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Je cherche des livres qui soient à la fois de la très bonne littérature et vraiment impossibles à lâcher.
Le type d’expérience de lecture que je recherche ressemble un peu à Rebecca de Daphne du Maurier (très bien écrit, psychologiquement prenant, mais aussi fluide et addictif)
et/ou les Dumas en général, plein de personnages et d’intrigues secondaires, mais absolument impossible à lâcher.
Je cherche plutôt des livres avec une vraie qualité littéraire, une atmosphère forte, des personnages et/ou des idées intéressantes, mais aussi un vrai moteur narratif.
Les très longs romans ne me font pas peur, même 800 à 1 000 pages ou plus, et toutes les époques me vont.
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I’m looking for books that are both genuinely good literature and extremely hard to put down.
The kind of reading experience I’m after is something like:
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - beautifully written, psychologically compelling, but also incredibly readable
And / or
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - huge, ambitious, full of characters and subplots, yet ridiculously addictive

Basically, I don’t necessarily mean “page-turner” in the modern thriller sense. I’m looking for books with real literary quality, atmosphere, interesting characters and/or ideas, but also a strong narrative engine (where you genuinely want to know what happens next)

I’m very happy with long books (even 800–1,000+ pages), and any period is fine!

I’m trying to read more widely across genres, and I thought it would be fun to get recommendations from people who really know and love a particular genre.
If you could recommend just one book as the absolute best the genre has to offer, what would it be?
For example, if you’ve read hundreds of thrillers, what’s the thriller you think everyone should read? If historical fiction is your thing, what’s the best historical novel you’ve ever read? Same for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romance, crime, literary fiction, westerns, adventure, nonfiction, memoir, etc.
I’m especially interested in recommendations from people who have read enough within the genre to have a strong point of comparison, rather than just “I read this one and liked it.”