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Top 100 World Literature Titles

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These are "the top 100 titles for the world literature classroom, ranked in order of popularity, chosen by literature teachers from across the country." (Perfection Learning)
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
1
Chinua Achebe
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
2
Elie Wiesel
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
3
Khalid Hosseini
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
4
Albert Camus
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
5
Alan Paton
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
6
Franz Kafka
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
7
Hermann Hesse
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
8
Amy Tan
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
9
Sophocles
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
10
Homer
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
11
Henrik Ibsen
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
12
Erich Maria Remarque
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
13
Gabriel García Márquez
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
14
Voltaire
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
15
Sophocles
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
16
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
The Inferno
17
Dante Alighieri
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
18
Homer
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
19
Yann Martel
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
20
Edmond Rostand
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
21
Victor Hugo
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote
22
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
Nectar in a Sieve (Kamala Markandaya)
Nectar in a Sieve
23
Kamala Markandaya
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
24
Laura Esquivel
The Epic of Gilgamesh (N.K. Sandars Translator)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
25
N.K. Sandars Translator
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolpho Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
26
Rudolpho Anaya
Three Cups of Tea (Greg Mortenson)
Three Cups of Tea
27
Greg Mortenson
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
28
Gustave Flaubert
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Mythology
29
Edith Hamilton
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
30
Paulo Coelho
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
31
Julia Alvarez
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
32
John Hersey
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography (Mark Mathabane)
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography
33
Mark Mathabane
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
34
Isabel Allende
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
35
Ishmael Beah
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
36
Alexandre Dumas
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
37
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
38
Khaled Hosseini
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
39
Barbara Kingsolver
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai Sijie)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
40
Dai Sijie
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