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World's Most Influential Stories - Page 2

The list tries to include influential fictional stories, the narratives you can't help but notice everywhere in our culture.
- every single human culture is sophisticated enough to have folk tales and I wouldn't even know where to begin and where to end... (I included The Grimm Brothers because they took the stories to paper and so have become super popular)
- I chose epic poems from every major area (at least 1)
- from hero tales to junkie tales. From ancient tales to post colonial stories. From knights to spaceships and everything in between
- poems are only included if they are very influential to multiple cultures, like Chinese poetry for instance, but epic poems are preferred
- I tried to include from as many areas as possible (just because Vietnam or Finland did not have the empire or industry or historical context to spread their culture as much as England or France, doesn't mean that their epic poems are not important to many people
- I avoided non fiction or philosophy books
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The Tale of the Heike
The Tale of the Heike
42
The Mabinogion (Jeffrey Gantz (Translator))
The Mabinogion
Jeffrey Gantz (Translator)
43
The Prose Edda (Sturlulson)
The Prose Edda
Sturlulson
44
Nibelungenlied (Penguin)
Nibelungenlied
Penguin
45
Arthurian Romances (Chrétien De Troyes)
Arthurian Romances
Chrétien De Troyes
46
Parzival (Wolfram Von Eschenbach)
Parzival
Wolfram Von Eschenbach
47
The Quest of the Holy Grail
The Quest of the Holy Grail
48
Roman De Silence (Anonymous)
Roman De Silence
Anonymous
49
The Romance of the Rose (Guillaume De Lorris / Jean De Meun)
The Romance of the Rose
Guillaume De Lorris / Jean De Meun
50
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
51
Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees (.)
Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees
.
52
Tales From the 1001 Nights (Anonymous)
Tales From the 1001 Nights
Anonymous
53
The Essential Rumi (Rumi)
The Essential Rumi
Rumi
54
The Water Margin (Shi Naians)
The Water Margin
Shi Naians
55
The Story of the Western Wing (Wang Shifu)
The Story of the Western Wing
Wang Shifu
56
Petrarch--Lyric Poems and Selections
Petrarch--Lyric Poems and Selections
57
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
58
Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
59
The Book of the City of Ladies (Christine De Pizan)
The Book of the City of Ladies
Christine De Pizan
60
The Death of King Arthur (Anon)
The Death of King Arthur
Anon
61
Lazarillo De Tormes
Lazarillo De Tormes
62
Orlando Furioso (Ludovico Ariosto)
Orlando Furioso
Ludovico Ariosto
63
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Luo Guanzhong
64
François Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel
François Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel
65
The Story of Hong Gildong (Minsoo Kang)
The Story of Hong Gildong
Minsoo Kang
66
Journey to the West
Journey to the West
67
Popul Vuh
Popul Vuh
68
The Lusiads
The Lusiads
69
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
Thomas More
70
Don Quijote De La Mancha (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quijote De La Mancha
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
71
Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
72
The Plum in the Golden Vase
The Plum in the Golden Vase
73
Theatre De Moliere
Theatre De Moliere
74
The Investiture of the Gods (Xu Zhonglin)
The Investiture of the Gods
Xu Zhonglin
75
The Life of an Amorous Man (Ihara Saikaku)
The Life of an Amorous Man
Ihara Saikaku
76
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
Thomas Mann
77
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
78
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
William Shakespeare
79
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
80
The Nine Cloud Dream (Kim Man-Jung)
The Nine Cloud Dream
Kim Man-Jung
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