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World's Most Influential Stories - Page 6

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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Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
202
Orlando
Orlando
203
Zeno's Conscience
Zeno's Conscience
204
The Real Story of Ah-Q
The Real Story of Ah-Q
205
My Antonia
My Antonia
206
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
207
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
208
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
209
SANCTUARY William Faulkner
SANCTUARY William Faulkner
210
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
211
The Forest of the Hanged
The Forest of the Hanged
212
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
Yevgeny Zamyatin
213
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
214
Top Hat (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
215
Action Comics #1
Action Comics #1
216
Detective Comics #27
Detective Comics #27
217
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
218
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
219
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
220
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
221
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
The Bridge on the Drina
Ivo Andrić
222
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
Nevil Shute
223
Casino Royale
Casino Royale
224
Guys and Dolls by Damon Runyon
Guys and Dolls by Damon Runyon
225
The Crane Iron Series (Wang Dulu)
The Crane Iron Series
Wang Dulu
226
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
227
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
228
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
229
Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
Tolkien
230
Men of Maize
Men of Maize
231
El Senor Presidente (Miguel Ángel Asturias)
El Senor Presidente
Miguel Ángel Asturias
232
The Grass Is Singing (Doris Lessing)
The Grass Is Singing
Doris Lessing
233
The Guide
The Guide
234
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
235
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
236
A Star Is Born (1954)
A Star Is Born (1954)
237
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
238
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
239
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
240
Rashomon (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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