,

Best books written by European Authors
1

by
4.20 avg rating — 5,587,585 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.30 avg rating — 4,891,426 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.33 avg rating — 2,529,876 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.21 avg rating — 851,613 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
4.03 avg rating — 1,069,077 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.02 avg rating — 4,656,303 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.16 avg rating — 2,361,092 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.54 avg rating — 738,819 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
4.29 avg rating — 1,111,676 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
3.89 avg rating — 1,035,984 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
4.14 avg rating — 400,066 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
4.11 avg rating — 946,343 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.84 avg rating — 1,215,043 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
4.13 avg rating — 1,929,071 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
3.98 avg rating — 2,108,561 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
3.91 avg rating — 309,576 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
4.10 avg rating — 553,892 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.06 avg rating — 615,535 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
4.33 avg rating — 1,045,480 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.04 avg rating — 567,265 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.03 avg rating — 1,449,623 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
3.91 avg rating — 1,941,948 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
4.09 avg rating — 175,386 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
4.17 avg rating — 370,765 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
4.28 avg rating — 432,304 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
4.13 avg rating — 219,853 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
3.91 avg rating — 1,475,435 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
3.83 avg rating — 87,067 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.31 avg rating — 733,285 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
3.94 avg rating — 584,434 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
4.12 avg rating — 528,354 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
4.13 avg rating — 63,434 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
3.97 avg rating — 2,900,353 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
3.76 avg rating — 305,223 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
4.19 avg rating — 7,512 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
3.94 avg rating — 406,037 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
4.14 avg rating — 138,971 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.71 avg rating — 380,917 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
4.02 avg rating — 1,503,976 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
3.90 avg rating — 2,213,276 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
4.16 avg rating — 69,617 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
4.30 avg rating — 4,523,993 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
3.77 avg rating — 363,837 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
4.17 avg rating — 410,304 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
3.69 avg rating — 179,964 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
3.80 avg rating — 882,891 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
3.92 avg rating — 10,099 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
3.70 avg rating — 3,245,554 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
4.02 avg rating — 321,961 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
4.09 avg rating — 950,187 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 103,222 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
4.08 avg rating — 892,211 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
3.93 avg rating — 519,616 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
54

by
3.59 avg rating — 301,550 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
3.53 avg rating — 239,583 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
4.27 avg rating — 1,654,331 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
57

by
3.66 avg rating — 43,857 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
3.84 avg rating — 389,082 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
3.73 avg rating — 240,249 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
4.05 avg rating — 999,958 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
3.43 avg rating — 565,530 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.09 avg rating — 21,380 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
4.05 avg rating — 59,804 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
3.97 avg rating — 286,206 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
3.76 avg rating — 139,494 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
66

by
4.17 avg rating — 1,313,471 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
3.93 avg rating — 142,481 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
3.88 avg rating — 1,021,614 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
4.18 avg rating — 48,151 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
4.02 avg rating — 221,540 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
4.39 avg rating — 398,128 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
4.39 avg rating — 10,255 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
4.14 avg rating — 394,397 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
4.18 avg rating — 3,481,200 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
3.89 avg rating — 204,233 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.48 avg rating — 57,819 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
77

by
4.10 avg rating — 349,850 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
77

by
4.37 avg rating — 355,683 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.05 avg rating — 262,200 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.84 avg rating — 76,687 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
3.86 avg rating — 85,312 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
4.36 avg rating — 17,381 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
3.68 avg rating — 334,391 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
3.87 avg rating — 62,075 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
3.91 avg rating — 240,235 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
4.03 avg rating — 1,629,511 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
4.02 avg rating — 115,392 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.95 avg rating — 47,086 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
4.06 avg rating — 119,824 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
3.83 avg rating — 678,298 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
91

by
4.39 avg rating — 38,663 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
92

by
3.86 avg rating — 59 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
93

by
4.03 avg rating — 66,426 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
4.21 avg rating — 43,823 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 779,956 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
96

by
4.01 avg rating — 56,313 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
4.34 avg rating — 14,274 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
98

by
3.79 avg rating — 24,724 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
99

by
3.78 avg rating — 230,261 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
100

by
3.84 avg rating — 225,199 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
826 books · 306 voters · list created June 25th, 2008 by M (votes) .
Tags: best, european
119 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


M 1462 books
0 friends
Jessica 10915 books
1452 friends
Jennifer 3958 books
52 friends
Muphyn 3558 books
53 friends
Carl 3670 books
139 friends
Meghan 1766 books
191 friends
Robert 2026 books
27 friends
Patrick 1274 books
291 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-18 of 18 (18 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Wasn't Frank Herbert (Dune) an American?


message 2: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Susanna wrote: "Wasn't Frank Herbert (Dune) an American?"

Yes. I removed him.


message 3: by Lucky Teapot (new)

Lucky Teapot The list doesn't really show "best european literature", but the (im)balance of powers in Europe ;)


message 4: by Lamia (new)

Lamia Leo Tolstoy, Russian !


message 5: by Ben (new)

Ben Crime and Punishment (my favorite European book) is on the list twice. Is there any way the two records can be merged?


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads I told it to look for duplicates; if it's still on twice, I'll have to merge it.


message 7: by Matti (last edited Oct 20, 2011 03:23PM) (new)

Matti Where is Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf and / or Demian? They should definately be on the list! Also Calvino's Cosmocomics.. ;)

EDIT: Never mind, I got the idea.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads You could add them. It's easy to add books to a list, at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."


message 9: by Janine (new)

Janine Corman While England is technically in Europe, when I think of "European Literature", I tend to think of Continental Europe.


message 10: by Kamakana (new)

Kamakana Fahrenheit 451 is American


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads It would help in removing it to know where it was.


message 12: by [deleted user] (new)

Agatha Christie, really!


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) John wrote: "Agatha Christie, really!"

Although I haven't voted for any of her books, as the title of the Listopia is "Best European Literature", the description does say "Best books written by European Authors", and Agatha Christie certainly wrote those...


message 14: by [deleted user] (new)

yes but Agatha Christie does not even fall into the category of literature, there are a large amout a great fiction not in the list, I mean is every Balzac novel there for example or the huge amounts of works Swift wrote, Johnson, De Vega, etc...?


message 15: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Sep 21, 2017 09:06PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) John wrote: "... there are a large amout a great fiction not in the list, ..."

Just add them, I'd say. One can only vote for 100 titles and as there are many, many more great European authors...


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads If you don't see something you think should be on it, add it. (At the top of the list, at the tab next to "All votes.")


message 17: by Kaj (new)

Kaj Roihio Joseph Heller's Catch 22 should not be on this list.


message 18: by Margot (new)

Margot Portal This is poor. We don't need any more lists with Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronté or Charles Dickens . Think Scandinavia, (not just thrillers) think Eastern Europe.


back to top