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Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) - Swedish List of the 100 Best Books in the World

Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) was a Swedish list of the 100 best books in the world, created in 1991 by the Swedish literary magazine Tidningen Boken. The list was compiled through votes from members of the Svenska Akademien, Swedish Crime Writers' Academy, librarian, authors and others.
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
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Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
Voltaire
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Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
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Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren
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Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
Richard Adams
9
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
10
The Queen's Tiara (Carl Jonas Love Almqvist)
The Queen's Tiara
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
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Les Fleurs Du Mal (Charles Baudelaire)
Les Fleurs Du Mal
Charles Baudelaire
12
The Long Ships (Frans Bengtsson)
The Long Ships
Frans Bengtsson
13
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
Anonymous
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Kallocain (Karin Boye)
Kallocain
Karin Boye
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The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil
Hermann Broch
16
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
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The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
Italo Calvino
18
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
19
The Lost Steps (Alejo Carpentier)
The Lost Steps
Alejo Carpentier
20
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
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Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
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The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
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Samuels Bok (Sven Delblanc)
Samuels Bok
Sven Delblanc
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The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens
28
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
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The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
31
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser
32
The Dog (Kerstin Ekman)
The Dog
Kerstin Ekman
33
Second Class Citizen (Buchi Emecheta)
Second Class Citizen
Buchi Emecheta
34
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
William Faulkner
35
Samlade Dikter (Nils Ferlin)
Samlade Dikter
Nils Ferlin
36
City of My Dreams (Per Anders Fogelström)
City of My Dreams
Per Anders Fogelström
37
Simon and the Oaks (Marianne Fredriksson)
Simon and the Oaks
Marianne Fredriksson
38
The Women's Room (Marilyn French)
The Women's Room
Marilyn French
39
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
40
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
The Counterfeiters
André Gide
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