Best of World Literature

1

Alt falder fra hinanden

af Chinua Achebe

20,111 medlemmer

425 anmeldelser

3.8

17 Members: amandameale, jain, thorold, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, CGlanovsky, Himalmitra, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, biscanac

2

Krig og fred

af Leo Tolstoy

27,929 medlemmer

434 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

13 Members: amandameale, iggyjreilly, roby72, augustau, thecoroner, alex68, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, raperper, Laura1124, rplinke, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Ve, mit elskede land : en fortælling om hjælp i nøden

af Alan Paton

9,195 medlemmer

175 anmeldelser

4

11 Members: hipdeep, amandameale, inge87, aulsmith, augustau, Dilara86, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707

4

Hundrede års ensomhed

af Gabriel Garcia Marquez

43,536 medlemmer

673 anmeldelser

4.2

13 Members: thorold, iggyjreilly, merrystar, augustau, thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, ahef1963, NinieB, Laura1124, TehilaKoblenz, FranzK72, biscanac

5

Gilgamesh

af Gilgamesh Poet

9,646 medlemmer

119 anmeldelser

3.8

12 Members: jain, aulsmith, merrystar, augustau, CGlanovsky, Himalmitra, ahef1963, raperper, kara.shamy, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda, CharlesTheB

6

Åndernes hus

af Isabel Allende

13,582 medlemmer

235 anmeldelser

4.1

11 Members: hipdeep, roby72, merrystar, augustau, thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, NinieB, TehilaKoblenz, FranzK72, steller0707

7

Tilværelsens ulidelige lethed

af Milan Kundera

22,102 medlemmer

266 anmeldelser

4

12 Members: amandameale, jain, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, mspixieears, TehilaKoblenz, FranzK72

8

Fiktioner

af Jorge Luis Borges

7,384 medlemmer

110 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

10 Members: prdasilva, thorold, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, Himalmitra, raperper, FranzK72

9

Midnatsbørn

af Salman Rushdie

13,606 medlemmer

241 anmeldelser

4

12 Members: iggyjreilly, roby72, augustau, thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, Himalmitra, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, FranzK72

10

Kærlighed i koleraens tid

af Gabriel Garcia Marquez

27,223 medlemmer

399 anmeldelser

4

10 Members: iggyjreilly, roby72, merrystar, augustau, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, TehilaKoblenz, steller0707, biscanac

11

Ved en krumning på floden : roman

af V. S. Naipaul

3,141 medlemmer

56 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

10 Members: amandameale, BookWallah, iggyjreilly, roby72, augustau, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, Laura1124, philna

12

Brødrene Karamasov

af Fyodor Dostoyevsky

28,686 medlemmer

315 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

8 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, Himalmitra, raperper, FranzK72, steller0707

13

En hårfin balance

af Rohinton Mistry

9,014 medlemmer

251 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

8 Members: KimarieBee, iggyjreilly, augustau, Dilara86, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707

14

Under en strålende sol

af Khaled Hosseini

29,707 medlemmer

888 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

8 Members: BookWallah, augustau, gypsysmom, ahef1963, spamboxyay, Laura1124, TehilaKoblenz, steller0707

15

En dag i Ivan Denisovitjs liv

af Alexander Solzhenitsyn

12,654 medlemmer

193 anmeldelser

4

9 Members: amandameale, BookWallah, roby72, augustau, 8heist, Himalmitra, ahef1963, raperper, mspixieears

16

De sataniske vers

af Salman Rushdie

11,787 medlemmer

138 anmeldelser

3.8

7 Members: thorold, CGlanovsky, Himalmitra, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, CharlesTheB

17

Drageløberen

af Khaled Hosseini

51,871 medlemmer

1,290 anmeldelser

4.2

9 Members: BookWallah, roby72, augustau, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, TehilaKoblenz, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, ,Himalmitra

