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Daniel Elijah's Definitive 999 Books of World Literature to Read

This list is made of 999 varied works of World literature (novels, plays, poetry, essays, comic books, non-fiction) compiled for your pleasure and mine!
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The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings (Maquis De Sade)
The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings
1
Maquis De Sade
1919 (John Dos Passos)
1919
2
John Dos Passos
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
4
Haruki Murakami
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
5
Jules Verne
The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
The 42nd Parallel
6
John Dos Passos
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
7
William Faulkner
The Absent Sea (Carlos Franz)
The Absent Sea
8
Carlos Franz
Adam Resurrected (Yoram Kaniuk)
Adam Resurrected
9
Yoram Kaniuk
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
10
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Tintin: The Blue Lotus (Hergé)
The Adventures of Tintin: The Blue Lotus
11
Hergé
The Adventures of Tintin: Tintin in Tibet (Herge)
The Adventures of Tintin: Tintin in Tibet
12
Herge
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
13
Virgil
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
14
Aesop
After Babel (George Steiner)
After Babel
15
George Steiner
The Age of Doubt (Pak Kyongni)
The Age of Doubt
16
Pak Kyongni
Age of Innocence (Wharton, Edith)
Age of Innocence
17
Wharton, Edith
Aguafuertes Porteñas, by Roberto Arlt
Aguafuertes Porteñas, by Roberto Arlt
18
Akira (Otomo, Katsuhiro)
Akira
19
Otomo, Katsuhiro
Alcestis (Euripides)
Alcestis
20
Euripides
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
21
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
22
Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
23
Erich Maria Remarque
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (Stephen Kinzer)
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
24
Stephen Kinzer
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Also Sprach Zarathustra
25
Friedrich Nietzsche
Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)
Amazing Fantasy #15
26
1962
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
27
Henry James
The American Crisis (Thomas Paine)
The American Crisis
28
Thomas Paine
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
29
Neil Gaiman
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
30
Bret Easton Ellis
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
31
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
America Is in the Heart (Carlos Bulosan)
America Is in the Heart
32
Carlos Bulosan
Amok (Stefan Zweig)
Amok
33
Stefan Zweig
Amphitryon (Plautus)
Amphitryon
34
Plautus
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
35
Theodore Dreiser
An Essay on Criticism (Alexander Pope)
An Essay on Criticism
36
Alexander Pope
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
37
Adam Smith
And Never Said a Word (Heinrich Böll)
And Never Said a Word
38
Heinrich Böll
And Quiet Flows the Don (Mikhail Sholokhov)
And Quiet Flows the Don
39
Mikhail Sholokhov
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
40
Agatha Christie
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