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The World's Best Books - Page 8

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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Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
281
Herman Melville
The Bastard of Istanbul (Elif Shafak)
The Bastard of Istanbul
282
Elif Shafak
Basti (Intizar Husain)
Basti
283
Intizar Husain
Bathsheba (Torgny Lindgren)
Bathsheba
284
Torgny Lindgren
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
Baudolino
285
Umberto Eco
Baumgartner's Bombay by Anita Desai
Baumgartner's Bombay by Anita Desai
286
The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach
287
Alex Garland
Beach Boy (Ardashir Vakil)
Beach Boy
288
Ardashir Vakil
The Beast Must Die (Nicholas Blake)
The Beast Must Die
289
Nicholas Blake
Beasts of No Nation (Uzodinma Iweala)
Beasts of No Nation
290
Uzodinma Iweala
The Beautiful and the Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and the Damned
291
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beautiful Losers (Leonard Cohen)
Beautiful Losers
292
Leonard Cohen
The Beautiful Mrs Seidenman (Andrzej Szczypiorski)
The Beautiful Mrs Seidenman
293
Andrzej Szczypiorski
The Beautiful Room Is Empty (Edmund White)
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
294
Edmund White
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (Dinaw Mengestu)
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
295
Dinaw Mengestu
Beauty and Sadness (Yasunari Kawabata)
Beauty and Sadness
296
Yasunari Kawabata
Beauty Is a Wound (Eka Kurniawan)
Beauty Is a Wound
297
Eka Kurniawan
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Ayi Kwei Armah)
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
298
Ayi Kwei Armah
Bebo's Girl (Carlo Cassola)
Bebo's Girl
299
Carlo Cassola
Beer in the Snooker Club (Waguih Ghali)
Beer in the Snooker Club
300
Waguih Ghali
The Beetle (Richard Marsh)
The Beetle
301
Richard Marsh
Before (Carmen Boullosa)
Before
302
Carmen Boullosa
Before the Birth of the Moon (Valentin Mudimbe)
Before the Birth of the Moon
303
Valentin Mudimbe
Before Lunch (Angela Thirkell)
Before Lunch
304
Angela Thirkell
Before Night Falls (Reinaldo Arenas)
Before Night Falls
305
Reinaldo Arenas
Before We Were Free (Julia Alvarez)
Before We Were Free
306
Julia Alvarez
The Beggar Maid (Alice Munro)
The Beggar Maid
307
Alice Munro
The Beggar's Opera (John Gay)
The Beggar's Opera
308
John Gay
Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Kate Atkinson)
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
309
Kate Atkinson
Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
Behold the Dreamers
310
Imbolo Mbue
Beijing Coma (Ma Jian)
Beijing Coma
311
Ma Jian
Being Dead (Jim Crace)
Being Dead
312
Jim Crace
Beirut Blues (Hanan Al-Shaykh)
Beirut Blues
313
Hanan Al-Shaykh
Beka Lamb (Zee Edgell)
Beka Lamb
314
Zee Edgell
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
315
Guy De Maupassant
Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)
Belinda
316
Maria Edgeworth
Belkin's Stories (Alexander Pushkin)
Belkin's Stories
317
Alexander Pushkin
The Bell (Iris Murdoch)
The Bell
318
Iris Murdoch
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
319
Sylvia Plath
Belle Du Seigneur (Albert Cohen)
Belle Du Seigneur
320
Albert Cohen
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