1001 Books to Read Before You Die

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1. Half of a Yellow Sun - Ngozi Chimamanda 2. Falling Man - Don DeLillo 3. Animal's People - Indra Sinha 4. Carry Me Down - M.J. Hyland 5. The Kindly Ones - Jonathan Littell 6. The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai 7. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid 8. Against the Day - Thomas Pynchon 9. Edward Mother's Milk - Aubyn, St Aubyn 10. The Accidental - Ali Smith 11. The Sea - John Banville 12. Measuring the World - Daniel Kehlmann 13. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka 14. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovski 15. The Master - Colm Toibin 16. 2666 - Roberto Bolano 17. Small Island - Andrea Levy 18. The Plot Against America - Philip Roth 19. The Swarm - Frank Schatzing 20. The Book about Blanche and Marie - Per Olov Enquist 21. Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst 22. Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon 23. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell 24. Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre 25. What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt 26. The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri 27. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon 28. A Tale of Love and Darkness - Amos Oz 29. numero trece - Jose Carlos La Dama Somoza 30. The Successor - Ismail Kadare 31. Islands - Dan Sleigh 32. Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer 33. Snow - Orhan Pamuk 34. Nowhere Man - Aleksander Hemon 35. Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami 36. Your Face Tomorrow - Javier Mar¡as 37. I'm Not Scared - Niccolo Ammaniti 38. Atonement - Ian McEwan 39. Austerlitz - W.G. Sebald 40. The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen 41. Platform - Michel Houellbecq 42. The Life of Pi - Yan Martel 43. Soldiers of Salamis - Javier Cercas 44. The Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa 45. Bartleby and Co - Enrique Vila-Matas 46. Under the Skin - Michael Faber 47. White Teeth - Zadie Smith

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1. Half of a Yellow Sun - Ngozi Chimamanda2. Falling Man - Don DeLillo3. Animal's People - Indra Sinha4. Carry Me Down - M.J. Hyland5. The Kindly Ones - Jonathan Littell6. The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai7. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid8. Against the Day - Thomas Pynchon9. Edward Mother's Milk - Aubyn, St Aubyn10. The Accidental - Ali Smith11. The Sea - John Banville12. Measuring the World - Daniel Kehlmann13. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka14. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovski15. The Master - Colm Toibin16. 2666 - Roberto Bolano17. Small Island - Andrea Levy18. The Plot Against America - Philip Roth19. The Swarm - Frank Schatzing20. The Book about Blanche and Marie - Per Olov Enquist21. Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst22. Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon23. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell24. Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre25. What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt26. The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri27. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon28. A Tale of Love and Darkness - Amos Oz29. numero trece - Jose Carlos La Dama Somoza30. The Successor - Ismail Kadare31. Islands - Dan Sleigh32. Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer33. Snow - Orhan Pamuk34. Nowhere Man - Aleksander Hemon35. Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami36. Your Face Tomorrow - Javier Mar¡as37. I'm Not Scared - Niccolo Ammaniti38. Atonement - Ian McEwan39. Austerlitz - W.G. Sebald40. The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen41. Platform - Michel Houellbecq42. The Life of Pi - Yan Martel43. Soldiers of Salamis - Javier Cercas44. The Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa45. Bartleby and Co - Enrique Vila-Matas46. Under the Skin - Michael Faber47. White Teeth - Zadie Smith48. The Human Stain - Philip Roth49. Celestial Harmonies - Peter Esterhazy50. The Devil and Miss Prym - Paulo Coelho51. Spring Flowers, Spring Frost - Ismail Kadare52. The Heart of Redness - Zakes Mda53. Small Remedies - Shashi Deshpande54. Disgrace - J.M Coetzee55. In Search of Klingsor - Jorge Volpi56. Fear and Trembling - Amelie Nothomb

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57. The Museum of Unconditional Surrender - Dubrovka Ugresic58. As If I Am Not There - Slavenka Drakulic59. Pavel's Letters - Monika Maron60. Dirty Havana Trilogy - Pedro Juan Guti?rrez61. Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolano62. All Souls Day - Cees Nooteboom63. The Heretic - Miguel Deliber64. The Hours - Michael Cunningham65. Elementary Particles - Michel Houellbecq66. Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver67. Crossfire - Miyabe Miyuki68. Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho69. The Talk of the Town - Ardal O'Hanlon70. Underworld - Don DeLillo71. Margot and the Angels - Kristien Hemmerechts72. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy73. Enduring Love - Ian McEwan74. Money to Burn - Piglia75. Jack Maggs - Peter Carey76. The Life of Insects - Victor Pelevin77. Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood78. Silk - Alessandro Baricco79. The Clay Machine-Gun - Victor Pelevin80. Ghost Road - Pat Barker81. Fall on Your Knees - Ann-Marie MacDonald82. Infinte Jest - David Foster Wallace83. Fugitive Pieces - Ann Michaels84. Forever a Stranger - Hella Haasse85. A Light Comedy - Eduardo Mendoza86. Hallucinating Foucault - Patricia Dunker87. Democracy - Joan Didion88. Love's Work - Gillian Rose89. The Unconsoled - Kazuo Ishiguro90. The Late-Night News - Petros Markaris91. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry92. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink93. Troubling Love - Elena Ferrante94. The End of the Story - Lydia Davis95. Morvern Callar - Alan Warner96. s Eloy Santa Evita - Tom Mart¡nez97. Our Lady of the Assassins - Fernando Vallejo98. City Sister Silver - Jachym Topol99. Declares Pereira - Antonio Tabucchi100. Lee The Land Korean - Kyung Park101. Whatever - Michel Houellbecq102. de Captain Corelli's Mandarin - Louis Berniers103. How Late it Was, How Late - James Kelman104. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami105. Felicia's Journey - William Trevor106. The Holder of the World - Bharati Mukherjee107. Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light - Ivan Klima108. Remembering Babylon - David Malouf109. The Twins - Tessa de Loo110. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides111. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks112. The Invention of Curried Sausage - Uwe Timm

