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100 Best Books of All Time

List of 100 best books of all time, as voted on by 100 writers in 54 different countries. List reflects works from multiple countries, cultures and time periods. Compiled in 2002 by Norwegian Book Clubs.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
2
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
4
William Shakespeare
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
5
Emily Bronte
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
6
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
7
Leo Tolstoy
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
8
Homer
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
9
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
10
Robert Musil
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
11
Mark Twain
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
12
Albert Camus
Zorba the Greek (Nikos Kazantzaki)
Zorba the Greek
13
Nikos Kazantzaki
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
14
Franz Kafka
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
15
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
17
Jorge Luis Borges
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
18
Miguel De Cervantes
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
19
Ernest Hemingway
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
20
Charles Dickens
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
21
Marcel Proust
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
22
François Rabelais
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
23
Leo Tolstoy
The Book of Disquiet
The Book of Disquiet
24
Journey to the End of Night
Journey to the End of Night
25
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
26
Homer
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
27
Gustave Flaubert
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
28
William Shakespeare
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
29
Herman Melville
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
30
Dante Alighieri
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
31
Gabriel García Márquez
To the Lighthouse (Mrs. Ramsay)
To the Lighthouse
32
Mrs. Ramsay
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
33
William Shakespeare
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Fairy Tales
34
Hans Christian Andersen
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
35
Virginia Woolf
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
36
Denis Diderot
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
37
Geoffrey Chaucer
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
38
Jonathan Swift
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
39
Sophocles
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
40
James Joyce
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