Best of World Literature

1

Krig og fred

af Leo Tolstoy

28,735 medlemmer

455 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

Global Rank 3

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

2

Brødrene Karamasov

af Fyodor Dostoevsky

29,431 medlemmer

327 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

Global Rank 12

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

3

Fiktioner

af Jorge Luis Borges

7,585 medlemmer

114 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

Global Rank 8

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

4

Liv og Skæbne (Sud'ba i zjizn)

af Vasily Grossman

3,428 medlemmer

88 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

Global Rank 19

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

5

Hundrede års ensomhed

af Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44,360 medlemmer

688 anmeldelser

4.2

Global Rank 2

14 Members: thorold, iggyjreilly, merrystar, augustau, thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, ahef1963, NinieB, Laura1124, TehilaKoblenz, FranzK72, biscanac, colat99

6

Ved en krumning på floden : roman

af V. S. Naipaul

3,190 medlemmer

57 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Global Rank 11

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

7

Åndernes hus

af Isabel Allende

13,954 medlemmer

245 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 6

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

8

Midnatsbørn

af Salman Rushdie

13,883 medlemmer

242 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 9

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

9

Omeros

af Derek Walcott

1,144 medlemmer

21 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 48

4 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

10

Hopscotch

af Julio Cortázar

5,105 medlemmer

100 anmeldelser

4.2

Global Rank 20

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

11

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

af Naguib Mahfouz

1,158 medlemmer

17 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

Global Rank 35

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

12

Døde Sjæle

af Nikolai Gogol

9,223 medlemmer

120 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 63

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

13

2666

af Roberto Bolaño

6,616 medlemmer

184 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 67

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

14

The Nose

af Nikolaj Gogol

413 medlemmer

19 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Global Rank 41

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

15

The Bridge on the Drina

af Ivo Andrić

2,370 medlemmer

67 anmeldelser

4.2

Global Rank 21

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

16

A Hero of Our Time

af Michail Jurjevič Lermontov

3,732 medlemmer

59 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 66

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

17

The Makioka Sisters

af Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

2,165 medlemmer

42 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 27

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

18

Djævelen på vejen

af João Guimarães Rosa

970 medlemmer

11 anmeldelser

½ 4.5

Global Rank 102

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

19

Moderen

af Maxim Gorki

1,259 medlemmer

32 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Global Rank 51

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

20

Snow Country

af Yasunari Kawabata

3,300 medlemmer

85 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Global Rank 54

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

21

Oblomov

af Ivan Goncharov

3,330 medlemmer

67 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 73

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

22

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

af Milan Kundera

22,443 medlemmer

268 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 7

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

23

Resurrection

af Leo Tolstoy

3,015 medlemmer

41 anmeldelser

3.8

Global Rank 74

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

24

Alt falder fra hinanden

af Chinua Achebe

20,609 medlemmer

431 anmeldelser

3.8

Global Rank 1

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

25

Vi

af Yevgeny Zamyatin

8,446 medlemmer

214 anmeldelser

3.8

Global Rank 36

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

26

Conversation in the Cathedral

af Mario Vargas Llosa

1,252 medlemmer

24 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 34

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

27

Soul Mountain

af Gao Xingjian

2,505 medlemmer

38 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Global Rank 29

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

28

En privat sag

af Kenzaburō Ōe

1,877 medlemmer

37 anmeldelser

3.8

Global Rank 70

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

29

Krigen mod salamandrene

af Karel Čapek

1,977 medlemmer

53 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 57

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

30

Mit navn er Rød

af Orhan Pamuk

7,022 medlemmer

172 anmeldelser

3.8

Global Rank 22

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

31

Mr. Mani

af A. B. Yehoshua

488 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 103

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

32

Vi venter på barbarerne

af J. M. Coetzee

4,352 medlemmer

78 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 30

7 Members: thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, gypsysmom, ahef1963, FranzK72, colat99

33

Profeten

af Kahlil Gibran

14,248 medlemmer

166 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 16

7 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, colat99

34

Pedro Páramo

af Juan Rulfo

3,294 medlemmer

74 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 68

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, CGlanovsky, FranzK72

35

The Tale of Genji

af Shikibu Murasaki

5,495 medlemmer

53 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 59

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda

36

Den gode Soldat Svejks Eventyr under Verdenskrigen

af Jaroslav Hašek

3,524 medlemmer

62 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 26

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

37

Red Sorghum

af Mo Yan

1,091 medlemmer

41 anmeldelser

3.8

Global Rank 128

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

38

Præsidenten

af Miguel Ángel Asturias

1,020 medlemmer

17 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 77

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

39

En hunds hjerte

af Mikhail Bulgakov

3,154 medlemmer

62 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 81

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

40

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

af Anonymous

591 medlemmer

6 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 55

4 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, CGlanovsky, CharlesTheB

41

Dream of the Red Chamber

af Cao Xueqin

795 medlemmer

9 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 116

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

42

Vuol vedere Praga d'oro?