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113. Deep River - Shusaku Endo114. On Love - Alan de Botton115. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth116. The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields117. Annie The Shippng News - E. Proulx118. Disappearance - David Dabydeen119. Looking for the Possible Dance - A.L. Kennedy120. The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll - µlvaro Mutis121. What a Carve Up! - Jonathan Coe122. The Dumas Club - Arturo P?rez Reverte123. The Triple Mirror of the Self - Zulfikar Ghose124. Indigo - Marina Warner125. Possessing the Secret of Joy - Alice Walker126. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy127. The Secret History - Donna Tartt128. Discovery of Heaven - Harry Mulisch129. Asphodel - HD130. Memoirs of Rain - Sunetra Gupta131. Hideous Kinky - Esther Freud132. Arcadia - Jim Crace133. Written on the Body - Jeanette Winterson134. Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture - Apostolos Doxiadis135. Life is a Caravanserai - Emine Ozdamar136. The English Patient - Michael Oondaatje137. The Butcher Boy - Patrick McCabe138. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow - Peter Hoeg139. The Crow Road - Iain Banks140. Before Night Falls - Reinaldo Arenas141. Typical - Padgett Powell142. Regeneration - Pat Barker143. Wild Swans - Jung Chang144. Astradeni - Eugenia Fakinou145. Faceless Killers - Henning Mankell146. The Laws - Conny Palmen147. Mao II - Don DeLillo148. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis149. Get Shorty - Elmore Leonard150. Amongst Women - John McGahern151. The Midnight Examiner - William Kotzwinkle152. Like Life - Lorrie Moore153. Stone Junction - Jim Dodge154. Vertigo - W.G. Sebald155. The Buddha of Suburbia - Hanif Kureishi156. The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien157. The Daughter - Pavlos Matesis158. The Shadow Lines - Amitav Ghosh159. The Music of Chance - Paul Auster160. Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel161. The Great Indian Novel - Shashi Tharoor162. Gimmick! - Joost Zwagerman163. History of the Seige of Lisbon - Jose Saramago164. Obabakoak - Bernardo Atxaga165. Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro166. Inland - Gerald Murnane167. London Fields - Martin Amis168. Sexing the Cherry - Jeanette Winterson

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169. szl¢ The Melacholy of Resistance - L Krasznahorkai170. The Trick is to Keep Breathing - Janice Galloway171. Moon Palace - Paul Auster172. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving173. Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco174. The First Garden - Anne Hebert175. The Last World - Christoph Ransmayer176. The Swimming Pool Library - Alan Hollinghurst177. Wittgenstein's Mistress - David Markson178. Thu Paradise of the Blind - Duong Huong179. Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey180. Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie181. Nervous Conditions - Tsitsi Dangarembga182. All Souls - Javier Mar¡as183. Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Woolfe184. Enigma of Arrival - V.S. Naipaul185. Black Box - Amos Oz186. Ballad for Georg Henig - Viktor Paskov187. The Pigeon - Patrick Suskind188. The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster189. Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto190. Taebek Mountains - Jo Jung-Rae191. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams192. Beloved - Toni Morrisson193. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy194. Of Love and Shadows - Isabel Allende195. The Afternoon of a Writer - Peter Handke196. World's End - T. C. Boyle197. The Radiant Way - Margaret Drabble198. Cigarettes - Harry Matthews199. Watchmen - Alan Moore200. An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro201. The Drowned and the Saved - Primo Levi202. Thiong'o Matigari - Wa203. The Old Devils - Kingsley Amis204. Anagrams - Lorrie Moore205. Lost Language of Cranes - David Leavitt206. The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman - Andrzej Szczypiorski207. Extinction - Thomas Bernhard208. Etienne Ancestral Voices - Heerden, van Heerden209. Hawksmoor - Peter Ackroyd210. The Parable of the Blind - Gert Hofmann211. Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy212. Love in the time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez213. Reasons to Live - Amy Hempel214. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood215. Annie John - Jamaica Kincaid216. Perfume - Patrick Suskind217. Contact - Carl Sagan218. White Noise - Don DeLillo219. The Cider House Rules - John Irving220. Simon and the Oak Trees - Marianne Frederiksson221. Half of Man is Woman - Xianliang Zhang222. Nights at the Circus - Angela Carter223. Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes224. Neuromancer - William Gibson

