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100 Essential New England Books

• Moby Dick. Or The Wahle by Herman Melville (Boston Globe)

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• Ilias by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• Historiën by Herodotus (2 - 5th century BCE)
• The Republic (Penguin Classics) by Plato (380 BCE)
• On the Nature of the Universe (Penguin Classics) by Lucretius (55 BCE)
• Novum Testamentum Graece by Anonymous (ca. 50–100 AD)
• Meditations (Penguin Classics) by Marcus Aurelius (167)
• Belijdenissen by Augustinus (400 AD)
• De goddelijke komedie by Dante Alighieri (1321)
• The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (1532)
• Oorlog en Vrede by Leo Tolstoi (1869)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Billy Budd, voormansgast by Herman Melville (2006 Edition)
• The Comfort of Strangers by Ian MacEwan (2006 edition)
• Aesopus: Warande der dieren. Zestig fabels met 60 afbeeldingen naar de originele kopergravures van Marcus Gheeraerts, 15 by Aesop (2006 Edition)
• Saturday by Ian McEwan (2006 Edition)
• The Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2006/2008 Edition)
• Tegen de keer by J.-K. Huysmans (2006/2008 Edition)
• In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee (2006/2008 Edition)
• Elementaire deeltjes by Michel Houellebecq (2006/2008 Edition)
• Vathek by William Beckford (2006/2008 Edition)
• Het verdriet van België by Hugo Claus (2006/2008 Edition)
• Quo Vadis? by Henryk Sienkiewicz (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (2006/2008 Edition)
• King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard (2006/2008 Edition)
• De zwarte heuvel by Bruce Chatwin (2006/2008 Edition)
• The siege of Krishnapur by J. G. Farrell (2006/2008 Edition)
• De bergen van de waanzin by H.P. Lovecraft (2006/2008 Edition)
• De koperen tuin by Simon Vestdijk (2006/2008 Edition)
• De Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• Vertellingen uit Duizend-en-één-nacht by Anonymous (2006/2008 Edition)
• De brug over de Drina by Ivo Andric (2006/2008 Edition)
• Rituelen by Cees Nooteboom (2006/2008 Edition)
• Christ stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi (2006/2008 Edition)
• Moby Dick. Or The Wahle by Herman Melville (2006/2008 Edition)
• Max Havelaar. Of: De koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij by Multatuli (2006/2008 Edition)
• Die verlohrene Ehre der Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll (2006/2008 Edition)
• Het leven is een karavanserai heeft twee deuren door de ene kwam ik erin door de andere ging ik eruit by Emine Sevgi Özdamar (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gejaagd door de wind by Margaret Mitchell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Kersen kruisen by Jeanette Winterson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Goudeiland by Robert Louis Stevenson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• De verborgen geschiedenis by Donna Tartt (2006/2008 Edition)
• Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (2006/2008 Edition)
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (2006/2008 Edition)
• Ben Hur. Een verhaal uit de tijd van Christus' leven op aarde by Lewis Wallace (2006/2008 Edition)
• De pest by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2006/2008 Edition)
• Im Westen nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque (2006/2008 Edition)
• De tijgerkat. Siciliaanse roman by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (2006/2008 Edition)
• Radetzkymars by Joseph Roth (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake (2006/2008 Edition)
• Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (2006/2008 Edition)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dode zielen by Nikolaj Gogol (2006/2008 Edition)
• Oorlog en Vrede by Leo Tolstoi (2006/2008 Edition)
• Kapitein Corelli's mandoline by Louis de Bernières (2006/2008 Edition)
• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (2008 Edition)
• Blood Meridian. Or: The Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy (2008 Edition)
• Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts und Gedichte by Joseph von Eichendorff (2008 Edition)
• Moskou op sterk water by Venedikt Jerofejev (2008 Edition)
• Sneeuw by Orhan Pamuk (2008 Edition)
• The Conquest of New Spain (Penguin Classics) by Bernal Diaz del Castillo (2008 edition)
• De laatste wereld by Christoph Ransmayr (2008 Edition)
• Kaas by Willem Elsschot (2008 Edition)
• Het verboden rijk by J.J. Slauerhoff (2008 edition)
• Gimmick! by Joost Zwagerman (2008 Edition)
• Eclipse of the Crescent Moon. A Tale of the Siege of Eger, 1552 by Géza Gárdonyi (2008 Edition)
• Camera obscura by Hildebrand (2008 Edition)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

• Aesopus: Warande der dieren. Zestig fabels met 60 afbeeldingen naar de originele kopergravures van Marcus Gheeraerts, 15 by Aesop (2009, No 382, Age 8 and over)
• De Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, No 467, Age 8 and over)
• In de ban van de ring. De reisgenoten by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, No 801, Age 12 and over)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2009, No 981, Age 12 and over)

1952 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (17)

1956 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (9)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (41)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• De Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2)
• De stervende aarde by Jack Vance (16)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (19)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (34)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• Gejaagd door de wind by Margaret Mitchell (1998, 56)

Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century

• Gewijde Nacht by Tahar ben Jelloun (creative writing)
• Sundiata. An Epic of Old Mali by D.T. Niane (creative writing)

AKO Literatuurprijs

• Karelische nachten by Louis Ferron (1990)
• Zuidland. Verhalen by P.F. Thomése (1991)

