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1980 | 1970 | 1950 | 1900 | 1. 1 . In Search of Lost Time by Marcel
Proust
Swann's Way, the first part of A la recherche de temps perdu,
Marcel Proust's seven-part cycle, was published in 1913. In it,
Proust introduces the themes that run through the entire work. The
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2. 2 . Ulysses by James Joyce
Ulysses chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin
during an ordinary day, June 16, 1904. The title parallels and
alludes to Odysseus (Latinised into Ulysses), the hero of Homer's
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3. 3 . Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Alonso Quixano, a retired country gentleman in his fifties,
lives in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and a
housekeeper. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and
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4. 4 . Moby Dick by Herman Melville
First published in 1851, Melville's masterpiece is, in Elizabeth
Hardwick's words, "the greatest novel in American literature." The
saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white
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5. 5 . Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet,
is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written
between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how
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6. 6 . War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Epic in scale, War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events
leading up to Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and the impact of the
Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of
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7. 7 . The Odyssey by Homer
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems
attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the
other work traditionally ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental
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8. 8 . The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The novel chronicles an era that Fitzgerald himself dubbed the
"Jazz Age". Following the shock and chaos of World War I, American
society enjoyed unprecedented levels of prosperity during the
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9. 9 . The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of
literature, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine
Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey
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10. 10 . Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate
its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary
was tried for "offenses against morality and religion." What
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11. 11 . The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers, is
both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical
debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is
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12. 12 . One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez
One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of
Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout
the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prizewinning
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13. 13 . The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Revered by all of the town's children and dreaded by all of its
mothers, Huckleberry Finn is indisputably the most appealing
child-hero in American literature. Unlike the tall-tale, idyllic
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14. 14 . The Iliad by Homer
The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally
attributed to Homer. Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of
Ilium by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and
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15. 15 . Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The book is internationally famous for its innovative style and
infamous for its controversial subject: the protagonist and
unreliable narrator, middle aged Humbert Humbert, becomes obsessed
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16. 16 . Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the
sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count
Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage
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17. 17 . Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
It is a murder story, told from a murder;s point of view, that
implicates even the most innocent reader in its enormities. It is a
cat-and-mouse game between a tormented young killer and a
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18. 18 . Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician
with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a
rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps
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19. 19 . The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury is set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha
County. The novel centers on the Compson family, former Southern
aristocrats who are struggling to deal with the dissolution of
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20. 20 . Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The book is narrated in free indirect speech following the main
character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with matters of upbringing,
marriage, moral rightness and education in her aristocratic
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21. 21 . The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye is a 1945 novel by J. D. Salinger.
Originally published for adults, the novel has become a common part
of high school and college curricula throughout the
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22. 22 . Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront
The narrative is non-linear, involving several flashbacks, and
two primary narrators: Mr. Lockwood and Ellen "Nelly" Dean. The
novel opens in 1801, with Mr. Lockwood arriving at Thrushcross
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23. 23 . Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
The story follows the life of one seemingly insignificant man,
Winston Smith, a civil servant assigned the task of perpetuating
the regime's propaganda by falsifying records and political
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24. 24 . Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The story details an incident when Marlow, an Englishman, took a
foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a ferry-boat
captain in Africa. Although Conrad does not specify the name of
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25. 25 . To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
A landmark novel of high modernism, the text, centering on the
Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland
between 1910 and 1920, skillfully manipulates temporality and
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26. 26 . Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! is a Southern Gothic novel by the American
author William Faulkner, first published in 1936. It is a story
about three families of the American South, taking place before,
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27. 27 . Middlemarch by George Eliot
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George
Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is
her seventh novel, begun in 1869 and then put aside during the
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28. 28 . The Trial by Franz Kafka
Written in 1914, The Trial is one of the most important novels
of the twentieth century: the terrifying tale of Josef K., a
respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested
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29. 29 . One Thousand and One Nights by
India/Iran/Iraq/Egypt
One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern
and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during
the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian
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30. 30 . The Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian short-story writer,
playwright and physician, considered to be one of the greatest
short-story writers in the history of world literature. His career
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31. 31 . The Red and the Black by Stendhal
Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black), subtitled Chronique
du XIXe sicle ("Chronicle of the 19th century"), is an historical
psychological novel in two volumes by Stendhal, published in
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32. 32 . Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
From the preeminent prose satirist in the English language, a
great classic recounting the four remarkable journeys of ship's
surgeon Lemuel Gulliver. For children it remains an enchanting
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33. 33 . Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 is a satirical, historical novel by the American author
Joseph Heller, first published in 1961. The novel, set during the
later stages of World War II from 1943 onwards, is frequently
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34. 34 . The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on a poor
family of sharecroppers, the Joads, driven from their home by
drought, economic hardship, and changes in the agriculture
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35. 35 . Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The novel addresses many of the social and intellectual issues
facing African-Americans in the early twentieth century, including
black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and
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36. 36 . The Stranger by Albert Camus
Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's
extraordinary first novel, The Stranger (L'Etranger), has had a
profound impact on millions of American readers. Through this story
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37. 37 . Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations is written in the genre of "bildungsroman" or
the style of book that follows the story of a man or woman in their
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38. 38 . The Aeneid by Virgil
The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem written by Virgil in the late
1st century BC (2919 BC) that tells the legendary story of Aeneas,
a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of
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39. 39 . David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
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40. 40 . Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Created from two short stories, "Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street"
and the unfinished "The Prime Minister", the novel's story is of
Clarissa's preparations for a party of which she is to be hostess.
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41. 41 . Beloved by Toni Morrison
Beloved (1987) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Nobel
laureate Toni Morrison. The novel, her fifth, is loosely based on
the life and legal case of the slave Margaret Garner, about whom
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42. 42 . The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The
Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval
literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a
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43. 43 . Collected Fiction by Jorge Luis Borges
From his 1935 debut with The Universal History of Iniquity,
through his immensely influential collections Ficciones and The
Aleph, these enigmatic, elaborate, imaginative inventions display
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44. 44 . Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass (1855) is a poetry collection by the American
poet Walt Whitman. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of
Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Out of the Cradle Endlessly
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45. 45 . Candide by Voltaire
Candide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire written in 1759 by
Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. Candide is
characterized by its sarcastic tone and its erratic, fantastical,
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46. 46 . Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront
Jane Eyre is a first-person narrative of the title character, a
small, plain-faced, intelligent and honest English orphan. The
novel goes through five distinct stages: Jane's childhood at
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47. 47 . As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The book is told in stream of consciousness writing style by 15
different narrators in 59 chapters. It is the story of the death of
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48. 48 . The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The novel explores the lives and values of the so-called "Lost
Generation," chronicling the experiences of Jake Barnes and several
acquaintances on their pilgrimage to Pamplona for the annual San
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49. 49 . The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka is a compilation of all
Kafka's short stories. With the exception of Kafka's three novels
(The Trial, The Castle and Amerika), this collection includes all
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50. 50 . Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
As its title suggests, the book is ostensibly Tristram's
narration of his life story. But it is one of the central jokes of
the novel that he cannot explain anything simply, that he must make
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1 2 3 4 5 Next Last How is this list generated?
This list is generated from 107 "best of" book lists from a
variety of great sources. An algorithm is used to create a master
list based on how many lists a particular book appears on. Some
lists count more than others. I generally trust "best of all time"
lists voted by authors and experts over user-generated lists. On
the lists that are actually ranked, the book that is 1st counts a
lot more than the book that's 100th. If you have any comments,
suggestions, or corrections please feel free to e-mail me. The
ListsIf you're interested in the details about how the rankings are
generated and which lists are the most important(in my eyes) please
check out the list details page.
1. Top 100 Works in World LiteratureThe 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. Norwegian Book Clubs,
with the Norwegian Nobel Institute 2. Biblioteca38 Argentinean
Authors were polled by the Argentinean government for their
favorite books. This is a tally of all books with more than 1 vote.
