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100 Books of World Literature According to "Die Zeit"

This list was put together in 1978 by a jury consisting of literary critics and authors and published in the German magazine "Die Zeit". The list does not include drama or poetry (hence the absence of Shakespeare). Since it is assembled by German "littérateurs", it might be a good starting point for people interested in German literature, because the German books chosen are probably less well known outside of the German-speaking countries (some are even little-known in Germany, believe me).
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Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
Anonymous
2
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
Homer
3
The Apology
The Apology
4
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
Virgil
5
Germania (Tacitus)
Germania
Tacitus
6
Daphnis and Chloë
Daphnis and Chloë
7
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
Saint Augustine
8
The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights
9
Wolfram Von Eschenbach--Parzival
Wolfram Von Eschenbach--Parzival
10
Tristan and Isolde (Gottfried Von Strassburg)
Tristan and Isolde
Gottfried Von Strassburg
11
Nibelungenlied (Penguin)
Nibelungenlied
Penguin
12
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
13
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
14
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
Thomas More
15
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
François Rabelais
16
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
17
Simplicissimus
Simplicissimus
18
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pensees
Blaise Pascal
19
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
20
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
21
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
Henry Fielding
22
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
Laurence Sterne
23
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
Voltaire
24
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
25
Anti-Goeze (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)
Anti-Goeze
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
26
The Confessions
The Confessions
27
Anton Reiser
Anton Reiser
28
Perpetual Peace (Immanuel Kant)
Perpetual Peace
Immanuel Kant
29
Der Arme Mann Im Tockenburg (Urich Bräker)
Der Arme Mann Im Tockenburg
Urich Bräker
30
Letters Upon the Aesthetic Education of Man
Letters Upon the Aesthetic Education of Man
31
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
Denis Diderot
32
Siebenkäs (Jean Paul)
Siebenkäs
Jean Paul
33
Hyperion
Hyperion
34
The Waste Books (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg)
The Waste Books
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
35
Elective Affinities (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Elective Affinities
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
36
Heinrich Von Kleist: The Major Works (Robert Helbling and Heinrich Von Kleist)
Heinrich Von Kleist: The Major Works
Robert Helbling and Heinrich Von Kleist
37
The Treasure Chest (Johann Peter Hebel)
The Treasure Chest
Johann Peter Hebel
38
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm)
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
Brothers Grimm
39
The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr (E.T.A. Hoffman)
The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr
E.T.A. Hoffman
40
The Story of My Life (Giacomo Casanova)
The Story of My Life
Giacomo Casanova
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