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Bokkluben World Library's 100 Greatest Literary Works - Page 2

"The editors of The Norwegian Book Clubs asked...100 authors to nominate ten books that, in their opinion, are the ten best and most central works in world literature: These are books that have had a decisive impact on the cultural history of the world and also left an individual mark on the authors own thinking and imagination...The 100 titles that gathered most votes take their place in the Library of World Literature."
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The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (João Guimarães Rosa)
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
41
João Guimarães Rosa
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
42
Knut Hamsun
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
43
Ernest Hemingway
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
44
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
45
Homer
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
46
Henrik Ibsen
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
47
James Joyce
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
48
Franz Kafka
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
49
Franz Kafka
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
50
Franz Kafka
The Recognition of Sakuntala (Kalidasa)
The Recognition of Sakuntala
51
Kalidasa
The Sound of the Mountain (Yasunari Kawabata)
The Sound of the Mountain
52
Yasunari Kawabata
Zorba the Greek (Nikos Kazantzaki)
Zorba the Greek
53
Nikos Kazantzaki
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
54
D.H. Lawrence
Independent People (Halldór Laxness)
Independent People
55
Halldór Laxness
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
56
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
57
Doris Lessing
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
58
Astrid Lindgren
A Madman's Diary
A Madman's Diary
59
Children of Gebelawi
Children of Gebelawi
60
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
61
Thomas Mann
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
62
Thomas Mann
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
63
Herman Melville
The Essays of Michel De Montaigne
The Essays of Michel De Montaigne
64
History (Elsa Morante)
History
65
Elsa Morante
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
66
Toni Morrison
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
67
Murasaki Shikibu
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
68
Robert Musil
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
69
Vladimir Nabokov
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
70
George Orwell
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
71
Ovid
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
72
Fernando Pessoa
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
73
Edgar Allan Poe
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
74
Marcel Proust
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
75
Francois Rabelais
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
76
Juan Rulfo
The Mathnawi (Jalal Ad-Din Rumi)
The Mathnawi
77
Jalal Ad-Din Rumi
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
78
Salman Rushdie
The Bostan of Saadi
The Bostan of Saadi
79
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North
80
Tayeb Salih
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