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Top 100 Works in World Literature by Norweigen Book Clubs and Norweigen Nobel Institute - Page 2

The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54 countries on what they considered the "best and most central works in world literature." Among the authors polled were Milan Kundera, Doris Lessing, Seamus Heaney, Salman Rushdie, Wole Soyinka, John Irving, Nadine Gordimer, and Carlos Fuentes. The list of 100 works appears alphabetically by author. Although the books were not ranked, the editors revealed that Don Quixote received 50% more votes than any other book.
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
41
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
42
Fyodor Dostoevsky
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
43
Leo Tolstoy
A Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
A Sentimental Education
44
Gustave Flaubert
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
45
George Eliot
The Possessed (Dostoyevsky)
The Possessed
46
Dostoyevsky
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
47
Leo Tolstoy
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
48
Henrik Ibsen
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
49
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Huckelberry Finn
Huckelberry Finn
50
The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy (1886)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy (1886)
51
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
52
Knut Hamsun
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
53
Nostromo
Nostromo
54
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
55
D.H. Lawrence
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
56
Marcel Proust
Diary of a Madman
Diary of a Madman
57
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
58
James Joyce
Confessions of Zeno
Confessions of Zeno
59
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
60
Thomas Mann
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
61
Virginia Woolf
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
62
Franz Kafka
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
63
Franz Kafka
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
64
Virginia Woolf
Gypsy Ballads
Gypsy Ballads
65
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
66
William Faulkner
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
67
Alfred Döblin
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
68
Robert Musil
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
69
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
The Collected Fiction of Jose Luis Borges (Jose Luis Borges)
The Collected Fiction of Jose Luis Borges
70
Jose Luis Borges
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
71
William Faulkner
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
72
Astrid Lindgren
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek
73
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
74
Albert Camus
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
75
Independent People
Independent People
76
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
77
George Orwell
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
78
Marguerite Yourcenar
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
79
Samuel Beckett
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
80
Samuel Beckett
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