Argentina 3. El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish AuthorsEl Pais
ran A Poll of 100 Spanish Authors and Their Favorite Books. This is
summary of all the books El Pais 4. For The Love of BooksRonald
Schwartz polled 115 major writers about their favorite books, and
published each of their ballots in the book For the Love of Books.
For The Love of Books 5. Pour une Bibliothque Idale"In the early
1950s Raymond Queneau asked several dozen French authors and
critics to list the hundred books they would choose if they had to
limit themselves to that number. He reproduced all their responses
in the book Pour une Bibliothque Idale (Gallimard, 1956), along
with the overall top 100 list reproduced above." Raymond Queneau 6.
The 25 Favorite Books of 100 Francophone WritersTlrama, a weekly
French magazine, asked 100s of french authors to list their top 10
favorite books of all time. Telerama 7. The Ideal Library100
prominent cultural figures, mostly writers, were polled for their
choice of an "ideal library". The following list is a tally of
every book that received at least 2 votes. Book 8. The Top 10: The
Greatest Books of All TimeThe Top 10 book chosen by 125 top writers
from the book "The Top 10" edited by J. Peder Zane. The Top 10
(Book) 9. The Celebrity Reading ListThe Gardiner Public Library,
from 1988 to 2007, polled various famous figures from all around
the world (writers, artists, filmmakers, politicians, actors, etc.)
to ask for their book recommendations. This list is based on the
books that received at least two mentions. Gardiner Public Library
10. 100 Life-Changing BooksNational Book Award-winning authors got
together to select what was, in their opinions, 100 life-changing
books. National Book Award 11. Finest Works of FictionIn Novels and
Novelists, A Guide to the World of Fiction (1980) Seymour-Smith and
the other contributors selected about 55 works of fiction as
receiving full marks on the four criteria used for evaluation:
Readability, Characterization, Plot, and Literary Merit. These
represent, for the contributors, the finest works of fiction that
have been written. Martin Seymour-Smith and Editors 12. Great Books
of the Western WorldGreat Books of the Western World is a series of
books originally published in the United States in 1952 by
Encyclopdia Britannica Inc. to present the western canon in a
single package of 54 volume... Great Books Foundation 13. The 100
Best Non-Fiction Books of the CenturyThe 100 best non-fiction books
of all time judged by a panel of historians, authors, publishers,
and experts for the National Review Magazine. National Review 14.
The 50 Best Books of the CenturyISI defined "best" as "volumes of
extraordinary reflection and creativity in a traditional form,
which heartens us with the knowledge that fine writing and
clear-mindedness are perennially possible." All the books are
non-fiction. The first 5 are ranked, the rest are alphabetical.
Intercollegiate Studies Institute 15. The Bigger Read ListThe
English PEN staff compiled a list of the best works not written in
the English language. This list combines their list with the
suggestions made by Fred Armentrout, President of Hong Kong
(English-Speaking) PEN. English PEN 16. The New Lifetime Reading
PlanClifton Paul "Kip" Fadiman (May 15, 1904 June 20, 1999) was an
American intellectual, author, editor, radio and television
personality. The New Lifetime Reading Plan provides readers with
brief, informative and entertaining introductions to more than 130
classics of world literature. From Homer to Hawthorne, Plato to
Pascal, and Shakespeare to Solzhenitsyn, the great writers of
Western civilization can be found in its pages. In addition, this
new edition offers a much broader representation of women authors,
such as Charlotte Bront%, Emily Dickinson and Edith Wharton, as
well as non-Western writers such as Confucius, Sun-Tzu, Chinua
Achebe, Mishima Yukio and many others. This fourth edition also
features a simpler format that arranges the works chronologically
in five sections (The Ancient World; 300-1600; 1600-1800; and The
20th Century), making them easier to look up than ever before. It
deserves a place in the libraries of all lovers of literature. The
New Lifetime Reading Plan 17. ZEIT-Bibliothek der 100 BcherDie Zeit
18. "Our Readable Century", The Best Books of the 20th
CenturyLiterary publication January Magazine polled writers for
their favorite works of 2oth century fiction. These were the most
mentioned books. January Magazine 19. 110 Best Books: The Perfect
LibraryFrom classics and sci-fi to poetry, biographies and books
that changed the world we present the ultimate reading list. The