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225. Legend - David Gemmell226. The Lover French - Marguerite Duras227. Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis - Jose Saramago228. Professor Marten's Departure - Jaan Kross229. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera230. Blood and Guts in High School - Kathy Acker231. The Young Man - Botho Strauss232. Love Medicine - Louise Erdrich233. Money - Martin Amis234. n Larva: Midsummer Night's Babel - Juli R¡os235. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks236. The Busconductor Hines - James Kelman237. Dictionary of the Khazars - Milorad Pavic238. The Empire of the Sun - J.G. Ballard239. La Brava - Elmore Leonard240. Jos? The Witness - Juan Saer241. The Christmas Oratorio - Goran Tunstrom242. The Sorrow of Belgium - Hugo Claus243. Waterland - Graham Swift244. Shame - Salman Rushdie245. Lobo Fado Alexandrino - Antonio Antunes246. The Piano Teacher - Elfriede Jelinek247. The Life and Times of Michael K - J.M Coetzee248. The House of Spirits - Isabelle Allende249. Wittgenstein's Nephew - Thomas Bernhard250. The Book of Disquiet - Fernando Pessoa251. Baltazar & Bleminda - Jose Saramago252. A Boy's Own Story - Edmund White253. A Pale View of Hills - Kazuo Ishiguro254. If Not Now, When? - Primo Levi255. The Color Purple - Alice Walker256. Schindler's Ark - Thomas Keneally257. On the Black Hill - Bruce Chatwin258. Memory of Fire - Eduardo Galeano259. Rabbit is Rich - John Updike260. Couples, Passerby - Botho Strauss261. July's People - Nadine Gordimer262. Lanark: A Life in Four Books - Alisdair Gray263. The House with the Blind Glass Windows - Herbjorg Wassmo264. Summer in Baden Baden - Leonard Tsypkin265. The War of the End of the World - Mario Vargas Llosa266. Leaden Wings - Jie Zhang267. Rituals - Cees Nooteboom268. The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco269. Clear Light of Day - Anita Desai270. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie271. Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole272. Broken April - Ismail Kadare273. The Smell of Sadness - Alfred Kossmann274. Waiting for the Barbarians - J.M Coetzee275. A Bend in the River - V.S Naipaul276. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - Milan Kundera277. Burger's Daughter - Nadine Gordimer278. Montalb n, Man Southern Seas - zquez V zquez Montalb n279. Smiley's People - John Le Carre280. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino

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281. Fool's Gold - Maro Douka282. So Long a Letter - Miriam Ba283. Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams284. A Dry White Season - Andre Brink285. Mart¡n The Back Room - Carmen Gaite286. The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch287. The Virgin in the Garden - A.S. Byatt288. Life: A User's Manual - Georges Perec289. The Cement Garden - Ian McEwan290. The Beggar Maid - Alice Munro291. Requim for a Dream - Hubert Selby292. The Singapore Grip - J.G. Farrell293. Song of Solomon - Toni Morrisson294. Dispatches - Michael Herr295. The Wars - Timothy Findley296. The Shining - Stephen King297. Delta of Venus - Anais Nin298. The Hour of the Star - Clarice Lispector299. Quartet in Autumn - Barbara Pym300. In the Heart of the Country - J.M. Coetzee301. The Engineer of Human Souls - Josef Skvorecky302. Interview With a Vampire - Ann Rice303. Patterns of Childhood - Christa Wolf304. Blaming - Elizabeth Taylor305. Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami306. Cutter and Bone - Newton Thornburg307. Kiss of the Spiderwoman - Manuel Puig308. The Left-Handed Woman - Peter Handke309. The Dead Father - Donald Barthelme310. Correction - Thomas Bernhard311. Woman at Point Zero - Nawal El Sadaawi312. W, or the Memory of Childhood - Georges Perec313. A Dance to the Music of Time - Anthony Powell314. The Commandant - Jessica Anderson315. Autumn of the Patriarch - Gabriel Garcia Marquez316. Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow317. Willard and his Bowling Trophies - Richard Brautigan318. Fateless - Imre Kertesz319. Humboldt's Gift - Saul Bellow320. The Year of the Hare - Arto Paasilinna321. Lost Honour of Katharina Blum - Heinrich Boll322. The Port - Antun Soljan323. The Fan Man - William Kotzwinkle324. The Dispossessed - Ursula leGuin325. The Diviners - Margaret Laurence326. Dusklands - J.M. Coetzee327. Fear of Flying - Erica Jong328. The Honorary Consul - Graham Greene329. A Question of Power - Bessie Head330. The Castle of Crossed Destinies Italian - Italo Calvino331. Crash - J.G Ballard332. Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon333. The Siege of Krishnapur - J.G. Farrell334. Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino335. The Summer Book - Tove Jansson336. Day of the Dolphin - Robert Merle

