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Der Spiegel Top 100 - The Great Literary Canon 1925-2025

The 100 Greatest Books of the Century 1925-2025 from German magazine Der Spiegel. The Great Literary Canon.
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Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
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Les Faux-Monnayeurs (André Gide)
Les Faux-Monnayeurs (André Gide)
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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
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Time Regained (Marcel Proust)
Time Regained (Marcel Proust)
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Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing (Nella Larsen)
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Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August (William Faulkner)
7
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
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Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
9
The Street of Crocodiles (Bruno Schulz)
The Street of Crocodiles (Bruno Schulz)
10
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
11
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
12
The Light of the World by Halldór Laxness
The Light of the World by Halldór Laxness
13
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
14
The Man Who Watched Trains Go by (Georges Simenon)
The Man Who Watched Trains Go by (Georges Simenon)
15
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
16
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
18
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andric)
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andric)
19
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
20
Midaq Alley (Naguib Mahfouz)
Midaq Alley (Naguib Mahfouz)
21
Exercises in Style (Raymond Queneau)
Exercises in Style (Raymond Queneau)
22
A Question of Upbringing
A Question of Upbringing
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All Our Yesterdays (Natalia Ginzburg)
All Our Yesterdays (Natalia Ginzburg)
24
The Mandarins (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Mandarins (Simone De Beauvoir)
25
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
26
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
27
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
28
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
30
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
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The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
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Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
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The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
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The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Giorgio Bassani)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Giorgio Bassani)
36
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
37
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
38
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
39
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
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The Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
The Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
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