Telegraph 20. Books That Changed the World: The 50 Most Influential
Books in Human HistoryA 208 page book written in 2009 by Journalist
and Author Andrew Taylor. Books from every field of human
creativity and intellectual endeavor - from poetry to politics,
from fiction to philosophy, from theology to anthropology, and from
economics to physics have been selected to create a rounded and
satisfying picture of how 50 towering achievements of the human
intellect have built our societies, shaped our values, enhanced our
understanding of the nature of the world, enabled technological
advancements, and reflected our concerns and dilemmas, strengths
and failings. In a series of engaging and lively essays, Andrew
Taylor sets each work and its author firmly in historical context,
summarizes the content of the work in question, and explores its
wider influence and legacy. A fascinating and richly informative
read. Book 21. Recommended Books"Discover which books made a
difference in the early lives of the most eminent achievers of our
times." Academy of Achievement 22. The 16 Greatest Books of All
TimeTwo book editors for the nyulocal.com present their list of the
16 greatest books of all time, with a list of runner-ups as well.
NYU Local 23. Vrldsbiblioteket (The World Library)Vrldsbiblioteket
(The World Library) was a Swedish list of the 100 best books in the
world, made 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. Approximately 30 of the books were Swedish.
Tidningen Boken 24. 100 Best BooksMichael Sexson, English teacher
at Montana State University, in 2000 had his class of 45 students
compose a list of the 100 greatest works of literature ever
written, in their collective opinions. Montana State University 25.
"Best Foreign Work of Fiction"The French literary magazine
Transfuge asked a group of francophone writers to pick their best
foreign work of fiction. These are the results. Transfuge 26. Great
BooksA short list of essential works of the Western Canon, as
selected scholar Anthony O'Hear. Anthony O'Hear 27. How to Read and
WhyInformation is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be
found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic
Harold Bloom begins this impassioned book on the pleasures and
benefits of reading well. For more than forty years, Bloom has
transformed college students into lifelong readers with his
unrivaled love for literature. Now, at a time when faster and
easier electronic media threatens to eclipse the practice of
reading, Bloom draws on his experience as critic, teacher, and
prolific reader to plumb the great books for their sustaining
wisdom. - Amazon Harold Bloom 28. How to Read Literature Like a
Professor: A Reading ListEnglish professor Thomas C. Foster, at the
end of his book, includes a recommended "reading list". Thomas C.
Foster 29. The 100 Most Influential Books Ever WrittenThe 100 Most
Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient
Times to Today (1998) is a book of intellectual history written by
Martin Seymour-Smith (19281998), a British poet, critic, and
biographer. Martin Seymour-Smith 30. The Great Books Reader"In this
volume you will be guided by esteemed professors and writers who
have selected excerpts from the most important books in Western
Civilization. A brief essay illuminates each excerpt and puts the
work in context. Take your education to the next level by letting
some of the best thinkers of today walk you through the most
influential books in history." Book 31. Best Books Ever"Whatever
it's called we love a list of what we think are the best books of
all time so we've compiled an entirely arbitrary and personal
selection of 100 titles below for you to disagree with."
bookdepository.com 32. Great Books"Great Books is an hour-long
documentary and biography program that aired on The Learning
Channel. The series was a project co-created by Walter Cronkite and
former child actor Jonathan Ward under a deal they had with their
company Cronkite-Ward, the The Discovery Channel, and The Learning
Channel. Premiering on September 8, 1993, to coincide with
International Literacy Day, the series took in-depth looks into
some of literature's greatest fictional and nonfictional books and
the authors who created them. The series is mostly narrated by
Donald Sutherland." - Wikipedia The Learning Channel 33.
Masterpieces of World LiteratureScholar Frank N. Magills famous
literary studies reference book. A selection of over 200 of the
greatest works of literature of all time Frank N. Magill 34. The
100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The ListThe list of essential
fiction from the past 300 years from Robert McCrum of The Observer.