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337. Surfacing - Margaret Atwood338. The Optimist's Daughter - Eudora Welty339. The Twilight Years - Sawako Ariyoshi340. G - John Berger341. Rabbit Redux - John Updike342. House Mother Normal - B.S. Johnson343. In a Free State - V.S Naipaul344. Group Portrait with a Lady - Heinrich Boll345. Lives of Girls and Women - Alice Munro346. Fear and Loathing in las Vegas - Hunter S. Thomson347. The Book of Daniel - E.L. Doctorow348. Cataract - Mykhailo Osadchy349. A World for Julius - Alfredo Bry Echenique350. Play it as it Lays - Joan Didion351. The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrisson352. Fifth Business - Robertson Davies353. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya, Angelou354. The Sea of Fertility - Yukio Mishima355. Jahrestage - Uwe Johnson356. Portnoy's Compaint - Philip Roth357. Jacob the Liar - Jurek Becker358. The Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut359. Pricksongs and Descants - Robert Coover360. Here's to You, Jesusa!ÿÿ - Elena Poniatowska361. A Voi/Avoid - Georges Perec362. Seasons of Migration to the North - Tayeb Salih363. The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles364. Tent of Miracles - Jorge Amado365. The Case Worker - Gyorgy Konrad366. Ada - Vladimir Nabokov367. Blind Man with a Pistol - Chester Himes368. The Godfather - Mario Puzo369. Moscow Stations - Venedikt Yerofeev370. Heartbreak Tango - Puig371. them - Joyce Carol Oates372. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Woolfe373. The Cathedral - Oles Honchar374. Eva Trout - Elizabeth Bowen375. Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep? - Philip K. Dick376. In Watermelon Sugar - Richard Brautigan377. Belle du Seigneur French - Albert Cohen378. The First Circle - Alexander Solzhenitsyn379. The German Lesson - Siegfried Lenz380. 2001 - Arthur C. Clarke381. The Cancer Ward - Alexander Solzhenitsyn382. Myra Breckinridge - Gore Vidal383. A Kestrel for a Knave - Barry Hines384. The Quest for Christa T. - Christa Wolf385. Bashevis The Manor - Isaac Singer386. Z - Vassilis Vassilikos387. Pilgrimage - Dorothy Richardson388. The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien389. Miramar - Naguib Mahfouz390. No Laughing Matter - Angus Wilson391. 100 years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez392. To EachHis Own - Leonardo Sciascia

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393. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys394. Giles Goat Boy - John Barth395. The Vice-Consul French - Marguerite Duras396. Marks of Identity - Juan Goytisolo397. Silence - Shusaku Endo398. The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon399. The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov400. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote401. Death and the Dervish the - Mesa Selimovic402. The Magus - John Fowles403. Closely Watched Trains - Bohumil Hrabal404. Everything that Rises must Converge - Flannery O'Connor405. The River Between - Wa Thiong'o406. Things - Georges Perec407. Back to Oegstgeest - Jan Wolkers408. Garden, Ashes - Danilo Kis409. Cab Three Trapped Tigers - Guillermo Infante410. The Passion According to GH Portuguese - Clarice Lispector411. The Ravishing of Lol V Stein French - Marguerite Duras412. Herzog - Saul Bellow413. Sometimes a Great Notion - Ken Kesey414. Arrow of God - Chinua Achebe415. The Graduate - Charles Webb416. Manon des sources - Marcel Pagnol417. Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut418. V - Thomas Pynchon419. Dog Years - Gunter Grass420. The Girls of Slender Means - Muriel Spark421. The Third Wedding - Costas Taktsis422. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Alexander Solzhenitsyn423. The Spy who came in From the Cold - John Le Carre424. Inside Mr Enderby - Anthony Burgess425. The Bell Jar - Silvia Plath426. The Girl with Green Eyes - Edna O'Brien427. Time of Silence - Luis Martin Santos428. The Death of Artemio Cruz - Carlos Fuentes429. The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis - Giorgio Bassani430. The Golden Notebook - Doris Lessing431. Luis Labyrinths - Jorge Borges432. Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov433. Mario The Time of the Hero - Llosa, Vargas Llosa434. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey435. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess436. Neira Memoirs of a Peasant Boy - Xos? Vilas437. Faces in the water - Janet Frame438. No One Writes to the Colonel - Gabriel Garcia Marquez439. A Severed Head - Iris Murdoch440. Carlos The Shipyard - Juan Onetti441. Franny and Zooey - J.D Salinger442. Cat and Mouse - Gunter Grass443. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark444. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein445. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller446. Solaris - Stanislav Lem447. Rabbit, Run - John Updike448. Bebo's Girl - Carlo Cassola

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449. Promise at Dawn - Romain Gary450. The Country Girls - Edna O'Brien451. Nelle To Kill a Mocking Bird - Lee, Harper Lee452. Bashevis The Magician of Lublin - Isaac Singer453. God's Bits of Wood - Ousmane Sembene454. Halftime: A Novel - Martin Walser455. The Tin Drum - Gunter Grass456. Down Second Avenue - E'skia Mphahlele's457. Cider with Rosie - Laurie Lee458. Billiards at Half Past Nine - Heinrich Boll459. Absolute Beginners - Colin MacInnes460. Billy Liar - Kieth Waterhouse461. The Naked Lunch - William Burroughs462. The Bell - Iris Murdoch463. The Once and Future King - T.H. White464. The Bitter Glass - Eilis Dillon465. di The Leopard - Giussepe Lampedusa466. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe467. Borstal Boy - Brendan Behan468. Pluck the Bud and Destroy the Offspring - Kenzaburo Oe469. Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon - Jorge Amado470. Mar¡a Deep Rivers - Jos? Arguedas471. The Guide - R.K. Narayan472. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote473. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - Alan Sillitoe474. Jealousy - Alain Robbe-Grillet475. On the Road - Jack Kerouac476. The Deadbeats - Ward Ruyslinck477. Pnin - Vladimir Nabokov478. Voss - Patrick White479. Justine - Lawrence Durrell480. Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak481. The Birds - Tarjei Vesaas482. The Glass Bees - Ernst Junger483. The Midwitch Cuckoos - John Wyndham484. The Manila Rope - Veijo Meri485. The Blue of Noon - Georges Bataille486. Homo Faber - Max Frisch487. Lonely Londoners - Sam Selvon488. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien489. The Floating Opera - John Barth490. Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin491. The Roots of Heaven French - Romain Gary492. Guimaraes The Devil to Pay in the Backlands - Joao Rosa493. The Trusting and the Maimed - James Plunkett494. Nikos The Last Temptation of Christ - kis, Kazantz kis495. The Talented Mr. Ripley - Patricia Highsmith496. The Burning Plain - Juan Rulfo497. Paulo The Ragazzi - Pier Pasolini498. The Recognitions - William Gaddis499. The Quiet American - Graham Greene500. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov501. The Tree of Man Tree - Patrick White502. Bonjour Tristesse - Francoise Sagan503. The Story of O - Pauline Reage504. A Ghost at Noon - Alberto Moravia

