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Goodreads Best Books of All Time: The World Library List - Page 2

100 Books chosen by 100 writers worldwide, compiled by The Norwegian Book Club, and then voted on by Goodreads users. In descending rank order.
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The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
41
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
42
Knut Hamsun
The Collected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Collected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
43
Edgar Allan Poe
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lingden)
Pippi Longstocking
44
Astrid Lingden
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
45
Toni Morrison
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
46
Jose Saramago
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
47
Chinua Achebe
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
48
Thomas Mann
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
49
Leo Tolstoy
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
50
Nikolai Gogol
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
51
George Eliot
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
52
Salman Rushdie
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Unknown)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
53
Unknown
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable
54
Samuel Beckett
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (Lu Xun)
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
55
Lu Xun
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
56
Henrik Ibsen
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
57
Ralph Ellison
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
58
Walt Whitman
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
59
Giovanni Boccaccio
Père Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
Père Goriot
60
Honoré De Balzac
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
61
Anton Chekhov
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
62
Virgil
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
63
Franz Kafka
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
64
Ovid
The Complete Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories
65
Franz Kafka
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
66
Euripides
The Mahabharata (Vyasa)
The Mahabharata
67
Vyasa
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
68
Günter Grass
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
69
Stendhal
Memoirs of Hadrian (Margarite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
70
Margarite Yourcenar
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
71
Thomas Mann
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
72
William Faulkner
Demons (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Demons
73
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Ramayana (Valmiki)
The Ramayana
74
Valmiki
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
75
D.H. Lawrence
The Complete Essays (Michel De Montaigne)
The Complete Essays
76
Michel De Montaigne
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
77
Juan Rulfo
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
78
Emily Brontë
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
79
Doris Lessing
The Book of Job (Anonymous)
The Book of Job
80
Anonymous
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