The Observer 35. The Graphic CanonThe classic canon of Western
civilization meets the artists and illustrators who have remade
reading in the last years of the twentieth century and the first
decade of the twenty-first century in Russ Kick's magisterial,
three-volume, full-color The Graphic Canon, volumes 1, 2, and 3. -
Amazon Book 36. The Greatest 20th Century NovelsWaterstones 1999
poll of the greatest 20th century novels, according to British
writers. This appeared to be the result of muddle in the way
questions were put to and answered by the 47 authors, critics and
media personalities who voted in the poll. Waterstone 37. The
Greatest Novel of All TimeAuthor William Faulkner named Tolstoy's
"Anna Karenina" as the single greatest novel of all time. William
Faulkner 38. The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All
TimeThe list below is from the book The Novel 100: A Ranking of
Greatest Novels All Time (Checkmark Books/Facts On File, Inc.: New
York, 2004), written by Daniel S. Burt. The Novel 100 39. W.
Somerset Maughams Ten Greatest Novels of All TimeMaugham's studies
of the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists are
outstanding examples of literary criticism at its finest. Afforded
here are some of the formulae of greatness in the genre, as well as
the flaws and heresies which enfeeble it. Written by a master of
fiction, "Ten Novels and Their Authors" is a unique and invaluable
guide. Great Novelists and Their Novels 40. 50 Greatest Books of
All TimeA list of the 50 greatest books of all time as determined
by a panel of secret judges for Globe and Mail. The books are not
ranked. Globe and Mail 41. Books That Changed the WorldScholar
Robert B. Downs selects the "great works that revolutionized our
ideas about the universe - and ourselves". Book 42. From Zero to
Well-Read in 100 Books100 books that, in the opinion of
Bookriot.com editor-in-chief Jeff O'Neal, one should read before
deeming themselves "well-read". Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com 43.
Greatest Prose Works of the 20th CenturyAuthor Vladimir Nabokov's
selection of the Top 4 greatest prose works of the 20th century.
Vladimir Nabokov 44. Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the
Past CenturyIntended as a companion to the infamous Modern Library
ranking of the top 100 books of the past century, this list
represents a different viewpoint--that of the booksellers
themselves. Compiled from the responses of over 150 Koen Book
Distributors customers, the following titles represent the very
best in modern literature. themodernnovel.com 45. The Modern
Library | 100 Best NonfictionThe Modern Library 46. 50 Books That
Changed the World"For centuries, books have been written in an
attempt to share knowledge, inspiration, and discoveries. Sometimes
those books make such an impact that they change the way the world
thinks about things. The following books have done just that by
providing readers an education in politics and government,
literature, society, academic subjects such as science and math,
and religion." Open Education Database 47. 50 Books to Read Before
You DieComplex Magazine's selection of 50 must-read books. Complex
48. 50 Books to (Re-)Read at 50Your essential short list of novels,
nonfiction and biographies Got some time on your hands? This list
of 50 great books is a good way to raise your literary IQ. It's by
no means the "definitive" list, but each of these masterpieces is
at least as relevant and powerful today as when it was written. And
they're all still terrific reads. nextavenue 49. Donald Barthelmes
Reading List81 books recommended by Author Donald Barthelme to his
students at the University of Houston. Believer Mag 50. In Which
These Are the 100 Greatest NovelsThisRecording.com Editor Alex
Carnevale selects his choices for the "100 Greatest Novels of All
Time". ThisRecording.com 51. Select 100"This list was compiled by
tabulating nominations by UWM faculty, staff and students for the
Select 100. It includes changes which have resulted from
nominations received since the original list was released. We asked
you to recommend books which you have found to be so useful and
important that no one could consider himself/herself an educated or
enlightened person without having read them. This is your
cumulative response." University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 52. The 100
Best Books in the WorldGerman bookseller website AbeBooks.de makes
their selection for the "100 greatest books ever written".
