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Most Important Works of Literature You Should Read - Page 2

A list of the 100 most important works of international literature that every reader should have read or at least know. And you? How many of these have you read so far?
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Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
41
Gustave Flaubert
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
42
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
43
Bram Stoker
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
44
Aesop
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
45
Charles Dickens
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
46
J.D. Salinger
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
47
Harper Lee
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
48
James Joyce
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
49
Milan Kundera
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
50
Roald Dahl
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
51
Banana Yoshimoto
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
52
Aleksandr Pushkin
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
53
Emily Bronte
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Various)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
54
Various
Les Fleurs Du Mal (Charles Baudelaire)
Les Fleurs Du Mal
55
Charles Baudelaire
Don Quixote De La Mancha (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote De La Mancha
56
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
The 120 Days of Sodom
The 120 Days of Sodom
57
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
58
Jane Austen
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
59
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Journey to the West
Journey to the West
60
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
61
George Orwell
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
62
Giovanni Boccaccio
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
63
Ernest Hemingway
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
The Neverending Story
64
Michael Ende
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
65
Charles Dickens
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
66
Anne Frank
Notre Dame De Paris
Notre Dame De Paris
67
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
68
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
69
John Steinbeck
The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales
70
Edgar Allan Poe
The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights
71
Anonymous
Three Men in a Boat; Three Men on the Brummel (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat; Three Men on the Brummel
72
Jerome K. Jerome
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilych
73
Leo Tolstoy
The Complete Haiku (Matsuo Basho)
The Complete Haiku
74
Matsuo Basho
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
75
Thomas Mann
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
76
Virginia Woolf
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
77
Khaled Hosseini
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
78
Ernest Hemingway
The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio
79
El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera
El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera
80
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