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505. Under the Net - Iris Murdoch506. Lord of the Flies - William Golding507. Simone The Mandarins - Beauvoir, de Beauvoir508. A Day in Spring - Ciril Kosmac509. Death in Rome - Wolfgang Koeppen510. The Sound of Waves - Yukio Mishima511. I'm Not Stiller - Max Frisch512. The Unknown Soldier - Vaino Linna513. The Go-Between - L.P.514. The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler515. Go Tell it on the Mountain - James Baldwin516. The Hothouse - Wolfgang Koeppen517. Junkie - William Burroughs518. The Lost Steps - Alejo Carpentier519. Casino Royale - Ian Fleming520. The Dark Child - Camara Laye521. Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis522. The Judge and his Hangman - Friedrich Duerrenmatt523. Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemmingway524. Wise Blood - Flannery O'Connor525. Excellent women - Barbara Pym526. A Thousand Cranes - Yasunari Kawabata527. The Invisible Man - Ralph Ellisson528. Jos? The Hive - Camilo Cela529. The Rebel French - Albert Camus530. Foundation - Isaac Asimov531. The End of the Affair - Graham Greene532. The Opposing Shore - Julien Gracq533. Malone Dies - Samuel Beckett534. Molloy - Samuel Beckett535. Memoirs of Hadrian - Marguerite Yourcenar536. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger537. Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham538. The Thirteen Clocks - James Thurber539. Barabbas - Par Lagerkvist540. The Labyrinth of Solitude - Octavio Paz541. The Moon and the Bonfire - Cesare Pavese542. Gormenghast - Mervyn Peake543. I Robot - Isaac Asimov544. The Garden Where the Brass Band Played - Simon Vestdijk545. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute546. The Abbot - Georges C Bataille547. The Grass is Singing - Doris Lessing548. The Guiltless - Hermann Broch549. The Heat of the Day - Elizabeth Bowen550. The Man with the Golden Arm - Nelson Algren551. The Case of Comrade Tulayev - Victor Serge552. Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford553. Kingdom of this World Spanish - Alejo Carpentier554. Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell555. Disobedience - Alberto Moravia556. Ashes and Diamonds - Jerzy Andrzejewski557. Jos? Journey to Alcarria - Camilo Cela558. All About H. Hatterr - G.V.559. Death Sentence - Maurice Blanchot560. In the Heart of the Sea - Shmuel Yosef Agnon

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561. Cry the Beloved Country - Alan Paton562. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen - Tadeusz Borowski563. Dr Faustus - Thomas Mann564. If this is a Man - Primo Levi565. The Path to the Nest of Spiders - Italo Calvino566. Exercises in Style - Raymond Queneau567. Froth on the Daydream - Boris Vian568. The Plague French - Albert Camus569. Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry570. Midaq Alley - Naguib Mahfouz571. Zorba the Greek Modern - Nikos Kazantzakis572. A House in the Uplands - Erskine Caldwell573. Back - Henry Green574. Titus Groan - Mervyn Peake575. Arcanum 17 - Andre Breton576. Andrea - Carmen Laforet577. Christ Stopped at Eboli - Carlo Levi578. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh579. Bosnian Chronicle - Ivo Andric580. Loving - Henry Green581. The Death of Virgil - Hermann Broch582. Na Drini Cuprija - Ivo Andric583. Animal Farm - George Orwell584. The Tin Flute - Gabrielle Roy585. Transit - Anna Seghers586. Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindgren587. Dangling Man - Saul Bellow588. The Razor's Edge - W. Maugham Somerset589. The Glass Bead Game German - Herman Hesse590. The Little Prince - Antoine Saint-Exupery591. Chess Story (Royal Game) - Stefan Zweig592. The Outsider French - Albert Camus593. Embers - Sandor Marai594. In Sicily - Elio Vittorini595. Broad and Alien is the World - Ciro Alegria596. The Harvesters - Cesare Pavese597. The Living and the Dead - Patrick White598. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemmingway599. Finnegans Wake - James Joyce600. Native Son - Richard Wright601. The Tartar Steppe - Dino Buzzati602. The Man Who Loved Children - Christina Stead603. The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene604. At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien605. Good Morning Midnight - Jean Rhys606. The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler607. Goodbye to Berlin - Christopher Isherwood608. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck609. USA - John Dos Passos610. Murphy - Samuel Beckett611. Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre612. Cause for Alarm - Eric Ambler613. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - Winnifred Watson614. Alamut - Vladimir Bartol615. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier616. Brighton Rock - Graham Greene

