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The Best of Western Literature - Page 3

"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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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
81
George Orwell
Midaq Alley (Naguib Mahfouz)
Midaq Alley
82
Naguib Mahfouz
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
83
Albert Camus
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
84
Graham Greene
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
85
Graham Greene
The Judge and His Hangman (Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
The Judge and His Hangman
86
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
87
Vladimir Nabokov
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
88
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
Homo Faber (Max Frisch)
Homo Faber
89
Max Frisch
Jamila (Chinghiz Aitmatov)
Jamila
90
Chinghiz Aitmatov
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
91
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Divided Heaven (Christa Wolf)
Divided Heaven
92
Christa Wolf
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
93
Mikhail Bulgakov
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
94
Gabriel García Márquez
The German Lesson (Siegfried Lenz)
The German Lesson
95
Siegfried Lenz
Fatelessness (Imre Kertesz)
Fatelessness
96
Imre Kertesz
Runaway Horse (Martin Walser)
Runaway Horse
97
Martin Walser
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
98
Umberto Eco
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
99
Elfriede Jelinek
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
100
Milan Kundera
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
101
Toni Morrison
The Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa, Trans. Edith Grossman)
The Feast of the Goat
102
Mario Vargas Llosa, Trans. Edith Grossman
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow
103
Orhan Pamuk
The Hunger Angel (Herta Müller)
The Hunger Angel
104
Herta Müller
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