Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
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La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas
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72 books — 163 voters

La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes by Lazarillo de TormesThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Poems of St. John of the Cross by John of the Cross
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192 books — 545 voters
Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue by Marquis de SadeLes liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de LaclosHyperion oder Der Eremit in Griechenland by Friedrich HölderlinPhilosophy in the Boudoir by Marquis de SadeThe Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
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Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,516 voters
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Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,150 voters

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Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollMaldoror and the Complete Works by Comte de Lautréamont
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259 books — 350 voters

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Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
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El astillero by Juan Carlos OnettiFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesLuces de bohemia by Ramón María del Valle-InclánSan Manuel Bueno, mártir by Miguel de UnamunoEl túnel by Ernesto Sabato
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The Trial by Franz KafkaEl túnel by Ernesto SabatoPoems of Fernando Pessoa by Fernando PessoaA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleEl llano en llamas by Juan Rulfo
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