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617. On the Edge of Reason - Miroslav Krleza618. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck619. In Parenthesis - David Jones620. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien621. The Blind Owl - Sadeq Hedeyat622. Neale Thier Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Hurston623. Out of Africa - Karen Blixen624. Ferdydurke - Witold Gombrowicz625. Townsend Summer Will Show - Sylvia Warner626. At The Mountains of Madness - H.P. Lovecraft627. Eyeless in Gaza - Aldous Huxley628. Nightwood - Djuna Barnes629. War with the Newts - Karel Capek630. The Thinking Reed - Rebecca West631. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell632. Absalom Absalom! - William Faulkner633. Rickshaw Boy - She Lao634. Keep the Aspidistra Flying - George Orwell635. They Shoot Horses Don't They - Horace McCoy636. Auto-da-Fé - Elias Canetti637. The Last of Mr. Norris - Christopher Isherwood638. Raj Untouchable - Mulk Anand639. Independent People - Halldor Laxness640. Call it Sleep - Henry Roth641. M. The Postman Always Rings Twice - James Cain642. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald643. The Bells of Basel - Louis Aragon644. (Emil) On the Heights of Despair - Emile Cioran645. Thank You, Jeeves - P.G. Wodehouse646. Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller647. The Street of Crocodiles - Bruno Schulz648. The Nine Tailors - Dorothy Sayers649. Man's Fate - Andre Malraux650. The Autoboigraphy of Alice B. Toklas - Gertrude Stein651. Miss Lonelyhearts - Nathaniel West652. A Day Off - Storm Jameson653. Cheese - Willem Elsschot654. The Man without Qualities German - Robert Musil655. A Testament of Youth - Vera Brittain656. Murder Must Advertise - Dorothy Sayers657. Joseph and His Brothers - Thomas Mann658. The Thin Man - Dashiell Hammett659. Viper's Tangle - Francois Mauriac660. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley661. To the North - Elizabeth Bowen662. Ferdinand Journey to the End of the Night - Louis Celine663. The Radetzky March - Joseph Roth664. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons665. The Return of Philip Latinowicz - Miroslav Krleza666. The Forbidden Realm - J.J. Slauerhoff667. The Waves - Viginia, Woolf668. The Apes of God - Wyndham Lewis669. Insatiability - Stanislaw Witkiewicz670. Monica - Saunders Lewis671. Her Privates We - Frederic Manning672. Passing - Nella Larsen

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673. The Time of Indifference - Alberto Moravia674. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemmingway675. Les Enfants Terribles - Jean Cocteau676. Look Homeward, Angel - Thomas Wolf677. Living - Henry Green678. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett679. All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque680. Berlin Alexanderplatz German - Alfred D?blin681. I Thought of Daisy - Edmund Wilson682. Retreat Without Song - Shahan Shahnoor683. Quicksand - Nella Larsen684. Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh685. Madox Parade's End - Ford Ford686. Nadja - Andre Breton687. Orlando - Viginia, Woolf688. The Well of Loneliness - Radcliffe Hall689. Lady Chatterly's Lover - D.H Lawrence690. Some Prefer Nettles - Junichiro Tanizaki691. Story of the Eye - Georges Bataille692. Tarka the Otter - Henry Williamson693. To The Lighthouse - Viginia, Woolf694. Amerika - Franz Kafka695. The Case of Sergeant Grischa - Arnold Zweig696. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust697. Steppenwolf German - Herman Hesse698. The Castle - Franz Kafka699. The Good Soldier Svejk - Jaroslav Hasek700. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemmingway701. Alberta and Jacob - Cora Sandel702. Blindness - Henry Green703. Satan's Sun - Under704. One, None and a Hundred Thousand - Luigi Pirandello705. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie706. The Professor's House - Willa Cather707. The New World - Walda-sellase Heruy708. Scott The Great Gatsby - F. Fitzgerald709. The Making of Americans - Gertrude Stein710. The Trial - Franz Kafka711. The Counterfeiters - Andre Gide712. Mrs Dalloway - Viginia, Woolf713. Chaka the Zulu seSotho - Thoms Mofolo714. The Artomonov Business - Maxim Gorky715. Passage to India - E.M. Forster716. We - Yevgeny Zamyatin717. The Magic Mountain - Thomas Mann718. The Green Hat - Michael Arlen719. Zeno's Conscience - Italo Svevo720. The Devil in the Flesh - Raymond Radiguet721. The Enormous Room - E.E. Cummings722. The Forest and the Hanged - Liviu Rebreanu723. House - Claudine's724. Kristin Lavransdatter - Sigrid Undset725. Babbitt - Sinclair Lewis726. Amok - Stefan Zweig727. Siddharta - Herman Hesse728. Ulysses - James Joyce

