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<h2>By region</h2>
<h2>By region</h2>
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|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:Australia.png]] Australia </h3>
 
 
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| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Argentina.png]] Argentina</h3>
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| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
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| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Strange_Forces.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Las fuerzas extrañas|Strange Forces]]''<br />(1906)<br />Leopoldo Lugones</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Museum_of_Eterna's_Novel.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Museum of Eterna's Novel|The Museum of Eterna's Novel]]''<br />(1925)<br />Macedonio Fernandez</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Seven_Madmen.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Roberto Arlt|The Seven Madmen]]''<br />(1929)<br />Roberto Arlt</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:ElAleph.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:El Aleph|The Aleph]]''<br />(1949)<br />Jorge Luis Borges</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Hopscotch.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar novel)|Hopscotch]]''<br />(1963)<br />Julio Cortazar</small>
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| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Manuel Puig </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Ernesto Sabato </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Juan José Saer </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Oliverio Girondo </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Adolfo Bioy Casares </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Fernando Sorrentino </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Cesar Aira </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Marco Denevi </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Luisa Valenzuela </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Lila Zemborain </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Rodrigo Fresan </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Alberto Laiseca </small>
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| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Australia.png]] Australia</h3>
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| colspan="5" |<small>[http://tinyurl.com/australianlit Australian Literature Download]</small>
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| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
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| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Tthe_Man_Who_Loved_Children.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Man Who Loved Children|The Man Who Loved Children ]]''<br />(1940)<br />by Christina Stead </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Voss.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Voss (novel)|Voss]]''<br />(1957)<br />by Patrick White </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Fatal_Shore.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Fatal Shore|The Fatal Shore]]''<br />(1987)<br />by Robert Hughes </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Cloudstreet.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Cloudstreet|Cloudstreet ]]''<br />(1991)<br />by Tim Winton </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Death_of_a_River_Guide.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Death of a River Guide|Death of a River Guide]]''<br />(1994)<br />by Richard Flanagan </small>
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| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
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| rowspan="41" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classic
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Dreaming|The Dreaming]]'' (1980) by Damien Broderick </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Illywhacker|Illywhacker]]'' (1985) by Peter Carey </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Oscar and Lucinda|Oscar and Lucinda]]'' (1988) by Peter Carey </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:For the Term of his Natural Life|For the Term of his Natural Life]]'' (1874) by Marcus Clarke </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Middle Parts of Fortune|The Middle Parts of Fortune]]'' (1929) by Frederic Manning </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Eucalyptus (novel)|Eucalyptus]]'' (1998) by Murray Bail </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Power of One|The Power of One]]'' (1989) by Bryce Courtenay </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A Cry in the Jungle Bar|A Cry in the Jungle Bar]]'' (1979) by Robert Drewer </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gould's Book of Fish|Gould's Book of Fish]]'' (2001) by Richard Flanagan </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Diaspora (novel)|Diaspora]]'' (1997) by Greg Egan </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:My Brilliant Career|My Brilliant Career]]'' (1901) by Miles Franklin </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Children's Bach|The Children's Bach]]'' (1984) by Helen Garner </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Female Eunuch|The Female Eunuch]]'' (1970) by Germaine Greer </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Secret River|The Secret River]]'' (2005) by Kate Grenville </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:But the Dead are Many|But the Dead are Many]]'' (1975) by Frank Hardy </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A.D. Hope|Selected Poetry and Prose]]'' ( ) of A.D. Hope </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Lucky Country|The Lucky Country]]'' (1964) by Donald Horne </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Mystery of a Hansom Cab|The Mystery of a Hansom Cab]]'' (1886) by Fergus Hume </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:My Brother Jack|My Brother Jack]]'' (1964) by George Johnston </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Schindler's Ark|Schindler's Ark]]'' (1982) by Thomas Keneally </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The First Casualty|The First Casualty]]'' (2005) by Phillip Knightley </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Summer of the Seventeenth Doll|Summer of the Seventeenth Doll]]'' (1955) by Ray Lawler </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Picnic at Hanging Rock|Picnic at Hanging Rock]]'' (1967) by Joan Lindsay </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Remembering Babylon|Remembering Babylon]]'' (1993) by David Malouf </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Forty-Seventeen|Forty-Seventeen]]'' (1988) by Frank Moorhouse </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Les Murray|New Collected Poems]]'' (1999) by Les Murray </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Fredy Neptune|Fredy Neptune]]'' (1998) by Les Murray </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Three Dollars|Three Dollars]]'' (1998) by Elliot Perlman </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Fortunes of Richard Mahony|The Fortunes of Richard Mahony]]'' (1930) by Henry Handel Richardson </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Shantaram (novel)|Shantaram]]'' (2003) by Gregory David Roberts </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:On the Beach|On the Beach]]'' (1957) by Nevil Shute </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Animal Liberation|Animal Liberation]]'' (1975) by Peter Singer </small>
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| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Little Hotel|The Little Hotel]]'' (1973) by Christina Stead </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A Fraction of the Whole|A Fraction of the Whole]]'' (2008) by Steve Toltz </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Tree of Man|The Tree of Man]]'' (1955) by Patrick White </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Vivisector|The Vivisector]]'' (1970) by Patrick White </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Dirt Music|Dirt Music]]'' (2001) by Tim Winton </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Wake in Fright|Wake in Fright]]'' (1961) by Kenneth Cook </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:P._R._Stephensen|The Foundations of Culture in Australia]]'' (1936) by P. R. Stephensen </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Capricornia|Capricornia]]'' (1938) by Xavier Herbert </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Power Without Glory|Power Without Glory]]'' (1950) by Frank Hardy </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
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| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Australian_broad_literature_guide_edit_march_2017.jpg|thumb|80px]]
| colspan="4" |
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| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Austria.png]] Austria</h3>
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| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
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| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Indian_Summer.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Der Nachsommer|Indian Summer]]''<br />(1857)<br />by Adalbert Stifter </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Man_Without_Qualities.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Man Without Qualities|The Man Without Qualities]]''<br />(1942)<br />by Robert Musil </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Chess_Story.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Royal Game|Chess Story]]''<br />(1942)<br />by Stefan Zweig </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Death_of_Virgil.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Hermann Broch|The Death of Virgil]]''<br />(1945)<br />by Hermann Broch </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Loser.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Loser (book)|The Loser]]''<br />(1983)<br />by Thomas Bernhard </small>
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| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
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| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Bergkristall|Rock Crystal]]'' (1845) by Adalbert Stifter </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Arthur Schnitzler|Round Dance and Other Plays]]'' (1897) by Arthur Schnitzler</small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Confusions of Young Törless|The Confusions of Young Törless]]'' (1906) by Robert Musil </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Alfred Kubin|The Other Side]]'' (1909) by Alfred Kubin </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Dream Story|Dream Story]]'' (1926) by Arthur Schnitzler </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Beware of Pity|Beware of Pity]]'' (1939) by Stefan Zweig </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The World of Yesterday|The World of Yesterday]]'' (1942) by Stefan Zweig </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gregor von Rezzori|An Ermine in Czernopol]]'' (1958) by Gregor von Rezzori </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Wall (1963 novel)|The Wall]]'' (1963) by Marlen Haushofer </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Konrad Bayer|The Head of Vitus Bering]]'' (1965) by Konrad Bayer </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Konrad Bayer|Selected Works]]'' (1966) by Konrad Bayer </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A Sorrow Beyond Dreams|A Sorrow Beyond Dreams]]'' (1972) by Peter Handke </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gregor von Rezzori|Memoirs of an Anti-Semite]]'' (1979) by Gregor von Rezzori </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Woodcutters (novel)|Woodcutters]]'' (1984) by Thomas Bernhard </small>
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| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Belgium.png]] Belgium</h3>
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| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:The_Sorrow_of_Belgium.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Sorrow of Belgium|The Sorrow of Belgium]]''<br />(1983)<br />by Hugo Claus </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File: |80px]]<br /><br /><small>()<br />by </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File: |80px]]<br /><br /><small>()<br />by </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File: |80px]]<br /><br /><small>()<br />by </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File: |80px]]<br /><br /><small>()<br />by </small>
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| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
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| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Willem Elsschot|Three Novels: Soft Soap, The Leg, Will O' the Wisp]]'' by Willem Elsschot </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Willem Elsschot|Cheese]]'' (1933) by Willem Elsschot </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Paul van Ostaijen|Occupied City]]'' (1921) by Paul van Ostaijen </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Paul van Ostaijen|The signal]]'' (1918) by Paul van Ostaijen </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Hugo Claus|The Sign of the Hamster]]'' (1964) by Hugo claus </small>
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| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Dimitri Verhulst|Problemski Hotel]]'' (2003) by Dimitri Verhulst </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Dimitri Verhulst|The Misfortunates]]'' (2006) by Dimitri Verhulst </small>
|-
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Tthe_Man_Who_Loved_Children.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Man Who Loved Children|The Man Who Loved Children ]]''<br/>(1940)<br/>by Christina Stead </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Marnix Gijsen|Strangers Should Not Whisper]]'' (1945) by Marnix Gijsen </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Voss.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Voss (novel)|Voss]]''<br/>(1957)<br/>by Patrick White </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Fatal_Shore.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Fatal Shore|The Fatal Shore]]''<br/>(1987)<br/>by Robert Hughes </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Cloudstreet.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Cloudstreet|Cloudstreet ]]''<br/>(1991)<br/>by Tim Winton </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Death_of_a_River_Guide.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Death of a River Guide|Death of a River Guide]]''<br/> (1994)<br/> by Richard Flanagan </small>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Maurice Gilliams|Elias, or the struggle with the nightingalesl]]'' (1936) by Maurice Gilliams </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=40 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classic||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Dreaming|The Dreaming]]'' ( ) by Damien Broderick </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Maurice Gilliams|The bottle at sea. The complete poems]]'' by Maurice Gilliams </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Illywhacker|Illywhacker]]'' ( ) by Peter Carey </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''Tempo di Roma'' by Alexis Curvers </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Oscar and Lucinda|Oscar and Lucinda]]'' ( ) by Peter Carey </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''Pedigree'' by Georges Simenon </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:For the Term of his Natural Life|For the Term of his Natural Life]]'' ( ) by Marcus Clarke </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (Maigret series)'' by Georges Simenon </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Middle Parts of Fortune|The Middle Parts of Fortune]]'' (1929) by Frederic Manning </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''Thousand Times Broken, Three Books'' by Henri Michaux </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Eucalyptus (novel)|Eucalyptus]]'' (1998) by Murray Bail </small>
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:China.png]] China</h3>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Power of One|The Power of One]]'' ( ) by Bryce Courtenay </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:A Cry in the Jungle Bar|A Cry in the Jungle Bar]]'' ( ) by Robert Drewer </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Three_Kingdoms.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Romance of the Three Kingdoms|Three Kingdoms ]]''<br />(14th century)<br />by Luo Guanzhong </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Story_of_the_Stone.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Dream of the Red Chamber|Story of the Stone]]''<br />(18th century)<br />by Cao Xueqin </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Strange_Tales_from_a_Chinese_Studio.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio|Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio]]''<br />(1740)<br />by Pu Songling </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File: The_Real_Story_of_Ah-Q_and_Other_Tales_of_China.jpg |80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The True Story of Ah Q|The Real Story of Ah Q]]''<br />(1922)<br />by Lu Xun </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File: Camel_Xiangzi.jpg |80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Camel Xiangzi|Camel Xiangzi]]''<br />(1937)<br />by Lao She </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Gould's Book of Fish|Gould's Book of Fish]]'' ( ) by Richard Flanagan </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Diaspora (novel)|Diaspora]]'' ( ) by Greg Egan </small>
| rowspan="12" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classic
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Tang Dynasty|The Dragon King's Daughter]]'' (Tang dynasty) by </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:My Brilliant Career|My Brilliant Career]]'' ( ) by Miles Franklin </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Yuan Dynasty|Six Yuan Plays]]'' (Yuan dynasty) by </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Children's Bach|The Children's Bach]]'' ( ) by Helen Garner </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Outlaws of the Marsh|Outlaws of the Marsh]]'' (14th century) by Shi Nai'an </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Female Eunuch|The Female Eunuch]]'' ( ) by Germaine Greer </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Romance of the West Chamber|The Story of the Western Wing]]'' (14th century) by Wang Shifu </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Secret River|The Secret River]]'' ( ) by Kate Grenville </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Journey to the West|Journey to the West]]'' (16th century) by Wu Cheng'en </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:But the Dead are Many|But the Dead are Many]]'' ( ) by Frank Hardy </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Creation of the Gods|Creation of the Gods]]'' (16th century) by Xu Zhonglin </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:A.D. Hope|Selected Poetry and Prose]]'' ( ) of A.D. Hope </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Peony Pavilion|The Peony Pavilion]]'' (1598) by Tang Xianzu </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Lucky Country|The Lucky Country]]'' ( ) by Donald Horne </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Feng Menglong|Stories Old and New]]'' (1620) by Feng Menglong </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Mystery of a Hansom Cab|The Mystery of a Hansom Cab]]'' ( ) by Fergus Hume </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Jin Ping Mei|The Plum in the Golden Vase]]'' (17th century) by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:My Brother Jack|My Brother Jack]]'' ( ) by George Johnston </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Carnal Prayer Mat|The Carnal Prayer Mat]]'' (1657) by Li Yu </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Schindler's Ark|Schindler's Ark]]'' ( ) by Thomas Keneally </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Scholars (novel)|The Scholars]]'' (1750) by Wu Jingzi </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The First Casualty|The First Casualty]]'' ( ) by Phillip Knightley </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Six Records of a Floating Life|Six Records of a Floating Life]]'' (1808) by Shen Fu </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Summer of the Seventeenth Doll|Summer of the Seventeenth Doll]]'' ( ) by Ray Lawler </small>
| rowspan="21" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Modern
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Lu Xun|Wild Grass]]'' (1927) by Lu Xun </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Picnic at Hanging Rock|Picnic at Hanging Rock]]'' ( ) by Joan Lindsay </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Mao Dun|Rainbow]]'' (1930) by Mao Dun </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Remembering Babylon|Remembering Babylon]]'' ( ) by David Malouf </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Family (Ba Jin novel)|Family]]'' (1933) Ba Jin </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Forty-Seventeen|Forty-Seventeen]]'' ( ) by Frank Moorhouse </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Shen Congwen|Border Town]]'' (1934) by Shen Congwen </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Les Murray|New Collected Poems]]'' ( ) by Les Murray </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Shen Congwen|Selected Stories]]'' by Shen Congwen </small>
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Fredy Neptune|Fredy Neptune]]'' ( ) by Les Murray </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Three Dollars|Three Dollars]]'' ( ) by Elliot Perlman </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Lin Yutang|My Country and My People]]'' (1935) by Lin Yutang </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Fortunes of Richard Mahony|The Fortunes of Richard Mahony]]'' ( ) by Henry Handel Richardson </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Lin Yutang|The Importance of Living]]'' (1937) by Lin Yutang </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Shantaram (novel)|Shantaram]]'' ( ) by Gregory David Roberts </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Eileen Chang|Love in a Fallen City]]'' (1945) by Eileen Chang </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:On the Beach|On the Beach]]'' ( ) by Nevil Shute </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Fortress Besieged|Fortress Besieged]]'' (1947) by Qian Zhongshu </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Animal Liberation|Animal Liberation]]'' ( ) by Peter Singer </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Lao She|Teahouse]]'' (1957) by Lao She </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Little Hotel|The Little Hotel]]'' ( ) by Christina Stead </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Feng Jicai|The Three-Inch Golden Lotus]]'' (1985) by Feng Jicai </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:A Fraction of the Whole|A Fraction of the Whole]]'' ( ) by Steve Toltz </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Bei Dao|Waves]]'' (1985) by Bei Dao </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Tree of Man|The Tree of Man]]'' ( ) by Patrick White </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Mo Yan|Red Sorghum]]'' (1987) by Mo Yan </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Vivisector|The Vivisector]]'' ( ) by Patrick White </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Bei Dao|The August Sleepwalker]]'' (1988) by Bei Dao </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Dirt Music|Dirt Music]]'' ( ) by Tim Winton </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Chess Master|The King of Trees]]'' (1990) by Ah Cheng </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Wake in Fright|Wake in Fright]]'' ( ) by Kenneth Cook </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Soul Mountain|Soul Mountain]]'' (1990) by Gao Xingjian </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Capricornia|Capricornia]]'' ( ) by Xavier Herbert </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:To Live|To Live]]'' (1993) by Yu Hua </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Power Without Glory|Power Without Glory]]'' ( ) by Frank Hardy </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Five Spice Street]]'' (2003) by Can Xue </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Recommendation images'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Brothers (2005 novel)|Brothers]]'' (2005) by Yu Hua </small>
|-
|-
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:Auslit_(1)_copy.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Life and Death are Wearing Me Out|Life and Death are Wearing Me Out]]'' (2006) by Mo Yan </small>
|colspan=4|
|-
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Vertical Motion]]'' (2011) by Can Xue </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|-
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:3ro5q.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:1319910862194.jpg|100px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:1319910950855.jpg|100px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:1344669226400.png|100px]]
| colspan="1" |
|}
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|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:China.png]] China </h3>
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|-
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Canadian.png]] Canada</h3>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Montgomery_Anne_of Green_Gables.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Anne of Green Gables|Anne of Green Gables]]''<br />(1908)<br />by Lucy Maud Montgomery </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Sunshine_sketches.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Sunshine_Sketches_of_a_Little_Town|Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town]]''<br />(1912)<br />by Stephen Leacock </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:The_Handmaids_Tale.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The_Handmaid's_Tale|The Handmaid's Tale]]''<br />(1985)<br />by Margaret Atwood </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Dance_of_the_happy_shades.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Dance_of_the_Happy_Shades|Dance of the Happy Shades]]''<br />(1968)<br />by Alice Munro </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Flint_and_feather.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Flint and Feather|Flint and Feather]]''<br />(1913)<br />by Pauline Johnson </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
| rowspan="19" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Anglophone
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Fifth_Business|Fifth Business]]'' (1970) by Robertson Davies </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The_Golden_Dog|The Golden Dog]]'' (1872) by William Kirby </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The_Apprenticeship_of_Duddy_Kravitz_(novel)|The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz]]'' (1974) by Mordecai Richler </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The_Wars|The Wars]]'' (1977) by Timothy Findley </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Beautiful_Losers|Beautiful Losers]]'' (1966) by Leonard Cohen </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Klee_Wyck|Klee Wyck]]'' (1941) by Emily Carr </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Three_Day_Road|Three Day Road]]'' (2005) by Joseph Boyden </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Life_of_Pi|Life of Pi]]'' (2001) by Yann Martel </small>
|}
 
