"I collected over 35 lists of the best books and best literature of all time and combined them into one meta-list. Here are the results: every book (or body of work) on at least [ten] of the original source lists, organized by rank, that is, with the literary works on the most lists at the top. I have not imposed any artificial restrictions on the list: there are novels and non-fiction books, plays and books of poetry, books of short stories and books of essays, highbrow, middlebrow and lowbrow, and even some books for children. Most of the items are books, but some are bodies of work, such as an author's poems or short stories. I have organized this list first by number of lists that the work is on, then chronologically by date of publication." - beckchris.com
