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Most Important Works of Literature You Should Read - Page 3

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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The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
81
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
82
J. R. R. Tolkien
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
83
Isabel Allende
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
84
Haruki Murakami
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
85
Lewis Carroll
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
86
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
87
Charles Dickens
Fairy Tales Charles Perrault
Fairy Tales Charles Perrault
88
The Sea of Fertility
The Sea of Fertility
89
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
90
Louisa May Alcott
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
91
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Satyricon
The Satyricon
92
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
93
Hermann Hesse
"Murder on the Orient Express"
"Murder on the Orient Express"
94
Le Rouge Et Le Noir (Stendhal)
Le Rouge Et Le Noir
95
Stendhal
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
96
Mary Shelley
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
97
Murasaki Shikibu
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
98
Marcel Proust
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
99
Oscar Wilde
The Tale of Tales (Giambattista Basile)
The Tale of Tales
100
Giambattista Basile
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