18

Liv og Skæbne (Sud'ba i zjizn)

af Vasily Grossman

3,336 medlemmer

85 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

7 Members: amandameale, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Himalmitra, raperper, FranzK72

19

Hopscotch

af Julio Cortázar

4,979 medlemmer

98 anmeldelser

4.2

6 Members: iggyjreilly, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Carina.P, FranzK72

20

The Bridge on the Drina

af Ivo Andrić

2,293 medlemmer

64 anmeldelser

4.2

7 Members: amandameale, roby72, augustau, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, FranzK72

21

Mit navn er Rød

af Orhan Pamuk

6,936 medlemmer

169 anmeldelser

3.8

7 Members: amandameale, thorold, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, steller0707

22

Profeten

af Kahlil Gibran

13,835 medlemmer

159 anmeldelser

4.1

6 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy

23

Trækopfuglens krønike

af Haruki Murakami

17,575 medlemmer

365 anmeldelser

4.2

7 Members: iggyjreilly, roby72, CGlanovsky, ahef1963, NinieB, mspixieears, steller0707

24

The Housekeeper and the Professor

af Yoko Ogawa

3,122 medlemmer

215 anmeldelser

4

6 Members: jain, KimarieBee, mkbird, augustau, ahef1963, steller0707

25

Alkymisten

af Paulo Coelho

37,996 medlemmer

1,007 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

6 Members: roby72, merrystar, augustau, ahef1963, Laura1124, TehilaKoblenz

26

Den gode Soldat Svejks Eventyr under Verdenskrigen

af Jaroslav Hašek

3,452 medlemmer

61 anmeldelser

4

7 Members: thorold, roby72, augustau, thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, FranzK72

27

The Makioka Sisters

af Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

2,106 medlemmer

42 anmeldelser

4.1

7 Members: amandameale, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72

28

Complete Poems

af C.P. Cavafy

1,759 medlemmer

25 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

5 Members: thorold, aulsmith, mkbird, Himalmitra, ManWithAnAgenda

29

Soul Mountain

af Gao Xingjian

2,447 medlemmer

37 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, DB71991, alex68, CGlanovsky, FranzK72

30

Labyrinths

af Jorge Luis Borges

6,697 medlemmer

81 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

6 Members: thorold, roby72, merrystar, CGlanovsky, steller0707, CharlesTheB

31

Persepolis

af Marjane Satrapi

8,229 medlemmer

320 anmeldelser

4.2

6 Members: jain, BookWallah, cej1027, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707

32

Conversation in the Cathedral

af Mario Vargas Llosa

1,224 medlemmer

24 anmeldelser

4.1

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Himalmitra, raperper, FranzK72

33

The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street

af Naguib Mahfouz

1,136 medlemmer

17 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

5 Members: iggyjreilly, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, FranzK72

34

We: A Novel

af Yevgeny Zamyatin

8,239 medlemmer

209 anmeldelser

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

35

Heart of Darkness [Norton Critical Edition]

af Joseph Conrad

3,106 medlemmer

22 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

8 Members: augustau, Himalmitra, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707,jain ,aulsmith
Forklaringer: jain : imo it's acceptable to consider him a Polish author--I just don't like the book.
aulsmith : I know he's Polish and this is about Africa, but he's generally considered a British author.

36

The English Patient

af Michael Ondaatje

11,390 medlemmer

171 anmeldelser

3.9

8 Members: amandameale, jain, augustau, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears, philna,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington
Forklaringer: jain: Canada is a place "other than America, United Kingdom or Western Europe".
aulsmith : Canadian
sturlington : Canadian

37

Iliaden & Odysseen

af Homer

5,559 medlemmer

49 anmeldelser

4.1

6 Members: roby72, augustau, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, raperper, mspixieears,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,merrystar ,thecoroner
Forklaringer: aulsmith : While Greece is currently in Eastern Europe, Ancient Greece is the seat of Western European culture.