 
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| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Czech.png]] Czech Republic</h3>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:May.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Máj|May]]''<br />(1836)<br />by Karel Hynek Macha </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:The_Good_Soldier_Svejk.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Good Soldier Svejk|The Good Soldier Svejk]]''<br />(1923)<br />by Jaroslav Hasek </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Three_Novels.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Hordubal|Three Novels]]''<br />(1933)<br />by Karel Capek </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:I_Served_the_King_of_England.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:I Served the King of England|I Served the King of England]]''<br />(1983)<br />by Bohumil Hrabal </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:The_Unbearable_Lightness_of_Being.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Unbearable Lightness of Being|The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]''<br />(1984)<br />by Milan Kundera </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
| rowspan="19" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Pre-WW2
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Sorrowful Eyes]]'' ( ) by Ivan Olbracht </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Hidden History]]'' ( ) by Otokar Brezina </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Grandmother]]'' ( ) by Bozena Nemcova </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch]]'' ( ) by Ladislav Klima </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |R.U.R.]]'' ( ) by Karel Capek </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |War With the Newts]]'' ( ) by Karel Capek </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Antilyrik &amp; Other Poems]]'' ( ) by Vitezslav Nezval </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Valerie and Her Week of Wonders]]'' ( ) by Vitezslav Nezval </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Prague Tales]]'' ( ) by Jan Neruda </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Arsonist]]'' ( ) by Egon Hostovsky </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Poetry]]'' ( ) of Jaroslav Seifert </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Vanishing Lung Syndrome]]'' ( ) by Miroslav Holub </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Narrative Poems]]'' ( ) by Vladimir Holan </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Dreams at the End of the Night]]'' ( ) by Ewald Murrer </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |How I Came to Know Fish]]'' ( ) by Ota Pavel </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Fingers Pointing Somewhere Else]]'' ( ) by Daniela Fischerova </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |White Book]]'' ( ) by Pavel Kohout </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Saturnin]]'' ( ) by Zdenek Jirotka </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Summer of Caprice]]'' ( ) by Vadislav Vancura </small>
|-
| rowspan="16" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Post-WW2
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Closely Watched Trains]]'' ( ) Bohumil Hrabal </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Too Loud a Solitude]]'' ( ) by Bohumil Hrabal </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Love and Garbage]]'' ( ) by Ivan Klima </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Immortality]]'' ( ) by Milan Kundera </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Garden Party and Other Plays]]'' ( ) by Vaclav Havel </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Questionnaire]]'' ( ) by Jiri Grusa </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Guinea Pigs]]'' ( ) by Ludvik Vaculik </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Cremator]]'' (1967) by Ladislav Fuks </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova]]'' ( ) by Arnost Lustig </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |A Bohemian Youth]]'' ( ) by Josef Hirsal </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |City Sister Silver]]'' ( ) by Jachym Topol </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Engineer of Human Souls]]'' ( ) by Josef Skvorecky </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Other City]]'' ( ) by Michal Ajvaz </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Europeana]]'' ( ) by Patrik Ourednik </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Seven Churches]]'' ( ) by Milos Urban </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Of Kids &amp; Parents]]'' ( ) by Emil Hakl </small>
|-
| rowspan="13" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |German-language
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Golem]]'' ( ) by Gustav Meyrink </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Green Face]]'' ( ) by Gustav Meyrink </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Trial]]'' ( ) by Franz Kafka </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Metamorphosis]]'' ( ) by Franz Kafka </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |A Hunger Artist]]'' ( ) by Franz Kafka </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Blaugast]]'' ( ) by Paul Leppin </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Severin’s Journey into the Dark]]'' ( ) by Paul Leppin </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Raging Reporter]]'' ( ) by Egon Erwin Kisch </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Tycho Brahe’s Path to God]]'' ( ) by Max Brod </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Maimed]]'' ( ) by Hermann Ungar </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Boys &amp; Murderers]]'' ( ) by Hermann Ungar </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge |The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge]]'' ( ) by Rainer Maria Rilke </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Selected Poetry]]'' ( ) of Rainer Maria Rilke </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|-
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Czech_literature.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="4" |
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| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:England.png]] United Kingdom and Ireland</h3>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Canterbury_Tales.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Canterbury Tales|The Canterbury Tales]]''<br />(14th century)<br />by Geoffrey Chaucer </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Complete_Works_of_Shakespears.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Shakespeare|The Complete Works]]''<br />of William Shakespeare </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Paradise_Lost.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Paradise Lost|Paradise Lost]]''<br />(1667)<br />by John Milton </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Collected_Poems_of_Wordsworth.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:William Wordsworth|The Collected Poems]]''<br />of William Wordsworth </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Collected_Poems_of_Yeats.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:W.B. Yeats|The Collected Poems]]''<br />of W.B. Yeats </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
| rowspan="15" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classic
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Beowulf|Beowulf]]'' (10th century) </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Sir Gawain and the Green Knight|Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]'' (14th century) </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Le Morte D'Arthur|Le Morte D'Arthur]]'' (1485) by Sir Thomas Malory </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Utopia (novel)|Utopia]]'' (1516) by Thomas More </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Christopher Marlowe|The Complete Plays]]'' of Christopher Marlowe </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Faerie Queene|The Faerie Queene]]'' (1590) by Edmund Spenser </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Ben Jonson|Plays and Masques]]'' by Ben Jonson </small>
|-
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Three_Kingdoms.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Romance of the Three Kingdoms|Three Kingdoms ]]''<br/>(14th century)<br/>by Luo Guanzhong </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Duchess of Malfi|the Duchess of Malfi]]'' (1612) by John Webster </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Story_of_the_Stone.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Dream of the Red Chamber|Story of the Stone]]''<br/>(18th century)<br/>by Cao Xueqin </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Strange_Tales_from_a_Chinese_Studio.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio| Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio]]''<br/>(1740)<br/>by Pu Songling </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File: The_Real_Story_of_Ah-Q_and_Other_Tales_of_China.jpg |80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The True Story of Ah Q|The Real Story of Ah Q]]''<br/>(1922)<br/>by Lu Xun  </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File: Camel_Xiangzi.jpg |80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Camel Xiangzi|Camel Xiangzi]]''<br/>(1937)<br/>by Lao She </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Pilgrim's Progress|The Pilgrim's Progress]]'' (1678) by John Bunyan </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=12 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classic||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Tang Dynasty|The Dragon King's Daughter]]'' (Tang dynasty) by </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]'' (1719) by Daniel Defoe </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Yuan Dynasty|Six Yuan Plays]]'' (Yuan dynasty) by </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gulliver's Travels|Gulliver's Travels]]'' (1735) by Jonathan Swift </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Outlaws of the Marsh|Outlaws of the Marsh]]'' (14th century) by Shi Nai'an  </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling|Tom Jones]]'' (1749) by Henry Fielding </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Romance of the West Chamber|The Story of the Western Wing]]'' (14th century) by Wang Shifu </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Tristram Shandy|The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]'' (1759) by Laurence Sterne </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Journey to the West|Journey to the West]]'' (16th century) by Wu Cheng'en </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Vicar of Wakefield|The Vicar of Wakefield]]'' (1766) by Oliver Goldsmith </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Creation of the Gods|Creation of the Gods]]'' (16th century) by Xu Zhonglin </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Marriage of Heaven and Hell|The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]]'' (1793) by William Blake </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Peony Pavilion|The Peony Pavilion]]'' (1598) by Tang Xianzu </small>
| rowspan="17" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |19th Century
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Pride and Prejudice|Pride and Prejudice]]'' (1813) by Jane Austen </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Feng Menglong|Stories Old and New]]'' (1620) by Feng Menglong </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Frankenstein|Frankenstein]]'' (1818) by Mary Shelley </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Jin Ping Mei|The Plum in the Golden Vase]]'' (17th century) by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Ivanhoe|Ivanhoe]]'' (1820) by Sir Walter Scott </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Carnal Prayer Mat|The Carnal Prayer Mat]]'' (1657) by Li Yu </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Don Juan (Byron)|Don Juan]]'' (1821) by Lord Byron </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Scholars (novel)|The Scholars]]'' (1750) by Wu Jingzi </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Sartor Resartus|Sartor Resartus]]'' (1833) by Thomas Carlyle </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Six Records of a Floating Life|Six Records of a Floating Life]]'' (1808) by Shen Fu </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Jane Eyre|Jane Eyre]]'' (1847) by Charlotte Bronte </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=21 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Modern||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Family (Ba Jin novel)|Family]]'' (1933) Ba Jin </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Wuthering Heights|Wuthering Heights]]'' (1847) Emily Bronte </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Lin Yutang|The Importance of Living]]'' (1937) by Lin Yutang </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Vanity Fair|Vanity Fair]]'' (1848) by William Makepeace Thackeray </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |My Country and My People]]'' ( ) by Lin Yutang </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Bleak House|Bleak House]]'' (1853) by Charles Dickens </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Wild Grass]]'' ( ) by Lu Xun </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A Tale of Two Cities|A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1859) by Charles Dickens </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Rainbow]]'' ( ) by Mao Dun </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Middlemarch|Middlemarch]]'' (1872) by George Eliot </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Fortress Besieged|Fortress Besieged]]'' (1947) by Qian Zhongshu </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Far from the Madding Crowd|Far from the Madding Crowd]]'' (1874) by Thomas Hardy </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Border Town]]'' ( ) by Shen Congwen </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Way We Live Now|The Way We Live Now]]'' (1879) by Anthony Trollope </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Selected Stories]]'' ( ) by Shen Congwen </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Idylls of the King|Idylls of the King]]'' (1885) by Alfred Lord Tennyson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Teahouse]]'' ( ) by Lao She </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Robert Louis Stevenson|The Collected Works]]'' of Robert Louis Stevenson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Love in a Fallen City]]'' ( ) by Eileen Chang </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Dracula|Dracula]]'' (1897) by Bram Stoker </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The King of Trees]]'' ( ) by Ah Cheng </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Oscar Wilde|The Collected Works]]'' of Oscar Wilde </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Red Sorghum]]'' ( ) by Mo Yan </small>
| rowspan="11" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Modern
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Lord Jim|Lord Jim]]'' (1900) by Joseph Conrad </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Life and Death are Wearing Me Out]]'' ( ) by Mo Yan </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Kim (novel)|Kim]]'' (1900) by Rudyard Kipling </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Three-Inch Golden Lotus]]'' ( ) by Feng Jicai </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Way of All Flesh|The Way of All Flesh]]'' (1903) by Samuel Butler </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Brothers]]'' ( ) by Yu Hua </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Man Who Was Thursday|The Man Who Was Thursday]]'' (1908) by G.K. Chesterton </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |To Live]]'' ( ) by Yu Hua </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Sons and Lovers|Sons and Lovers]]'' (1913) by D.H. Lawrence </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Soul Mountain]]'' ( ) by Gao Xingjian </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Of Human Bondage|Of Human Bondage ]]'' (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Waves]]'' ( ) by Bei Dao </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Sherlock Holmes|The Complete Sherlock Holmes]]'' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The August Sleepwalker]]'' ( ) by Bei Dao </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A Passage To India|A Passage to India ]]'' (1924) by E.M. Forster </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Five Spice Street]]'' ( ) by Can Xue </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:To the Lighthouse|To the Lighthouse]]'' (1927) by Virginia Woolf </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Vertical Motion]]'' ( ) by Can Xue </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[Flashman]]'' (1969) by George MacDonald Fraser </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Recommendation images'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:George Bernard Shaw|The Collected Plays]]'' by George Bernard Shaw </small>
|-
|-
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:3ro5q.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:1319910862194.jpg|100px]]
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:1319910950855.jpg|100px]]
|colspan=2|
|-
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| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Britishirish2.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Shakespeare.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Chesterton's_fiction.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="2" |
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|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:Czech.png]] Czech Republic </h3>
 
 
|-
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:France.png]] France</h3>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:May.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Máj|May]]''<br/>(1836)<br/>by Karel Hynek Macha </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Fleurs-du-mal_titel.jpg|thumb|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Les Fleurs du Mal|Flowers of Evil]]''<br />(1857)<br />by Charles Baudelaire </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:The_Good_Soldier_Svejk.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Good Soldier Svejk|The Good Soldier Svejk]]''<br/>(1923)<br/>by Jaroslav Hasek </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Balzac.jpg|thumb|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:La Comédie humaine|The Human Comedy]]''<br />(1829-1848)<br />by Honoré de Balzac </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Three_Novels.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Hordubal|Three Novels]]''<br/>(1933)<br/>by Karel Capek </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Remembrance of Things Past.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:In Search of Lost Time|In Search of Lost Time]]''<br />(1927)<br />by Marcel Proust </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:I_Served_the_King_of_England.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:I Served the King of England|I Served the King of England]]''<br/>(1983)<br/>by Bohumil Hrabal </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Memoirs_of_Hadrian.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Memoirs of Hadrian|Memoirs of Hadrian]]''<br />(1951)<br />by Marguerite Yourcenar </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:The_Unbearable_Lightness_of_Being.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Unbearable Lightness of Being|The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]''<br/>(1984)<br/>by Milan Kundera </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Madame_Bovary.jpg|thumb|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia: Madame Bovary|Madame Bovary ]]''<br />(1856)<br />by Gustave Flaubert </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|rowspan=19 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Pre-WW2||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Sorrowful Eyes]]'' ( ) by Ivan Olbracht </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Temptations of Saint Anthony (Flaubert)|The Temptation of Saint Antony]]'' (1895) by Gustave Flaubert </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Hidden History]]'' ( ) by Otokar Brezina </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Journey to the End of the Night|Journey to the End of the Night]]'' (1932) by Louis-Ferdinand Céline </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Grandmother]]'' ( ) by Bozena Nemcova  </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Stranger|The Stranger]]'' ( ) by Albert Camus </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch]]'' ( ) by Ladislav Klima </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Count of Monte Cristo|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' ( ) by Alexander Dumas </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |R.U.R.]]'' ( ) by Karel Capek </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Nausea (novel)|Nausea]]'' ( ) by Jean-Paul Sartre </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |War With the Newts]]'' ( ) by Karel Capek </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Le Grand Meaulnes|The Lost Estate]]'' (1913) by Alain-Fournier </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Antilyrik & Other Poems]]'' ( ) by Vitezslav Nezval </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Red and the Black|The Red and the Black ]]'' ( ) by Stendhal </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Valerie and Her Week of Wonders]]'' ( ) by Vitezslav Nezval </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Nadja|Nadja]]'' ( ) by Andre Breton </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Prague Tales]]'' ( ) by Jan Neruda </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'' ( ) by Jules Verne </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Arsonist]]'' ( ) by Egon Hostovsky </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Henri Michaux|Miserable Miracle]]'' ( ) by Henri Michaux </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Poetry]]'' ( ) of Jaroslav Seifert  </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[Atomised]]'' ( ) by Michel Houellebecq </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Vanishing Lung Syndrome]]'' ( ) by Miroslav Holub </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Jean-Jacques Rousseau|Confessions]]'' ( ) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Narrative Poems]]'' ( ) by Vladimir Holan </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Le Petit Prince|Le Petit Prince]]'' ( ) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Dreams at the End of the Night]]'' ( ) by Ewald Murrer </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Candide|Candide]]'' ( ) by Voltaire </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |How I Came to Know Fish]]'' ( ) by Ota Pavel </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Marguerite Duras|The Lover]]'' ( ) by Marguerite Duras </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Fingers Pointing Somewhere Else]]'' ( ) by Daniela Fischerova </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Boris Vian|Froth on the Daydream]]'' ( ) by Boris Vian </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |White Book]]'' ( ) by Pavel Kohout </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Germinal|Germinal ]]'' ( ) by Emile Zola </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Saturnin]]'' ( ) by Zdenek Jirotka </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Les Miserables|Les Miserables]]'' ( ) by Victor Hugo </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Summer of Caprice]]'' ( ) by Vadislav Vancura </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|-
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|rowspan=16 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Post-WW2||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Closely Watched Trains]]'' ( )  Bohumil Hrabal </small>
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:1275246751497.jpg|80px]]
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|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Too Loud a Solitude]]'' ( ) by Bohumil Hrabal </small>
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Germany.png]] Germany</h3>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Love and Garbage]]'' ( ) by Ivan Klima </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[http://tinyurl.com/germanlit German Literature Download]</small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Immortality]]'' ( ) by Milan Kundera </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Garden Party and Other Plays]]'' ( ) by Vaclav Havel </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Faust.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Goethe's Faust|Faust]]''<br />(1832)<br />by Goethe </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Thus_Spake_Zarathustra.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Thus Spake Zarathustra|Thus Spake Zarathustra]]''<br />(1885)<br />by Friedrich Nietzsche </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Magic_Mountain.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Magic Mountain|The Magic Mountain]]''<br />(1912)<br />by Thomas Mann </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Man_Without_Qualities.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Man Without Qualities|The Man Without Qualities]]''<br />(1942)<br />by Robert Musil </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Tin_Drum.gif|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Tin Drum|The Tin Drum]]''<br />(1959)<br />by Gunter Grass </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Questionnaire]]'' ( ) by Jiri Grusa </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Guinea Pigs]]'' ( ) by Ludvik Vaculik </small>
| rowspan="7" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classic
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Sorrows of Young Werther|The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' (1774) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Cremator]]'' (1967) by Ladislav Fuks </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Robbers|The Robbers and Wallenstein]]'' (1781) by Friedrich Schiller </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova]]'' ( ) by Arnost Lustig </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Marquise of O|the Marquise of O and Other Stories]]'' (1808) by Heinrich von Kleist</small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |A Bohemian Youth]]'' ( ) by Josef Hirsal </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Broken Jug|The Broken Jug]]'' (1806) by Heinrich von Kleist </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |City Sister Silver]]'' ( ) by Jachym Topol </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Danton's Death|Danon's Death]]'' (1835) George Buchner </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Engineer of Human Souls]]'' ( ) by Josef Skvorecky </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Der_Schimmelreiter|The Rider on the White Horse]]'' (1888) by Theodor Storm </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Other City]]'' ( ) by Michal Ajvaz </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Effi Briest|Effi Briest]]'' (1895) by Theodor Fontane</small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Europeana]]'' ( ) by Patrik Ourednik </small>
| rowspan="14" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Modern
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Buddenbrooks|Buddenbrooks]]'' (1901) by Thomas Mann </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Seven Churches]]'' ( ) by Milos Urban </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Der Untertan|The Loyal Subject]]'' (1914) by Heinrich Mann</small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Of Kids & Parents]]'' ( ) by Emil Hakl </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Metamorphosis|The Metamorphosis]]'' (1915) by Franz Kafka </small>
|-
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|rowspan=13 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|German-language||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Golem]]'' ( ) by Gustav Meyrink </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Trial (novel)|The Trial]]'' (1925) by Franz Kafka </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Green Face]]'' ( ) by Gustav Meyrink </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Castle (novel)|The Castle]]'' (1926) by Franz Kafka </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Trial]]'' ( ) by Franz Kafka </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Siddhartha (novel)|Siddhartha]]'' (1922) by Hermann Hesse</small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Metamorphosis]]'' ( ) by Franz Kafka </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Steppenwolf (novel)|Steppenwolf]]'' (1927) by Hermann Hesse</small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |A Hunger Artist]]'' ( ) by Franz Kafka </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Berlin Alexanderplatz|Berlin Alexanderplatz]]'' (1929) by Alfred Doblin </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Blaugast]]'' ( ) by Paul Leppin </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Visit |The Visit]]'' (1956) by Friedrich Durrenmatt </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Severin’s Journey into the Dark]]'' ( ) by Paul Leppin </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Physicists|The Physicists]]'' (1961) by Friedrich Durrenmatt </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Raging Reporter]]'' ( ) by Egon Erwin Kisch </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Flounder|The Flounder]]'' (1977) by Gunter Grass </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Tycho Brahe’s Path to God]]'' ( ) by Max Brod </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Cassandra (novel)|Cassandra]]'' (1984) Christa Wolf </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Maimed]]'' ( ) by Hermann Ungar </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Perfume (novel)|Perfume]]'' (1985) by Patrick Suskind</small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Boys & Murderers]]'' ( ) by Hermann Ungar </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Christoph Ransmayr|The Last World]]'' (1988) by Christoph Ransmayr </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge |The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge]]'' ( ) by Rainer Maria Rilke </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Selected Poetry]]'' ( ) of Rainer Maria Rilke  </small>
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:German20.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Kafka_flowchart.jpg|100px]]
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Recommendation images'''
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Greece.png]] Greece</h3>
|-
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|width="120" align="center"|[[File:Czech_literature.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|colspan=4|
|-
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| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:.jpg|80px|link=Special:FilePath/.jpg]]<br />
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:.jpg|80px|link=Special:FilePath/.jpg]]<br />
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:.jpg|80px|link=Special:FilePath/.jpg]]<br />
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:.jpg|80px|link=Special:FilePath/.jpg]]<br />
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:.jpg|80px|link=Special:FilePath/.jpg]]<br />
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| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>by </small>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>by </small>
|-
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:1410622362089.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:1410622743798.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:start_with_greeks2.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="3" |
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{|{{Prettytable}}
{|{{Prettytable}}
|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:Germany.png]] Germany</h3>
 
