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Der Spiegel Top 100 - The Great Literary Canon 1925-2025

The 100 Greatest Books of the Century 1925-2025 from German magazine Der Spiegel. The Great Literary Canon.
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Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
1
Virginia Woolf
Les Faux-Monnayeurs (André Gide)
Les Faux-Monnayeurs
2
André Gide
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
3
Ernest Hemingway
Time Regained (Marcel Proust)
Time Regained
4
Marcel Proust
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
5
Nella Larsen
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
6
William Faulkner
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
7
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate
8
André Malraux
The Street of Crocodiles (Bruno Schulz)
The Street of Crocodiles
9
Bruno Schulz
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
10
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
11
Djuna Barnes
The Light of the World by Halldór Laxness
The Light of the World by Halldór Laxness
12
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
13
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Man Who Watched Trains Go by (Georges Simenon)
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
14
Georges Simenon
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
15
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
16
Albert Camus
Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Fictions
17
Jorge Luis Borges
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andric)
The Bridge on the Drina
18
Ivo Andric
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
19
Primo Levi
Midaq Alley (Naguib Mahfouz)
Midaq Alley
20
Naguib Mahfouz
Exercises in Style (Raymond Queneau)
Exercises in Style
21
Raymond Queneau
A Question of Upbringing
A Question of Upbringing
22
All Our Yesterdays (Natalia Ginzburg)
All Our Yesterdays
23
Natalia Ginzburg
The Mandarins (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Mandarins
24
Simone De Beauvoir
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
25
J.R.R.Tolkien
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
26
Vladimir Nabokov
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr Ripley
27
Patricia Highsmith
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
28
James Baldwin
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
29
Jack Kerouac
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
30
Chinua Achebe
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
31
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
32
Richard Yates
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
33
Kobo Abe
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
34
Doris Lessing
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Giorgio Bassani)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
35
Giorgio Bassani
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
36
John Le Carré
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
37
Sylvia Plath
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
The Passion According to G.H.
38
Clarice Lispector
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
39
Thomas Pynchon
The Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
The Wide Sargasso Sea
40
Jean Rhys
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