38

The Invention of Morel

af Adolfo Bioy Casares

2,515 medlemmer

78 anmeldelser

3.9

6 Members: augustau, thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, FranzK72, CharlesTheB

39

The Nose

af Nikolaj Gogol

382 medlemmer

17 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, FranzK72, steller0707

40

Den hvide tiger

af Aravind Adiga

9,420 medlemmer

418 anmeldelser

3.8

6 Members: roby72, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, steller0707

41

Sne

af Orhan Pamuk

6,915 medlemmer

144 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

6 Members: roby72, augustau, alex68, CGlanovsky, FranzK72, steller0707

42

De små tings gud : roman

af Arundhati Roy

19,305 medlemmer

363 anmeldelser

3.9

5 Members: iggyjreilly, augustau, ahef1963, philna, steller0707

43

Interpreter of Maladies: Stories

af Jhumpa Lahiri

11,877 medlemmer

263 anmeldelser

4.1

5 Members: BookWallah, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707

44

En halv gul sol

af Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

6,749 medlemmer

291 anmeldelser

4.2

5 Members: amandameale, Dilara86, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707

45

1Q84

af Haruki Murakami

8,600 medlemmer

343 anmeldelser

3.8

5 Members: roby72, sturlington, CGlanovsky, TehilaKoblenz, ManWithAnAgenda

46

Vi venter på barbarerne

af J. M. Coetzee

4,264 medlemmer

75 anmeldelser

4

6 Members: thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, gypsysmom, ahef1963, FranzK72

47

The Sound of the Mountain

af Yasunari Kawabata

1,191 medlemmer

18 anmeldelser

4.1

5 Members: jain, roby72, alex68, mspixieears, FranzK72

48

Omeros

af Derek Walcott

1,125 medlemmer

19 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

49

Hjerter i chili

af Laura Esquivel

11,715 medlemmer

252 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: jain, BookWallah, augustau, gypsysmom

50

Græsset synger

af Doris Lessing

2,167 medlemmer

73 anmeldelser

3.9

5 Members: thorold, alex68, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

51

Moderen

af Maxim Gorki

1,231 medlemmer

31 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, FranzK72

52

Den modvillige fundamentalist

af Mohsin Hamid

5,136 medlemmer

248 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

4 Members: BookWallah, augustau, kara.shamy, steller0707

53

Tornfuglene

af Colleen McCullough

7,398 medlemmer

146 anmeldelser

4

5 Members: merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707

54

Snow Country

af Yasunari Kawabata

3,182 medlemmer

82 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, FranzK72

55

The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 1 (Penguin Classics)

af Anonymous

568 medlemmer

6 anmeldelser

4.1

4 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, CGlanovsky, CharlesTheB

56

The Namesake

af Jhumpa Lahiri

12,208 medlemmer

320 anmeldelser

3.9

5 Members: BookWallah, augustau, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963

57

Krigen mod salamandrene

af Karel Čapek

1,932 medlemmer

51 anmeldelser

4.1

5 Members: thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

58

A House for Mr Biswas

af V. S. Naipaul

3,386 medlemmer

66 anmeldelser

3.8

5 Members: iggyjreilly, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124

59

The Tale of Genji

af Shikibu Murasaki

5,372 medlemmer

51 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda

60

Homegoing

af Yaa Gyasi

5,469 medlemmer

267 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

5 Members: augustau, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707

61

Og bjergene gav genlyd

af Khaled Hosseini

6,963 medlemmer

319 anmeldelser

4

4 Members: BookWallah, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124

62

Nervøse tilstande

af Tsitsi Dangarembga

1,983 medlemmer

45 anmeldelser

3.9

3 Members: jain, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

63

Døde Sjæle

af Nikolai Gogol

8,970 medlemmer

115 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

64

Kafka på stranden

af Haruki Murakami

17,652 medlemmer

461 anmeldelser

4.1

4 Members: roby72, CGlanovsky, gypsysmom, mspixieears

65

Season of Migration to the North

af Tayeb Salih

1,609 medlemmer

47 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: augustau, Dilara86, CGlanovsky, steller0707