AKO Literatuurprijs Nominatie

• Het geheim van een opgewekt humeur by H.C. ten Berge (1987)
• De morgen loeit weer aan by Tip Marugg (1988)
• Humeuren en temperamenten by Gerrit Komrij (1990)
• De wijde wereld by Bas Heijne (2000)
• Het grote baggerboek by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (2004)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok (1972)
• Leven en werken van de kabouter by Rien Poortvliet (1977)
• The Flight of Dragons by Peter Dickinson (1979)
• Het mysterieuze motel. Het verhaal van de ontdekking by David Macaulay (1979)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2004)
• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2007)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (Drama, 1999)
• King Lear by William Shakespeare (Drama, 1999)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (Social Sciences, 2004)
• Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (History & Cultures, 2009)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Centennial by James A. Michener ( Western, 2001)
• Howl and Other Poems by Alan Ginsberg ( Poetry, 2001)
• Im Westen nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque ( War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)
• Gejaagd door de wind by Margaret Mitchell (War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (What Ails you?, 2006)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• Midzomernachtsdroom by William Shakespeare (1997)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (1998)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - Top Ten

• Midzomernachtsdroom by William Shakespeare (1997)

Alex Award

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2004)
• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2007)

American Library Association Notable Book

• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (1993)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• De moskee by David Macaulay (2004)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (1946)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949)
• Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (1969)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (2005)

BBC's Big Read

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 08)
• Kapitein Corelli's mandoline by Louis de Bernières (Best loved novel, 2003, No 19)
• Oorlog en Vrede by Leo Tolstoi (Best loved novel, 2003, No 20)
• Gejaagd door de wind by Margaret Mitchell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 21)
• De Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
• Goudeiland by Robert Louis Stevenson (Best loved novel, 2003, No 36)
• De verborgen geschiedenis by Donna Tartt (Best loved novel, 2003, No 76)
• Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake (Best loved novel, 2003, No 84)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (Best loved novel, 2003, No 104)
• Im Westen nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque (Best loved novel, 2003, No 141)
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (Best loved novel, 2003, No 158)
• Moby Dick. Or The Wahle by Herman Melville (Best loved novel, 2003, No 161)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Best loved novel, 2003, No 171)
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Best loved novel, 2003, No 178)

Benjamin Franklin Award (Audiobook - Adult Nonfiction, 2007) Stanley Lombardo translation

• Ilias by Homer

Best Books 2006 Awards Finalist (Lombardo, Unabridged Audio) Parmenides Publishing

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer

BILBY

• De Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Life of Pi by Yann Martel ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)
• Saturday by Ian McEwan ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2006)
• The March by E.L. Doctorow ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2006)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2004)

Booker Prize

• The siege of Krishnapur by J. G. Farrell (1973)
• Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle (1993)
• Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee (1999)
• The Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2002)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003)
• Saturday by Ian McEwan (2005)
• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2006)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• An instant in the Wind by André Brink (1976)
• Een maand in de provincie by J.L. Carr (1980)
• The Comfort of Strangers by Ian MacEwan (1981)
• Utz by Bruce Chatwin (1988)
• Number 9 Dream by David Mitchell (2001)
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (2004)
• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (2007)

Borges' A Personal Library

• De golem by Gustav Meyrink
• Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Epic of Gilgamesh: An English Verison with an Introduction (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
• Vathek by William Beckford
• The travels of Marco Polo (Penguin classics) by Marco Polo
• Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
• Griekse mythen by Robert Graves
• Historiën by Herodotus

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Gekweld by Chuck Palahniuk (Collection, 2005)
• Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (Novel, 2002)

British Book Award

• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Literary Fiction, 2005)
• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Book of the Year, 2008)

British Fantasy Award

• Meester van de dood by Tanith Lee (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1980)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• The Conan Chronicles. Volume 1: People of the Black Circle (Fantasy Masterworks) by Robert E. Howard (Collection, 2001)
• The Conan Chronicles. Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon (Fantasy Masterworks) by Robert E. Howard (Collection, 2002)
• The Emperor of Dreams. The Lost Worlds of Clark Ashton Smith (Fantasy Masterworks) by Clark Ashton Smith (Collection, 2003)

Canada Reads Nominee

• The Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• De goddelijke komedie by Dante Alighieri (Literary Classics)
• Quo Vadis? by Henryk Sienkiewicz (Literary Classics)
• Belijdenissen by Augustinus (Spiritual Classics)

CBC Graphic Novels for Young Readers

• Opera Adaptations. Volume 3: Pelleas & Melisande, Salome, Ein Heldentraum, Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Craig Russell

Combat des livres

• The Life of Pi by Yann Martel (selection, 2004)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee (Best Book, 2000)
• The Other Side of Silence by André Brink (Best Book, Africa, 2003)
• Kapitein Corelli's mandoline by Louis de Bernières (Best Book, Europe and South Asia, 1995)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (Best First Book, 2004)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Shortlist

• Praying Mantis by André Brink (Africa, Best Book, 2006)

Costa Shortlist

• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (Novel, 2006)

CounterPunch's Top 100 [and a few more] Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century

• The Singer of Tales by Albert B. Lord
• Orientalism. Western Concepts of the Orient by Edward Saïd

CWA

• The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin (Ellis Peters Historical Award Shortlist, 2006)
• The Snake Stone by Jason Goodwin (Ellis Peters Historical Award Shortlist, 2007)

Cyril Connolly's 100 key books of the modern movement from England, France and America 1880-1950

• De pest by Albert Camus

Ditmar Award

• De Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (International Fiction, 1978)

Duff Cooper Prize

• Alexander the Great. A Biography by Robin Lane Fox (1973)
• A History of Warfare by John Keegan (1993)

Edgar Award

• The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin (Novel, 2007)

Encore Award

• The Mercy Boys by John Burnside (2000)

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