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World's Most Influential Stories - Page 5

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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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
162
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
163
Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
164
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper
165
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
166
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
167
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
Rudyard Kipling
168
Against Nature (A Rebours)
Against Nature
A Rebours
169
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
170
Bel-Ami
Bel-Ami
171
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
172
Facundo, by David Peña
Facundo, by David Peña
173
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (Machado De Assis)
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas
Machado De Assis
174
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Jules Verne
175
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
176
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
177
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
178
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
179
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
180
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
181
Under the Yoke (Ivan Vazov)
Under the Yoke
Ivan Vazov
182
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper
183
Young Torless
Young Torless
184
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
185
I Am a Cat (Natsume Sōseki)
I Am a Cat
Natsume Sōseki
186
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie
187
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
188
The Sheik
The Sheik
189
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
D.H. Lawrence
190
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
The Well of Loneliness
Radclyffe Hall
191
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
192
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
193
I Robot Isaac Asimov
I Robot Isaac Asimov
194
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
195
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
196
"The Call of Cthulhu" (H.P. Lovecraft)
"The Call of Cthulhu"
H.P. Lovecraft
197
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke
198
War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells
199
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
200
The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Island of Doctor Moreau
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