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Bokklubben World Library (Template:Lang-no) is a series of classical books, mostly novels, published by the Norwegian Book Club since 2002. It is based on a list of the 100 best books, as proposed by one hundred writers from fifty-four different countries, compiled and organized in 2002 by the Book Club. This list endeavors to reflect world literature, with books from all countries, cultures, and time periods.

Each writer had to select his or her own list of ten books. The books selected by this process and listed here are not ranked or categorized in any way; the organizers have stated that "they are all on an equal footing," with the exception of Don Quixote which was given the distinction "best literary work ever written." The following list organizes the works alphabetically by author.

Fyodor Dostoevsky is the author with the most books on the list, with four. William Shakespeare, Franz Kafka, and Leo Tolstoy each have three.

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Breakdown by language, gender

Eleven of the books included on the list are written by women, eighty-five are written by men and four have unknown authors. This breakdown is similar to other lists, such as Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, which was voted for by 17,000 people from the general public and contains twelve books by women.

Twenty-six of the one hundred voting writers had English as their first language, which may be a factor in the list having so many (29) books written in English. Again, this phenomenon was visible in Le Monde's list, with 49 French books.

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List of books

Title Author Year Country Language
Things Fall Apart Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1958 Nigeria English
Fairy tales Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1835–37 Denmark Danish
The Divine Comedy Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1308–21 Italy Italian
Epic of Gilgamesh Unknown Template:Ntsh18th – 17th century BCE Sumer and Akkadian Empire Akkadian
Book of Job Unknown Template:Ntsh7th – 4th century BCE Achaemenid Empire Hebrew
One Thousand and One Nights Unknown Template:Ntsh700–1500 India/Iran/Iraq/Egypt/Tajikistan Arabic
Njál's Saga Unknown Template:Ntsh13th century Iceland Old Norse
Pride and Prejudice Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1813 United Kingdom English
Le Père Goriot Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1835 France French
Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable, a trilogy Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1951–53 Republic of Ireland French, English
The Decameron Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1349–53 Italy Italian
Ficciones Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1944–86 Argentina Spanish
Wuthering Heights Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1847 United Kingdom English
The Stranger Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1942 Algeria, French Empire French
Poems Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1952 Romania, USSR, France German
Journey to the End of the Night Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1932 France French
Don Quixote Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1605 (part 1), 1615 (part 2) Spain Spanish
The Canterbury Tales Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1380s–1400 England English
Stories Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1886 Russia Russian
Nostromo Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1904 United Kingdom English
Great Expectations Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1861 United Kingdom English
Jacques the Fatalist Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1796 France French
Berlin Alexanderplatz Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1929 Germany German
Crime and Punishment Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1866 Russia Russian
The Idiot Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1869 Russia Russian
The Possessed Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1872 Russia Russian
The Brothers Karamazov Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1880 Russia Russian
Middlemarch Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1871 United Kingdom English
Invisible Man Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1952 United States English
Medea Euripides Template:Ntsh431 BCE Greece Greek
Absalom, Absalom! Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1936 United States English
The Sound and the Fury Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1929 United States English
Madame Bovary Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1857 France French
Sentimental Education Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1869 France French
Gypsy Ballads Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1928 Spain Spanish
One Hundred Years of Solitude Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1967 Colombia Spanish
Love in the Time of Cholera Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1985 Colombia Spanish
Faust Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1832 Saxe-Weimar German
Dead Souls Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1842 Russia Russian
The Tin Drum Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1959 Germany German
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1956 Brazil Portuguese
Hunger Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1890 Norway Norwegian
The Old Man and the Sea Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1952 United States English
Iliad Homer Template:Ntsh760–710 BCE Greece Greek
Odyssey Homer Template:Ntsh8th century BCE Greece Greek
A Doll's House Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1879 Norway Norwegian
Ulysses Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1922 Irish Free State English
Stories Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1924 Czechoslovakia German
The Trial Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1925 Czechoslovakia German
The Castle Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1926 Czechoslovakia German
Shakuntala Kālidāsa Template:Ntsh1st century BCE – 4th century CE India Sanskrit
The Sound of the Mountain Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1954 Japan Japanese
Zorba the Greek Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1946 Greece Greek
Sons and Lovers Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1913 United Kingdom English
Independent People Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1934–35 Iceland Icelandic
Poems Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1818 Italy Italian
The Golden Notebook Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1962 United Kingdom English
Pippi Longstocking Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1945 Sweden Swedish
A Madman's Diary Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1918 China Chinese
Children of Gebelawi Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1959 Egypt Arabic
Buddenbrooks Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1901 Germany German
The Magic Mountain Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1924 Germany German
Moby-Dick Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1851 United States English
Essays Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1595 France French
History Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1974 Italy Italian
Beloved Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1987 United States English
The Tale of Genji Murasaki Shikibu Template:Ntsh1000–12 Japan Japanese
The Man Without Qualities Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1930–32 Austria German
Lolita Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1955 Russia/United States English
Nineteen Eighty-Four Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1949 United Kingdom English
Metamorphoses Ovid Template:Ntsh1st century CE Roman Empire Classical Latin
The Book of Disquiet Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1928 Portugal Portuguese
Tales Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1832–49 United States English
In Search of Lost Time Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1913–27 France French
Gargantua and Pantagruel Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1532–34 France French
Pedro Páramo Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1955 Mexico Spanish
Masnavi Rumi Template:Ntsh1258–73 Sultanate of Rum Persian
Midnight's Children Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1981 United Kingdom, India English
Bostan Saadi Template:Ntsh1257 Persia, Persian Empire Persian
Season of Migration to the North Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1966 Sudan Arabic
Blindness Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1995 Portugal Portuguese
Hamlet Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1603 England English
King Lear Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1608 England English
Othello Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1609 England English
Oedipus the King Sophocles Template:Ntsh430 BCE Greece Greek
The Red and the Black Stendhal Template:Ntsh1830 France French
Tristram Shandy Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1760 England English
Confessions of Zeno Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1923 Italy Italian
Gulliver's Travels Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1726 Ireland English
War and Peace Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1865–69 Russia Russian
Anna Karenina Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1877 Russia Russian
The Death of Ivan Ilyich Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1886 Russia Russian
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1884 United States English
Ramayana Valmiki Template:Ntsh5th – 4th century BCE India Sanskrit
Aeneid Virgil Template:Ntsh29–19 BCE Roman Empire Classical Latin
Mahabharata Vyasa Template:Ntsh9th – 5th century BCE India Sanskrit
Leaves of Grass Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1855 United States English
Mrs Dalloway Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1925 United Kingdom English
To the Lighthouse Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1927 United Kingdom English
Memoirs of Hadrian Template:Sortname Template:Ntsh1951 France/Belgium French
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List of authors surveyed

