The Stranger was a weird one for me, because I think the reputation left me expecting something else. It did not bludgeon me with the philosophical argument the way I expected. Instead, I find that I'm kind of unsympathetic to Meursault.
I do love The Stranger, but if I had one wish it would be that - if people will only read/pretend to read one work by Camus - it would be The Plague instead of The Stranger.