 
|-
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|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Hungary.png]] Hungary</h3>
|-
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Faust.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Goethe's Faust|Faust]]''<br/>(1832)<br/> by Goethe </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Thus_Spake_Zarathustra.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Thus Spake Zarathustra|Thus Spake Zarathustra]]''<br/>(1885)<br/>by Friedrich Nietzsche </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Magic_Mountain.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Magic Mountain|The Magic Mountain]]''<br/>(1912)<br/>by Thomas Mann </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Man_Without_Qualities.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Man Without Qualities|The Man Without Qualities]]''<br/> (1942)<br/>by Robert Musil </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Tin_Drum.gif|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Tin Drum|The Tin Drum]]''<br/>(1959)<br/>by Gunter Grass </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Tragedy_of_Man.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia: The Tragedy of Man |The Tragedy of Man]]''<br />(1861)<br />by Imre Madach</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Be_Faithful_Unto_Death .jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Zsigmond Móricz|Be Faithful Unto Death ]]''<br />(1920)<br />by Zsigmond Moricz</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Anna_Edes .jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Dezso Kosztolanyi|Anna Edes]]''<br />(1926)<br />by Dezso Kosztolanyi </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Journey_by_Moonlight.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia: Journey by Moonlight (novel)|Journey by Moonlight]]''<br />(1937)<br />by Antal Szerb </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Melancholy_of_Resistance .jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Melancholy of Resistance|The Melancholy of Resistance]]''<br />(1989)<br />by Laszlo Krasznahorkai </small>
|-
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|rowspan=7 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classic||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Sorrows of Young Werther|The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' (1774) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Robbers|The Robbers and Wallenstein]]'' (1781) by Friedrich Schiller </small>
| rowspan="7" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classic
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Eclipse of the Crescent Moon|Eclipse of the Crescent Moon]]'' (1899) by Geza Gardonyi </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Marquise of O|the Marquise of O and Other Stories]]'' (1808) by Heinrich von Kleist</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A láthatatlan ember|A láthatatlan ember]]'' (1901) by Geza Gardonyi </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Broken Jug|The Broken Jug]]'' (1806) by Heinrich von Kleist </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A kőszivű ember fiai|A kőszivű ember fiai]]'' (1869) by Mór Jókai </small>
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Danton's Death|Danon's Death]]'' (1835) George Buchner </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Dark Diamonds|The Dark Diamonds]]'' (1872) by Mór Jókai </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Der_Schimmelreiter|The Rider on the White Horse]]'' (1888) by Theodor Storm </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:János vitéz|János vitéz]]'' (1845) by Sándor Petőfi </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Effi Briest|Effi Briest]]'' (1895) by Theodor Fontane</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Szent Péter esernyője|Szent Péter esernyője]]'' (1895) by Kálmán Mikszáth </small>
|-
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|rowspan=14 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Modern||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Buddenbrooks|Buddenbrooks]]'' (1901) by Thomas Mann </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Bánk Bán|Bánk Bán]]'' (1819) by József Katona </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Der Untertan|The Loyal Subject]]'' (1914) by Heinrich Mann</small>
| rowspan="21" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Modern
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Adventures of Sindbad|Adventures of Sindbad]]'' (1911) by Gyula Krudy </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Metamorphosis|The Metamorphosis]]'' (1915) by Franz Kafka </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Tóték|Tóték]]'' (1967) by István Örkény </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Trial (novel)|The Trial]]'' (1925) by Franz Kafka </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Egyperces novellák|Egyperces novellák]]'' (1969) by István Örkény </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Castle (novel)|The Castle]]'' (1926) by Franz Kafka </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Paul Street Boys|The Paul Street Boys]]'' (1907) by Ferenc Molnár </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Siddhartha (novel)|Siddhartha]]'' (1922) by Hermann Hesse</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Harmonia Caelestis|Harmonia Caelestis]]'' (1994) by Peter Esterhazy </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Steppenwolf (novel)|Steppenwolf]]'' (1927) by Hermann Hesse</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Door|The Door]]'' (1987) by Magda Szabo </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Berlin Alexanderplatz|Berlin Alexanderplatz]]'' (1929) by Alfred Doblin </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A Journey Round My Skull|A Journey Round My Skull]]'' (1939) by Frigyes Karinthy </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Visit |The Visit]]'' (1956) by Friedrich Durrenmatt </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Metropole|Metropole]]'' (1970) by Ferenc Karinthy </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Physicists|The Physicists]]'' (1961) by Friedrich Durrenmatt </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The End of a Family Story|The End of a Family Story]]'' (1977) by Peter Nadas </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Flounder|The Flounder]]'' (1977) by Gunter Grass </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Transylvania Trilogy|The Transylvania Trilogy]]'' (1940) by Miklos Banffy </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Cassandra (novel)|Cassandra]]'' (1984) Christa Wolf </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Egy elmebeteg nő naplója|Egy elmebeteg nő naplója]]'' (1978) by Geza Csath </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Perfume (novel)|Perfume]]'' (1985) by Patrick Suskind</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Opium and Other Stories|Opium and Other Stories]]'' (1980) by Geza Csath </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Christoph Ransmayr|The Last Word]]'' (1988) by Christoph Ransmayr </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Embers|Embers]]'' (1942) by Sándor Márai</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Recommendation images'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Képzelt riport egy amerikai popfesztiválról|Képzelt riport egy amerikai popfesztiválról]]'' (1971) by Tibor Dery </small>
|-
|-
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:German20.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Case Worker|The Case Worker]]'' (1969) by György Konrád </small>
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:Kafka_flowchart.jpg|100px]]
|colspan=3|
|-
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Tranquility|Tranquility]]'' (2001) by Attila Bartis </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Colours and Years|Colours and Years]]'' (1912) by Magrit Kaffka </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:In Praise of Older Women|In Praise of Older Women]]'' (1966) by Stephen Vizinczey </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Darkness at Noon|Darkness at Noon]]'' (1940) by Arthur Koestler </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A halál kilovagolt Perzsiából|A halál kilovagolt Perzsiából]]'' (1979) by Péter Hajnóczy </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A bogyósgyümölcskertész fia|A bogyósgyümölcskertész fia]]'' (2010) by János Háy </small>
|}
|}


{|{{Prettytable}}
{|{{Prettytable}}
|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:Iran.png]] Iran </h3>
 
 
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Iceland.png]] Iceland</h3>
|-
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:The_Conference_of_the_Birds.JPG|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Conference of the Birds|The Conference of the Birds]]''<br/>(12th century)<br/>by Farid ud-Din Attar </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Rubaiyat.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Rubaiyat|The Rubaiyat]]''<br/>(12th century)<br/>of Omar Khayyam </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Essential_Rumi.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Rumi|The Essential Works]]''<br/>(13th century)<br/>by Rumi </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Divan-i.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Hafiz Shirazi|The Divan-i]]''<br/>(14th century)<br/>of Hafiz </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Blind_Owl.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Blind Owl|The Blind Owl]]''<br/> (1937)<br/> by Sadegh Hedayat </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Eddas.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Edda|The Eddas]]''<br />(13th century)<br />by Snorri Sturluson </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Njals_Saga.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Njal's Saga|Njal's Saga]]''<br />(13th century) </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Laxdaela_Saga.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Laxdaela Saga|Laxdaela Saga]]''<br />(13th century)</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Independent_People.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Independent People|Independent People]]''<br />(1935)<br />by Halldór Laxness </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File: .jpg|80px|link=Special:FilePath/.jpg]]<br /><br /><small>( )<br />by </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=6 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classical||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Shahnameh|Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings]]'' (~1000)</small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Vis and Rāmin|Vis and Ramin]]'' (11th century) by Asad Gorgani  </small>
| rowspan="7" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classic
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Egils saga|Egil's saga]]'' (12th century) </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Shusha Guppy|The Secret of Laughter: Magical Tales from Classical Persia]]'' edited by Shusha Guppy </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Heimskringla|King Harald's Saga]]'' (1230) by Snorri Sturluson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Nizami Ganjavi|Haft Paykar]]'' (1197) by Nizami Ganjavi </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Eyrbyggja Saga|Eyrbyggja Saga]]'' (13th century) </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Persian literature#Poetry|Borrowed Ware: Medieval Persian Epigrams]]'' edited by Dick Davis </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Saga of Grettir the Strong|The Saga of Grettir the Strong]]'' (13th century) </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Gulistan of Sa'di|The Rose Garden]]'' (1259) by Sa'di </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Saga of the Jomsvikings |The Saga of the Jomsvikings ]]'' (13th century) </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=5 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Modern||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Sadegh Hedayat|Three Drops of Blood]]'' (1932) by Sadegh Hedayat </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Völsunga saga|The Saga of the Volsungs]]'' (13th century) </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Sadeq Chubak|The Patient Stone]]'' (1967) by Sadeq Chubak </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Hrólfs saga kraka|The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki ]]'' (1400) </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Little Black Fish|The Little Black Fish and Other Modern Persian Stories]]'' (1968) by Samad Behrangi </small>
| rowspan="8" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Modern
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gunnar Gunnarson|The Good Shepard]]'' (1940) by Gunnar Gunnarson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Missing Soluch|Missing Soluch]]'' (1979) by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Fish Can Sing|The Fish Can Sing]]'' (1957) by Halldor Laxness </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Shahrnush Parsipur|Women Without Men]]'' (1990) by Shahrnush Parsipur </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Justice Undone|Justice Undone]]'' (1986) by Thor Vilhjalmsson </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=4 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Untranslated||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Asadi Tusi|Garshaspnama]]'' (11th century) by Asadi Tusi </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Swan (novel)|The Swan]]'' (1991) by Gudbergur Bergsson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Nizami Ganjavi|Chosrow and Shirin]]'' (1180) by Nizami Ganjavi </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Einar Mar Gudmundsson|Angels of the Universe]]'' (1993) by Einar Mar Gudmundsson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Tutinama|Tutinama: Tales of a Parrot]]'' (14th century) </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Olaf Olafsson|The Journey Home]]'' (1999) by Olaf Olafsson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Francois Petis de la Croix|1001 Days]]'' (1712) by Francois Petis de la Croix </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Blue Fox (novel)|The Blue Fox]]'' (2003) by Sjon </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Recommendation images'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gyir Eliasson|Stone Tree]]'' (2005) by Gyir Eliasson </small>
|-
|-
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:Persian_lit.jpg|100px]]
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|colspan=4|
|-
|-
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:1275262867188.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="4" |
|}
|}


{|{{Prettytable}}
{|{{Prettytable}}
|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:Italy.png]] Italy </h3>
 
 
|-
| colspan="5" |<h3>Middle East</h3>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>[http://tinyurl.com/iranianlit Iranian Literature Download]</small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:The_Conference_of_the_Birds.JPG|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Conference of the Birds|The Conference of the Birds]]''<br />(12th century)<br />by Farid ud-Din Attar </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Rubaiyat.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Rubaiyat|The Rubaiyat]]''<br />(12th century)<br />of Omar Khayyam </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Essential_Rumi.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Rumi|The Essential Works]]''<br />(13th century)<br />by Rumi </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Divan-i.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Hafiz Shirazi|The Divan-i]]''<br />(14th century)<br />of Hafiz </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Blind_Owl.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Blind Owl|The Blind Owl]]''<br />(1937)<br />by Sadegh Hedayat </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
| rowspan="6" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classical
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Shahnameh|Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings]]'' (~1000)</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Vis and Rāmin|Vis and Ramin]]'' (11th century) by Asad Gorgani </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Shusha Guppy|The Secret of Laughter: Magical Tales from Classical Persia]]'' edited by Shusha Guppy </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Nizami Ganjavi|Haft Paykar]]'' (1197) by Nizami Ganjavi </small>
|-
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Divine_Comedy.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Divine Comedy|Divine Comedy]]''<br/>(1321)<br/>by Dante Alighieri </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Persian literature#Poetry|Borrowed Ware: Medieval Persian Epigrams]]'' edited by Dick Davis </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File: .jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia: | ]]''<br/>( )<br/>by  </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Zeno's_Conscience.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Zeno's Conscience|Zeno's Conscience]]''<br/>(1923)<br/>by Italo Svevo </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:That_Awful_Mess.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Carlo Emilio Gadda|That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana]]''<br/>(1957)<br/> by Carlo Emilio Gadda </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Leopard.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Leopard|The Leopard]]''<br/>(1958)<br/>by Tomasi di Lampedusa </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gulistan of Sa'di|The Rose Garden]]'' (1259) by Sa'di </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=18 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classic||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Consolation of Philosophy|The Consolation of Philosophy]]'' (524) by Boethius </small>
| rowspan="5" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Modern
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Sadegh Hedayat|Three Drops of Blood]]'' (1932) by Sadegh Hedayat </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Golden Legend|Golden Legend]]'' (1260) by Jacobus de Voragine </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Sadeq Chubak|The Patient Stone]]'' (1967) by Sadeq Chubak </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Travels of Marco Polo|The Travels]]'' (13th century) of Marco Polo  </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Little Black Fish|The Little Black Fish and Other Modern Persian Stories]]'' (1968) by Samad Behrangi </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Decameron|The Decameron]]'' (1353) by Giovanni Boccaccio </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Missing Soluch|Missing Soluch]]'' (1979) by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Il Canzoniere|Il Canzoniere]]'' (1374) by Petrarch </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Shahrnush Parsipur|Women Without Men]]'' (1990) by Shahrnush Parsipur </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Prince|The Prince]]'' (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli </small>
| rowspan="4" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Untranslated
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Asadi Tusi|Garshaspnama]]'' (11th century) by Asadi Tusi </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Book of the Courtier|The Book of the Courtier]]'' (1528) by Baldassare Castiglione </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Nizami Ganjavi|Chosrow and Shirin]]'' (1180) by Nizami Ganjavi </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Orlando Furioso|Orlando Furioso]]'' (1532) by Ludovico Ariosto </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Tutinama|Tutinama: Tales of a Parrot]]'' (14th century) </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Benvenuto Cellini|The Autobiography]]'' (1563) of Benvenuto Cellini </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Francois Petis de la Croix|1001 Days]]'' (1712) by Francois Petis de la Croix </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects|Lives of the Artists]]'' (1568) by Giorgio Vasari </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Jerusalem Delivered|Jerusalem Delivered]]'' (1581) by Torquato Tasso </small>
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Persian_lit.jpg|100px]]
| colspan="4" |
|}
 
 
{|{{Prettytable}}
 
 
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Michelangelo|Selected Poems and Letters]]'' by Michelangelo </small>
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Italy.png]] Italy</h3>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Histoire de ma vie|The Memoirs]]'' (1774) of Giacomo Casanova </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[http://tinyurl.com/italianlit Italian Literature Download]</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis|The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis]]'' (1817) by Ugo Foscolo </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Betrothed (Manzoni novel)|The Betrothed]]'' (1827) by Alessandro Manzoni </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Divine_Comedy.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Divine Comedy|Divine Comedy]]''<br />(1321)<br />by Dante Alighieri </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Decameron.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Decameron|The Decameron]]''<br />(1353)<br />by Giovanni Boccaccio </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Zeno's_Conscience.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Zeno's Conscience|Zeno's Conscience]]''<br />(1923)<br />by Italo Svevo </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:That_Awful_Mess.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Carlo Emilio Gadda|That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana]]''<br />(1957)<br />by Carlo Emilio Gadda </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Leopard.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Leopard|The Leopard]]''<br />(1958)<br />by Tomasi di Lampedusa </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Giacomo Leopardi|Canti]]'' (1837) by Giacomo Leopardi </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Giuseppe Garibaldi|The Life]]'' (1849) of Giuseppe Garibaldi  </small>
| rowspan="17" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classic
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Consolation of Philosophy|The Consolation of Philosophy]]'' (524) by Boethius </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Giovanni Verga|Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories]]'' (1880) by Giovanni Verga </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Golden Legend|Golden Legend]]'' (1260) by Jacobus de Voragine </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=20 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Modern||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Year 3,000|The Year 3,000: A Dream]]'' (1897) by Paolo Mantegazza </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Travels of Marco Polo|The Travels]]'' (13th century) of Marco Polo </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Emilio Salgari|Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem]]'' (1900) by Emilio Salgari </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Il Canzoniere|Il Canzoniere]]'' (1374) by Petrarch </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Gabriele d'Annunzio|Francesca da Rimini]]'' (1901) by Gabriele d'Annunzio </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Prince|The Prince]]'' (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Grazia Deledda|Elias Portolu]]'' (1903) by Grazia Deledda </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Book of the Courtier|The Book of the Courtier]]'' (1528) by Baldassare Castiglione </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Captain Blood (novel)|Captain Blood]]'' (1922) by Rafael Sabatini </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Orlando Furioso|Orlando Furioso]]'' (1532) by Ludovico Ariosto </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Six Characters in Search of an Author|Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'' (1921) by Luigi Pirandello </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Benvenuto Cellini|The Autobiography]]'' (1563) of Benvenuto Cellini </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Eugenio Montale|Cuttlefish Bones]]'' (1925) by Eugenio Montale </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects|Lives of the Artists]]'' (1568) by Giorgio Vasari </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Revolt Against the Modern World|Revolt Against the Modern World]]'' (1934) by Julius Evola </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Jerusalem Delivered|Jerusalem Delivered]]'' (1581) by Torquato Tasso </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Tartar Steppe|the Tartar Steppe]]'' (1940) by Dino Buzzati </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Michelangelo|Selected Poems and Letters]]'' by Michelangelo </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Christ Stopped at Eboli|Christ Stopped at Eboli]]'' (1945) by Carlo Levi </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Histoire de ma vie|The Memoirs]]'' (1774) of Giacomo Casanova </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Moon and the Bonfires|The Moon and the Bonfires]]'' (1949) by Cesare Pavese </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis|The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis]]'' (1817) by Ugo Foscolo </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Alberto Moravia|Contempt]]'' (1954) by Alberto Moravia </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Betrothed (Manzoni novel)|The Betrothed]]'' (1827) by Alessandro Manzoni </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Garden of the Finzi-Continis|The Garden of the Finzi-Continis]]'' (1962) by Giorgio Bassani </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Giacomo Leopardi|Canti]]'' (1837) by Giacomo Leopardi </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Natalia Ginzburg|Family Sayings]]'' (1967) by Natalia Ginzburg </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Giuseppe Garibaldi|The Life]]'' (1849) of Giuseppe Garibaldi </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Equal Danger|Equal Danger]]'' (1971) by Leonardo Sciascia </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Giovanni Verga|Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories]]'' (1880) by Giovanni Verga </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Invisible Cities|Invisible Cities]]'' (1972) by Italo Calvino </small>
| rowspan="21" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Modern
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Year 3,000|The Year 3,000: A Dream]]'' (1897) by Paolo Mantegazza </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Periodic Table (book)|The Periodic Table]]'' (1975) by Primo Levi </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Emilio Salgari|Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem]]'' (1900) by Emilio Salgari </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Foucault's Pendulum|Foucault's Pendulum]]'' (1988) by Umberto Eco </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gabriele d'Annunzio|Francesca da Rimini]]'' (1901) by Gabriele d'Annunzio </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Q (novel)|Q]]'' (1999) by Luther Blissett </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Grazia Deledda|Elias Portolu]]'' (1903) by Grazia Deledda </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Tommaso Pincio|Love-Shaped Story ]]'' (2002) by Tommaso Pincio </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Late Mattia Pascal|The Late Mattia Pascal]]'' (1904) by Luigi Pirandello </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Recommendation images'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Captain Blood (novel)|Captain Blood]]'' (1922) by Rafael Sabatini </small>
|-
|-
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:Italian_List_Small.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Six Characters in Search of an Author|Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'' (1921) by Luigi Pirandello </small>
|colspan=4|
|-
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Eugenio Montale|Cuttlefish Bones]]'' (1925) by Eugenio Montale </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Revolt Against the Modern World|Revolt Against the Modern World]]'' (1934) by Julius Evola </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Tartar Steppe|the Tartar Steppe]]'' (1940) by Dino Buzzati </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Christ Stopped at Eboli|Christ Stopped at Eboli]]'' (1945) by Carlo Levi </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Moon and the Bonfires|The Moon and the Bonfires]]'' (1949) by Cesare Pavese </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Alberto Moravia|Contempt]]'' (1954) by Alberto Moravia </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Garden of the Finzi-Continis|The Garden of the Finzi-Continis]]'' (1962) by Giorgio Bassani </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Natalia Ginzburg|Family Sayings]]'' (1967) by Natalia Ginzburg </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Equal Danger|Equal Danger]]'' (1971) by Leonardo Sciascia </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Invisible Cities|Invisible Cities]]'' (1972) by Italo Calvino </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Periodic Table (book)|The Periodic Table]]'' (1975) by Primo Levi </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Foucault's Pendulum|Foucault's Pendulum]]'' (1988) by Umberto Eco </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Q (novel)|Q]]'' (1999) by Luther Blissett </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Tommaso Pincio|Love-Shaped Story ]]'' (2002) by Tommaso Pincio </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|-
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Italian_List_Small.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Italo calvino guide.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="3" |
|}
|}