Name Country
Template:Sortname Kyrgyzstan
Template:Sortname Turkey
Template:Sortname Israel
Template:Sortname United States
Template:Sortname Spain
Template:Sortname United Kingdom
Template:Sortname Iran
Template:Sortname United States
Template:Sortname South Africa
Template:Sortname Denmark
Template:Sortname United Kingdom
Template:Sortname Australia
Template:Sortname Mexico
Template:Sortname China/United Kingdom
Template:Sortname France
Template:Sortname Mozambique
Template:Sortname United Kingdom
Template:Sortname Haiti
Template:Sortname China
Template:Sortname Algeria
Template:Sortname Iran
Template:Sortname France
Template:Sortname Sweden
Template:Sortname United States
Template:Sortname Germany
Template:Sortname Cuba
Template:Sortname Somalia
Template:Sortname Norway
Template:Sortname Norway
Template:Sortname New Zealand
Template:Sortname United States
Template:Sortname Mexico
Template:Sortname Palestine
Template:Sortname India
Template:Sortname Spain
Template:Sortname South Africa
Template:Sortname Israel
Template:Sortname Iceland
Template:Sortname Ireland
Template:Sortname Germany
Template:Sortname Bosnia-Herzegovina
Template:Sortname United States
Template:Sortname Zimbabwe
Template:Sortname Egypt
Template:Sortname United States
Template:Sortname Sweden
Template:Sortname Turkey
Template:Sortname Norway
Template:Sortname Czech Republic/France
Template:Sortname Finland
Template:Sortname United Kingdom
Template:Sortname Germany
Template:Sortname United Kingdom
Template:Sortname Sweden
Template:Sortname Estonia
Template:Sortname Lebanon/France
Template:Sortname Italy
Template:Sortname United States
Template:Sortname Argentina
Template:Sortname Ireland/United States
Template:Sortname India
Template:Sortname Brazil
Template:Sortname India/Canada
Template:Sortname Saudi-Arabia
Template:Sortname Romania
Template:Sortname Trinidad/United Kingdom
Template:Sortname Netherlands
Template:Sortname Nigeria/United Kingdom
Template:Sortname Turkey
Template:Sortname United States
Template:Sortname United States
Template:Sortname Russia
Template:Sortname Brazil
Template:Sortname France
Template:Sortname India/United Kingdom
Template:Sortname Egypt
Template:Sortname Lebanon
Template:Sortname Syria
Template:Sortname Sweden
Template:Sortname United States
Template:Sortname Nigeria
Template:Sortname Switzerland
Template:Sortname United Kingdom
Template:Sortname Italy
Template:Sortname Iraq
Template:Sortname United Kingdom
Template:Sortname United Kingdom
Template:Sortname Denmark
Template:Sortname Russia
Template:Sortname Indonesia
Template:Sortname Poland
Template:Sortname France
Template:Sortname Belgium
Template:Sortname Turkey
Template:Sortname Sápmi
Template:Sortname Greece
Template:Sortname Zimbabwe
Template:Sortname United Kingdom
Template:Sortname Germany
Template:Sortname Israel
Template:Sortname Afghanistan
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