Animal Farm by George OrwellNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir NabokovHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
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103 books — 151 voters
1984 by George OrwellMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Stranger by Albert CamusLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Plague by Albert Camus
100 Modernist Reads
101 books — 52 voters

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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512 books — 2,277 voters
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595 books — 306 voters
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411 books — 484 voters

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Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
101 books — 479 voters
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TOP 10+ (Polirom)
357 books — 132 voters

The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Philosophical Literature
1,166 books — 2,725 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyHamlet by William ShakespeareCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Guardian Top 100 books of all time
100 books — 166 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,771 voters
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisL'écume des jours by Boris VianThe Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Existential Fiction
445 books — 761 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,392 books — 119,638 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Stranger by Albert Camus
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,186 books — 11,245 voters

Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război by Camil PetrescuLorelei by Ionel TeodoreanuMomente şi schiţe by Ion Luca CaragialeIona by Marin SorescuLe Roman de l'adolescent myope by Mircea Eliade
Best Romanian Literature
331 books — 469 voters
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Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,873 voters