{|{{Prettytable}}
{|{{Prettytable}}
|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:Japan.png]] Japan</h3>
 
 
|-
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Japan.png]] Japan</h3>
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>[http://tinyurl.com/japaneselit Japanese Literature Download]</small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Tale_of_Genji.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Tale of Genji|The Tale of Genji]]''<br />(11th century)<br />by Murasaki Shikibu</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Kokoro.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Kokoro|Kokoro]]''<br />(1914)<br />by Natsume Soseki</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Rashomon_and_Seventeen_Other_Stories.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Rashōmon_(short_story)|Rashomon]]''<br />(1915)<br />by Akutagawa</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Naomi.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Naomi (novel)|Naomi]]''<br />(1924)<br />by Junichiro Tanizaki</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Snow_Country.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Snow Country|Snow Country]]''<br />(1947)<br />by Yasunari Kawabata</small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
| rowspan="6" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classical Literature (until 1600's)
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Gossamer Years |The Gossamer Years]]'' (974) by Mother of Michitsuna</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Pillow Book |The Pillow Book]]'' (1002) by Sei Shonagon</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Tales of Ise |The Tales of Ise]]'' by Anonymous</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: Hojoki |Hojoki]]'' (1212) by Kamo no Chomei</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Essays in Idleness |Essays in Idleness]]'' (1330) by Yoshida Kenko</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Tale of Heike |The Tale of Heike]]'' (1371) by Anonymous</small>
|-
| rowspan="5" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Edo Period (1603-1868)
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Life of an Amorous Woman |The Life of an Amorous Woman]]'' (1686) by Saikaku Ihara</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Hagakure |Hagakure: the Book of the Samurai]]'' (1716) by Yamamoto Tsunetomo</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu |Four Major Plays]]'' (~1720) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Chushingura |Chushingura]]'' (1748) by Takedo Izumo, Miyoshi Shoraku, Namiki Senryuu </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Tales of Moonlight and Rain |Tales of Moonlight and Rain]]'' (1776) by Ueda Akinari</small>
|-
| rowspan="15" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Modern Literature (1868-1945)
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Ukigumo |Ukigumo]]'' (1887) by Futabatei Shimei </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Koda Rohan|Pagoda, Skull and Samurai]]'' (1889) by Koda Rohan</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Higuchi Ichiyo|In the Shade of Spring Leaves]]'' (1892-6) by Higuchi Ichiyo </small>
|-
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Tale_of_Genji.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Tale of Genji|The Tale of Genji]]''<br/>(11th century)<br/>by Murasaki Shikibu</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Kyoka Izumi|Japanese Gothic Tales]]'' (1900) by Izumi Kyoka </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Kokoro.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Kokoro|Kokoro]]''<br/>(1914)<br/>by Natsume Soseki</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Rashomon_and_Seventeen_Other_Stories.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Rashōmon_(short_story)|Rashomon]]''<br/>(1915)<br/>by Akutagawa</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Naomi.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Naomi (novel)|Naomi]]''<br/>(1924)<br/>by Junichiro Tanizaki</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Snow_Country.jpg|80px]] <br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Snow Country|Snow Country]]''<br/>(1947)<br/>by Yasunari Kawabata</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Broken Commandment|The Broken Commandment]]'' (1906) by Toson Shimazaki</small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=6 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classical Literature (until 1600's)||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Gossamer Years | The Gossamer Years]]'' (974) by Mother of Michitsuna</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Katai Tayama|The Quilt and Other Stories]]'' (1907) by Katai Tayama </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Pillow Book | The Pillow Book]]'' (1002) by Sei Shonagon</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Kenji Miyazawa|The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa]]'' (1924) by Kenji Miyazawa</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Tales of Ise | The Tales of Ise]]'' by Anonymous</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: Botchan|Botchan]]'' (1906) by Natsume Soseki </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Hojoki | Hojoki]]'' (1212) by Kamo no Chomei</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: I am a Cat|I Am a Cat]]'' (1905) by Natsume Soseki </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Essays in Idleness | Essays in Idleness]]'' (1330) by Yoshida Kenko</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Wild Geese (novel)|The Wild Geese]]'' (1913) by Mori Ogai </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Tale of Heike | The Tale of Heike]]'' (1371) by Anonymous</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Shiga Naoya|The Paper Door and Other Stories]]'' (1927) by Shiga Naoya </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=5 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Edo Period (1603-1868)||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Life of an Amorous Woman | The Life of an Amorous Woman]]'' (1686) by Saikaku Ihara</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: Kafu Nagai|During the Rain &amp; Flowers in the Shade]]'' (1930) by Kafu Nagai </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Hagakure | Hagakure: the Book of the Samurai]]'' (1716) by Yamamoto Tsunetomo</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashi_(novel) Musashi]'' (1935) by Eiji Yoshikawa </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu | Four Major Plays]]'' (~1720) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: The Makioka Sisters|The Makioka Sisters]]'' (1943) by Junichiro Tanizaki </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Chushingura | Chushingura]]'' (1748) by Takedo Izumo, Miyoshi Shoraku, Namiki Senryuu </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Edogawa Ranpo|Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination]]'' (1940) by Edogawa Ranpo </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Tales of Moonlight and Rain |Tales of Moonlight and Rain]]'' (1776) by Ueda Akinari</small>
| rowspan="24" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Post War (1946-present)
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Inoue Yasushi |The Counterfeiter and Other Stories]]'' by Yasushi Inou </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=15 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Modern Literature (1868-1945)||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Ukigumo | Ukigumo]]'' (1887) by Futabatei Shimei </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Palm-of-the-Hand Stories|Palm-of-the-Hand Stories]]'' by Yasunari Kawabata</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Koda Rohan|Pagoda, Skull and Samurai]]'' (1889) by Koda Rohan</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Master of Go|The Master of Go]]'' (1954) by Yasunari Kawabata </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Higuchi Ichiyo|In the Shade of Spring Leaves]]'' (1892-6) by Higuchi Ichiyo </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Setting Sun|The Setting Sun]]'' (1947) by Osamu Dazai </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Kyoka Izumi|Japanese Gothic Tales]]'' (1900) by Izumi Kyoka </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Fires on the Plain|Fires on the Plain]]'' (1951) by Shohei Ooka </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Broken Commandment|The Broken Commandment]]'' (1906) by Toson Shimazaki</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Waiting Years|The Waiting Years]]'' (1957) by Fumiko Enchi </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Katai Tayama|The Quilt and Other Stories]]'' (1907) by Katai Tayama </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Confessions of a Mask|Confessions of a Mask]]'' (1948) by Yukio Mishima </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Kenji Miyazawa|The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa]]'' (1924) by Kenji Miyazawa</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Temple of the Golden Pavilion|The Temple of the Golden Pavilion]]'' (1956) by Yukio Mishima </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Botchan|Botchan]]'' (1906) by Natsume Soseki </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Spring Snow|Spring Snow]]'' (1963) by Yukio Mishima </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: I am a Cat|I Am a Cat]]'' (1905) by Natsume Soseki </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids |Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids ]]'' (1958) by Kenzaburo Oe </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Wild Geese (novel)|The Wild Geese]]'' (1913) by Mori Ogai </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A Personal Matter|A Personal Matter]]'' (1964) by Kenzaburo Oe </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Shiga Naoya|The Paper Door and Other Stories]]'' (1927) by Shiga Naoya </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Black Rain|Black Rain]]'' (1966) by Masuji Ibuse </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Kafu Nagai|During the Rain & Flowers in the Shade]]'' (1930) by Kafu Nagai </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Box Man|The Box Man]]'' (1973) by Kobo Abe </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Musashi| Musashi]]'' (1935) by Eiji Yoshikawa </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Woman in the Dunes |The Woman in the Dunes]]'' (1962) by Kobo Abe </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: The Makioka Sisters|The Makioka Sisters]]'' (1943) by Junichiro Tanizaki </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: Silence (novel)|Silence]]'' (1966) by Shusaku Endo </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Edogawa Ranpo|Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination]]'' (1940) by Edogawa Ranpo </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Samurai (novel)|The Samurai]]'' (1980) by Shusaku Endo </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=23 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Post War (1946-present)||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Inoue Yasushi | The Counterfeiter and Other Stories]]'' by Yasushi Inou </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Twilight Years|The Twilight Years]]'' (1972) by Sawako Ariyoshi </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Palm-of-the-Hand Stories|Palm-of-the-Hand Stories]]'' by Yasunari Kawabata</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: Almost Transparent Blue|Almost Transparent Blue]]'' (1976) by Ryu Murakami</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Master of Go|The Master of Go]]'' (1954) by Yasunari Kawabata </small>  
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Kitchen (novel)|Kitchen]]'' (1988) by Banana Yoshimoto </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Setting Sun|The Setting Sun]]'' (1947) by Osamu Dazai </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Norwegian Wood|Norwegian Wood]]'' (1987) by Haruki Murakami </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Fires on the Plain|Fires on the Plain]]'' (1951) by Shohei Ooka </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: The Elephant Vanishes|The Elephant Vanishes]]'' (1991) by Haruki Murakami</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Waiting Years|The Waiting Years]]'' (1957) by Fumiko Enchi </small>  
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle|The Wind-up Bird Chronicle]]'' (1995) by Haruki Murakami </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Confessions of a Mask|Confessions of a Mask]]'' (1948) by Yukio Mishima </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: Kafka on the Shore|Kafka on the Shore]]'' (2002) by Haruki Murakami</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Temple of the Golden Pavilion|The Temple of the Golden Pavilion]]'' (1956) by Yukio Mishima </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Housekeeper and the Professor|The Housekeeper and the Professor]]'' (2003) by Yoko Ogawa</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Spring Snow|Spring Snow]]'' (1963) by Yukio Mishima </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids |Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids ]]'' (1958) by Kenzaburo Oe </small>
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:1276577235824.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:1298503721666.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Yukio_mishima.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Murakami_guide_fuuuu.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Natsume_Soseki.png|80px]]
|-
|-
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Japan_6.jpg|80px]]
|}


|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:A Personal Matter|A Personal Matter]]'' (1964) by Kenzaburo Oe </small>
 
{|{{Prettytable}}
 
 
|-
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:South_Korea.png]] Korea</h3>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Black Rain|Black Rain]]'' (1966) by Masuji Ibuse </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Cloud_Dream_of_Nine.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Kim Manjung|The Cloud Dream of the Nine]]''<br />(17th century)<br />Kim Manjung </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Three_Generations.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia: |Three Generations]]''<br />(1931)<br />by Yom Sang-seop </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Ten_Thousand_Lives.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Ko Un|Ten Thousand Lives]]''<br />by Ko Un </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Land.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Toji (novel)|Land]]''<br />(1994)<br />by Park Kyong-Ni </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Our_Twisted_Hero.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Our Twisted Hero|Our Twisted Hero]]''<br />(1987)<br />by Yi Munyol </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Box Man|The Box Man]]'' (1973) by Kobo Abe </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Woman in the Dunes |The Woman in the Dunes]]'' (1962) by Kobo Abe </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Sijo|The Bamboo Grove: An Introduction to Sijo]]'' edited by Richard Rutt </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Silence (novel)|Silence]]'' (1966) by Shusaku Endo </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Samguk Yusa|Samguk Yusa]]'' (13th century) by Iryeon </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Samurai (novel)|The Samurai]]'' (1980) by Shusaku Endo </small>  
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Virtuous Women: Three Classic Korean Novels]]'' </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Twilight Years|The Twilight Years]]'' (1972) by Sawako Ariyoshi </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong]]'' (18th century) by Lady Hyegyeong </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: Almost Transparent Blue|Almost Transparent Blue]]'' (1976) by Ryu Murakami</small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Kang Kyeong-ae|On Wonso Pond]]'' (1930s) by Kang Kyeong-ae </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Kitchen (novel)|Kitchen]]'' (1988) by Banana Yoshimoto </small>  
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Yi Sang|The Wings]]'' (1930s) by Yi Sang </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Norwegian Wood|Norwegian Wood]]'' (1987) by Haruki Murakami </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Park Wan-suh|The Naked Tree]]'' (1970) by Park Wan-suh </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: The Elephant Vanishes|The Elephant Vanishes]]'' (1991) by Haruki Murakami</small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Lee Kyun-young|The Other Side of Dark Remembrance]]'' (1979) by Lee Kyun-young </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle|The Wind-up Bird Chronicle]]'' (1995) by Haruki Murakami </small>  
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Yi Munyol|The Poet]]'' (1992) by Yi Munyol </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Housekeeper and the Professor|The Housekeeper and the Professor]]'' (2003) by Yoko Ogawa</small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Park Wan-suh|Who Ate up All the Shinga]]'' (1995) by Park Wan-suh </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Recommendation images'''
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Kim Young-ha|I Have the Right to Destroy Myself]]'' (1996) by Kim Young-ha </small>
|-
|-
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:1276577235824.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Yang Gui-ja|Contradictions]]'' (1998) by Yang Gui-ja </small>
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:1298503721666.jpg|100px]]
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:Yukio_mishima.jpg|100px]]
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:Murakami_guide_fuuuu.jpg|100px]]
|colspan=1|
|-
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| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Hwang Sok-yong|The Guest]]'' (2002) by Hwang Sok-yong </small>
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|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:South_Korea.png]] Korea </h3>
 
 
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |<h3>'''Latin America '''</h3>
|-
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Adventures_and_Misadventures_of_Maqroll.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll|The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll]]''<br />by Alvaro Mutis </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:One Hundred Years of Solitude|One Hundred Years of Solitude]]''<br />(1967)<br />by Gabriel García Márquez </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Black_Sheep_and_Other_Fables.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Augusto Monterroso|The Black Sheep and Other Fables]]''<br />(1969)<br />by Augusto Monterroso </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File: .jpg|80px|link=Special:FilePath/.jpg]]<br /><br /><small>( )<br />by </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File: .jpg|80px|link=Special:FilePath/.jpg]]<br /><br /><small>( )<br />by </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| rowspan="3" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Brazil
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Devil to Pay in the Backlands|The Devil to Pay in the Backlands]]'' (1956) by João Guimarães Rosa </small>
|-
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|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Cloud_Dream_of_Nine.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Kim Manjung|The Cloud Dream of the Nine]]''<br/>(17th century)<br/>Kim Manjung </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas|The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas]]'' (1881) by Machado de Assis </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Three_Generations.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia: |Three Generations]]''<br/>(1931)<br/>by Yom Sang-seop </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Ten_Thousand_Lives.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Ko Un|Ten Thousand Lives]]''<br/>by Ko Un </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Land.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Toji (novel)|Land]]''<br/>(1994)<br/>by Park Kyong-Ni </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Our_Twisted_Hero.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Our Twisted Hero|Our Twisted Hero]]''<br/>(1987)<br/>by Yi Munyol </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Dom Casmurro|Dom Casmurro]]'' (1899) by Machado de Assis </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Sijo|The Bamboo Grove: An Introduction to Sijo]]'' edited by Richard Rutt </small>
| rowspan="6" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Colombia
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Fernando Vallejo|Our Lady of the Assassins]]'' (1994) by Fernando Vallejo </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Samguk Yusa|Samguk Yusa]]'' (13th century) by Iryeon </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>by Alvaro Mutis </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Virtuous Women: Three Classic Korean Novels]]''  </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>by Fernando Gonzales </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong]]'' (18th century) by Lady Hyegyeong </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>by Andres Caicedo </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Kang Kyeong-ae|On Wonso Pond]]'' (1930s) by Kang Kyeong-ae </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>by Gonzalo Arango </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Yi Sang|The Wings]]'' (1930s) by Yi Sang </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>by Hernando Tellez </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Park Wan-suh|The Naked Tree]]'' (1970) by Park Wan-suh </small>
| rowspan="2" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Ecuador
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Demetrio Aguilera Malta|Seven Serpents and Seven Moons]]'' (1970) by Demetrio Aguilera Malta </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Lee Kyun-young|The Other Side of Dark Remembrance]]'' (1979) by Lee Kyun-young </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Demetrio Aguilera Malta|Don Goyo]]'' (1933) by Demetrio Aguilera Malta </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Yi Munyol|The Poet]]'' (1992) by Yi Munyol </small>
| rowspan="2" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Guatemala
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:El Señor Presidente|The President]]'' (1946) by Miguel Angel Asturias </small>
|-
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|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Park Wan-suh|Who Ate up All the Shinga]]'' (1995) by Park Wan-suh </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Men of Maize|Men of Maize]]'' (1949) by Miguel Angel Asturias </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Kim Young-ha|I Have the Right to Destroy Myself]]'' (1996) by Kim Young-ha </small>
| rowspan="3" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Paraguay
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Augusto Roa Bastos </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Yang Gui-ja|Contradictions]]'' (1998) by Yang Gui-ja </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Roque Vallejos </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Hwang Sok-yong|The Guest]]'' (2002) by Hwang Sok-yong </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by José Ricardo Mazó </small>
|-
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| rowspan="3" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Puerto Rico
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Rosario Ferre </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Miguel Piñero </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Luis Rafael Sánchez </small>
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Salvador
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Horacio Castellanos Moya </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|-
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:1275246746486.jpg|80px]]
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|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:Mexico.png]]  Mexico </h3>
 
 
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Mexico.png]] Mexico</h3>
|-
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Cantares_Mexicanos.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Cantares Mexicanos|Cantares Mexicanos]]''<br/>(16th century)<br/></small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[http://tinyurl.com/mexicanlit Mexican Literature Download]</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Poems_Protest_and_a_Dream.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Juana Inés de la Cruz|Poems, Protest, and a Dream]]''<br/>by Sor Juana</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Confabulario.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Juan José Arreola|Confabulario and Other Inventions]]''<br/>(1952)<br/>by Juan Jose Arreola </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Pedro_Paramo.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Pedro Páramo|Pedro Páramo]]''<br/>(1955)<br/>by Juan Rulfo</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Death_of_Artemio_Cruz.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Death of Artemio Cruz|The Death of Artemio Cruz]]''<br/>(1962)<br/>by Carlos Fuentes </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
|-
|rowspan=14 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Translated||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Florentine Codex|Florentine Codex]]'' ( ) </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Cantares_Mexicanos.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Cantares Mexicanos|Cantares Mexicanos]]''<br />(16th century)</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Poems_Protest_and_a_Dream.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Juana Inés de la Cruz|Poems, Protest, and a Dream]]''<br />by Sor Juana</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Confabulario.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Juan José Arreola|Confabulario and Other Inventions]]''<br />(1952)<br />by Juan Jose Arreola </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Pedro_Paramo.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Pedro Páramo|Pedro Páramo]]''<br />(1955)<br />by Juan Rulfo</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Death_of_Artemio_Cruz.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Death of Artemio Cruz|The Death of Artemio Cruz]]''<br />(1962)<br />by Carlos Fuentes </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Broken Spears]]'' ( )  Miguel Leon-Portilla </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The History of the Indies of New Spain]]'' ( ) by Fray Diego Duran </small>
| rowspan="15" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Translated
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Florentine Codex|Florentine Codex]]'' ( ) </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Memoirs]]'' ( ) of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier  </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Broken Spears]]'' ( ) Miguel Leon-Portilla </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Bandits from Rio Frio]]'' ( ) by Manuel Payno </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The History of the Indies of New Spain]]'' ( ) by Fray Diego Duran </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |El Zarco]]'' ( ) by Ignacio Manuel Altamirano </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Memoirs]]'' ( ) of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Santa]]'' ( ) by Federico Gamboa </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Bandits from Rio Frio]]'' ( ) by Manuel Payno </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Anthology]]'' ( ) by Alfonso Reyes </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |El Zarco]]'' ( ) by Ignacio Manuel Altamirano </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Song of the Heart: Poems]]'' ( ) by Ramon Lopez Velarde </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Santa]]'' ( ) by Federico Gamboa </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Nostalgia for Death: Poetry]]'' ( ) by Xavier Villaurrutia </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Anthology]]'' ( ) by Alfonso Reyes </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Underdogs]]'' ( ) by Mariano Azuela </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Song of the Heart: Poems]]'' ( ) by Ramon Lopez Velarde </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Burning Plain and Other Stories]]'' ( ) by Juan Rulfo </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Nostalgia for Death: Poetry]]'' ( ) by Xavier Villaurrutia </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Labyrinth of Solitude]]'' ( ) by Octavio Paz </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Underdogs]]'' ( ) by Mariano Azuela </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Battles in the Desert & Other Stories]]'' ( ) by Jose Emilio Pacheco </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Burning Plain and Other Stories]]'' ( ) by Juan Rulfo </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=7 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Untranslated||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Comedias Escogidas]]'' ( ) by D. Juan Ruiz de Alarcon </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |The Labyrinth of Solitude]]'' ( ) by Octavio Paz </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Los Relampagos de Agosto]]'' ( ) by Jorge Ibarguengoitia </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Battles in the Desert &amp; Other Stories]]'' ( ) by Jose Emilio Pacheco </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Muerte sin fin]]'' ( ) by Jose Gorostiza </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Like Water for Chocolate]]'' ( ) by Laura Esquivel </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Los Dias Terrenales]]'' ( ) by Jose Revueltas </small>
| rowspan="7" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Untranslated
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Comedias Escogidas]]'' ( ) by D. Juan Ruiz de Alarcon </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Farabeuf]]'' ( ) by Salvador Elizondo </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Los Relampagos de Agosto]]'' ( ) by Jorge Ibarguengoitia </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Los Cuervos Estan de Luto]]'' ( ) by Hugo Arguelles  </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Muerte sin fin]]'' ( ) by Jose Gorostiza </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia: |Cronica de la Intervencion]]'' ( ) by Juan Garcia Ponce </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Los Dias Terrenales]]'' ( ) by Jose Revueltas </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Recommendation images'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Farabeuf]]'' ( ) by Salvador Elizondo </small>
|-
|-
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:Mexicancanon.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Los Cuervos Estan de Luto]]'' ( ) by Hugo Arguelles </small>
|colspan=4|
|-
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia: |Cronica de la Intervencion]]'' ( ) by Juan Garcia Ponce </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|-
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Mexicancanon.jpg|80px]]
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{|{{Prettytable}}
|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:Netherlands.png]] Netherlands </h3>
 