AbeBooks.de (in German) 53. The 100 Greatest Books Ever
WrittenEaston Press's selection of the greatest books of the
Western Canon. Easton Press 54. The 100 Greatest NovelsCritic Ted
Gioia's selection of the 100 greatest novels ever written.
greatbooksguide.com 55. The Best ClassicsThe Times selection of the
100 best classic works of literature. The Times 56. The Millions:
The Best Fiction of the MillenniumA poll of The Millions
contributors and 48 of their favorite writers, editors, and
critics, asking a single question: What are the best books of
fiction of the millennium(2000), so far? The results were robust,
diverse, and surprising. The Millions 57. 100 Books to Read in a
LifetimeAmazon UK editors select 100 books that they deem
"essential". Amazon.com (UK) 58. 100 Books to Read in a LifetimeA
bucket list of books to create a well-read life, from Amazon Book
Editors. Amazon.com (USA) 59. 48 Good BooksRecommended literature
by the Undergraduate Academies and Libraries of the University of
Buffalo. University of Buffalo 60. Harvard Book Store Staff's
Favorite 100 BooksIn early 2010 Harvard Book Store employees worked
together to come up with a list of our favorite books. Each staff
member submitted a list of their favorite books of all time, in
(rough) order of preference. Their selections were then weighted
according to the order and the results were tabulated. It was by no
means a perfect system, but it was the best way we could think of
to quantify opinions that are in no way quantifiable. Now, we read
a lot, so it was hard to narrow it down. What we came up with are
the books that moved us, that changed the way we think about the
world, and that we will happily read over and over again. We hope
you enjoy them too. Harvard Book Store 61. Radcliffe's 100 Best
NovelsRadcliffe Publishing Course 62. The Book of Great Books: A
Guide to 100 World ClassicsEditor W. John Campbell provides
explanations and summaries for 100 of the world's best books. Book
63. The Modern Library | 100 Best NovelsModern Library 64. TIME
Magazine All Time 100 NovelsTime critics Lev Grossman and Richard
Lacayo pick the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the
present. TIME Magazine 65. Top 100 World Literature TitlesThe top
100 titles for the world literature classroom, ranked in order of
popularity, chosen by literature teachers from across the country.
Perfection Learning 66. 100 Best Novels in English Since
1900Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn's favorite novels
since 1900. Counterpunch 67. 100 Best Novels Written in
EnglishRespected literary critic Robert McCrum selects the
definitive 100 novels written in English. The Guardian 68. 100
Essential BooksThe Brazilian cultural magazine Bravo! selects 100
essential books. Bravo! Magazine 69. D. G. Myers 50 Greatest
English Language NovelsD. G. Myers, critic and literary historians
50 Greatest English Language Novels. A critic and literary
historian for nearly a quarter of a century at Texas A&M and
Ohio State. D. G. Myers 70. Robert McCrum's top 10 books of the
twentieth centuryRobert McCrum is The Observer's literary editor
and the author of, among other books, My Year Off. This is a list
of this top 10 books of the twentieth century. The Guardian 71. The
21st Century's 12 Greatest NovelsThe BBC polled a number of book
critics to determine the greatest novels of the current century so
far. BBC Poll 72. The Dream of the Great American NovelWriter
Lawrence Buell discusses the primary contenders for the title of
the "Great American Novel". Book 73. 100 Major Works of Modern
Creative NonfictionEssays, memoirs, autobiographies, biographies,
travel writing, history, cultural studies, nature writing--all fit
under the broad heading of creative nonfiction, and all are
represented here: a list of 100 major works of creative nonfiction
published by British and American writers over the past 80 years.
About.com 74. 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language
Books of FictionThe 20th Centurys Greatest Hits: 100
English-Language Books of Fiction is a popular "best of" list
compiled by Larry McCaffery largely in response to Modern Library
100 Best Novels list (1999), which McCaffery saw as being out of
touch with 20th-century fiction. McCaffery writes that he sees his
list "as a means of sharing with readers my own views about what
books are going to be read 100 or 1000 years from now". Larry
McCaffery 75. 50 Books to Read Before You DieBarnes and Noble's
selection of the 50 most essential books. Barnes and Noble 76. The
100 Favorite Novels of LibrariansBased on a survey of Librarians
conducted by Brodart Co., September, 1998 - March, 1999. Brodart is
an international company that services libraries around the world.