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729. Harriet Frean - May Sinclair730. Crome Yellow - Aldous Huxley731. Life of Christ - The732. The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton733. Main Street - Sinclair Lewis734. Women in Love - D.H Lawrence735. The Storm of Steel - Ernst Junger736. Tarr - Wyndham Lewis737. The Return of the Soldier - Rebecca West738. Growth of the Soil - Knut Hamsun739. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce740. The Underdogs - Mariano Azuela741. Under Fire - Henri Barbusse742. Pallieter - Felix Timmermans743. Home and the World - Rabindranath Tagore744. The Rainbow - D.H Lawrence745. Rashomon - Ryunoske Akutagawa746. The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford747. The 39 Steps - John Buchan748. Of Human Bondage - W. Somerset Maugham749. The Ragged Tousered Philantrhopists - Robert Tressell750. KoKoro - Soseki Natsume751. Edgar Tarzan of the Apes - Burroughs, Rice Burroughs752. Ram¢n Platero and I - Juan Jim?nez753. Locus Solus - Raymond Roussel754. Sons and Lovers - D.H Lawrence755. Death in Venice - Thomas Mann756. The Charwoman's Daughter - James Stephens757. and Pi Fant?mas - Marcel Allain758. Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton759. Howards End - E.M. Forster760. The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge - Rainer Maria Rilke761. Impressions of Africa - Raymond Roussel762. Strait is the gate - Andre Gide763. The House on the Borderland - Willaim Hope Hodgson764. The Old Wive's Tale - Arnold Bennett765. A Room with a View - E.M. Forster766. The Inferno - Henri Barbusse767. The Secret Agent - Joseph Conrad768. Mother - Maxim Gorky769. The Jungle - Upton Sinclair770. Young Torless - Robert Musil771. The Forsythe Saga - John Galsworthy772. Professor Unrat - Heinrich Mann773. The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton774. Solitude - Catal?775. Hadrian the Seventh - Fr. Rolfe776. Nostromo - Joseph Conrad777. The Way of All Flesh - Samuel Butler778. Call of the Wild - Jack London779. The Ambassadors - Henry James780. Memoirs of My Nervous Illness - Daniel P Schreber781. The Riddle of the Sands - Erskine Childers782. The Wings of the Dove - Henry James783. Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle784. The Immoralist - Andre Gide

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785. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad786. Kim - Rudyard Kipling787. Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann788. None but the Brave - Arthur Schnitzler789. Tiger of Momopracem - The790. Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser791. Maria Dom Casmurro - Joaquim Assis792. The Awakening - Kate Chopin793. The Stechlin - Theodor Fontane794. Eclipse of the Crescent Moon - Geza795. Ross Some Experiences of an Irish RM - and796. As a Man Grows Older - Italo Svevo797. The Child of Pleasure - Gabriele D'Annunzio798. The War of the Worlds - H.G., Wells799. Dracula - Bram Stoker800. The Pharaoh - Boleslaw Prus801. The Fruits of the Earth - Andre Gide802. Compassion - Galdos803. What Maisie Knew - Henry James804. Quo Vadis - Henryk Sienkiewicz805. The Island of Dr Moreau - H.G., Wells806. Effi Briest - Theodor Fontane807. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy808. The Time Machine - H.G., Wells809. De The Viceroys - Federico Roberto810. Conan The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Doyle811. Diary of a Nobody - George Grossmith812. Gosta Berlings Saga - Selma Lagerlof813. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy814. News From Nowhere - William Morris815. New Grub Street - George Gissing816. Down There - Joris-Karl Huysmans817. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar, Wilde818. Hunger - Knut Hamsun819. By the Open Sea - August Strindberg820. Tha?s - Anatole France821. La Bete Humaine - Emile Zola822. The Kreutzer Sonata - Leo Tolstoy823. Eline Vere - Louis Couperus824. Pierre et Jean - Guy de Maupassant825. Under the Yoke - Ivan Vazov826. The People of Hemso - August Strindberg827. Emilia Pardo The Manors of Ulloa - n, Baz n828. The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson829. King Solomon's Mines - Rider Haggard830. Germinal - Emile Zola831. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain832. van The Quest - Frederik Eeden833. Marius the Epicurean - Walter Pater834. Bel-Ami - Guy de Maupassant835. Agains the Grain - J.K. Huysmans836. The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy837. Clar¡n The Regent's Wife - Alas, Leopoldo Alas838. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson839. A Woman's Life - Guy de Maupassant840. Bouvard and Pecuchet - Gustave Flaubert

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841. The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James842. Maria The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cuba - Joaquim Assis843. The House by the Medlar Tree - Giovanni Verga844. The Red Room - August Strindberg845. Nana - Emile Zola846. Ben-Hur - Wallace Lew847. Drunkard - Emile Zola848. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy849. Maria The Crime of Father Amado - Jos? Queir¢s850. Pepita Jimenez - Juan Valera851. Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy852. Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne853. The Enchanted Wanderer - Nikolai Leskov854. In a Glass Darkly - Sheridan LeFanu855. Middlemarch - George Eliot856. Erewhon - Samuel Butler857. Spring Torrents - Ivan Turgenev858. The Devils - Fyodor Dostoevsky859. Jos? Mart¡n Fierro - ndez, Hern ndez860. Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carrol861. King Lear of the Steppes - Ivan Turgenev862. de Maldoror French - Comte Lautr?amont863. Sentimental Education - Gustav Flaubert864. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy865. The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky866. Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope867. May Little Women - Louisa Alcott868. The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins869. Therese Raquin - Emile Zola870. The Last Chronicle of Barset - Anthony Trollope871. Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Jules Verne872. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky873. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carrol874. Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky875. Uncle Silas - Sheridan LeFanu876. Water Babies - Charles Kingsley877. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo878. Fathers and Sons - Ivan Turgenev879. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens880. Silas Marner - George Eliot881. Havelaar - Max882. Woman in White - Wilkie Collins883. The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot884. Adam Bede - George Eliot885. Oblomovka - Ivan Goncahrov886. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert887. Indian Summer - Adalbert Stifter888. North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell889. Green Henry - Gottfried Keller890. Walden - Henry Thoreau891. Bleak House - Charles Dickens892. Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell893. Beecher Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Stowe894. Moby Dick - Herman Melville895. The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne896. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens

