1984 by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
105 books — 492 voters

The Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareNotre-Dame de Paris by Victor HugoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerDubliners by James JoyceA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Cities
1,591 books — 139 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Around the World in 100 Books
1,323 books — 718 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleySiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether
Books that make you think.
1,168 books — 1,224 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
777 books — 1,018 voters