Bookman.com 77. The Best Southern Nonfiction of All TimeThe best
southern United States nonfiction books of all time judged by 130
literary experts and authors. Oxford American 78. The Telegraphs
100 Novels Everyone Should ReadThe best novels of all time from
Tolkien to Proust and Middlemarch Telegraph 79. What Is the Best
Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years?The New York Times
Book Review's editor, Sam Tanenhaus, sent out a short letter to a
couple of hundred prominent writers, critics, editors and other
literary sages, asking them to please identify... New York Times
80. 100 Most Influential Books of the CenturyBoston Public
Library's list of "The 100 Most Influential Books of the Century".
A booklist for Adults. Boston Public Library 81. 50 Memorable Books
from 50 Years of Books to RememberA representative selection from
over 1500 titles on annual lists of Books to Remember from 1956 to
2005. Chosen by a group of librarians who are specialists in their
genres, these outstanding works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry
provide an informative or transformative reading experience, and
are chosen for their literary excellence, uniqueness of concept and
command of subject matter. The New York Public Library 82. The 80
Books Every Man Should ReadAn unranked, incomplete, utterly biased
list of the greatest works of literature ever published. Esquire
83. Books of the DecadeThe 50 books that defined the decade(2000)
The Guardian 84. Costa Book Award - Best NovelThe Costa Book Awards
are a series of literary awards given to books by authors based in
the United Kingdom and Ireland. They were known as the Whitbread
Book Awards until 2005, after which Costa Coffee, a subsidiary of
Whitbread, took over sponsorship. The awards, launched in 1971, are
given both for high literary merit but also for works that are
enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of
reading to the widest possible audience. As such, they are a more
populist literary prize than the Booker Prize. Costa Coffee 85.
Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 NovelsEntertainment Weeklys Top 100
Novels (2013), as selected by the EW staff in its July 5th 2013
issue Entertainment Weekly 86. Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest
Adventure Books of All TimeThe 100 greatest adventure books chosen
by National Geographic. National Geographic Adventure Magazine 87.
Le Monde's 100 Books of the CenturyThe 100 Books of the Century
(French: Les cent livres du sicle) is a list of the one hundred
best books of the 20th century, according to a poll conducted in
the spring of 1999 by the French retailer Fnac and the Paris
newspaper Le Monde. Starting from a preliminary list of 200 titles
created by bookshops and journalists, 17,000 French voted by
responding to the question, "Which books have stayed in your
memory?" ( Quels livres sont rests dans votre mmoire ? ). The list
of acclaimed titles mixes great novels with poetry and theatre, as
well as the comic strip. The first fifty works on the list were the
subject of an essay by Frdric Beigbeder, The Last Inventory Before
Liquidation, in which he notably drew attention to its
French-centred character. Le Monde 88. Man Booker PrizeThe Man
Booker Prize for Fiction, also known in short as the Booker Prize,
is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original
full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of
either the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe.[1] The
winner of the Booker Prize is generally assured of international
renown and success and, for this reason, the prize is of great
significance for the book trade.[2] It is also a mark of
distinction for authors to be nominated for the Booker longlist or
selected for inclusion in the shortlist. Man Booker Prize 89.
