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BBC Culture - 100 Stories That Shaped the World

"BBC Culture asked writers around the globe to pick stories that have endured across generations and continents – and changed society."
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
1
Homer
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
2
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
3
Mary Shelley
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
4
George Orwell
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
5
Chinua Achebe
One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
One Thousand and One Nights
6
Anonymous
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
7
Miguel De Cervantes
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
8
William Shakespeare
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
9
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
10
Homer
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
11
Toni Morrison
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
12
Dante Alighieri
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
13
William Shakespeare
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
14
Anonymous
The Harry Potter Series
The Harry Potter Series
15
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
16
Margaret Atwood
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
17
James Joyce
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
18
George Orwell
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
19
Charlotte Bronte
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
20
Gustave Flaubert
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
21
Luo Guanzhong
Journey to the West
Journey to the West
22
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
23
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
24
Jane Austen
Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh (Shi Naian)
Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh
25
Shi Naian
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
26
Leo Tolstoy
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
27
Harper Lee
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
28
Jean Rhys
Aesops Fables (Aesop)
Aesops Fables
29
Aesop
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
30
Voltaire
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
31
Euripides
The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata
32
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
33
William Shakespeare
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
34
Murasaki Shikibu
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
35
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
36
Franz Kafka
Remembrance of Things Past (Marcel Proust)
Remembrance of Things Past
37
Marcel Proust
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
38
Emily Bronte
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
39
Ralph Ellison
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
40
Herman Melville
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