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Best 128 Books Ever (1st Books Open) - Page 3

Published in 1994 in the magazine of the El Mundo newspaper. Competition between the best books in history. Probably the best list of books ever published, free from any kind of bias or influence.
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Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
81
François Rabelais
Duino Elegies (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Duino Elegies
82
Rainer Maria Rilke
T.S. Eliot - Four Quartets
T.S. Eliot - Four Quartets
83
Il Gattopardo
Il Gattopardo
84
The Words
The Words
85
The Mayor of Zalamea, Or, the Best Garrotting Ever Done (Pedro Calderón De La Barca)
The Mayor of Zalamea, Or, the Best Garrotting Ever Done
86
Pedro Calderón De La Barca
Le Coran (.)
Le Coran
87
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Relato De Un Naufrago (Gabriel García Márquez)
Relato De Un Naufrago
88
Gabriel García Márquez
Life Is a Dream (Pedro Calderón De La Barca)
Life Is a Dream
89
Pedro Calderón De La Barca
Let It Come Down (Paul Bowles)
Let It Come Down
90
Paul Bowles
Luces De Bohemia (Ramón María Del Valle-Inclán)
Luces De Bohemia
91
Ramón María Del Valle-Inclán
Waiting for Godot Jean-Paul Satre
Waiting for Godot Jean-Paul Satre
92
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
93
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
94
Fortunata and Jacinta (Benito Pérez Galdós)
Fortunata and Jacinta
95
Benito Pérez Galdós
Tirano Banderas (Ramón María Del Valle-Inclán)
Tirano Banderas
96
Ramón María Del Valle-Inclán
A Search for Lost Time (Marcel Proust, Tr. James Grieve)
A Search for Lost Time
97
Marcel Proust, Tr. James Grieve
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
98
Eneida (Virgilio)
Eneida
99
Virgilio
La Voz a Ti Debida (Pedro Salinas)
La Voz a Ti Debida
100
Pedro Salinas
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
101
Stendhal
The Karamazovs (The Brothers Karamazov) (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Karamazovs (The Brothers Karamazov)
102
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
103
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Libro De Buen Amor (Juan Ruiz "Arcipreste De Hita")
Libro De Buen Amor
104
Juan Ruiz "Arcipreste De Hita"
The Saga/Escape of J.B. (Gonzalo Torrente Ballester)
The Saga/Escape of J.B.
105
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
106
Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Decameron
107
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
108
Charles Baudelaire
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
109
Walt Whitman
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
110
The Green House (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Green House
111
Mario Vargas Llosa
La Colmena (Jose Camilo Cela)
La Colmena
112
Jose Camilo Cela
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
113
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Azul - Rubén Darío
Azul - Rubén Darío
114
The Divine Comedy by Dante
The Divine Comedy by Dante
115
Tropic of Capricorn (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Capricorn
116
Henry Miller
Soledades
Soledades
117
Illuminations (Arthur Rimbaud)
Illuminations
118
Arthur Rimbaud
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
119
Gustave Flaubert
Philosophical Dictionary
Philosophical Dictionary
120
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