 
|-
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Netherlands.png]] Netherlands</h3>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Multatuli.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Max Havelaar|Max Havelaar]]''<br />(1860)<br />by Multatuli</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Amsterdam_Stories.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Nescio|Amsterdam Stories]]''<br />(1910s)<br />by Nescio </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Beyond_Sleep.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Beyond Sleep|Beyond Sleep ]]''<br />(1966)<br />by Willem Hermans</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Parents_Worry.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Gerard Reve|Parents Worry]]''<br />(1988)<br />by Gerard Reve</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Discovery_of_Heaven.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Discovery of Heaven|The Discovery of Heaven ]]''<br />(1992)<br />by Harry Mulisch </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
| rowspan="5" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classic
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Praise of Folly|In Praise of Folly]]'' (1511) by Erasmus </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Joost van den Vondel|Lucifer]]'' (1654) by Joost van den Vondel </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Eline Vere|Eline Vere]]'' (1889) by Louis Couperus </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Letters of Vincent van Gogh|The Letters]]'' (1890) of Vincent van Gogh </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Marcellus Emants|A Posthumous Confession]]'' (1894) by Marcellus Emants </small>
|-
| rowspan="16" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Modern
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Autumn of the Middle Ages|The Waning of the Middle Ages]]'' (1919) by J. Huizinga </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Willem Elsschot|Cheese]]'' (1933) by Willem Elsschot </small>
|-
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Multatuli.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Max Havelaar|Max Havelaar]]''<br/>(1860)<br/>by Multatuli</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Ferdinand Bordewijk|Character]]'' (1938) by F. Bordewijk </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Amsterdam_Stories.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Nescio|Amsterdam Stories]]''<br/>(1910s)<br/>by Nescio </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Beyond_Sleep.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Beyond Sleep|Beyond Sleep ]]''<br/>(1966)<br/>by Willem Hermans</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Parents_Worry.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Gerard Reve|Parents Worry]]''<br/>(1988)<br/>by Gerard Reve</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Discovery_of_Heaven.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Discovery of Heaven|The Discovery of Heaven ]]''<br/>(1992)<br/>by Harry Mulisch </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Hella S. Haasse|In a Dark Wood Wandering]]'' (1949) by Hella S. Haasse </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=19 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Translated||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Joost van den Vondel|Lucifer]]'' ( ) by Joost van den Vondel </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:|Chapel Road]]'' (1953) by Louis Paul Boon </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|A Posthumous Confession]]'' ( ) by Marcellus Emants </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Ten Thousand Things|The Ten Thousand Things]]'' (1955) by Maria Dermout </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|In Praise of Folly]]'' ( ) by Erasmus </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Darkroom of Damocles|The Darkroom of Damocles]]'' (1958) by Willem Frederik Hermans </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|In a Dark Wood Wandering]]'' ( ) by Hella S. Haasse </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Hugo Claus|Wonder]]'' (1962) by Hugo Claus </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|The Waning of the Middle Ages]]'' ( ) by J. Huizinga </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Remco Campert|I Dreamed in the Cities at Night]]'' by Remco Campert </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|The Letters]]'' of Vincent van Gogh </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Jan Wolkers|Turkish Delight]]'' (1969) by Jan Wolkers </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|The Ten Thousand Things]]'' ( ) by Maria Dermout </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:J. Bernlef|Out of Mind]]'' (1984) by J. Bernlef </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|Eline Vere]]'' ( ) by Louis Couperus </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Assault|The Assault]]'' (1982) by H. Mulisch </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|Chapel Road]]'' ( ) by Louis Paul Boon </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Following Story|The Following Story]]'' (1991) by Cees Nooteboom </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|I Dreamed in the Cities at Night]]'' ( ) by Remco Campert </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Omega Minor|Omega Minor]]'' (2004) by Paul Verhaeghen </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|Omega Minor]]'' ( ) by Paul Verhaeghen </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:|Tomorrow Pamplona]]'' (2007) by Jan van Mersbergen </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|Cheese]]'' ( ) by Willem Elsschot </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gerbrand Bakker|The Twin]]'' (2008) by Gerbrand Bakker</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|Turkish Delight]]'' ( ) by Jan Wolkers </small>
| rowspan="6" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Untranslated
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Nicolaas Beets|Camera Obscura]]'' (1851) by Hildebrand </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|The Darkroom of Damocles]]'' ( ) by Willem Frederik Hermans </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Louis Couperus|De Stille Kracht]]'' (1900) by Louis Couperus</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|Wonder]]'' ( ) by Hugo Claus </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Frederik van Eeden|Van De Koele Meren des Doods]]'' (1900) by Frederik van Eeden</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|The Following Story]]'' ( ) by Cees Nooteboom </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gerard Reve|De Avonden]]'' (1947) by Gerard Reve </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|Character]]'' ( ) by F. Bordewijk </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A. den Doolaard|Het land achter Gods rug]]'' (1956) by A. den Doolaard </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|The Twin]]'' ( ) by Gerbrand Bakker</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Jan Wolkers|Terug naar Oegstgeest]]'' (1965) by Jan Wolkers </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:|Tomorrow Pamplona]]'' ( ) by Jan van Mersbergen </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|-
|-
|rowspan=5 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Untranslated||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Hildebrand|Camera Obscura]]'' ( ) by Hildebrand </small>
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Dutch_lit.jpg|80px]]
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<h3>[[File:No.png]] Norway</h3>
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|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Louis Couperus|De Stille Kracht]]'' ( ) by Louis Couperus</small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Frederik van Eeden|Van De Koele Meren des Doods]]'' ( ) by Frederik van Eeden</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:A-Doll-s-House-and-Other-Plays.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:A Doll's House|A Doll's House]]''<br />(1879)<br />by Henrik Ibsen</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Thewildduck.png|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Wild Duck|The Wild Duck]]''<br />(1884)<br />by Henrik Ibsen</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Hunger.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Hunger (novel)|Hunger]]''<br />(1890)<br />by Knut Hamsun</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Growthofthesoil.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Growth of the Soil|Growth of the Soil]]''<br />(1917)<br />by Knut Hamsun</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:The wreath.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Kristin Lavransdatter|Kristin Lavransdatter]]''<br />(1920&ndash;1922)<br />by Sigrid Undset</small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Gerard Reve|De Avonden]]'' ( ) by Gerard Reve </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Jan Wolkers|Terug naar Oegstgeest]]'' ( ) by Jan Wolkers </small>
| rowspan="3" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classic
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Brand (play)|Brand]]'' (1866) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Recommendation images'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Hedda Gabler|Hedda Gabler]]'' (1891) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
|-
|-
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:Dutch_lit.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Pan (novel)|Pan]]'' (1894) by Knut Hamsun</small>
|colspan=4|
|-
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| rowspan="2" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Modern
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:One day in October|One Day in October]]'' (1931) by Sigurd Hoel</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Seed (Novel)|The Seed]]'' (1940) by Tarjei Vesaas</small>
|-
| rowspan="4" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Contemporary
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Beatles (novel)|Beatles]]'' (1984) by Lars Saabye Christensen</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Dag Solstad|Shyness and Dignity]]'' (1994) by Dag Solstad</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Naïve. Super|Naïve. Super]]'' (1996) by Erlend Loe</small>
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| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Out Stealing Horses|Out Stealing Horses]]'' (2003) by Per Petterson</small>
|}
|}
|}


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<h3>[[File:Poland.png]] Poland</h3>
{|{{Prettytable}}
{|{{Prettytable}}
|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:No.png]] Norway</h3>
 
 
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Pan_Tadeusz.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia: Pan Tadeusz|Pan Tadeusz]]''<br />(1834)<br />by Adam Mickiewicz </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Doll .jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Doll (novel)|The Doll]]''<br />(1889)<br />by Bolesław Prus</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Street_of_Crocodiles.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Street of Crocodiles|The Street of Crocodiles]]''<br />(1934)<br />by Bruno Schulz </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Ferdydurke.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia: Ferdydurke |Ferdydurke]]''<br />(1937)<br />by Witold Gombrowicz </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:New_and_Collected_Poems.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Czeslaw Milosz|New and Collected Poems]]''<br />(2001)<br />by Czesław Milosz </small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Classic
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Laments (Treny)|Laments ]]'' (1580) by Jan Kochanowski </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Fables and Parables|Fables and Parables]]'' (1779) by Ignacy Krasicki </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Quo Vadis (novel)|Quo Vadis]]'' (1895 ) by Henryk Sienkiewicz </small>
|-
| rowspan="18" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Modern
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Tadeusz Konwicki</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Andrzej Stasiuk</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Wisława Szymborska</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>Primeval and other times(2005) by Olga Tokarczuk </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Stanisław Lem </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Adam Zagajewski </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Zbigniew Herbert </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Stefan Grabiński </small>
|-
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:A-Doll-s-House-and-Other-Plays.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:A Doll's House|A Doll's House]]''<br/>(1879)<br/>by Henrik Ibsen</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Thewildduck.png|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Wild Duck|The Wild Duck]]''<br/>(1884)<br/>by Henrik Ibsen</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Hunger.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Hunger (novel)|Hunger]]''<br/>(1890)<br/>by Knut Hamsun</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Growthofthesoil.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Growth of the Soil|Growth of the Soil]]''<br/>(1917)<br/>by Knut Hamsun</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:The wreath.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Kristin Lavransdatter|Kristin Lavransdatter]]''<br/>(1920&ndash;1922)<br/>by Sigrid Undset</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=3 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Classic||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Brand (play)|Brand]]'' (1866) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>The Elephant(1957) by Sławomir Mrożek </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Hedda Gabler|Hedda Gabler]]'' (1891) by Henrik Ibsen</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Ewa Lipska </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Pan (novel)|Pan]]'' (1894) by Knut Hamsun</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Jerzy Ficowski </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=3 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Contemporary||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Beatles (novel)|Beatles]]'' (1984) by Lars Saabye Christensen</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Stefan żeromski </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Naïve. Super|Naïve. Super]]'' (1996) by Erlend Loe</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Anna Swir </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Out Stealing Horses|Out Stealing Horses]]'' (2003) by Per Petterson</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Juliusz Słowacki </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>( ) by Gustaw Herling </small>
|-
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|}


<h3>[[File:Portugal.png]] Portugal</h3>
{|{{Prettytable}}
{|{{Prettytable}}
|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:Russia.png]] Russia</h3>
 
 
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Lusiadas.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Os Lusíadas|The Lusiadas]]''<br />(1572)<br />Luís Vaz de Camões</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Tragedy_of_the_Street_of_Flowers.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Eça de Queiroz|The Tragedy of the Street of Flowers]]''<br />(1878)<br />by Eça de Queiroz </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Book_of_Disquiet.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Book of Disquiet|The Book of Disquiet]]''<br />(1935)<br />by Fernando Pessoa </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Great_Shadow.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia: Mário de Sá-Carneiro |The Great Shadow and Other Stories]]''<br />(1915)<br />by Mário de Sá-Carneiro </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File: .jpg|80px|link=Special:FilePath/.jpg]]<br /><br />
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="5" |<small>by António Lobo Antunes </small>
|-
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:a_Hero_of_Our_Time.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:A Hero of Our Time|A Hero of Our time]]''<br/>(1841)<br/>by Mikhail Lermontov </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>by José Saramago </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:War_and_Peace.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:War and Peace|War and Peace]]''<br/>(1869)<br/>by Leo Tolstoy </small>
|}
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Brothers_Karamazov.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Brothers Karamazov|The Brothers Karamazov]]''<br/>(1880)<br/>by Fyodor Dostoevsky</small>
 
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Plays_of_Anton_Chekhov.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Anton Chekhov|The Plays of Anton Chekhov]]''<br/>(1886&ndash;1904)<br/>by Anton Chekhov</small>
 
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:the_Master_and_Margarita.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:The Master and Margarita|The Master and Margarita ]]''<br/>(1967)<br/>by Mikhail Bulgakov</small>
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|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="5" |<h3>[[File:Serbia-Flag.png]] Serbia</h3>
|-
|-
|rowspan=16 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|19th Century||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Dead Souls |Dead Souls]]'' (1842) by Nikolai Gogol  </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Diary of a Madman|Diary of a Madman and Other Stories ]]'' (1842) by Nikolai Gogol </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:41gzaXuFDBL. SX310 BO1,204,203,200 .jpg|127x127px]]<br /><small>''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mountain_Wreath The Mountain Wreath]''<br />(1847)<br />by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Migrations-192x300.jpg|125x125px]]<br /><small>''[https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-ec/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5_(%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD) Migrations]''<br />(1929)<br />by Miloš Crnjanski</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:81C7uQhW3RL.jpg|121x121px]]<br /><small>''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_on_the_Drina The Bridge on the Drina]''</small><small>(1945)<br />by Ivo Andrić </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Unnamed.jpg|125x125px]]<br /><small>''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_the_Dervish Death and the Dervish]''<br />(1966)<br />by Meša Selimović </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Tomb.jpg|125x125px]]<br /><small>''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tomb_for_Boris_Davidovich A Tomb for Boris Davidovich]''<br />(1976)<br />by Danilo Kiš </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Oblomov |Oblomov ]]'' (1859) by Ivan Goncharov </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Sketches From a Hunter's Album |Sketches From a Hunter's Album ]]'' (1852) by Ivan Turgenev </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ray_of_the_Microcosm ''The Ray of the Microcosm''] (1845) by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Fathers and Sons |Fathers and Sons ]]'' (1862) by Ivan Turgenev  </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impure_Blood Impure Blood]'' (1910) by Borisav Stanković </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Golovlyov Family |The Golovlyov Family ]]'' (1876) by Mikhail Saltykov </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journal_of_%C4%8Carnojevi%C4%87 ''The Journal of Čarnojević''] (1920) by Miloš Crnjanski</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Leo Tolstoy|Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy]]'' by Leo Tolstoy </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-ec/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%85%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0 Bosnian Chronicle]'' (1945) by Ivo Andrić </small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Anna Karenina|Anna Karenina]]'' (1877) by Leo Tolstoy </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreni_(novel) Koreni]'' (1954) by Dobrica Ćosić</small>
|-
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|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Notes From Underground |Notes From Underground ]]'' (1864) by Fyodor Dostoevsky </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-ec/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0 The Damned Yard]'' (1954) by Ivo Andrić</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Idiot |The Idiot ]]'' (1869) by Fyodor Dostoevsky </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-ec/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8 The Sixth Day]'' (1961) by Rastko Petrović</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Crime and Punishment |Crime and Punishment ]]'' (1866) by Fyodor Dostoevsky </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-ec/%D0%A2%D0%B2%D1%80%D1%92%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD) The Fortress]'' (1970) by Meša Selimović</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Demons (novel)|Demons ]]'' (1872) by Fyodor Dostoevsky </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1066549.The_Use_of_Man ''The Use of Man''] (1976) by Aleksandar Tišma</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Woe from Wit)|Woe from Wit ]]'' (1823) by Aleksandr Griboyedov </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies_(novel) ''Rabies''] (1983) by Borislav Pekić</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Anton Chekhov|The Collected Stories]]'' by Anton Chekhov </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_of_the_Dead ''The Encyclopedia of the Dead''] (1983) by Danilo Kiš</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Alexander Pushkin)|The Collected Stories]]'' by Alexander Pushkin </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Khazars ''Dictionary of the Khazars''] (1984) by Milorad Pavić</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Nikolai Leskov|Lady McBeth of Mtsensk and Other Stories]]'' (1865) by Nikolai Leskov </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11723752-the-cyclist-conspiracy ''The Cyclist Conspiracy''] (1987) by Svetislav Basara</small>
|}<h3>[[File:Spain.png]] Spain</h3>
{|{{Prettytable}}
 
 
|-
|-
|rowspan=15 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|20th Century||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Life and Fate|Life and Fate]]'' (1959) by Vasily Grossman </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Heart of a Dog|Heart of a Dog]]'' (1925) by Mikhail Bulgakov </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Poem_of_the_Cid.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Cantar de Mio Cid|The Poem of the Cid]]''<br />(1207)</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Don_Quixote.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Don Quixote|Don Quixote]]''<br />(1615)<br />by Miguel de Cervantes </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Abel_Sanchez.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Abel Sánchez|Abel Sanchez]]''<br />(1917)<br />by Miguel de Unamuno </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Collected_Poems_of_Lorca.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Federico Garcia Lorca|Collected Poems]]''<br />by Federico Garcia Lorca </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Family_of_Pascual_Duarte.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Family of Pascual Duarte|The Family of Pascual Duarte]]''<br />(1942)<br />by Camilo Jose Cela </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Doctor Zhivago (novel)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' (1957) by Boris Pasternak </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Quiet Flows the Don|Quiet Flows the Don]]'' (1934) by Mikhail Sholokhov </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Lazarillo de Tormes|Lazarillo de Tormes]]'' (1556) </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Ivan Bunin|The Collected Stories]]'' by Ivan Bunin </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_verdad_sobre_el_caso_Savolta T''he Truth about the Savolta Case''] by Eduardo Mendoza Garriga </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:We (novel)|We]]'' (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuenteovejuna ''Fuenteovejuna''] by Lope de Vega </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Petersburg (novel)|Petersburg]]'' (1913) by Andrei Bely </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>[https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimas_(B%C3%A9cquer) ''Rhymes''] and [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyendas_de_B%C3%A9cquer ''Legends''] by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Foundation Pit|The Foundation Pit]]'' (1930) by Andrey Platonov </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Altimas_tardes_con_Teresacon&#x20;Teresa Últimas tardes con Teresa]'' by Juan Marse </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Envy (novel)|Envy]]'' (1927) by Yuri Olesha </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''Tu rostro mañana'' by Javier Marías </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:A School for Fools|A School for Fools]]'' (1960s) by Sasha Sokolov</small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Julian_(novel) Count Julian]'' by Juan Goyitsolo </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Invitation to a Beheading|Invitation to a Beheading]]'' (1936) by Vladimir Nabokob</small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''Dublinescas'' by Enrique Vila-Matas </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Isaac Bable|The Complete Works]]'' by Isaac Babel</small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:La sombra del viento |The Shadow of the Wind ]]'' by Carlos Ruiz Zafón</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Kolyma Tales|Kolyma Tales]]'' (1954-73) by Varlam Shalamov</small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Catalan recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Daniil Kharms|Today I Wrote Nothing]]'' by Daniil Kharms</small>
| colspan="5" |<small>by Santiago Rusiñol </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Roadside Picnic |Roadside Picnic]]'' (1971) by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>by Salvador Espriu </small>
|-
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Recommendation images'''
| colspan="5" |<small>by Miquel Bauca </small>
|-
|-
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:Russian2.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="5" |<small>by Maria Barbal </small>
|colspan=4|
|-
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| colspan="5" |<small>by Josep Carner </small>
|}
|}
|} olspan="5" |


<h3>[[File:Russia.png]] Russia</h3>
{|{{Prettytable}}
{|{{Prettytable}}
|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:South_Africa.png]] South Africa</h3>
 