66

A Hero of Our Time

af Michail Jurjevič Lermontov

3,668 medlemmer

57 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

67

2666

af Roberto Bolaño

6,453 medlemmer

174 anmeldelser

4.1

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

68

Pedro Páramo

af Juan Rulfo

3,113 medlemmer

71 anmeldelser

4

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, FranzK72

69

Arrow of God

af Chinua Achebe

1,244 medlemmer

23 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

3 Members: aulsmith, Dilara86, gypsysmom

70

En privat sag

af Kenzaburō Ōe

1,817 medlemmer

36 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

71

Det tabte land

af Kiran Desai

6,820 medlemmer

189 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707

72

Bhagavad Gita

af Vyasa

9,323 medlemmer

91 anmeldelser

4

3 Members: Himalmitra, ahef1963, kara.shamy

73

Oblomov

af Iwan Gontscharow

3,280 medlemmer

66 anmeldelser

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

74

Resurrection

af Leo Tolstoy

2,904 medlemmer

38 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

75

Knivens æg : roman

af Abraham Verghese

9,281 medlemmer

524 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

4 Members: augustau, gypsysmom, Laura1124, steller0707

76

Lykkens datter

af Isabel Allende

8,568 medlemmer

190 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

4 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707

77

Præsidenten

af Miguel Ángel Asturias

993 medlemmer

17 anmeldelser

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

78

Edderkoppekvindens kys

af Manuel Puig

2,207 medlemmer

33 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, augustau, alex68, ahef1963

79

R.U.R.

af Karel Čapek

971 medlemmer

25 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

3 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, CGlanovsky

80

Gulag øhavet

af Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

5,036 medlemmer

37 anmeldelser

4.1

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, gypsysmom, FranzK72

81

En hunds hjerte

af Mikhail Bulgakov

3,065 medlemmer

62 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

82

Kitchen : roman

af Banana Yoshimoto

4,682 medlemmer

123 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

4 Members: jain, roby72, alex68, ahef1963

83

Kvinde på flugt fra meddelelse

af David Grossman

1,425 medlemmer

62 anmeldelser

4

3 Members: inge87, iggyjreilly, gypsysmom

84

The Home and the World

af Rabindranath Tagore

654 medlemmer

11 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

3 Members: aulsmith, roby72, Himalmitra

85

Kræftafdelingen

af Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3,475 medlemmer

47 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: roby72, augustau, gypsysmom

86

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

af Leo Tolstoy

2,412 medlemmer

21 anmeldelser

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72, steller0707

87

Les Misérables

af Victor Hugo

25,500 medlemmer

330 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

6 Members: amandameale, 8heist, CGlanovsky, gypsysmom, raperper, isworoami,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,merrystar ,thecoroner ,alex68
Forklaringer: aulsmith : Western Europe

88

Oscar og Lucinda

af Peter Carey

4,076 medlemmer

65 anmeldelser

3.8

3 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB

89

Kanelbutikkerne

af Bruno Schulz

1,345 medlemmer

41 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: augustau, alex68, CGlanovsky

90

Kusamakura

af Natsume Soseki

617 medlemmer

12 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

91

Collected Fictions

af Jorge Luis Borges

4,986 medlemmer

62 anmeldelser

½ 4.6

3 Members: amandameale, roby72, CGlanovsky

92

Kærlighed og mørke

af Isabel Allende

3,103 medlemmer

51 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

3 Members: merrystar, gypsysmom, steller0707

93

Tigerens kone : roman

af Téa Obreht

5,256 medlemmer

331 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707

94

Ødipus

af Sophocles

6,441 medlemmer

68 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

6 Members: roby72, CGlanovsky, Himalmitra, ahef1963, raperper, CharlesTheB,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,merrystar ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: aulsmith : I think of Ancient Greece as Western

95

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

af Jorge Amado

1,295 medlemmer

29 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: iggyjreilly, thecoroner

96

The Three-Body Problem

af Cixin Liu

7,942 medlemmer

373 anmeldelser

3.8

3 Members: gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

97

The Vegetarian

af Han Kang

3,221 medlemmer

282 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, kara.shamy

98

The Woman in the Dunes

af Kōbō Abe

2,984 medlemmer

64 anmeldelser

3.8

3 Members: iggyjreilly, roby72, CGlanovsky

99

Teheran tur-retur

af Marjane Satrapi

4,101 medlemmer

110 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: jain, ahef1963, Laura1124

100

Lilla hibiscus : roman

af Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4,376 medlemmer

181 anmeldelser

4

3 Members: jain, ahef1963, steller0707

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