af Bohumil Hrabal

33 medlemmer

3.2

Global Rank 131

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

43

The Invention of Morel

af Adolfo Bioy Casares

2,590 medlemmer

79 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 40

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

44

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

af Jorge Amado

1,326 medlemmer

29 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 95

2 Members: iggyjreilly, thecoroner

45

Quo Vadis

af Henryk Sienkiewicz

3,444 medlemmer

64 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 105

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72

46

Den sorte bog

af Orhan Pamuk

2,206 medlemmer

34 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Global Rank 104

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72

47

Gulag øhavet

af Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

5,192 medlemmer

39 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 80

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, gypsysmom, FranzK72

48

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

af Leo Tolstoy

2,502 medlemmer

22 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 86

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72, steller0707

49

Tante Julia og poeten

af Mario Vargas Llosa

2,649 medlemmer

70 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 107

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72

50

Kusamakura

af Natsume Soseki

637 medlemmer

13 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 90

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

51

Black Rain

af Masuji Ibuse

870 medlemmer

26 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 106

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72

52

Helte og grave

af Ernesto Sábato

967 medlemmer

21 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 129

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

53

Mali zloduh

af Fyodor Sologub

502 medlemmer

5 anmeldelser

3.8

Global Rank 138

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

54

Skarpt bevogtede tog

af Bohumil Hrabal

1,046 medlemmer

27 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 139

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

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De elendige

af Victor Hugo

26,219 medlemmer

338 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

Global Rank 87

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

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Iliaden & Odysseen

af Homer

5,784 medlemmer

50 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 39

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.

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Ødipus

af Sophocles

6,590 medlemmer

72 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Global Rank 94

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

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Parfumen : historien om en morder

af Patrick Süskind

18,092 medlemmer

447 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 257

5 Members: amandameale, martensgirl, ahef1963, mspixieears, philna,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: aulsmith : German
sturlington : Western europe

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Romeo og Julie

af William Shakespeare

28,484 medlemmer

279 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

Global Rank 352

6 Members: cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,iggyjreilly ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: aulsmith : Western Europe

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Mikhail Bulgakov's the Master and Margarita: A Graphic Novel (Eye Classics)

af Andrzej Klimowski

106 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Global Rank 259

2 Members: iggyjreilly, steller0707,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda

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Crime and Punishment

af Fyodor Dostoevsky

44,096 medlemmer

492 anmeldelser

4.2

Global Rank 264

Member: raperper,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda

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Æsops fabler

af Aesop

3,587 medlemmer

50 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 268

5 Members: roby72, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: aulsmith : I consider Ancient Greece to be Western

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Dublinfolk

af James Joyce

19,665 medlemmer

225 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 349

7 Members: mkbird, Himalmitra, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington , ,thecoroner ,alex68 , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: aulsmith : W. Europe

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Hvis en vinternat en rejsende

af Italo Calvino

12,500 medlemmer

257 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 382

5 Members: merrystar, CGlanovsky, ahef1963, mspixieears, steller0707,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,alex68 , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: aulsmith : W. Europe

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Nausea

af Jean-Paul Sartre

9,949 medlemmer

82 anmeldelser

3.8

Global Rank 387

3 Members: Himalmitra, ahef1963, mspixieears,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: sturlington : Western Europe

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Sol og måne

af Hermann Hesse

6,350 medlemmer

75 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 389

2 Members: CGlanovsky, mspixieears,BookWallah ,thorold ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: thorold : W Europe

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Staten

af Plato

21,896 medlemmer

141 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 405

2 Members: roby72, Laura1124,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: aulsmith : I consider Ancient Greece part of Western European culture.

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The Golden Ass

af Apuleius

4,770 medlemmer

75 anmeldelser

3.8

Global Rank 358

3 Members: CGlanovsky, mspixieears, steller0707,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: aulsmith : Ancient Rome is in the West.

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Pesten

af Albert Camus

18,449 medlemmer

248 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 331

3 Members: CGlanovsky, mspixieears, CharlesTheB,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: aulsmith : Okay, he grew up in North Africa and this is about North Africa, but he's generally considered a French writer.