List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

Top 100 Books of All Time (The Guardian)

Take a look at a list of the top 100 books of all time, nominated by writers from around the world, from Things Fall Apart to Mrs Dalloway, and from Pride and Prejudice to Don Quixote.
8,390 users · 25,796 views
 
avg. score: 17 of 100 (17%)
required scores: 1, 8, 12, 17, 25 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 3
1
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
2
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
3
Sentimental Education
Sentimental Education
4
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
5
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
6
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
7
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
8
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
ADVERTISEMENT
9
Berlin Alexander-Platz
Berlin Alexander-Platz
10
Blindness
Blindness
11
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
12
The Book of Job (Stephen Mitchell)
The Book of Job (Stephen Mitchell)
13
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
14
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
15
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
16
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
17
Children of Gebelawi
Children of Gebelawi
18
Collected Fictions
Collected Fictions
19
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
20
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
ADVERTISEMENT
21
The Complete Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
22
Confessions of Zeno
Confessions of Zeno
23
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
24
Dead Souls
Dead Souls
25
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
26
The Decameron
The Decameron
27
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
28
Diary of a Madman
Diary of a Madman
29
The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
30
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
31
Essays
Essays
32
Fairy Tales and Stories (Andersen)
Fairy Tales and Stories (Andersen)
ADVERTISEMENT
33
Faust
Faust
34
Gargantua and Pantagruel
Gargantua and Pantagruel
35
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
36
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook
37
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
38
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
39
Gypsy Ballads
Gypsy Ballads
40
Hamlet
Hamlet
Page 1 of 3
Click books you've read
Trending Book Lists
This site uses third party cookies for analytics and advertising. View Cookie Policy