Best of World Literature

1

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

by Mohsin Hamid

5,241 members

251 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 52

4 Members: BookWallah, augustau, kara.shamy, steller0707

2

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

53,048 members

1,300 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 18

9 Members: BookWallah, roby72, augustau, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, TehilaKoblenz, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, ,Himalmitra

3

Unaccustomed Earth

by Jhumpa Lahiri

5,605 members

200 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 132

Member: BookWallah

4

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini

7,258 members

326 reviews

4

Global Rank 61

4 Members: BookWallah, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124

5

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

30,472 members

899 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 14

8 Members: BookWallah, augustau, gypsysmom, ahef1963, spamboxyay, Laura1124, TehilaKoblenz, steller0707

6

Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel

11,924 members

257 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 49

4 Members: jain, BookWallah, augustau, gypsysmom

7

Interpreter of Maladies: Stories

by Jhumpa Lahiri

12,141 members

268 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 45

5 Members: BookWallah, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707

8

The Namesake

by Jhumpa Lahiri

12,406 members

323 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 56

5 Members: BookWallah, augustau, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963

9

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

by Marjane Satrapi

8,567 members

322 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 33

6 Members: jain, BookWallah, cej1027, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707

10

Tales from the Arabian Nights

by Sir Richard Burton

135 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Global Rank 165

Member: BookWallah

11

A Bend in the River

by V. S. Naipaul

3,205 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 11

10 Members: amandameale, BookWallah, iggyjreilly, roby72, augustau, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, Laura1124, philna

12

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

by Omar Khayyám

5,223 members

76 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 172

Member: BookWallah

13

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

13,025 members

202 reviews

4

Global Rank 15

9 Members: amandameale, BookWallah, roby72, augustau, 8heist, Himalmitra, ahef1963, raperper, mspixieears

14

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

by Yukio Mishima

3,033 members

56 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 181

Member: BookWallah

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The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

9,135 members

57 reviews

½ 4.6

Global Rank 355

5 Members: Himalmitra, gypsysmom, raperper, mspixieears, Laura1124,jain ,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK
sturlington : British

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Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

38,755 members

440 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 364

6 Members: Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, steller0707,hipdeep ,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,iggyjreilly ,sturlington ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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The Hobbit

by J. R. R. Tolkien

95,223 members

1,194 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 413

5 Members: cej1027, gypsysmom, raperper, kara.shamy, Laura1124,hipdeep ,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,iggyjreilly ,merrystar ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK
sturlington : British

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A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

7,841 members

315 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 409

4 Members: gypsysmom, raperper, mspixieears, steller0707,jain ,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK
sturlington : British

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David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

21,193 members

282 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 330

5 Members: Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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The Last of the Mohicans

by James Fenimore Cooper

13,317 members

125 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 423

Member: raperper,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : US

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Mansfield Park

by Jane Austen

22,652 members

360 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 417

4 Members: Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,iggyjreilly ,merrystar ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

24,965 members

528 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 400

4 Members: cej1027, gypsysmom, raperper, steller0707,hipdeep ,jain ,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: hipdeep : U.K.
sturlington : British

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A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

36,932 members

457 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 407

3 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124,hipdeep ,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

26,472 members

342 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 87

6 Members: amandameale, 8heist, CGlanovsky, gypsysmom, raperper, isworoami,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,merrystar ,thecoroner ,alex68
Explanations: aulsmith : Western Europe

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The Iliad / The Odyssey

by Homer

5,875 members

50 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 39

6 Members: roby72, augustau, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, raperper, mspixieears,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,merrystar ,thecoroner
Explanations: aulsmith : While Greece is currently in Eastern Europe, Ancient Greece is the seat of Western European culture.

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The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje

11,710 members

174 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 38

8 Members: amandameale, jain, augustau, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears, philna,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington
Explanations: jain: Canada is a place "other than America, United Kingdom or Western Europe".
aulsmith : Canadian
sturlington : Canadian

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Oedipus Rex

by Sophocles

6,641 members

72 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 94

6 Members: roby72, CGlanovsky, Himalmitra, ahef1963, raperper, CharlesTheB,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,merrystar ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : I think of Ancient Greece as Western

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Medea [in Translation]

by Euripides

2,934 members

51 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 262

3 Members: roby72, CGlanovsky, mspixieears,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : I consider Ancient Greece to be Western

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,251 members

318 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 392

4 Members: gypsysmom, raperper, mspixieears, Laura1124,jain ,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK
sturlington : Scottish

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Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

28,785 members

280 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 352

6 Members: cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,iggyjreilly ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : Western Europe

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

by Gawain Poet

7,940 members

104 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 361

3 Members: Himalmitra, ahef1963, steller0707,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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The Complete Fables

by Aesop

3,632 members

50 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 268

5 Members: roby72, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : I consider Ancient Greece to be Western

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Dubliners

by James Joyce

19,820 members

228 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 349

7 Members: mkbird, Himalmitra, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington , ,thecoroner ,alex68 , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : W. Europe

