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
102 books — 483 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
1,585 books — 136 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Around the World in 100 Books
1,316 books — 705 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleySiddhartha by Hermann HesseTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books that make you think.
1,117 books — 1,061 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
703 books — 880 voters