“What are Albert Camus’s Best Books?” We looked at all of Camus’ authored bibliography and ranked them against one another to answer that very question!
We took all of the books written by Albert Camus and looked at their Goodreads, Amazon, and LibraryThing scores, ranking them against one another to see which books came out on top. The books are ranked in our list below based on which titles have the highest overall score between all 3 review sites in comparison with all of the other books by the same author. The process isn’t super scientific and in reality, most books aren’t “better” than other books as much as they are just different. That being said, we do enjoy seeing where our favorites landed, and if you aren’t familiar with the author at all, the rankings can help you see what books might be best to start with.
The full ranking chart is also included below the countdown on the bottom of the page.
Happy Scrolling!
Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism
Betwixt and Between (L’envers et l’endroit)
A Happy Death (La Mort heureuse)
Algerian Chronicles
Nuptials (Noces)
Exile and the Kingdom (L’exil et le royaume)
The Plague (La Peste)
The Fall (La Chute)
The Stranger (L’Étranger, often translated as The Outsider)
The First Man (Le premier homme)
Youthful Writings
The Myth of Sisyphus (Le Mythe de Sisyphe)
Notebooks 1935–1942
The Rebel (L’Homme révolté)
Notebooks 1942–1951
Between Hell and Reason
Notebooks 1951–1959
Camus at “Combat”: Writing 1944–1947
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death
Lyrical and Critical Essays
| Book | Goodreads | Amazon | LibraryThing | Overall Rank |
| Lyrical and Critical Essays | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Camus at “Combat”: Writing 1944–1947 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Resistance, Rebellion, and Death | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Between Hell and Reason | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Notebooks 1951–1959 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Notebooks 1942–1951 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| The Rebel (L’Homme révolté) | 6 | 11 | 6 | 7 |
| Notebooks 1935–1942 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| The Myth of Sisyphus (Le Mythe de Sisyphe) | 6 | 15 | 8 | 9 |
| Youthful Writings | 16 | 1 | 14 | 10 |
| The Stranger (L’Étranger, often translated as The Outsider) | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
| The First Man (Le premier homme) | 13 | 6 | 14 | 11 |
| The Plague (La Peste) | 11 | 15 | 10 | 13 |
| The Fall (La Chute) | 8 | 17 | 11 | 13 |
| Exile and the Kingdom (L’exil et le royaume) | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| Nuptials (Noces) | 20 | 4 | 17 | 16 |
| Algerian Chronicles | 14 | 12 | 19 | 17 |
| A Happy Death (La Mort heureuse) | 16 | 18 | 16 | 18 |
| Betwixt and Between (L’envers et l’endroit) | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 |
| Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
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