My top 10
Daniel Kehlmann
Author
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4 The Radetzky March
5 Sorrows of Young Werther
6 Elective Affinities
7 The Idiot
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9 Simplicissimus
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Friday, June 12, 2026
My top 10 by David Nicholls
My top 10
David Nicholls
Author
More a list of favourites – there are some scandalous omissions that I know others will pick – and definitely skewed towards the books that I read at an impressionable age, but everything here has engaged, affected and influenced me and I love them all.
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"A book that seems different every time I read it."
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"The most exquisite writing - perfect prose on every page. Absolutely heartbreaking too."
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"By no means a perfect novel but still stuffed full of ideas and with such warmth and curiosity and humour."
8 Sula
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"All the scale and high emotion of a great 19th century novel, but published in 1980. One of the great endings too - a puzzle that clicks into place and makes you gasp."
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