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The Best of Western Literature

"The dudes and gals at Duden compiled a very interesting list of the best of Western literature (with a few cameos from other literatures)." (Cleanthess, World Literature Forum). [Duden is a dictionary of the German language, equivalent to the OED]
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Anonymous
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
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Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
3
Homer
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
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Aesop
The Gallic War (Julius Caesar)
The Gallic War
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Julius Caesar
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
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Virgil
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
7
Ovid
Germania (Tacitus)
Germania
8
Tacitus
Confessions (St. Augustine)
Confessions
9
St. Augustine
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories
10
Herodotus
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
11
Anonymous
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
12
Murasaki Shikibu
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (Anonymous)
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights)
13
Anonymous
The Song of the Nibelungs (Anonymous)
The Song of the Nibelungs
14
Anonymous
Tristan (Gottfried Von Strassburg)
Tristan
15
Gottfried Von Strassburg
Parzival (Wolfram Von Eschenbach)
Parzival
16
Wolfram Von Eschenbach
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
17
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
18
Dante Alighieri
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
19
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Ship of Fools (Sebastian Brant)
The Ship of Fools
20
Sebastian Brant
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
21
Niccolò Machiavelli
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
22
Thomas More
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
23
Francois Rabelais
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote
24
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus (Hans Jakob Christoffel Von Grimmelshausen)
The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus
25
Hans Jakob Christoffel Von Grimmelshausen
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
26
Thomas Hobbes
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
27
Henry Fielding
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
28
Voltaire
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
29
Laurence Sterne
Emile – Or, on Education (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
Emile – Or, on Education
30
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
31
Goethe
Münchhausen (Gottfried August Bürger)
Münchhausen
32
Gottfried August Bürger
Michael Kohlhaas in the Marquise of O- And Other Stories (Heinrich Von Kleist, Trans. David Luke)
Michael Kohlhaas in the Marquise of O- And Other Stories
33
Heinrich Von Kleist, Trans. David Luke
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
34
Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
35
Jonathan Swift
Elective Affinities (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Elective Affinities
36
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Achim Von Arnim, Clemens Brentano)
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
37
Achim Von Arnim, Clemens Brentano
Children's and Household Tales (Brothers Grimm)
Children's and Household Tales
38
Brothers Grimm
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
39
Jane Austen
Life of a Good-For-Nothing (Joseph Von Eichendorff)
Life of a Good-For-Nothing
40
Joseph Von Eichendorff
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