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100 Books of World Literature According to "Die Zeit"

This list was put together in 1978 by a jury consisting of literary critics and authors and published in the German magazine "Die Zeit". The list does not include drama or poetry (hence the absence of Shakespeare). Since it is assembled by German "littérateurs", it might be a good starting point for people interested in German literature, because the German books chosen are probably less well known outside of the German-speaking countries (some are even little-known in Germany, believe me).
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Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
1
Anonymous
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
2
Homer
The Apology
The Apology
3
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
4
Virgil
Germania (Tacitus)
Germania
5
Tacitus
Daphnis and Chloë
Daphnis and Chloë
6
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
7
Saint Augustine
The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights
8
Wolfram Von Eschenbach--Parzival
Wolfram Von Eschenbach--Parzival
9
Tristan and Isolde (Gottfried Von Strassburg)
Tristan and Isolde
10
Gottfried Von Strassburg
Nibelungenlied (Penguin)
Nibelungenlied
11
Penguin
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
12
Dante Alighieri
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
13
Giovanni Boccaccio
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
14
Thomas More
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
15
François Rabelais
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
16
Simplicissimus
Simplicissimus
17
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pensees
18
Blaise Pascal
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
19
Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
20
Jonathan Swift
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
21
Henry Fielding
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
22
Laurence Sterne
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
23
Voltaire
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
24
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Anti-Goeze (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)
Anti-Goeze
25
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
The Confessions
The Confessions
26
Anton Reiser
Anton Reiser
27
Perpetual Peace (Immanuel Kant)
Perpetual Peace
28
Immanuel Kant
Der Arme Mann Im Tockenburg (Urich Bräker)
Der Arme Mann Im Tockenburg
29
Urich Bräker
Letters Upon the Aesthetic Education of Man
Letters Upon the Aesthetic Education of Man
30
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
31
Denis Diderot
Siebenkäs (Jean Paul)
Siebenkäs
32
Jean Paul
Hyperion
Hyperion
33
The Waste Books (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg)
The Waste Books
34
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Elective Affinities (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Elective Affinities
35
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Heinrich Von Kleist: The Major Works (Robert Helbling and Heinrich Von Kleist)
Heinrich Von Kleist: The Major Works
36
Robert Helbling and Heinrich Von Kleist
The Treasure Chest (Johann Peter Hebel)
The Treasure Chest
37
Johann Peter Hebel
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm)
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
38
Brothers Grimm
The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr (E.T.A. Hoffman)
The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr
39
E.T.A. Hoffman
The Story of My Life (Giacomo Casanova)
The Story of My Life
40
Giacomo Casanova
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