 
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>[http://tinyurl.com/russianlit Russian Literature Download]</small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:a_Hero_of_Our_Time.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:A Hero of Our Time|A Hero of Our time]]''<br />(1841)<br />by Mikhail Lermontov </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:War_and_Peace.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:War and Peace|War and Peace]]''<br />(1869)<br />by Leo Tolstoy </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Brothers_Karamazov.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Brothers Karamazov|The Brothers Karamazov]]''<br />(1880)<br />by Fyodor Dostoevsky</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Plays_of_Anton_Chekhov.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Anton Chekhov|The Plays of Anton Chekhov]]''<br />(1886&ndash;1904)<br />by Anton Chekhov</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Master_and_Margarita.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Master and Margarita|The Master and Margarita ]]''<br />(1967)<br />by Mikhail Bulgakov</small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
| rowspan="16" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |19th Century
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Woe from Wit|Woe from Wit ]]'' (1823) by Aleksandr Griboyedov </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Dead Souls |Dead Souls]]'' (1842) by Nikolai Gogol </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Diary of a Madman|Diary of a Madman and Other Stories ]]'' (1842) by Nikolai Gogol </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Sketches From a Hunter's Album |Sketches From a Hunter's Album ]]'' (1852) by Ivan Turgenev </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Oblomov |Oblomov ]]'' (1859) by Ivan Goncharov </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Fathers and Sons |Fathers and Sons ]]'' (1862) by Ivan Turgenev </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Crime and Punishment |Crime and Punishment ]]'' (1866) by Fyodor Dostoevsky </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Notes From Underground |Notes From Underground ]]'' (1864) by Fyodor Dostoevsky </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Nikolai Leskov|Lady McBeth of Mtsensk and Other Stories]]'' (1865) by Nikolai Leskov </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Idiot |The Idiot ]]'' (1869) by Fyodor Dostoevsky </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Demons (novel)|Demons ]]'' (1872) by Fyodor Dostoevsky </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Golovlyov Family |The Golovlyov Family ]]'' (1876) by Mikhail Saltykov </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Leo Tolstoy|Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy]]'' by Leo Tolstoy </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Anna Karenina|Anna Karenina]]'' (1877) by Leo Tolstoy </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Anton Chekhov|The Collected Stories]]'' by Anton Chekhov </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Alexander Pushkin)|The Collected Stories]]'' by Alexander Pushkin </small>
|-
| rowspan="15" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |20th Century
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Petersburg (novel)|Petersburg]]'' (1913) by Andrei Bely </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:We (novel)|We]]'' (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Heart of a Dog|Heart of a Dog]]'' (1925) by Mikhail Bulgakov </small>
|-
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:I_Write_What_I_Like.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:I Write What I Like|I Write What I Like]]''<br/>(1978)<br/>by Steve Biko</small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Envy (novel)|Envy]]'' (1927) by Yuri Olesha </small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Waiting_for_the_Barbarians.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Waiting for the Barbarians|Waiting for the Barbarians]]''<br/>(1980)<br/>by J.M. Coetzee</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|
[[File:Nadinegordimerjuly'speople.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:July's People|July's People]]''<br/>(1981)<br/>by Nadine Gordimer</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Ways_of_Dying.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Ways of Dying|Ways of Dying]]''<br/>(1995)<br/>by Zakes Mda</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Disgrace.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia:Disgrace (novel)|Disgrace]]''<br/>(1999)<br/>by J.M. Coetzee</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Foundation Pit|The Foundation Pit]]'' (1930) by Andrey Platonov </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Contemporary||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Marlene van Niekerk|The Way of the Women]]'' (2004) by Marlene van Niekerk </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Quiet Flows the Don|Quiet Flows the Don]]'' (1934) by Mikhail Sholokhov </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5|<small>''[[wikipedia:Zoo City|Zoo City]]'' (2010) by Lauren Beukes </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Invitation to a Beheading|Invitation to a Beheading]]'' (1936) by Vladimir Nabokov</small>
|-
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Isaac Bable|The Complete Works]]'' by Isaac Babel</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Daniil Kharms|Today I Wrote Nothing]]'' by Daniil Kharms</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Ivan Bunin|The Collected Stories]]'' by Ivan Bunin </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Doctor Zhivago (novel)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' (1957) by Boris Pasternak </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Life and Fate|Life and Fate]]'' (1959) by Vasily Grossman </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A School for Fools|A School for Fools]]'' (1960s) by Sasha Sokolov</small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Roadside Picnic |Roadside Picnic]]'' (1971) by Arkady &amp; Boris Strugatsky </small>
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Kolyma Tales|Kolyma Tales]]'' (1954-73) by Varlam Shalamov</small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Recommendation images'''
|-
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Russian2.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="4" |
|}
|}
|}


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<h3>[[File:South_Africa.png]] South Africa</h3>
{|{{Prettytable}}
{|{{Prettytable}}
|colspan=5|<h3>[[File:United_States.png]] United States </h3>
 
 
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#C3D69B;"|'''Essential works'''
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
|-
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File: .jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia: | ]]''<br/>( )<br/>by </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:I_Write_What_I_Like.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:I Write What I Like|I Write What I Like]]''<br />(1978)<br />by Steve Biko</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File: .jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia: | ]]''<br/>( )<br/>by </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Waiting_for_the_Barbarians.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Waiting for the Barbarians|Waiting for the Barbarians]]''<br />(1980)<br />by J.M. Coetzee</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File: .jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia: | ]]''<br/>( )<br/>by </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File: .jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia: | ]]''<br/>( )<br/>by </small>
[[File:Nadinegordimerjuly'speople.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:July's People|July's People]]''<br />(1981)<br />by Nadine Gordimer</small>
|style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center"|[[File: .jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''[[wikipedia: | ]]''<br/>( )<br/>by </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Ways_of_Dying.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Ways of Dying|Ways of Dying]]''<br />(1995)<br />by Zakes Mda</small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Disgrace.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Disgrace (novel)|Disgrace]]''<br />(1999)<br />by J.M. Coetzee</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further recommendations'''
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|rowspan=11 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Short Story Collections||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Twice Told Tales|Twice Told Tales]]'' ( ) by Nathaniel Hawthorne </small>
| rowspan="3" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Contemporary
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Marlene van Niekerk|The Way of the Women]]'' (2004) by Marlene van Niekerk </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Edgar Allen Poe|Collected Works]]'' ( ) by Edgar Allen Poe </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Portrait with Keys|Portrait with Keys]]'' (2006) by Ivan Vladislavic </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Mark Twain|Collected Short Stories]]'' ( ) by Mark Twain </small>
| colspan="5" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Zoo City|Zoo City]]'' (2010) by Lauren Beukes </small>
|}
|}
 
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<h3>[[File:United_States.png]] United States</h3>
{|{{Prettytable}}
 
 
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>[http://tinyurl.com/usalit American Literature Download]</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Billy Budd|Billy Budd and the Piazza Tales]]'' ( ) by Herman Melville </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#C3D69B;" |'''Essential works'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Stephen Crane|Maggie and Other Stories]]'' ( ) by Stephen Crane </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Moby_Dick.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Moby Dick|Moby Dick]]''<br />(1851)<br />by Herman Melville </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Leaves_of_Grass.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Leaves of Grass|Leaves of Grass]]''<br />(1892)<br />by Walt Whitman </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:the_Sound_and_the_Fury.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:The Sound and the Fury|The Sound and the Fury]]''<br />(1920)<br />by William Faulkner </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:East_of_Eden.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:East of Eden|East of Eden]]''<br />(1952)<br />by John Steinbeck </small>
| style="background:#D7E3BC;" width="120" align="center" |[[File:Gravity's_Rainbow.jpg|80px]]<br /><small>''[[wikipedia:Gravity's Rainbow|Gravity's Rainbow]]''<br />(1973)<br />by Thomas Pynchon </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Flappers and Philosophers|Flappers and Philosophers]]'' ( ) by F. Scott Fitzgerald </small>
| colspan="5" style="background:#8DB3E2;" |'''Further recommendations'''
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Ernest Hemingway|Collected Short Works]]'' ( ) by Ernest Hemingway </small>
| rowspan="11" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Short Story Collections
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Twice Told Tales|Twice Told Tales]]'' (1837) by Nathaniel Hawthorne </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Sherwood Anderson|Death in the Woods and Other Stories]]'' ( ) by Sherwood Anderson </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Edgar Allen Poe|Collected Works]]'' (1849) by Edgar Allen Poe </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Where I'm Calling From|Where I'm Calling From]]'' ( ) by Raymond Carver </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Billy Budd|Billy Budd and the Piazza Tales]]'' (1888) by Herman Melville </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:John Cheever|The Stories]]'' ( ) of John Cheever </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Mark Twain|Collected Short Stories]]'' (1910) by Mark Twain </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:H.P. Lovecraft|The Tales]]'' ( ) of H.P. Lovecraft </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Stephen Crane|Maggie and Other Stories]]'' (1900) by Stephen Crane </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=10 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Poetry Collections||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Leaves of Grass|Leaves of Grass]]'' ( ) by Walt Whitman </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Flappers and Philosophers|Flappers and Philosophers]]'' (1920) by F. Scott Fitzgerald </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Emily Dickinson|The Poetry]]'' ( ) of Emily Dickinson </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:H.P. Lovecraft|The Tales]]'' (1937) of H.P. Lovecraft </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Waste Land|The Waste Land and Other Poems]]'' ( ) by T.S. Eliot </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Sherwood Anderson|Death in the Woods and Other Stories]]'' (1941) by Sherwood Anderson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Harmonium|Harmonium]]'' ( ) by Wallace Stevens </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Ernest Hemingway|Collected Short Works]]'' (1961) by Ernest Hemingway </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Robinson Jeffers|Selected Poems]]'' ( ) by Robinson Jeffers </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:John Cheever|The Stories]]'' (1982) of John Cheever </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Robert Frost|Collected Poems]]'' ( ) by Robert Frost  </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Where I'm Calling From|Where I'm Calling From]]'' (1988) by Raymond Carver </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Bridge (long poem)|The Bridge]]'' (1930) by Hart Crane </small>
| rowspan="9" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Poetry Collections
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Emily Dickinson|The Poetry]]'' (1886) of Emily Dickinson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:William Carlos Williams|Collected Poems Vol.1 & 2]]'' ( ) by William Carlos Williams </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Waste Land|The Waste Land and Other Poems]]'' (1922) by T.S. Eliot </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Howl|Howl and Other Poems]]'' (1955) by Allen Ginsberg </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Harmonium (poetry collection)|Harmonium]]'' (1923) by Wallace Stevens </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:John Ashbery|Collected Poems]]'' ( ) by John Ashbery </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Bridge (long poem)|The Bridge]]'' (1930) by Hart Crane </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=8 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Plays||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Eugene O'Neill|Complete Plays]]'' ( ) by Eugene O'Neill </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Howl|Howl and Other Poems]]'' (1955) by Allen Ginsberg </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Death of a Salesman|Death of a Salesman]]'' ( ) by Arthur Miller </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Robinson Jeffers|Selected Poems]]'' (1962) by Robinson Jeffers </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Our Town|Our Town]]'' ( ) by Thornton Wilder </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Robert Frost|Collected Poems]]'' (1963) by Robert Frost </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Tennessee Williams|Plays 1937-1955]]'' ( ) by Tennessee Williams </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:William Carlos Williams|Collected Poems Vol.1 &amp; 2]]'' (1963) by William Carlos Williams </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Edward Albee|The Collected Plays]]'' ( ) of Edward Albee  </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:John Ashbery|Collected Poems]]'' (1987) by John Ashbery </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Buried Child|Buried Child]]'' ( ) by Sam Shepard </small>
| rowspan="8" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Plays
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Eugene O'Neill|Complete Plays]]'' by Eugene O'Neill </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:August Wilson|Fences]]'' ( ) by August Wilson </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Our Town|Our Town]]'' (1938) by Thornton Wilder </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Angels in America|Angels in America]]'' ( ) by Tony Kushner </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Death of a Salesman|Death of a Salesman]]'' (1949) by Arthur Miller </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=55 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Others||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Last of the Mohicans|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' ( ) by Fenimore Cooper </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Tennessee Williams|Plays 1937-1955]]'' (1955) by Tennessee Williams </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Scarlet Letter|The Scarlet Letter]]'' ( ) by Nathaniel Hawthorne </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Edward Albee|The Collected Plays]]'' of Edward Albee </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Moby-Dick|Moby-Dick]]'' ( ) by Herman Melville </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Buried Child|Buried Child]]'' (1978) by Sam Shepard </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' ( ) by Mark Twain </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:August Wilson|Fences]]'' (1985) by August Wilson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Turn of the Screw|The Turn of the Screw]]'' ( ) by Henry James </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Angels in America|Angels in America]]'' (1993) by Tony Kushner </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The American (novel)|The American]]'' ( ) by Henry James </small>
| rowspan="52" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Others
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Last of the Mohicans|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' (1826) by Fenimore Cooper </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Red Badge of Courage|The Red Badge of Courage]]'' ( ) by Stephen Crane </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Scarlet Letter|The Scarlet Letter]]'' (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Awakening|The Awakening]]'' ( ) by Kate Chopin </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The American (novel)|The American]]'' (1877) by Henry James </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Call of the Wild|The Call of the Wild]]'' ( ) by Jack London </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' (1884) by Mark Twain </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Three Lives|Three Lives]]'' ( ) by Gertrude Stein </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Red Badge of Courage|The Red Badge of Courage]]'' (1895) by Stephen Crane </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Age of Innocence|The Age of Innocence]]'' ( ) by Edith Wharton </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Turn of the Screw|The Turn of the Screw]]'' (1898) by Henry James </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:An American Tragedy|An American Tragedy]]'' ( ) by Theodore Dreiser </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Awakening (novel)|The Awakening]]'' (1899) by Kate Chopin </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:My Antonia|My Antonia]]'' ( ) by Willa Cather </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Call of the Wild|The Call of the Wild]]'' (1903) by Jack London </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Great Gatsby|The Great Gatsby]]'' ( ) by F. Scott Fitzgerald </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Three Lives|Three Lives]]'' (1909) by Gertrude Stein </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Main Street (novel)|Main Street]]'' ( ) by Sinclair Lewis </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:My Antonia|My Antonia]]'' (1918) by Willa Cather </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Babbit|Babbit]]'' ( ) by Sinclair Lewis </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Age of Innocence|The Age of Innocence]]'' (1920) by Edith Wharton </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The New York Trilogy|The New York Trilogy]]'' ( ) by Paul Auster </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Main Street (novel)|Main Street]]'' (1920) by Sinclair Lewis </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Sun Also Rises|The Sun Also Rises]]'' ( ) by Ernest Hemingway </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Babbit (novel)|Babbit]]'' (1922) by Sinclair Lewis </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:For Whom the Bell Tolls|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'' ( ) by Ernest Hemingway </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Great Gatsby|The Great Gatsby]]'' (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Sound and the Fury|The Sound and the Fury]]'' ( ) by William Faulkner </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:An American Tragedy|An American Tragedy]]'' (1925) by Theodore Dreiser </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Absalom, Absalom!|Absalom, Absalom!]]'' ( ) by William Faulkner </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Sun Also Rises|The Sun Also Rises]]'' (1926) by Ernest Hemingway </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Tropic of Cancer|Tropic of Cancer]]'' ( ) by Henry Miller </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Tropic of Cancer (novel)|Tropic of Cancer]]'' (1934) by Henry Miller </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Appointment in Samarra|Appointment in Samrra]]'' ( ) by John O'Hara </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Appointment in Samarra|Appointment in Samrra]]'' (1934) by John O'Hara </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Heart is a Lonely Hunter|The Heart is a Lonely Hunter]]'' ( ) by Carson McCullers </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Absalom, Absalom!|Absalom, Absalom!]]'' (1936) by William Faulkner </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:East of Eden|East of Eden]]'' ( ) by John Steinbeck </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Grapes of Wrath|The Grapes of Wrath]]'' (1939) by John Steinbeck </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Grapes of Wrath|The Grapes of Wrath]]'' ( ) by John Steinbeck </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Day of the Locust|The Day of the Locust]]'' (1939) by Nathanael 'West </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Day of the Locust|The Day of the Locust]]'' ( ) by Nathanael 'West </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Big Sleep|The Big Sleep]]'' (1939) by Raymond Chandler </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Big Sleep|The Big Sleep]]'' ( ) by Raymond Chandler </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:For Whom the Bell Tolls|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'' (1940) by Ernest Hemingway </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:All the King's Men|All the King's Men]]'' ( ) by Robert Penn Warren </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Heart is a Lonely Hunter|The Heart is a Lonely Hunter]]'' (1940) by Carson McCullers </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Fahrenheit 451|Fahrenheit 451]]'' ( ) by Ray Bradbury </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:All the King's Men|All the King's Men]]'' (1946) by Robert Penn Warren </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Catcher in the Rye|The Catcher in the Rye]]'' ( ) by J.D. Salinger </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Catcher in the Rye|The Catcher in the Rye]]'' (1951) by J.D. Salinger </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Recognitions|The Recognitions]]'' ( ) by William Gaddis </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:On the Road|On the Road]]'' (1951) by Jack Kerouac </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Lolita|Lolita]]'' ( ) by Vladimir Nabokov </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Fahrenheit 451|Fahrenheit 451]]'' (1953) by Ray Bradbury </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:On the Road|On the Road]]'' ( ) by Jack Kerouac </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Recognitions|The Recognitions]]'' (1955) by William Gaddis </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Naked Lunch|Naked Lunch]]'' ( ) by William S. Burroughs </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Lolita|Lolita]]'' (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Rabbit, Run|Rabbit, Run]]'' ( ) by John Updike </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Naked Lunch|Naked Lunch]]'' (1959) by William S. Burroughs </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:To Kill a Mockingbird|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' ( ) by Harper Lee </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Rabbit, Run|Rabbit, Run]]'' (1960) by John Updike </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Catch-22|Catch-22]]'' ( ) by Joseph Heller </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:To Kill a Mockingbird|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' (1960) by Harper Lee </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Sot-Weed Factor|The Sot-Weed Factor]]'' ( ) by John Barth </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Sot-Weed Factor|The Sot-Weed Factor]]'' (1960) by John Barth </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' ( ) by Ken Kesey </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Catch-22|Catch-22]]'' (1961) by Joseph Heller </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Bell Jar|The Bell Jar]]'' ( ) by Sylvia Plath </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' (1962) by Ken Kesey </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Herzog|Herzog]]'' ( ) by Saul Bellow </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Bell Jar|The Bell Jar]]'' (1963) by Sylvia Plath </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Slaughterhouse-Five|Slaughterhouse-Five]]'' ( ) by Kurt Vonnegut </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:V. (novel)|V.]]'' (1963) by Thomas Pynchon </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Crying of Lot 49|The Crying of Lot 49]]'' ( ) by Thomas Pynchon </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Herzog (novel)|Herzog]]'' (1965) by Saul Bellow </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Gravity's Rainbow|Gravity's Rainbow]]'' ( ) by Thomas Pynchon </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:In Cold Blood (novel)|In Cold Blood]]'' (1966) by Truman Capote </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:V. (novel)|V.]]'' ( ) by Thomas Pynchon </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Crying of Lot 49|The Crying of Lot 49]]'' (1966) by Thomas Pynchon </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Pattern Recognition|Pattern Recognition]]'' ( ) by William Gibson </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Portnoy's Complaint|Portnoy's Complaint]]'' (1969) by Phillip Roth </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' ( ) by Hunter S. Thompson </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Slaughterhouse-Five|Slaughterhouse-Five]]'' (1969) by Kurt Vonnegut </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Portnoy's Complaint|Portnoy's Complaint]]'' ( ) by Phillip Roth </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:American Pastoral|American Pastoral]]'' ( ) by Phillip Roth </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A Confederacy of Dunces|A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' (1980) by John Kennedy Toole </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Road|The Road]]'' ( ) by Cormac McCarthy </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The New York Trilogy|The New York Trilogy]]'' (1986) by Paul Auster </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:A Confederacy of Dunces|A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' ( ) by John Kennedy Toole </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Libra (novel)|Libra]]'' (1988) by Don Delillo </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Libra|Libra]]'' ( ) by Don Delillo </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Infinite Jest|Infinite Jest]]'' (1996) by David Foster Wallace </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Underworld|Underworld]]'' ( ) by Don Delillo </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Underworld (DeLillo novel)|Underworld]]'' (1997) by Don Delillo </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Infinite Jest|Infinite Jest]]'' ( ) by David Foster Wallace </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:American Pastoral|American Pastoral]]'' (1997) by Phillip Roth </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=5 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Slave Narratives||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Interesting Narrative|The Interesting Narrative]]'' ( ) by Olaudah Equiano </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Pattern Recognition (novel)|Pattern Recognition]]'' (2003) by William Gibson </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Twelve Years a Slave|Twelve Years a Slave]]'' ( ) by Solomon Northrup </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Road|The Road]]'' (2006) by Cormac McCarthy </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl|Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl]]'' ( ) by Harriet Jacobs </small>
| rowspan="5" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Slave Narratives
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Interesting Narrative|The Interesting Narrative]]'' (1789) by Olaudah Equiano </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass|Narrative of the Life]]'' ( ) of Frederick Douglass </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass|Narrative of the Life]]'' (1845) of Frederick Douglass </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Narrative of Sojourner Truth|Narrative]]'' ( ) of Sojourner Truth </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Sojourner Truth|Narrative]]'' (1850) of Sojourner Truth </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=3 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Reconstruction Era||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:W.E.B. Du Boi|The Souls of Black Folk]]'' ( ) by W.E.B. Du Bois </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Twelve Years a Slave|Twelve Years a Slave]]'' (1853) by Solomon Northrup </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Paul Laurence Dunbar|The Collected Poetry]]'' ( ) by Paul Laurence Dunbar </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl|Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl]]'' (1861) by Harriet Jacobs </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Up From Slavery|Up From Slavery]]'' ( ) by Booker T. Washington </small>
| rowspan="3" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Reconstruction Era
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Up From Slavery|Up From Slavery]]'' (1901) by Booker T. Washington </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=8 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Harlem Renaissance||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Not Without Laughter|Not Without Laughter]]'' ( ) by Langston Hughes </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Souls of Black Folk|The Souls of Black Folk]]'' (1903) by W.E.B. Du Bois </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Cane (novel)|Cane]]'' ( ) by Jean Toomer </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Paul Laurence Dunbar|The Collected Poetry]]'' (1906) by Paul Laurence Dunbar </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Black no More|Black no More]]'' ( ) by George S. Schugler </small>
| rowspan="8" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Harlem Renaissance
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Cane (novel)|Cane]]'' (1923) by Jean Toomer </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Home to Harlem|Home to Harlem]]'' ( ) by Claude McKay </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Rudolph Fisher|The Walls of Jericho]]'' (1928) by Rudolph Fisher </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Their Eyes Were Watching God|Their Eyes Were Watching God]]'' ( ) by Zora Neale Hurston </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Home to Harlem|Home to Harlem]]'' (1928) by Claude McKay </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Quicksand and Passing|Quicksand and Passing]]'' ( ) by Mella Larsen </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Nella Larsen|Quicksand and Passing]]'' (1929) by Nella Larsen </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Walls of Jericho|The Walls of Jericho]]'' ( ) by Mella Larsen </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Blacker the Berry|The Blacker the Berry]]'' (1929) by Wallace Thurman</small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Blacker and the Berry|The Blacker and the Berry]]'' ( ) by Mella Larsen </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Not Without Laughter|Not Without Laughter]]'' (1930) by Langston Hughes </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=8 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Civil Rights Era||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Native Son|Native Son]]'' ( ) by Richard Wright </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Black No More|Black no More]]'' (1931) by George S. Schugler </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Go Tell it on the Mountain|Go Tell it on the Mountain]]'' ( ) by James Baldwin </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Their Eyes Were Watching God|Their Eyes Were Watching God]]'' (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Invisible Man|Invisible Man]]'' ( ) by Ralph Ellison </small>
| rowspan="8" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Civil Rights Era
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Native Son|Native Son]]'' (1940) by Richard Wright </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Autobiography of Malcolm X|The Autobiography]]'' ( ) of Malcolm X  </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:If He Hollers Let Him Go|If he Hollers Let Him Go]]'' (1945) by Chester Himes </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings|I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]'' ( ) by Maya Angelou </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Invisible Man|Invisible Man]]'' (1952) by Ralph Ellison </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Gwendolyn Brooks|Selected Poems]]'' ( ) by Gwendolyn Brooks </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Go Tell it on the Mountain (novel)|Go Tell it on the Mountain]]'' (1953) by James Baldwin </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:If he Hollers Let Him Go|If he Hollers Let Him Go]]'' ( ) by Chester Himes </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:A Raisin in the Sun|A Raisin in the Sun]]'' (1959) by Lorraine Hansberry </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:A Raisin in the Sun|A Raisin in the Sun]]'' ( ) by Lorraine Hansberry </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Autobiography of Malcolm X|The Autobiography]]'' (1965) of Malcolm X </small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=12 style="background:#C6D9F0;"|Contemporary||colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Beneath the Underdog|Beneath the Underdog]]'' ( ) by Charles Mingus </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gwendolyn Brooks|Selected Poems]]'' (1966) by Gwendolyn Brooks </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Color Purple|The Color Purple]]'' ( ) by Alice Walker </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings|I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]'' (1969) by Maya Angelou </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Beloved|Beloved]]'' ( ) by Toni Morrison </small>
| rowspan="12" style="background:#C6D9F0;" |Contemporary
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Beneath the Underdog|Beneath the Underdog]]'' (1971) by Charles Mingus </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Song of Solomon|Song of Solomon]]'' ( ) by Toni Morrison </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Mumbo Jumbo (novel)|Mumbo Jumbo]]'' (1972) by Ismael Reed </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Killing Johnny Fry|Killing Johnny Fry]]'' ( ) by Walter Mosley </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Roots (novel)|Roots]]'' (1976) by Alex Haley </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Roots (novel)|Roots]]'' ( ) by Alex Haley </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Song of Solomon (novel)|Song of Solomon]]'' (1977) by Toni Morrison </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Somebody Blew up America|Somebody Blew up America]]'' ( ) by Amiri Baraka </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Kindred (novel)|Kindred]]'' (1979) by Ismael Reed </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Waiting to Exhale|Waiting to Exhale]]'' ( ) by Terry McMillan </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Color Purple|The Color Purple]]'' (1982) by Alice Walker </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Linden Hills|Linden Hills]]'' ( ) by Gloria Naylor </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Gloria Naylor|Linden Hills]]'' (1985) by Gloria Naylor </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Mumbo Jumbo|Mumbo Jumbo]]'' ( ) by Ismael Reed </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Beloved (novel)|Beloved]]'' (1987) by Toni Morrison </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:Kindre D|Kindre D]]'' ( ) by Ismael Reed </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Terry McMillan|Waiting to Exhale]]'' (1992) by Terry McMillan </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<small>''[[wikipedia:The Known World|The Known World]]'' ( ) by Edward P. Jones </small>
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Amiri Baraka|Somebody Blew up America]]'' (2001) by Amiri Baraka </small>
|-
|-
|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Recommendation images'''
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:The Known World|The Known World]]'' (2003) by Edward P. Jones </small>
|-
|-
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:American_lit_003b.jpg|80px]]
| colspan="4" |<small>''[[wikipedia:Killing Johnny Fry|Killing Johnny Fry]]'' (2006) by Walter Mosley </small>
|width="120" align="center"|[[File:Nigralit.jpg|80px]]
|colspan=3|
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| width="120" align="center" |[[File:American_lit_003b.jpg|80px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Nigralit.jpg|50px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Pynchon_guide.png|100px]]
| width="120" align="center" |[[File:Hemingway_chart.jpg|100px]]
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Latest revision as of 19:55, 5 June 2021