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897. The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne898. Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte899. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte900. Vanity Fair - William Thackeray901. Jane Eyre - Charoltte Bronte902. The Devil's Pool - Georges Sand903. The Count of Monte-Cristo - Alexander Dumas904. Faustino Facundo - Domingo Sarmiento905. The Three Musketeers - Alexander Dumas906. Lost Illusions - Honore Balzac907. Allen The Pit and the Pendulum - Edgar Poe908. Dead Souls - Nikolay Gogol909. Yu A Hero of Our Time - Mikhail Lermontov910. Charterhouse of Parma - The911. obscura - Camera912. Allen The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Poe913. The Lion of Flanders - Hendrik Consience914. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens915. The Nose - Nikolay Gogol916. Le Pere Goriot - Honore Balzac917. Eu?gnie Grandet - Honore Balzac918. Eugene Onegin - Alexander Pushkin919. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo920. Red and the Black, - The Stendhal The Red and the Black921. Betrothed - The922. Fenimore Last of the Mohicans - James Cooper923. Joseph The Life of a Good-for-Nothing - , Freiherr924. Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - The925. Ivanhoe - Walter Scott926. Melmoth the Wanderer - Chalres Maturin927. The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr - Hoffmann928. Frankenstein - Mary Shelly929. Rob Roy - Walter Scott930. Emma - Jane Austen931. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen932. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen933. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen934. Heinrich Michael Kohlhaas - Kleist, von Kleist935. Elective Affinities - Johann Goethe936. Rameau's Nephew - Denis Diderot937. Von Ofterdingen (unfinished) - Henry938. Castle Rackrent - Maria Edgeworth939. Hyperion - Friedrich Holderlin940. The Monk - Monk Lewis941. Camilla - Fanny Burney942. the Fatalist - Jacques943. Nun - The944. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship - Johann Goethe945. The Adventures of Caleb Williams - William Godwin946. The Mysteries of Udolpho - Anne Radcliffe947. The Interesting Narrative - Oloudah Equiano948. de Justine - Marquis Sade949. A Dream of Red Mansions - Xueqin Cao950. Vathek - William Beckford951. de The 120 days of Sodom - Marquis Sade952. Philipp Anton Reiser (4 parts) - Karl Moritz

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953. De Dangerous Liaisons - Cholderlos Laclos954. Reveries of a Solitary Walker - Jean-Jacques Rousseau955. Confessions French - Jean-Jacques Rousseau956. Evelina - Fanny Burney957. The Sorrows of Young Werther - Johann Goethe958. The Man of Feeling - Henry Mackenzie959. George Humphry Clinker - Tobias Smollett960. A Sentimental Journey - Laurence Sterne961. Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne962. The Vicar of Wakefield - Oliver Goldsmith963. The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole964. Emile, Or, On Education - Jean-Jacques Roussean965. Julie; or, the New Eloise - Jean-Jacques Rousseau966. Candide - Voltaire967. Rasselas - Samuel Johnson968. The Female Quixote - Charlotte Lennox969. George The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle - Tobias Smollett970. Tom Jones - Henry Fielding971. Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure: Fanny Hill - John Cleland972. Clarissa - Samuel Richardson973. Joseph Andrews - Henry Fielding974. Pamela - Samuel Richardson975. et al Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus - Arbuthnot, Pope976. A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift977. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift978. Moll Flanders - Daniel DeFoe979. Love in Excess - Eliza Haywood980. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel DeFoe981. Oroonoko - Aphra Behn982. Princesse de Cleves - Fayette, La Fayette983. The Adventurous Simplicissimus: Being the Description - Hans Grimmelshausen984. The Conquest of New Spain - Bernal Castillo985. The Travels of Persiles and Sigismunda - Saavedra, Cervantes986. Don Quixote - Saavedra, Cervantes987. Thomas of Reading - Thomas Deloney988. The Unfortunate Traveller - Thomas Nashe989. Monkey: A Journey to the West - Chengen Wu990. The Lusiads - Luis Camoes991. Gargantua and Pantagruel - Francois Rabelais992. Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of - The993. Amad¡s de Gaula - Garci Montalvo994. de Celestina - Fernando Rojas995. Tirant Lo Blanc - Joanot Martorell996. The Golden Ass - Lucius Apuleius997. Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Luo Guanzhong998. The Water Margin - Shi Nai'an999. The Tale of Genji - Murasaki Shikibu1000. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter - Yasunari awabata1001. 1001 Nights - various