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Read the World - The Peirene 100 Essential Classics From Around the Globe

A truly challenging, eclectic and inspiring list compiled entirely by Peirene Press readers.
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All Fires the Fire
All Fires the Fire
1
Astragal
Astragal
2
The Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt
The Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt
3
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
4
Sylvia Plath
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
5
Alfred Döblin
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
6
José Saramago
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
7
Toni Morrison
The Book of Chameleons
The Book of Chameleons
8
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
9
Voltaire
Concrete
Concrete
10
The Concubine
The Concubine
11
Conversation in the Cathedral
Conversation in the Cathedral
12
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
13
Honoré De Balzac
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
14
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno
15
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
16
Elena Ferrante
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
17
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Discovery of Heaven
The Discovery of Heaven
18
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
19
Miguel De Cervantes
The Driver's Seat
The Driver's Seat
20
Effi Briest
Effi Briest
21
The Enchanted April
The Enchanted April
22
Every Man Dies Alone
Every Man Dies Alone
23
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
24
Rohinton Mistry
The Fly-Truffler
The Fly-Truffler
25
The Garden of Departed Cats
The Garden of Departed Cats
26
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
27
François Rabelais
God Dies by the Nile
God Dies by the Nile
28
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
29
Doris Lessing
Good Morning, Midnight (Jean Rhys)
Good Morning, Midnight
30
Jean Rhys
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
31
Margaret Atwood
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
32
Joseph Conrad
A Heart So White
A Heart So White
33
The House of the Dead - Dostoyevsky
The House of the Dead - Dostoyevsky
34
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
35
Marilynne Robinson
The Ice Palace
The Ice Palace
36
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
37
Italo Calvino
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
38
Homer
Im Western Nichts Neue
Im Western Nichts Neue
39
Independent People
Independent People
40
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