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The World's Best Books - Page 2

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 Adventures of David Simple (Sarah Fielding)
The Adventures of David Simple
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Sarah Fielding
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom (Tobias Smollett)
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
42
Tobias Smollett
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
43
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Tobias Smollett)
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
44
Tobias Smollett
The Adventures of Roderick Random (Tobias Smollett)
The Adventures of Roderick Random
45
Tobias Smollett
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
46
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus (Hans Jakob Christoffel Von Grimmelshausen)
The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus
47
Hans Jakob Christoffel Von Grimmelshausen
The Adventures of Sindbad (Gyula Krúdy)
The Adventures of Sindbad
48
Gyula Krúdy
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
49
Mark Twain
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
50
Virgil
Affinity (Sarah Waters)
Affinity
51
Sarah Waters
African Psycho (Alain Mabanckou)
African Psycho
52
Alain Mabanckou
The African Queen (C.S. Forester)
The African Queen
53
C.S. Forester
After the Crash (Michael Bussi)
After the Crash
54
Michael Bussi
After the Death of Don Juan (Sylvia Townsend Warner)
After the Death of Don Juan
55
Sylvia Townsend Warner
After the Divorce (Grazia Deledda)
After the Divorce
56
Grazia Deledda
After London (Richard Jeffries)
After London
57
Richard Jeffries
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
58
Haruki Murakami
Afterlives (Abdulrazak Gurnah)
Afterlives
59
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Afternoon Men (Anthony Powell)
Afternoon Men
60
Anthony Powell
The Afternoon of a Writer (Peter Handke)
The Afternoon of a Writer
61
Peter Handke
Agaat (Marlene Van Niekerk)
Agaat
62
Marlene Van Niekerk
Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon)
Against the Day
63
Thomas Pynchon
Agapē Agape (William Gaddis)
Agapē Agape
64
William Gaddis
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
65
Edith Wharton
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
66
Anne Brontë
Agosto (Rubem Fonseca)
Agosto
67
Rubem Fonseca
Air (Geoff Ryman)
Air
68
Geoff Ryman
Aithiopika (Heliodorus)
Aithiopika
69
Heliodorus
Ajax (Sophocles)
Ajax
70
Sophocles
Ake (Wole Soyinka)
Ake
71
Wole Soyinka
Alamut (Vladimir Bartol)
Alamut
72
Vladimir Bartol
Albert Angelo (B. S. Johnson)
Albert Angelo
73
B. S. Johnson
Alberta and Jacob (Cora Sandel)
Alberta and Jacob
74
Cora Sandel
The Albigenses (Charles Robert Maturin)
The Albigenses
75
Charles Robert Maturin
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
76
Paulo Coelho
The Alchemy of Desire (Tarun J. Tejpal)
The Alchemy of Desire
77
Tarun J. Tejpal
Alcools (Guiilaume Apollinaire)
Alcools
78
Guiilaume Apollinaire
Algerian White (Assia Djebar)
Algerian White
79
Assia Djebar
Ali and Nino (Kurban Said)
Ali and Nino
80
Kurban Said
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