The Greatest Books of All Time, As Voted by 125 Famous Authors

By MistRestless2003

Lolita is probably one of the best books I’ve ever read. It’s honestly so good, and the narrator is so slick and manipulative that at times you catch yourself questioning whether he’s really doing anything wrong. The whole thing just feels crazy well crafted. And I really love Swann’s Way too. I once read that Virginia Woolf would pick up Marcel Proust pretty soon after he put his books out, but she always felt kind of awful after reading him—like she’d never be able to write as well. Not sure how true that is, but that’s what I remember.