The Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Magus by John FowlesThe Deptford Trilogy by Robertson DaviesU.S.A. by John Dos PassosThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
OG 25 English Literature Books
25 books — 1 voter

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustThe Red and the Black by StendhalThe Plague by Albert CamusSentimental Education by Gustave FlaubertGobseck by Honoré de Balzac
OG 25 French Literature Books
23 books — 2 voters
The Magic Mountain by Thomas MannThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseThe Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannFaust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
OG 25 German Literature Books
21 books — 2 voters

The Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréPresumed Innocent by Scott Turow
OG 25 Mystery/Thriller Books
25 books — 1 voter
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesThe Complete Essays by Michel de MontaigneThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerЛюди, годы, жизнь. Воспоминания в 7 книгах by Ilya EhrenburgРусская история by Vasily Klyuchevsky
OG 25 NonFiction Books
25 books — 1 voter

The Magic Mountain by Thomas MannIn Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseCollected Fictions by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Complete Works by William Shakespeare
OG 25 World Literature Books
25 books — 1 voter

The Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilDoctor Faustus by Thomas MannSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannThe Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,028 books — 954 voters
The Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioThe Power and the Glory by Graham GreeneThe Sea, the Sea by Iris MurdochThe Black Prince by Iris MurdochJosephus-Trilogie by Lion Feuchtwanger
Must Read Classics
1,858 books — 4,632 voters

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Histories by HerodotusThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonA People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Best History Books
3,671 books — 3,709 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The Most Influential Books
1,480 books — 5,280 voters

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,008 voters
The Twelve Chairs by Ilya IlfThe Three Sisters by Anton ChekhovThe White Guard by Mikhail BulgakovFive Plays by Anton ChekhovThe Sebastopol Sketches by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,277 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,871 voters
The Honourable Schoolboy by John le CarréThe Russia House by John le CarréThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Dogs of War by Frederick ForsythTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Best Spy Novels
1,281 books — 2,242 voters

The World According to Garp by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 343 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Forsyte Saga by John GalsworthyBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannFifth Business by Robertson Davies
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,791 books — 49,765 voters