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Best of World Literature

Description: Literature originating from places other than America, United Kingdom or Western Europe.

inge87's List14 LibraryThing430

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1

Cry, the Beloved Country

9,432 members

183 reviews

4

Global Rank 4

11 Members: hipdeep, amandameale, inge87, aulsmith, augustau, Dilara86, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, steller0707

2

At the Still Point

63 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 123

Member: inge87

3

The First Century After Beatrice

by Amin Maalouf

385 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 111

2 Members: inge87, ahef1963

4

The Sound of Waves

by Yukio Mishima

1,814 members

42 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 142

Member: inge87

5

Inés of My Soul

by Isabel Allende

2,633 members

90 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 109

2 Members: inge87, gypsysmom

6

by Gyula Krúdy

299 members

5 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 149

Member: inge87

7

by Vladimir Sorokin

315 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 152

Member: inge87

8

by Jorge Luis Borges

1,093 members

17 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 154

Member: inge87

9

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

by Pablo Neruda

3,803 members

58 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 159

Member: inge87

10

Russian Fairy Tales

by Alexander Afanasyev

1,441 members

9 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 162

Member: inge87

11

100 Love Sonnets

by Pablo Neruda

1,568 members

20 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 166

Member: inge87

12

by Chingiz Aĭtmatov

675 members

33 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 119

2 Members: inge87, augustau

13

by Shūsaku Endō

3,815 members

101 reviews

4

Global Rank 178

Member: inge87

14

To the End of the Land

by David Grossman

1,455 members

63 reviews

4

Global Rank 83

3 Members: inge87, iggyjreilly, gypsysmom

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A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

24,921 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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Don Quixote: Abridged Edition

by Miguel de Cervantes

900 members

6 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 367

3 Members: amandameale, gypsysmom, raperper,inge87 ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : W. Europe

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The Metamorphosis [Bantam Classics]

5,155 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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19,792 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 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,233 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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The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka

1,707 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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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Süskind

18,226 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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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

12,606 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 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

43,367 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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A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

7,837 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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by Jean-Paul Sartre

10,002 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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The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

9,122 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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Northanger Abbey

21,784 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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by Charles Dickens

24,420 members

242 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 360

5 Members: Himalmitra, gypsysmom, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124,jain ,inge87 ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK
sturlington : British

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by Virginia Woolf

20,791 members

332 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 362

5 Members: Himalmitra, ahef1963, mspixieears, Laura1124, steller0707,jain ,inge87 ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : UK
sturlington : British

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David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

21,156 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 Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

7,706 members

113 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 403

2 Members: Himalmitra, ahef1963,inge87 ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington : British

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The Pilgrim's Progress

17,635 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 Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

30,607 members

933 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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by William Shakespeare

33,041 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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35,710 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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by Stefan Zweig

4,047 members

117 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 339

2 Members: raperper, steller0707,inge87 ,aulsmith , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : W. 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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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

25,412 members

729 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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No Exit / Dirty Hands / The Flies / The Respectful Prostitute

by Jean-Paul Sartre

4,972 members

19 reviews

4

Global Rank 426

2 Members: ahef1963, mspixieears,jain ,inge87 ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith : W. Europe

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by José Saramago

2,467 members

59 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 334

2 Members: amandameale, ahef1963,inge87 ,sturlington ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda

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