The Best Book of Each Century. (12 books)

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The best book published from the 10th Century to the 21st Century. For each of the 12 Centuries one book appears, according to the Individual Century Listopias. This will be my reading challenge for 2015 comprising of 6,029 pages.

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1		Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.92 avg rating — 1,979,252 ratings score: 388, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.53 avg rating — 241,044 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 7,069,496 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 4.53 avg rating — 5,717 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu 3.71 avg rating — 15,223 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology by Snorri Sturluson 4.15 avg rating — 16,191 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table by Thomas Malory 3.91 avg rating — 39,976 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli 3.84 avg rating — 396,906 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 3.91 avg rating — 312,712 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift 3.59 avg rating — 303,780 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Perceval, or, The Story of the Grail by Chrétien de Troyes 3.58 avg rating — 3,694 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.35 avg rating — 10,196,303 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

12 books · 5 voters · list created January 1st, 2015 by Zan (votes) .

Tags: by-century, by-year, classics, literary-fiction

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message 1: by CJ (new)

Aug 26, 2017 08:51PM

Hunger Games??? Is that a joke?

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message 2: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Jul 08, 2019 09:12AM

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...)

CJ wrote: "Hunger Games??? Is that a joke?"

I thought exactly the same thing... 😃

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message 3: by Zack (new)

Jan 19, 2020 09:21AM

Zack

One of these is not like the others...

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