Luke's votes on the list Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Classics in Translation

Listopia > Luke's votes on the list Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Classics in Translation (78 Books)

1	The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu 3.71 avg rating — 15,206 ratings Luke rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset 4.32 avg rating — 15,236 ratings Luke rated it 5 stars See Review	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	The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir 4.18 avg rating — 48,861 ratings Luke rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar 4.21 avg rating — 37,725 ratings Luke rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) by Marcel Proust 4.16 avg rating — 70,685 ratings Luke rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Saga of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf 3.63 avg rating — 6,954 ratings Luke rated it 5 stars See Review	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	The Ten Thousand Things by Maria Dermoût 3.79 avg rating — 2,012 ratings Luke rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges 4.44 avg rating — 34,369 ratings Luke rated it 5 stars See Review	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	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.12 avg rating — 1,137,400 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3.91 avg rating — 1,517,799 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki 4.03 avg rating — 12,341 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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 Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan 3.80 avg rating — 4,696 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
13	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.33 avg rating — 1,066,581 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
14	The Heptameron by Marguerite de Navarre 3.53 avg rating — 1,550 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
15	The Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi 3.96 avg rating — 3,624 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
16	The Doctor's Wife by Sawako Ariyoshi 3.80 avg rating — 979 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
17	The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima 3.83 avg rating — 56,205 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
18	Nada by Carmen Laforet 3.84 avg rating — 43,581 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
19	Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang 3.94 avg rating — 4,867 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
20	Thus Were Their Faces by Silvina Ocampo 3.87 avg rating — 1,246 ratings Luke rated it 3 stars See Review	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
21	Transit by Anna Seghers 3.68 avg rating — 3,396 ratings Luke rated it 3 stars See Review	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
22	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.20 avg rating — 4,295,719 ratings Luke rated it 2 stars See Review	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
23	The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon 4.02 avg rating — 10,473 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
24	A Personal Matter by Kenzaburō Ōe 3.90 avg rating — 16,190 ratings Luke rated it 3 stars See Review	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
25	Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar 4.19 avg rating — 50,830 ratings Luke rated it 2 stars See Review	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
26	The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg 4.08 avg rating — 12,033 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
27	As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams by Lady Sarashina 3.87 avg rating — 1,335 ratings Luke rated it 3 stars See Review	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
28	The Confessions of Lady Nijō by Lady Nijō 3.95 avg rating — 771 ratings Luke rated it 3 stars See Review	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
29	Indiana by George Sand 3.50 avg rating — 4,105 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
30	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days by Cao Xueqin 4.19 avg rating — 2,619 ratings Luke rated it 4 stars See Review	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
31	Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan 3.74 avg rating — 79,085 ratings Luke added it to to-read-actual See Review	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
32	Selected Letters by Madame de Sévigné 3.75 avg rating — 443 ratings	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
33	The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova 4.42 avg rating — 7,574 ratings	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
34	Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata 3.55 avg rating — 43,807 ratings	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
35	Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,662 ratings	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
36	The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore 3.84 avg rating — 6,216 ratings	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
37	Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1) by Naguib Mahfouz 4.20 avg rating — 23,292 ratings	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
38	Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments by Sappho 4.16 avg rating — 11,793 ratings	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
39	The Selected Poems of T'ao Ch'ien by Tao Qian 4.36 avg rating — 133 ratings	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
40	The Kagero Diary: A Woman’s Autobiographical Text from Tenth-Century Japan (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies) (Volume 19) by Michitsuna no Haha 3.76 avg rating — 756 ratings Luke added it to to-read-actual See Review	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
41	Selected Writings by Hildegard von Bingen 3.76 avg rating — 380 ratings	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
42	The Lais of Marie de France by Marie de France 3.83 avg rating — 10,308 ratings	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
43	Essays in Idleness and Hōjōki by Yoshida Kenkō 3.87 avg rating — 936 ratings	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
44	The Essays: A Selection by Michel de Montaigne 4.07 avg rating — 2,672 ratings	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
45	Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz: Selected Works by Juana Inés de la Cruz 3.90 avg rating — 334 ratings	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
46	The Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette 3.35 avg rating — 19,431 ratings	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
47	The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Bashō 4.01 avg rating — 6,722 ratings	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
48	Letters of a Peruvian Woman by Françoise de Graffigny 3.43 avg rating — 632 ratings	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
49	The Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve 3.71 avg rating — 8,451 ratings	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
50	Voyage Around My Room: Selected Works of Xavier de Maistre by Xavier de Maistre 3.79 avg rating — 477 ratings	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
51	Delphine by Madame de Staël 3.92 avg rating — 100 ratings	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
52	Selected Poems by Gabriela Mistral 4.02 avg rating — 557 ratings	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
53	I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki 3.65 avg rating — 19,164 ratings	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
54	The Wild Geese by Ōgai Mori 3.55 avg rating — 3,890 ratings	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
55	Cheri and The Last of Cheri by Colette 3.88 avg rating — 3,959 ratings	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
56	Diary of a Madman and Other Stories by Lu Xun 3.90 avg rating — 2,681 ratings	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
57	Chaka by Thomas Mofolo 3.61 avg rating — 726 ratings	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
58	Miss Sophie's Diary and Other Stories (Panda Books) by Ding Ling 3.80 avg rating — 164 ratings	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
59	Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum 3.87 avg rating — 2,905 ratings Luke added it to to-read-actual See Review	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
60	The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz 3.96 avg rating — 14,920 ratings Luke rated it 3 stars See Review	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
61	Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb 4.21 avg rating — 11,552 ratings	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
62	A Riot of Goldfish by Kanoko Okamoto 3.45 avg rating — 3,012 ratings	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
63	Child of All Nations by Irmgard Keun 3.67 avg rating — 1,191 ratings Luke added it to to-read-actual See Review	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
64	Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig 4.26 avg rating — 23,790 ratings	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
65	The Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo Neruda 4.43 avg rating — 20,632 ratings Luke rated it 3 stars See Review	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
66	The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector 4.37 avg rating — 4,375 ratings	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
67	Pinjar: The Skeleton and Other Stories by Amrita Pritam 3.95 avg rating — 547 ratings	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
68	Waiting for God by Simone Weil 4.16 avg rating — 3,134 ratings Luke rated it 2 stars See Review	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
69	Arturo's Island by Elsa Morante 4.03 avg rating — 16,163 ratings	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
70	Memoirs of a Woman Doctor by Nawal El Saadawi 3.49 avg rating — 4,632 ratings	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
71	The Planetarium by Nathalie Sarraute 3.53 avg rating — 511 ratings	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
72	The Open Door by Latifa Al-Zayyat 4.19 avg rating — 3,696 ratings	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
73	The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos 4.23 avg rating — 1,046 ratings Luke rated it 5 stars See Review	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
74	The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes 3.86 avg rating — 12,159 ratings	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
75	Iza's Ballad by Magda Szabó 4.32 avg rating — 5,664 ratings	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
76	They Divided the Sky by Christa Wolf 3.41 avg rating — 2,174 ratings	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
77	The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras 3.59 avg rating — 6,454 ratings	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
78	Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal 3.71 avg rating — 13,803 ratings	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