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The Riverside Chaucer

by Geoffrey Chaucer

1,952 members

18 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 410

2 Members: Himalmitra, ahef1963,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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Chéri and The Last of Chéri

by Colette

1,013 members

18 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 430

Explanations: aulsmith : French

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The Metamorphosis [Bantam Classics]

by Franz Kafka

5,159 members

72 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 415

2 Members: Himalmitra, ahef1963,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : German

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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

12,614 members

260 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 382

5 Members: merrystar, CGlanovsky, ahef1963, mspixieears, steller0707,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,alex68 , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : W. Europe

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The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes

by Anónimo

2,589 members

62 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 418

Member: raperper,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : Spain

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The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan

17,664 members

173 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 384

3 Members: cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963,jain ,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

25,433 members

730 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 380

3 Members: cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,iggyjreilly ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : Western Europe

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Robinson Crusoe [Norton Critical Edition]

by Daniel Defoe

740 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 406

3 Members: gypsysmom, raperper, steller0707,jain ,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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I, Claudius

by Robert Graves

9,228 members

168 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 357

4 Members: Himalmitra, raperper, kara.shamy, Laura1124,hipdeep ,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: hipdeep : W. Europe
aulsmith : UK
sturlington : British

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The Poem of the Cid

by Anonymous

2,464 members

38 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 379

Member: raperper,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : W. Europe

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Les Liaisons Dangereuses

by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

6,523 members

87 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 422

Explanations: aulsmith : Western Europe

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The Reader

by Bernhard Schlink

13,473 members

395 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 390

Member: steller0707,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : W. Europe

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The Princess of Clèves

by Madame de La Fayette

2,326 members

55 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 424

Member: steller0707,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : W. Europe

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The Journey to the East

by Hermann Hesse

2,263 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 386

Member: CGlanovsky,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : W. Europe

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Nausea

by Jean-Paul Sartre

10,012 members

83 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 387

3 Members: Himalmitra, ahef1963, mspixieears,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington : Western Europe

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In the Dutch Mountains

by Cees Nooteboom

332 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 388

Member: CGlanovsky,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : W. Europe

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

43,408 members

1,752 reviews

4

Global Rank 332

5 Members: cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,iggyjreilly ,sturlington ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Süskind

18,240 members

453 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 257

5 Members: amandameale, martensgirl, ahef1963, mspixieears, philna,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : German
sturlington : Western europe

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Sophie's World

by Jostein Gaarder

18,809 members

289 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 363

4 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, mspixieears, TehilaKoblenz,hipdeep ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,alex68 ,raperper ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : Norway

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The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka

1,709 members

9 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 256

4 Members: roby72, augustau, Himalmitra, ahef1963,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : German
sturlington : Western Europe

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The Castle

by Franz Kafka

8,303 members

93 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 383

Member: roby72,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington : Western Europe

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Narcissus and Goldmund

by Hermann Hesse

6,390 members

79 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 389

2 Members: CGlanovsky, mspixieears,BookWallah ,thorold ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: thorold : W Europe

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The Republic

by Plato

22,098 members

142 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 405

2 Members: roby72, Laura1124,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : I consider Ancient Greece part of Western European culture.

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The Golden Ass

by Apuleius

4,800 members

75 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 358

3 Members: CGlanovsky, mspixieears, steller0707,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : Ancient Rome is in the West.

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Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

52,402 members

709 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 419

5 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707,jain ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,iggyjreilly ,merrystar ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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Lysistrata

by Aristophanes

2,929 members

41 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 395

Member: ahef1963,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : I think Ancient Greece is Western

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Amerika

by Franz Kafka

2,374 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 396

Member: roby72,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : W. Europe

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Troilus and Cressida

by Geoffrey Chaucer

1,895 members

6 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 397

Member: ahef1963,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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Northanger Abbey

by Jane Austen

21,787 members

420 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 428

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears, steller0707,jain ,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,merrystar ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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Amerika

by Franz Kafka

980 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 399

Member: roby72,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : German
sturlington : Western Europe

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The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

30,630 members

934 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 420

3 Members: cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,iggyjreilly ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : Western Europe

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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

33,076 members

308 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 408

7 Members: Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, spamboxyay, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707,jain ,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,iggyjreilly ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,martensgirl , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : Western Europe

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Dracula

by Bram Stoker

35,774 members

630 reviews

4

Global Rank 425

3 Members: gypsysmom, raperper, mspixieears,jain ,inge87 ,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK

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The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

19,623 members

315 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 427

2 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963,BookWallah ,aulsmith ,iggyjreilly ,merrystar ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : Italy
sturlington : Western Europe

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