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Bokkluben World's Library
In 2002 the editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54 countries on what they considered the “best and most central works in world literature.” Among the authors polled were Milan Kundera, Doris Lessing, Seamus Heaney, Salman Rushdie, Wole Soyinka, John Irving, Nadine Gordimer, and Carlos Fuentes. The list of 100 works appears alphabetically by author. 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."
Library of Congress' Books that Shaped America
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.[3] Founded in 1800, it is the United States' oldest federal cultural institution. As part of a multi-year Library of Congress “Celebration of the Book,” the list – initially 88 books, now expanded by the Library to 100 – and its accompanying exhibition at the Library last June 25-Sept. 25 engendered months of public dialogue. Some 165,400 people attended the exhibit and more than 9,000 responded to a survey about “Books That Shaped America” posted by the Library on its National Book Festival website.
Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction
The editors of The Modern Library were privileged to have the assistance of a distinguished Board made up of celebrated authors, historians, critics, and publishing luminaries. In 1998 and 1999, members of the Modern Library Board participated in the “100 Best” project, voting on the 100 Best Novels and 100 Best Non-fiction works, respectively.
Modern Library 100 Best Novels
Modern Library's 100 Best Novels is a 1998 list of the best English-language novels published during the 20th century, as selected by Modern Library from among 400 novels published by Random House, which owns Modern Library. The purpose of the list was to "bring the Modern Library to public attention" and stimulate sales of its books. A separate Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction list was created the same year.
Modern Library 100 Best Novels The Readers List
In 1998 Modern Library published its Editors list of the best novels written in english in the 20th century. Afterwards they held an online poll so that readers could vote for their own. The result is an eclectic mix, partly influenced by the online population of 1998 and concerted efforts to rally votes. This results in Scientologist Hubbard having 3 books in the list, and Ayn Rand having 4. The original list has been removed from Modern Library's website.
New York's Public Library Top 50, 1956-2005
Compiled by Francie Einenkel and Susan Chut, librarians of the New York Public Library in 2005. A representative selection from over 1500 titles on annual lists of Books to Remember from 1956 to 2005. The original list was divided in categories such as: "Continental Drift: Traveling the globe on wings of imagination", "The Great American Novel: Top-notch tellers of American tales", "Going to the Sources: Classic chronicles of our collective past."
Telegraph's Perfect Library: 110 books
From classics and sci-fi to poetry, biographies and books that changed the world… we present the ultimate reading list. Published in 2008.
The New York Public Library's Books of the Century
The following is a complete list of the titles included in the exhibition Books of the Century at The New York Public Library's Center for the Humanities, May 20, 1995-July 13, 1996, and in The New York Public Library's Books of the Century, published by Oxford University Press. In the original exhibition the books were divided in different categories such as "Popular Culture & Mass Entertainment", "Landmarks of Modern Literature" and "Utopias & Dystopias". https://www.nypl.org/voices/print-publications/books-of-the-century
Zeit Library of World Literature (2023)
On November 25, 2023, Die Zeit published a new list in a special edition.
Zeit's Library of 100 Books (1983)
The Zeit Library of 100 Books was an educationally ambitious series of articles by the feuilleton section of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit . Launched in 1978, a review of a work of world literature was published every week for the following two years .