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The World's Best Books - Page 49

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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La-Bas (The Damned/Down There) (Joris-Karl Huysmans)
La-Bas (The Damned/Down There)
1921
Joris-Karl Huysmans
The Labyrinth of Solitude (Octavio Paz)
The Labyrinth of Solitude
1922
Octavio Paz
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
1923
Jorge Luis Borges
Ladivine (Marie Ndiaye)
Ladivine
1924
Marie Ndiaye
The Lady and the Unicorn (Tracy Chevalier)
The Lady and the Unicorn
1925
Tracy Chevalier
Lady Anna (Anthony Trollope)
Lady Anna
1926
Anthony Trollope
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elizabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
1927
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1928
D. H. Lawrence
Lady Number Thirteen (Jose Carlos Somoza)
Lady Number Thirteen
1929
Jose Carlos Somoza
Lady Susan (Jane Austen)
Lady Susan
1930
Jane Austen
A Lake Beyond the Wind (Yahya Yakhlif)
A Lake Beyond the Wind
1931
Yahya Yakhlif
Lake Wobegon Days (Garrison Keillor)
Lake Wobegon Days
1932
Garrison Keillor
The Lambs of London (Peter Ackroyd)
The Lambs of London
1933
Peter Ackroyd
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
1934
Alasdair Gray
Land (Park Kyong-Ni)
Land
1935
Park Kyong-Ni
The Land of Five Towers (Ahmad Fuadi)
The Land of Five Towers
1936
Ahmad Fuadi
The Land of Green Plums (Herta Müller)
The Land of Green Plums
1937
Herta Müller
Land of Love and Drowning (Tiphanie Yanique)
Land of Love and Drowning
1938
Tiphanie Yanique
A Land Without Jasmine (Wajdi Al-Ahdal)
A Land Without Jasmine
1939
Wajdi Al-Ahdal
The Language of Baklava (Diana Abu-Jaber)
The Language of Baklava
1940
Diana Abu-Jaber
A Laodicean (Thomas Hardy)
A Laodicean
1941
Thomas Hardy
Lark Rise to Candleford (Flora Thompson)
Lark Rise to Candleford
1942
Flora Thompson
Larva: A Midsummer Night's Babel (Julian Rios)
Larva: A Midsummer Night's Babel
1943
Julian Rios
L'assomoir (The Drinking Den/The Dram Shop/Drunkard) (Emile Zola)
L'assomoir (The Drinking Den/The Dram Shop/Drunkard)
1944
Emile Zola
The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)
The Last Battle
1945
C.S. Lewis
The Last Brother (Nathacha Appanah)
The Last Brother
1946
Nathacha Appanah
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Anthony Trollope)
The Last Chronicle of Barset
1947
Anthony Trollope
The Last Day of a Condemned Man (Victor Hugo)
The Last Day of a Condemned Man
1948
Victor Hugo
The Last Days of Mankind (Karl Kraus)
The Last Days of Mankind
1949
Karl Kraus
The Last Empress (Anchee Min)
The Last Empress
1950
Anchee Min
The Last Enchantment (Mary Stewart)
The Last Enchantment
1951
Mary Stewart
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby, Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1952
Hubert Selby, Jr.
The Last Illusion (Porochista Khakpour)
The Last Illusion
1953
Porochista Khakpour
The Last King of Scotland (Giles Foden)
The Last King of Scotland
1954
Giles Foden
The Last Lover (Can Xue)
The Last Lover
1955
Can Xue
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
1956
James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of Mr. Norris (Christopher Isherwood)
The Last of Mr. Norris
1957
Christopher Isherwood
Last Quarter of the Moon (Chi Zijian)
Last Quarter of the Moon
1958
Chi Zijian
Last Seen Wearing (Colin Dexter)
Last Seen Wearing
1959
Colin Dexter
The Last September (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Last September
1960
Elizabeth Bowen
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