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100 Books of World Literature According to "Die Zeit" - Page 2

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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The Life of a Good-For-Nothing
The Life of a Good-For-Nothing
41
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
42
Stendhal
Lenz (Georg Büchner)
Lenz
43
Georg Büchner
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
44
Honoré De Balzac
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
45
Charles Dickens
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
46
Nikolai Gogol
Either Or
Either Or
47
Germany. a Winter's Tale (Heinrich Heine)
Germany. a Winter's Tale
48
Heinrich Heine
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
49
Edgar Allan Poe
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
50
Herman Melville
Parerga and Paralipomena (Arthur Schopenhauer)
Parerga and Paralipomena
51
Arthur Schopenhauer
Eighteenth Brumaire (Karl Marx)
Eighteenth Brumaire
52
Karl Marx
Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
Fairy Tales
53
Hans Christian Anderson
Green Henry
Green Henry
54
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
55
Gustave Flaubert
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
56
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
57
Victor Hugo
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
58
Lewis Carroll
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
59
Ivan Turgenev
Abu Telfan (Wilhelm Raabe)
Abu Telfan
60
Wilhelm Raabe
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
61
Leo Tolstoy
Tales of Adalbert Stifter
Tales of Adalbert Stifter
62
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
63
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
64
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
65
Émile Zola
The Son of a Servant (August Strindberg)
The Son of a Servant
66
August Strindberg
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
67
Knut Hamsun
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
68
Oscar Wilde
Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
69
Anton Chekhov
The Stechlin (Theodor Fontane)
The Stechlin
70
Theodor Fontane
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
71
Young Törless
Young Törless
72
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
73
Rainer Maria Rilke
Man of Straw (Heinrich Mann)
Man of Straw
74
Heinrich Mann
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
75
Marcel Proust
The Good Soldier Svejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Svejk
76
Jaroslav Hašek
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
77
James Joyce
Manhattan Transfer (John Dos Passos)
Manhattan Transfer
78
John Dos Passos
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
79
Franz Kafka
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
80
Hermann Hesse
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