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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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518 books — 2,293 voters
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595 books — 311 voters
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414 books — 490 voters

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Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
104 books — 486 voters
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TOP 10+ (Polirom)
362 books — 134 voters

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Best Philosophical Literature
1,190 books — 2,815 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
102 books — 168 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
7,888 books — 49,803 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
457 books — 783 voters

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Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,387 books — 123,384 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
3,269 books — 11,599 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
351 books — 476 voters
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Best Books of the 19th Century
1,748 books — 6,901 voters