By region

Argentina

Essential works

Strange Forces
(1906)
Leopoldo Lugones
The Museum of Eterna's Novel
(1925)
Macedonio Fernandez
The Seven Madmen
(1929)
Roberto Arlt
The Aleph
(1949)
Jorge Luis Borges
Hopscotch
(1963)
Julio Cortazar
Further recommendations
by Manuel Puig
by Ernesto Sabato
by Juan José Saer
by Oliverio Girondo
by Adolfo Bioy Casares
by Fernando Sorrentino
by Cesar Aira
by Marco Denevi
by Luisa Valenzuela
by Lila Zemborain
by Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill
by Rodrigo Fresan
by Alberto Laiseca


Australia

Australian Literature Download
Essential works

The Man Who Loved Children
(1940)
by Christina Stead
Voss
(1957)
by Patrick White
The Fatal Shore
(1987)
by Robert Hughes
Cloudstreet
(1991)
by Tim Winton
Death of a River Guide
(1994)
by Richard Flanagan
Further recommendations
Classic The Dreaming (1980) by Damien Broderick
Illywhacker (1985) by Peter Carey
Oscar and Lucinda (1988) by Peter Carey
For the Term of his Natural Life (1874) by Marcus Clarke
The Middle Parts of Fortune (1929) by Frederic Manning
Eucalyptus (1998) by Murray Bail
The Power of One (1989) by Bryce Courtenay
A Cry in the Jungle Bar (1979) by Robert Drewer
Gould's Book of Fish (2001) by Richard Flanagan
Diaspora (1997) by Greg Egan
My Brilliant Career (1901) by Miles Franklin
The Children's Bach (1984) by Helen Garner
The Female Eunuch (1970) by Germaine Greer
The Secret River (2005) by Kate Grenville
But the Dead are Many (1975) by Frank Hardy
Selected Poetry and Prose ( ) of A.D. Hope
The Lucky Country (1964) by Donald Horne
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886) by Fergus Hume
My Brother Jack (1964) by George Johnston
Schindler's Ark (1982) by Thomas Keneally
The First Casualty (2005) by Phillip Knightley
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1955) by Ray Lawler
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1967) by Joan Lindsay
Remembering Babylon (1993) by David Malouf
Forty-Seventeen (1988) by Frank Moorhouse
New Collected Poems (1999) by Les Murray
Fredy Neptune (1998) by Les Murray
Three Dollars (1998) by Elliot Perlman
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1930) by Henry Handel Richardson
Shantaram (2003) by Gregory David Roberts
On the Beach (1957) by Nevil Shute
Animal Liberation (1975) by Peter Singer
The Little Hotel (1973) by Christina Stead
A Fraction of the Whole (2008) by Steve Toltz
The Tree of Man (1955) by Patrick White
The Vivisector (1970) by Patrick White
Dirt Music (2001) by Tim Winton
Wake in Fright (1961) by Kenneth Cook
The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen
Capricornia (1938) by Xavier Herbert
Power Without Glory (1950) by Frank Hardy
Recommendation images


Austria

Essential works

Indian Summer
(1857)
by Adalbert Stifter
The Man Without Qualities
(1942)
by Robert Musil
Chess Story
(1942)
by Stefan Zweig
The Death of Virgil
(1945)
by Hermann Broch
The Loser
(1983)
by Thomas Bernhard
Further recommendations
Rock Crystal (1845) by Adalbert Stifter
Round Dance and Other Plays (1897) by Arthur Schnitzler
The Confusions of Young Törless (1906) by Robert Musil
The Other Side (1909) by Alfred Kubin
Dream Story (1926) by Arthur Schnitzler
Beware of Pity (1939) by Stefan Zweig
The World of Yesterday (1942) by Stefan Zweig
An Ermine in Czernopol (1958) by Gregor von Rezzori
The Wall (1963) by Marlen Haushofer
The Head of Vitus Bering (1965) by Konrad Bayer
Selected Works (1966) by Konrad Bayer
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (1972) by Peter Handke
Memoirs of an Anti-Semite (1979) by Gregor von Rezzori
Woodcutters (1984) by Thomas Bernhard


Belgium

Essential works

The Sorrow of Belgium
(1983)
by Hugo Claus 		[[File: |80px]]

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by
Further recommendations
Three Novels: Soft Soap, The Leg, Will O' the Wisp by Willem Elsschot
Cheese (1933) by Willem Elsschot
Occupied City (1921) by Paul van Ostaijen
The signal (1918) by Paul van Ostaijen
The Sign of the Hamster (1964) by Hugo claus
Problemski Hotel (2003) by Dimitri Verhulst
The Misfortunates (2006) by Dimitri Verhulst
Strangers Should Not Whisper (1945) by Marnix Gijsen
Elias, or the struggle with the nightingalesl (1936) by Maurice Gilliams
The bottle at sea. The complete poems by Maurice Gilliams
Tempo di Roma by Alexis Curvers
Pedigree by Georges Simenon
The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (Maigret series) by Georges Simenon
Thousand Times Broken, Three Books by Henri Michaux


China

Essential works

Three Kingdoms
(14th century)
by Luo Guanzhong
Story of the Stone
(18th century)
by Cao Xueqin
Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio
(1740)
by Pu Songling
The Real Story of Ah Q
(1922)
by Lu Xun
Camel Xiangzi
(1937)
by Lao She
Further recommendations
Classic The Dragon King's Daughter (Tang dynasty) by
Six Yuan Plays (Yuan dynasty) by
Outlaws of the Marsh (14th century) by Shi Nai'an
The Story of the Western Wing (14th century) by Wang Shifu
Journey to the West (16th century) by Wu Cheng'en
Creation of the Gods (16th century) by Xu Zhonglin
The Peony Pavilion (1598) by Tang Xianzu
Stories Old and New (1620) by Feng Menglong
The Plum in the Golden Vase (17th century) by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
The Carnal Prayer Mat (1657) by Li Yu
The Scholars (1750) by Wu Jingzi
Six Records of a Floating Life (1808) by Shen Fu
Modern Wild Grass (1927) by Lu Xun
Rainbow (1930) by Mao Dun
Family (1933) Ba Jin
Border Town (1934) by Shen Congwen
Selected Stories by Shen Congwen
My Country and My People (1935) by Lin Yutang
The Importance of Living (1937) by Lin Yutang
Love in a Fallen City (1945) by Eileen Chang
Fortress Besieged (1947) by Qian Zhongshu
Teahouse (1957) by Lao She
The Three-Inch Golden Lotus (1985) by Feng Jicai
Waves (1985) by Bei Dao
Red Sorghum (1987) by Mo Yan
The August Sleepwalker (1988) by Bei Dao
The King of Trees (1990) by Ah Cheng
Soul Mountain (1990) by Gao Xingjian
To Live (1993) by Yu Hua
Five Spice Street (2003) by Can Xue
Brothers (2005) by Yu Hua
Life and Death are Wearing Me Out (2006) by Mo Yan
Vertical Motion (2011) by Can Xue
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Canada

Essential works

Anne of Green Gables
(1908)
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
(1912)
by Stephen Leacock
The Handmaid's Tale
(1985)
by Margaret Atwood
Dance of the Happy Shades
(1968)
by Alice Munro
Flint and Feather
(1913)
by Pauline Johnson
Further recommendations
Anglophone Fifth Business (1970) by Robertson Davies
The Golden Dog (1872) by William Kirby
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) by Mordecai Richler
The Wars (1977) by Timothy Findley
Beautiful Losers (1966) by Leonard Cohen
Klee Wyck (1941) by Emily Carr
Three Day Road (2005) by Joseph Boyden
Life of Pi (2001) by Yann Martel


Czech Republic

Essential works

May
(1836)
by Karel Hynek Macha
The Good Soldier Svejk
(1923)
by Jaroslav Hasek
Three Novels
(1933)
by Karel Capek
I Served the King of England
(1983)
by Bohumil Hrabal
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
(1984)
by Milan Kundera
Further recommendations
Pre-WW2 The Sorrowful Eyes ( ) by Ivan Olbracht
Hidden History ( ) by Otokar Brezina
The Grandmother ( ) by Bozena Nemcova
The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch ( ) by Ladislav Klima
R.U.R. ( ) by Karel Capek
War With the Newts ( ) by Karel Capek
Antilyrik & Other Poems ( ) by Vitezslav Nezval
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders ( ) by Vitezslav Nezval
Prague Tales ( ) by Jan Neruda
The Arsonist ( ) by Egon Hostovsky
The Poetry ( ) of Jaroslav Seifert
Vanishing Lung Syndrome ( ) by Miroslav Holub
Narrative Poems ( ) by Vladimir Holan
Dreams at the End of the Night ( ) by Ewald Murrer
How I Came to Know Fish ( ) by Ota Pavel
Fingers Pointing Somewhere Else ( ) by Daniela Fischerova
White Book ( ) by Pavel Kohout
Saturnin ( ) by Zdenek Jirotka
Summer of Caprice ( ) by Vadislav Vancura
Post-WW2 Closely Watched Trains ( ) Bohumil Hrabal
Too Loud a Solitude ( ) by Bohumil Hrabal
Love and Garbage ( ) by Ivan Klima
Immortality ( ) by Milan Kundera
The Garden Party and Other Plays ( ) by Vaclav Havel
The Questionnaire ( ) by Jiri Grusa
The Guinea Pigs ( ) by Ludvik Vaculik
The Cremator (1967) by Ladislav Fuks
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova ( ) by Arnost Lustig
A Bohemian Youth ( ) by Josef Hirsal
City Sister Silver ( ) by Jachym Topol
The Engineer of Human Souls ( ) by Josef Skvorecky
The Other City ( ) by Michal Ajvaz
Europeana ( ) by Patrik Ourednik
The Seven Churches ( ) by Milos Urban
Of Kids & Parents ( ) by Emil Hakl
German-language The Golem ( ) by Gustav Meyrink
The Green Face ( ) by Gustav Meyrink
The Trial ( ) by Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis ( ) by Franz Kafka
A Hunger Artist ( ) by Franz Kafka
Blaugast ( ) by Paul Leppin
Severin’s Journey into the Dark ( ) by Paul Leppin
The Raging Reporter ( ) by Egon Erwin Kisch
Tycho Brahe’s Path to God ( ) by Max Brod
The Maimed ( ) by Hermann Ungar
Boys & Murderers ( ) by Hermann Ungar
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge ( ) by Rainer Maria Rilke
The Selected Poetry ( ) of Rainer Maria Rilke
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United Kingdom and Ireland

Essential works

The Canterbury Tales
(14th century)
by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Complete Works
of William Shakespeare
Paradise Lost
(1667)
by John Milton
The Collected Poems
of William Wordsworth
The Collected Poems
of W.B. Yeats
Further recommendations
Classic Beowulf (10th century)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (14th century)
Le Morte D'Arthur (1485) by Sir Thomas Malory
Utopia (1516) by Thomas More
The Complete Plays of Christopher Marlowe
The Faerie Queene (1590) by Edmund Spenser
Plays and Masques by Ben Jonson
the Duchess of Malfi (1612) by John Webster
The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) by John Bunyan
Robinson Crusoe (1719) by Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels (1735) by Jonathan Swift
Tom Jones (1749) by Henry Fielding
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759) by Laurence Sterne
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) by Oliver Goldsmith
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1793) by William Blake
19th Century Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen
Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley
Ivanhoe (1820) by Sir Walter Scott
Don Juan (1821) by Lord Byron
Sartor Resartus (1833) by Thomas Carlyle
Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (1847) Emily Bronte
Vanity Fair (1848) by William Makepeace Thackeray
Bleak House (1853) by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens
Middlemarch (1872) by George Eliot
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) by Thomas Hardy
The Way We Live Now (1879) by Anthony Trollope
Idylls of the King (1885) by Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker
The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde
Modern Lord Jim (1900) by Joseph Conrad
Kim (1900) by Rudyard Kipling
The Way of All Flesh (1903) by Samuel Butler
The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) by G.K. Chesterton
Sons and Lovers (1913) by D.H. Lawrence
Of Human Bondage (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Passage to India (1924) by E.M. Forster
To the Lighthouse (1927) by Virginia Woolf
Flashman (1969) by George MacDonald Fraser
The Collected Plays by George Bernard Shaw
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France

Essential works

Flowers of Evil
(1857)
by Charles Baudelaire

The Human Comedy
(1829-1848)
by Honoré de Balzac
In Search of Lost Time
(1927)
by Marcel Proust
Memoirs of Hadrian
(1951)
by Marguerite Yourcenar

Madame Bovary
(1856)
by Gustave Flaubert
Further recommendations
The Temptation of Saint Antony (1895) by Gustave Flaubert
Journey to the End of the Night (1932) by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
The Stranger ( ) by Albert Camus
The Count of Monte Cristo ( ) by Alexander Dumas
Nausea ( ) by Jean-Paul Sartre
The Lost Estate (1913) by Alain-Fournier
The Red and the Black ( ) by Stendhal
Nadja ( ) by Andre Breton
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ( ) by Jules Verne
Miserable Miracle ( ) by Henri Michaux
Atomised ( ) by Michel Houellebecq
Confessions ( ) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Le Petit Prince ( ) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Candide ( ) by Voltaire
The Lover ( ) by Marguerite Duras
Froth on the Daydream ( ) by Boris Vian
Germinal ( ) by Emile Zola
Les Miserables ( ) by Victor Hugo
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Germany

German Literature Download
Essential works

Faust
(1832)
by Goethe
Thus Spake Zarathustra
(1885)
by Friedrich Nietzsche
The Magic Mountain
(1912)
by Thomas Mann
The Man Without Qualities
(1942)
by Robert Musil
The Tin Drum
(1959)
by Gunter Grass
Further recommendations
Classic The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Robbers and Wallenstein (1781) by Friedrich Schiller
the Marquise of O and Other Stories (1808) by Heinrich von Kleist
The Broken Jug (1806) by Heinrich von Kleist
Danon's Death (1835) George Buchner
The Rider on the White Horse (1888) by Theodor Storm
Effi Briest (1895) by Theodor Fontane
Modern Buddenbrooks (1901) by Thomas Mann
The Loyal Subject (1914) by Heinrich Mann
The Metamorphosis (1915) by Franz Kafka
The Trial (1925) by Franz Kafka
The Castle (1926) by Franz Kafka
Siddhartha (1922) by Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf (1927) by Hermann Hesse
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929) by Alfred Doblin
The Visit (1956) by Friedrich Durrenmatt
The Physicists (1961) by Friedrich Durrenmatt
The Flounder (1977) by Gunter Grass
Cassandra (1984) Christa Wolf
Perfume (1985) by Patrick Suskind
The Last World (1988) by Christoph Ransmayr
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Greece

