 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
  22. - ZEIT-Bibliothek der 100 Bücher (Die Zeit)
  23. - Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) (Tidningen Boken)
  24. - The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
  25. - The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (Book)
  26. - Best Books Ever (bookdepository.com)
  27. - The Graphic Canon (Book)
  28. - The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))

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The Stranger Kindle Edition 30218 $2.99 2014
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