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The World's Best Books

This challenge is made up of a few of the more popular western canon 'best' lists , plus many 'best in translation' and 'best of X country/region' lists, for a more representative 'World's Best' challenge.
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The 120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
The 120 Days of Sodom
1
Marquis De Sade
The 13 Clocks (James Thurber)
The 13 Clocks
2
James Thurber
1919 (John Dos Passos)
1919
3
John Dos Passos
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
4
Haruki Murakami
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Jules Verne
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
6
Arthur C. Clarke
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
7
Roberto Bolano
419 (Will Ferguson)
419
8
Will Ferguson
The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
The 42nd Parallel
9
John Dos Passos
52 Pick-Up (Elmore Leonard)
52 Pick-Up
10
Elmore Leonard
Aaron's Rod (D.H. Lawrence)
Aaron's Rod
11
D.H. Lawrence
The Abbot C (Georges Bataille)
The Abbot C
12
Georges Bataille
The Abductor (Leila Marouane)
The Abductor
13
Leila Marouane
Abigail (Magda Szabo)
Abigail
14
Magda Szabo
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
15
William Faulkner
The Absent City (Ricardo Piglia)
The Absent City
16
Ricardo Piglia
The Absentee (Maria Edgeworth)
The Absentee
17
Maria Edgeworth
Absolute Beginners (Colin Macinnes)
Absolute Beginners
18
Colin Macinnes
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
19
Sherman Alexie
The Abyss (Marguerite Yourcenar)
The Abyss
20
Marguerite Yourcenar
Abyssinian Chronicles (Moses Isegawa)
Abyssinian Chronicles
21
Moses Isegawa
The Accidental (Ali Smith)
The Accidental
22
Ali Smith
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
23
Anne Tyler
According to Mark (Penelope Lively)
According to Mark
24
Penelope Lively
According to Queeney (Beryl Bainbridge)
According to Queeney
25
Beryl Bainbridge
Achilles (Elizabeth Cook)
Achilles
26
Elizabeth Cook
Across the River and Into the Trees (Ernest Hemingway)
Across the River and Into the Trees
27
Ernest Hemingway
Act of the Damned (António Lobo Antunes)
Act of the Damned
28
António Lobo Antunes
Adam Bede (George Elliott)
Adam Bede
29
George Elliott
Adama (Turki Al-Hamad)
Adama
30
Turki Al-Hamad
Adaptation (Malinda Lo)
Adaptation
31
Malinda Lo
Adjunct: An Undigest (Peter Manson)
Adjunct: An Undigest
32
Peter Manson
The Adolescent (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Adolescent
33
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Adolphe (Benjamin Constant)
Adolphe
34
Benjamin Constant
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
35
Vladimir Nabokov
Adrienne Mesurat (Julien Green)
Adrienne Mesurat
36
Julien Green
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll (Alvaro Mutis)
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
37
Alvaro Mutis
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
38
Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Caleb Williams (William Godwin)
The Adventures of Caleb Williams
39
William Godwin
The Adventures of China Iron (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara)
The Adventures of China Iron
40
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
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