Modern classics: 11 novels that belong in the classroomWhen we
think of English lit classes, we usually think of Hawthorne,
Melville, Austen, Tolstoy, Dickens. But the times, they are
a-changin and so too are the books we read, both in and out of the
classroom. Since the millennium, a lot of goodnay, greatbooks have
been published by masterful authors, all of whom are deserving of a
spot on a high school or college curriculum. And as evidenced by
these 11 novels, whoever said there were no new ideas didnt know
what they were talking about. Today.com 90. National Book Award -
FictionThe National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary
prizes in the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are
presented annually to American authors for literature published in
the prior year, as well as lifetime achievement awards including
the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and
the "Literarian Award". The purpose of the awards is "to celebrate
the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and to
enhance the cultural value of good writing in America. National
Book Foundation 91. National Book Award - NonfictionThe National
Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the
United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually
to American authors for literature published in the prior year, as
well as lifetime achievement awards including the "Medal of
Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and the "Literarian
Award". The purpose of the awards is "to celebrate the best of
American literature, to expand its audience, and to enhance the
cultural value of good writing in America. National Book Foundation
92. National Book Critics Circle Award - FictionThe National Book
Critics Circle Award is an annual award given by the National Book
Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote the finest books and reviews
published in English. National Book Critics Circle 93. National
Book Critics Circle Award - NonfictionThe National Book Critics
Circle Award is an annual award given by the National Book Critics
Circle (NBCC) to promote the finest books and reviews published in
English. National Book Critics Circle 94. Paste Magazine's Best
Books of the Decade(2000-2009)The top 20 best books of the 2000s by
Paste Magazine. It includes both fiction and nonfiction. Paste
Magazine 95. PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionThe PEN/Faulkner Award
for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to
the author of the best American work of fiction that year. The
winner receives US $15,000 and each of four runners-up receives US
$5000. The foundation brings the winner and runners-up to
Washington, D.C. to read from their works at the Great Hall of the
Folger Shakespeare Library. The PEN/Faulkner Foundation is an
outgrowth of William Faulkner's generosity in donating his 1949
Nobel Prize winnings, "to establish a fund to support and encourage
new fiction writers." Mary Lee Settle was also one of the founders
after controversy at the 1979 National Book Award.[1] It is
affiliated with the writers' organization International PEN. The
award was first given in 1980. PEN/Faulkner 96. Pulitzer Prize for
Biography or AutobiographyThe Pulitzer Prize for Biography or
Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished
biography or autobiography by an American author. Pulitzer Prize
97. Pulitzer Prize for FictionAll the books that have won the
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction from 1948 to the present. Pulitzer Prize
98. Pulitzer Prize for HistoryThe Pulitzer Prize for History has
been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history
of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for
Biography or Autobiography. Two people have won the Pulitzer Prize
for History twice; Margaret Leech, for Reveille in Washington,
1860-1865 in 1941 and In the Days of McKinley in 1960, and Bernard
Bailyn, for The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
(1968) and Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of
America on the Eve of the Revolution (1987). Pulitzer Prize 99.
Pulitzer Prize for Non-FictionThe Pulitzer Prize for General
Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962 for a distinguished book of
non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for
consideration in any other category. Pulitzer Prize 100. The 100
Best Books of the Decade(2000)The Time's list of the 100 Best Books
of the 2000s. It's a mix of fiction and nonfiction. Times 101. The
100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 1993The 100 greatest american
novels picked by Jeff ONeal, Editor-in-Chief & Co-founder of
Bookriot.com Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com 102. The 10 Best of the
Decade(2000)Entertainment Weekly's top 10 best books of the 2000s
Entertainment Weekly 103. The 50 Books Everyone Needs to Read,
1963-2013The choices here are influenced by the following: the
stipulation that any specific author should not be chosen for more
than one year, a general focus on fiction over other genres, and
the tastes/whims/glaring prejudices of Flavorwires literary editor.
Flavor Wire 104. The Best Books of the 2000sThe Best Books of the
2000s according to the Onion AV club. Includes Fiction and
Nonfiction. The Onion AV Club 105. The Best Southern Novels of All
TimeA list of the best southern novels of all time by Oxford
American Magazine judged by 130 experts as well as authors. Oxford
American 106. The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to
2008Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 best reads from 1983 to
2008. Entertainment Weekly 107. Top 10 British, Irish or
Commonwealth Novels from 1980 to 2005The Observer asked 150
literary luminaries to vote for the best British, Irish or
Commonwealth novel from 1980 to 2005. The Observer Copyright
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