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Harenberg Book of 1000 Books - Literary Canon

A nice mashup of books across all genres, including non-fiction, with a Germanic twist to it. Sorted alphabetically by author's last name.
Some titles are pretty rare, and some did not even come up in the search, so the list is actually less than 1000+ items presented in the source material. In any case, I think this one is a doozy!
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The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
1
Kobo Abe
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
2
Chinua Achebe
Minima Moralia: Reflections From Damaged Life (Theodor Adorno)
Minima Moralia: Reflections From Damaged Life
3
Theodor Adorno
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
4
Aesop
Only Yesterday (S. Y. Agnon)
Only Yesterday
5
S. Y. Agnon
The Greater Hope (Ilse Aichinger)
The Greater Hope
6
Ilse Aichinger
Jamila (Chinghiz Aitmatov)
Jamila
7
Chinghiz Aitmatov
The Lost Estate (Henri Alain-Fournier)
The Lost Estate
8
Henri Alain-Fournier
The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue (Mateo Alemán)
The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue
9
Mateo Alemán
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
10
Nelson Algren
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
11
Isabel Allende
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (Jorge Amado)
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
12
Jorge Amado
Elling 1-4 (Ingvar Ambjørnsen)
Elling 1-4
13
Ingvar Ambjørnsen
The Light of Day (Eric Ambler)
The Light of Day
14
Eric Ambler
On Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death (Jean Améry)
On Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death
15
Jean Améry
L'obsolescence De L'homme (Günther Anders)
L'obsolescence De L'homme
16
Günther Anders
Sansibar Oder Der Letzte Grund (Alfred Andersch)
Sansibar Oder Der Letzte Grund
17
Alfred Andersch
Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
Fairy Tales
18
Hans Christian Anderson
Pelle the Conqueror
Pelle the Conqueror
19
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
20
Sherwood Anderson
Macunaíma (Mário De Andrade)
Macunaíma
21
Mário De Andrade
The Bridge on the Drina
The Bridge on the Drina
22
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
23
The Flame of Life (Gabriele D'Annunzio)
The Flame of Life
24
Gabriele D'Annunzio
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
25
Anonymous
The Upanishads
The Upanishads
26
Mahabharata (Anonymous; Trans. John D. Smith)
Mahabharata
27
Anonymous; Trans. John D. Smith
Ramayana
Ramayana
28
I Ching
I Ching
29
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
30
Anonymous
The Quran (Unknown)
The Quran
31
Unknown
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
32
Anonymous
The Song of Roland (Anonymous)
The Song of Roland
33
Anonymous
The Nibelungenlied (A.T. Hatto (Translator)
The Nibelungenlied
34
A.T. Hatto (Translator
Le Roman De La Rose (Guillaume De Lorris Et Jean De Meung)
Le Roman De La Rose
35
Guillaume De Lorris Et Jean De Meung
The Poetic Edda (Jackson Crawford)
The Poetic Edda
36
Jackson Crawford
Amadis of Gaul (Garci Rodriguez De Montalvo)
Amadis of Gaul
37
Garci Rodriguez De Montalvo
The Plum in the Golden Vase
The Plum in the Golden Vase
38
One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
One Thousand and One Nights
39
Anonymous
The Inquisitor's Manual (António Lobo Antunes)
The Inquisitor's Manual
40
António Lobo Antunes
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