THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS IN HISTORY

Please refer to http://www.nicholaswhyte for the world greatest books listing. I will pick the following titles for my next reading list.

1. ANNA KARENINA - LEO TOLSTOY
2. THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV - FYODOR M DOSTOYESVSKY
3. CRIME & PUNISHMENT - F DOSTOYESSKY
4. 1984 - GEORGE ORWELL
5. SONS & LOVERS - D H LAWRENCE

Do you like to make a pick of 5 titles from 100 titles?

skobdoo,

You gave us a broken link. This is the site I found:

http://www.nicholaswhyte.info/100books/nwgbooks.htm

On a quick glance, I found four books that I might like to read from this list.
Mahabharata
Memoirs of Hadrian
Leaves of Grass
The sound of the Mountain

These are books from the list that I haven't read, but kind of pique my interest.

I hadn't seen this particular list before-some very interesting, intelligent choices here. I even found three books I've never read (a rather uncommon occurrence for many readers with these kinds of "best of" lists) and that I plan to search out:

The devil to pay in the backlands by João Guimarães Rosa (Seeing this listed was a timely reminder that I really need to read this since many people feel that Guimarães Rosa was perhaps Brazil's greatest 20th century novelist.)

History: a novel by Elsa Morante (I'm ashamed to admit I've never read this!)

Diary of a madman and other stories by Xun Lu

Thanks to both of you for posting the link!

Marietherese, I am a great fan of Elsa Morante's, and I can heartily recommend House of Liars and Arturo's Island. I found them far better than History: a novel. Actually, House of Liars is my favourite among her books and one of the best books I ever read.

Thank you for the Morante recommendations, aluvalibri! I'm adding these to my wishlist immediately.