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Hungary

Essential works

The Tragedy of Man
(1861)
by Imre Madach
Be Faithful Unto Death
(1920)
by Zsigmond Moricz
Anna Edes
(1926)
by Dezso Kosztolanyi
Journey by Moonlight
(1937)
by Antal Szerb
The Melancholy of Resistance
(1989)
by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Further recommendations
Classic Eclipse of the Crescent Moon (1899) by Geza Gardonyi
A láthatatlan ember (1901) by Geza Gardonyi
A kőszivű ember fiai (1869) by Mór Jókai
The Dark Diamonds (1872) by Mór Jókai
János vitéz (1845) by Sándor Petőfi
Szent Péter esernyője (1895) by Kálmán Mikszáth
Bánk Bán (1819) by József Katona
Modern Adventures of Sindbad (1911) by Gyula Krudy
Tóték (1967) by István Örkény
Egyperces novellák (1969) by István Örkény
The Paul Street Boys (1907) by Ferenc Molnár
Harmonia Caelestis (1994) by Peter Esterhazy
The Door (1987) by Magda Szabo
A Journey Round My Skull (1939) by Frigyes Karinthy
Metropole (1970) by Ferenc Karinthy
The End of a Family Story (1977) by Peter Nadas
The Transylvania Trilogy (1940) by Miklos Banffy
Egy elmebeteg nő naplója (1978) by Geza Csath
Opium and Other Stories (1980) by Geza Csath
Embers (1942) by Sándor Márai
Képzelt riport egy amerikai popfesztiválról (1971) by Tibor Dery
The Case Worker (1969) by György Konrád
Tranquility (2001) by Attila Bartis
Colours and Years (1912) by Magrit Kaffka
In Praise of Older Women (1966) by Stephen Vizinczey
Darkness at Noon (1940) by Arthur Koestler
A halál kilovagolt Perzsiából (1979) by Péter Hajnóczy
A bogyósgyümölcskertész fia (2010) by János Háy


Iceland

Essential works

The Eddas
(13th century)
by Snorri Sturluson
Njal's Saga
(13th century)
Laxdaela Saga
(13th century)
Independent People
(1935)
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Further recommendations
Classic Egil's saga (12th century)
King Harald's Saga (1230) by Snorri Sturluson
Eyrbyggja Saga (13th century)
The Saga of Grettir the Strong (13th century)
The Saga of the Jomsvikings (13th century)
The Saga of the Volsungs (13th century)
The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki (1400)
Modern The Good Shepard (1940) by Gunnar Gunnarson
The Fish Can Sing (1957) by Halldor Laxness
Justice Undone (1986) by Thor Vilhjalmsson
The Swan (1991) by Gudbergur Bergsson
Angels of the Universe (1993) by Einar Mar Gudmundsson
The Journey Home (1999) by Olaf Olafsson
The Blue Fox (2003) by Sjon
Stone Tree (2005) by Gyir Eliasson
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Middle East

Iranian Literature Download
Essential works

The Conference of the Birds
(12th century)
by Farid ud-Din Attar
The Rubaiyat
(12th century)
of Omar Khayyam
The Essential Works
(13th century)
by Rumi
The Divan-i
(14th century)
of Hafiz
The Blind Owl
(1937)
by Sadegh Hedayat
Further recommendations
Classical Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (~1000)
Vis and Ramin (11th century) by Asad Gorgani
The Secret of Laughter: Magical Tales from Classical Persia edited by Shusha Guppy
Haft Paykar (1197) by Nizami Ganjavi
Borrowed Ware: Medieval Persian Epigrams edited by Dick Davis
The Rose Garden (1259) by Sa'di
Modern Three Drops of Blood (1932) by Sadegh Hedayat
The Patient Stone (1967) by Sadeq Chubak
The Little Black Fish and Other Modern Persian Stories (1968) by Samad Behrangi
Missing Soluch (1979) by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
Women Without Men (1990) by Shahrnush Parsipur
Untranslated Garshaspnama (11th century) by Asadi Tusi
Chosrow and Shirin (1180) by Nizami Ganjavi
Tutinama: Tales of a Parrot (14th century)
1001 Days (1712) by Francois Petis de la Croix
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Italy

Italian Literature Download
Essential works

Divine Comedy
(1321)
by Dante Alighieri
The Decameron
(1353)
by Giovanni Boccaccio
Zeno's Conscience
(1923)
by Italo Svevo
That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana
(1957)
by Carlo Emilio Gadda
The Leopard
(1958)
by Tomasi di Lampedusa
Further recommendations
Classic The Consolation of Philosophy (524) by Boethius
Golden Legend (1260) by Jacobus de Voragine
The Travels (13th century) of Marco Polo
Il Canzoniere (1374) by Petrarch
The Prince (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli
The Book of the Courtier (1528) by Baldassare Castiglione
Orlando Furioso (1532) by Ludovico Ariosto
The Autobiography (1563) of Benvenuto Cellini
Lives of the Artists (1568) by Giorgio Vasari
Jerusalem Delivered (1581) by Torquato Tasso
Selected Poems and Letters by Michelangelo
The Memoirs (1774) of Giacomo Casanova
The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis (1817) by Ugo Foscolo
The Betrothed (1827) by Alessandro Manzoni
Canti (1837) by Giacomo Leopardi
The Life (1849) of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories (1880) by Giovanni Verga
Modern The Year 3,000: A Dream (1897) by Paolo Mantegazza
Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem (1900) by Emilio Salgari
Francesca da Rimini (1901) by Gabriele d'Annunzio
Elias Portolu (1903) by Grazia Deledda
The Late Mattia Pascal (1904) by Luigi Pirandello
Captain Blood (1922) by Rafael Sabatini
Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921) by Luigi Pirandello
Cuttlefish Bones (1925) by Eugenio Montale
Revolt Against the Modern World (1934) by Julius Evola
the Tartar Steppe (1940) by Dino Buzzati
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1945) by Carlo Levi
The Moon and the Bonfires (1949) by Cesare Pavese
Contempt (1954) by Alberto Moravia
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1962) by Giorgio Bassani
Family Sayings (1967) by Natalia Ginzburg
Equal Danger (1971) by Leonardo Sciascia
Invisible Cities (1972) by Italo Calvino
The Periodic Table (1975) by Primo Levi
Foucault's Pendulum (1988) by Umberto Eco
Q (1999) by Luther Blissett
Love-Shaped Story (2002) by Tommaso Pincio
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Japan

Japanese Literature Download
Essential works

The Tale of Genji
(11th century)
by Murasaki Shikibu
Kokoro
(1914)
by Natsume Soseki
Rashomon
(1915)
by Akutagawa
Naomi
(1924)
by Junichiro Tanizaki
Snow Country
(1947)
by Yasunari Kawabata
Further recommendations
Classical Literature (until 1600's) The Gossamer Years (974) by Mother of Michitsuna
The Pillow Book (1002) by Sei Shonagon
The Tales of Ise by Anonymous
Hojoki (1212) by Kamo no Chomei
Essays in Idleness (1330) by Yoshida Kenko
The Tale of Heike (1371) by Anonymous
Edo Period (1603-1868) The Life of an Amorous Woman (1686) by Saikaku Ihara
Hagakure: the Book of the Samurai (1716) by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Four Major Plays (~1720) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Chushingura (1748) by Takedo Izumo, Miyoshi Shoraku, Namiki Senryuu
Tales of Moonlight and Rain (1776) by Ueda Akinari
Modern Literature (1868-1945) Ukigumo (1887) by Futabatei Shimei
Pagoda, Skull and Samurai (1889) by Koda Rohan
In the Shade of Spring Leaves (1892-6) by Higuchi Ichiyo
Japanese Gothic Tales (1900) by Izumi Kyoka
The Broken Commandment (1906) by Toson Shimazaki
The Quilt and Other Stories (1907) by Katai Tayama
The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa (1924) by Kenji Miyazawa
Botchan (1906) by Natsume Soseki
I Am a Cat (1905) by Natsume Soseki
The Wild Geese (1913) by Mori Ogai
The Paper Door and Other Stories (1927) by Shiga Naoya
During the Rain & Flowers in the Shade (1930) by Kafu Nagai
Musashi (1935) by Eiji Yoshikawa
The Makioka Sisters (1943) by Junichiro Tanizaki
Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1940) by Edogawa Ranpo
Post War (1946-present) The Counterfeiter and Other Stories by Yasushi Inou
Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata
The Master of Go (1954) by Yasunari Kawabata
The Setting Sun (1947) by Osamu Dazai
Fires on the Plain (1951) by Shohei Ooka
The Waiting Years (1957) by Fumiko Enchi
Confessions of a Mask (1948) by Yukio Mishima
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956) by Yukio Mishima
Spring Snow (1963) by Yukio Mishima
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids (1958) by Kenzaburo Oe
A Personal Matter (1964) by Kenzaburo Oe
Black Rain (1966) by Masuji Ibuse
The Box Man (1973) by Kobo Abe
The Woman in the Dunes (1962) by Kobo Abe
Silence (1966) by Shusaku Endo
The Samurai (1980) by Shusaku Endo
The Twilight Years (1972) by Sawako Ariyoshi
Almost Transparent Blue (1976) by Ryu Murakami
Kitchen (1988) by Banana Yoshimoto
Norwegian Wood (1987) by Haruki Murakami
The Elephant Vanishes (1991) by Haruki Murakami
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (1995) by Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore (2002) by Haruki Murakami
The Housekeeper and the Professor (2003) by Yoko Ogawa
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Korea

Essential works

The Cloud Dream of the Nine
(17th century)
Kim Manjung
Three Generations
(1931)
by Yom Sang-seop
Ten Thousand Lives
by Ko Un
Land
(1994)
by Park Kyong-Ni
Our Twisted Hero
(1987)
by Yi Munyol
Further recommendations
The Bamboo Grove: An Introduction to Sijo edited by Richard Rutt
Samguk Yusa (13th century) by Iryeon
Virtuous Women: Three Classic Korean Novels
The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong (18th century) by Lady Hyegyeong
On Wonso Pond (1930s) by Kang Kyeong-ae
The Wings (1930s) by Yi Sang
The Naked Tree (1970) by Park Wan-suh
The Other Side of Dark Remembrance (1979) by Lee Kyun-young
The Poet (1992) by Yi Munyol
Who Ate up All the Shinga (1995) by Park Wan-suh
I Have the Right to Destroy Myself (1996) by Kim Young-ha
Contradictions (1998) by Yang Gui-ja
The Guest (2002) by Hwang Sok-yong


Latin America


The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
by Alvaro Mutis
One Hundred Years of Solitude
(1967)
by Gabriel García Márquez
The Black Sheep and Other Fables
(1969)
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Further recommendations
Brazil The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (1956) by João Guimarães Rosa
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (1881) by Machado de Assis
Dom Casmurro (1899) by Machado de Assis
Colombia Our Lady of the Assassins (1994) by Fernando Vallejo
by Alvaro Mutis
by Fernando Gonzales
by Andres Caicedo
by Gonzalo Arango
by Hernando Tellez
Ecuador Seven Serpents and Seven Moons (1970) by Demetrio Aguilera Malta
Don Goyo (1933) by Demetrio Aguilera Malta
Guatemala The President (1946) by Miguel Angel Asturias
Men of Maize (1949) by Miguel Angel Asturias
Paraguay ( ) by Augusto Roa Bastos
( ) by Roque Vallejos
( ) by José Ricardo Mazó
Puerto Rico ( ) by Rosario Ferre
( ) by Miguel Piñero
( ) by Luis Rafael Sánchez
Salvador ( ) by Horacio Castellanos Moya
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Mexico

Mexican Literature Download
Essential works

Cantares Mexicanos
(16th century)
Poems, Protest, and a Dream
by Sor Juana
Confabulario and Other Inventions
(1952)
by Juan Jose Arreola
Pedro Páramo
(1955)
by Juan Rulfo
The Death of Artemio Cruz
(1962)
by Carlos Fuentes
Further recommendations
Translated Florentine Codex ( )
The Broken Spears ( ) Miguel Leon-Portilla
The History of the Indies of New Spain ( ) by Fray Diego Duran
The Memoirs ( ) of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier
The Bandits from Rio Frio ( ) by Manuel Payno
El Zarco ( ) by Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Santa ( ) by Federico Gamboa
Anthology ( ) by Alfonso Reyes
Song of the Heart: Poems ( ) by Ramon Lopez Velarde
Nostalgia for Death: Poetry ( ) by Xavier Villaurrutia
The Underdogs ( ) by Mariano Azuela
The Burning Plain and Other Stories ( ) by Juan Rulfo
The Labyrinth of Solitude ( ) by Octavio Paz
Battles in the Desert & Other Stories ( ) by Jose Emilio Pacheco
Like Water for Chocolate ( ) by Laura Esquivel
Untranslated Comedias Escogidas ( ) by D. Juan Ruiz de Alarcon
Los Relampagos de Agosto ( ) by Jorge Ibarguengoitia
Muerte sin fin ( ) by Jose Gorostiza
Los Dias Terrenales ( ) by Jose Revueltas
Farabeuf ( ) by Salvador Elizondo
Los Cuervos Estan de Luto ( ) by Hugo Arguelles
Cronica de la Intervencion ( ) by Juan Garcia Ponce
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Netherlands

Essential works

Max Havelaar
(1860)
by Multatuli
Amsterdam Stories
(1910s)
by Nescio
Beyond Sleep
(1966)
by Willem Hermans
Parents Worry
(1988)
by Gerard Reve
The Discovery of Heaven
(1992)
by Harry Mulisch
Further recommendations
Classic In Praise of Folly (1511) by Erasmus
Lucifer (1654) by Joost van den Vondel
Eline Vere (1889) by Louis Couperus
The Letters (1890) of Vincent van Gogh
A Posthumous Confession (1894) by Marcellus Emants
Modern The Waning of the Middle Ages (1919) by J. Huizinga
Cheese (1933) by Willem Elsschot
Character (1938) by F. Bordewijk
In a Dark Wood Wandering (1949) by Hella S. Haasse
Chapel Road (1953) by Louis Paul Boon
The Ten Thousand Things (1955) by Maria Dermout
The Darkroom of Damocles (1958) by Willem Frederik Hermans
Wonder (1962) by Hugo Claus
I Dreamed in the Cities at Night by Remco Campert
Turkish Delight (1969) by Jan Wolkers
Out of Mind (1984) by J. Bernlef
The Assault (1982) by H. Mulisch
The Following Story (1991) by Cees Nooteboom
Omega Minor (2004) by Paul Verhaeghen
Tomorrow Pamplona (2007) by Jan van Mersbergen
The Twin (2008) by Gerbrand Bakker
Untranslated Camera Obscura (1851) by Hildebrand
De Stille Kracht (1900) by Louis Couperus
Van De Koele Meren des Doods (1900) by Frederik van Eeden
De Avonden (1947) by Gerard Reve
Het land achter Gods rug (1956) by A. den Doolaard
Terug naar Oegstgeest (1965) by Jan Wolkers
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Norway

Essential works

A Doll's House
(1879)
by Henrik Ibsen
The Wild Duck
(1884)
by Henrik Ibsen
Hunger
(1890)
by Knut Hamsun
Growth of the Soil
(1917)
by Knut Hamsun
Kristin Lavransdatter
(1920–1922)
by Sigrid Undset
Further recommendations
Classic Brand (1866) by Henrik Ibsen
Hedda Gabler (1891) by Henrik Ibsen
Pan (1894) by Knut Hamsun
Modern One Day in October (1931) by Sigurd Hoel
The Seed (1940) by Tarjei Vesaas
Contemporary Beatles (1984) by Lars Saabye Christensen
Shyness and Dignity (1994) by Dag Solstad
Naïve. Super (1996) by Erlend Loe
Out Stealing Horses (2003) by Per Petterson

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Poland

Essential works

Pan Tadeusz
(1834)
by Adam Mickiewicz
The Doll
(1889)
by Bolesław Prus
The Street of Crocodiles
(1934)
by Bruno Schulz
Ferdydurke
(1937)
by Witold Gombrowicz
New and Collected Poems
(2001)
by Czesław Milosz
Further recommendations
Classic Laments (1580) by Jan Kochanowski
Fables and Parables (1779) by Ignacy Krasicki
Quo Vadis (1895 ) by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Modern ( ) by Tadeusz Konwicki
( ) by Andrzej Stasiuk
( ) by Wisława Szymborska
Primeval and other times(2005) by Olga Tokarczuk
( ) by Stanisław Lem
( ) by Adam Zagajewski
( ) by Zbigniew Herbert
( ) by Stefan Grabiński
( ) by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
( ) by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
The Elephant(1957) by Sławomir Mrożek
( ) by Ewa Lipska
( ) by Jerzy Ficowski
( ) by Stefan żeromski
( ) by Anna Swir
( ) by Juliusz Słowacki
( ) by Gustaw Herling


Portugal

Essential works

The Lusiadas
(1572)
Luís Vaz de Camões
The Tragedy of the Street of Flowers
(1878)
by Eça de Queiroz
The Book of Disquiet
(1935)
by Fernando Pessoa
The Great Shadow and Other Stories
(1915)
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Further recommendations
by António Lobo Antunes
by José Saramago


Serbia

Essential works

The Mountain Wreath
(1847)
by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
Migrations
(1929)
by Miloš Crnjanski
The Bridge on the Drina(1945)
by Ivo Andrić
Death and the Dervish
(1966)
by Meša Selimović
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
(1976)
by Danilo Kiš
Further recommendations
The Ray of the Microcosm (1845) by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
Impure Blood (1910) by Borisav Stanković
The Journal of Čarnojević (1920) by Miloš Crnjanski
Bosnian Chronicle (1945) by Ivo Andrić
Koreni (1954) by Dobrica Ćosić
The Damned Yard (1954) by Ivo Andrić
The Sixth Day (1961) by Rastko Petrović
The Fortress (1970) by Meša Selimović
The Use of Man (1976) by Aleksandar Tišma
Rabies (1983) by Borislav Pekić
The Encyclopedia of the Dead (1983) by Danilo Kiš
Dictionary of the Khazars (1984) by Milorad Pavić
The Cyclist Conspiracy (1987) by Svetislav Basara

Spain

Essential works

The Poem of the Cid
(1207)
Don Quixote
(1615)
by Miguel de Cervantes
Abel Sanchez
(1917)
by Miguel de Unamuno
Collected Poems
by Federico Garcia Lorca
The Family of Pascual Duarte
(1942)
by Camilo Jose Cela
Further recommendations
Lazarillo de Tormes (1556)
The Truth about the Savolta Case by Eduardo Mendoza Garriga
Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega
Rhymes and Legends by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Últimas tardes con Teresa by Juan Marse
Tu rostro mañana by Javier Marías
Count Julian by Juan Goyitsolo
Dublinescas by Enrique Vila-Matas
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Catalan recommendations
by Santiago Rusiñol
by Salvador Espriu
by Miquel Bauca
by Maria Barbal
by Josep Carner

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Russia

Russian Literature Download
Essential works

A Hero of Our time
(1841)
by Mikhail Lermontov
War and Peace
(1869)
by Leo Tolstoy
The Brothers Karamazov
(1880)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Plays of Anton Chekhov
(1886–1904)
by Anton Chekhov
The Master and Margarita
(1967)
by Mikhail Bulgakov
Further recommendations
19th Century Woe from Wit (1823) by Aleksandr Griboyedov
Dead Souls (1842) by Nikolai Gogol
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (1842) by Nikolai Gogol
Sketches From a Hunter's Album (1852) by Ivan Turgenev
Oblomov (1859) by Ivan Goncharov
Fathers and Sons (1862) by Ivan Turgenev
Crime and Punishment (1866) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notes From Underground (1864) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lady McBeth of Mtsensk and Other Stories (1865) by Nikolai Leskov
The Idiot (1869) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Demons (1872) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Golovlyov Family (1876) by Mikhail Saltykov
Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (1877) by Leo Tolstoy
The Collected Stories by Anton Chekhov
The Collected Stories by Alexander Pushkin
20th Century Petersburg (1913) by Andrei Bely
We (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Heart of a Dog (1925) by Mikhail Bulgakov
Envy (1927) by Yuri Olesha
The Foundation Pit (1930) by Andrey Platonov
Quiet Flows the Don (1934) by Mikhail Sholokhov
Invitation to a Beheading (1936) by Vladimir Nabokov
The Complete Works by Isaac Babel
Today I Wrote Nothing by Daniil Kharms
The Collected Stories by Ivan Bunin
Doctor Zhivago (1957) by Boris Pasternak
Life and Fate (1959) by Vasily Grossman
A School for Fools (1960s) by Sasha Sokolov
Roadside Picnic (1971) by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Kolyma Tales (1954-73) by Varlam Shalamov
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South Africa

Essential works

I Write What I Like
(1978)
by Steve Biko
Waiting for the Barbarians
(1980)
by J.M. Coetzee


July's People
(1981)
by Nadine Gordimer


Ways of Dying
(1995)
by Zakes Mda
Disgrace
(1999)
by J.M. Coetzee
Further recommendations
Contemporary The Way of the Women (2004) by Marlene van Niekerk
Portrait with Keys (2006) by Ivan Vladislavic
Zoo City (2010) by Lauren Beukes

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United States

American Literature Download
Essential works

Moby Dick
(1851)
by Herman Melville
Leaves of Grass
(1892)
by Walt Whitman
The Sound and the Fury
(1920)
by William Faulkner
East of Eden
(1952)
by John Steinbeck
Gravity's Rainbow
(1973)
by Thomas Pynchon
Further recommendations
Short Story Collections Twice Told Tales (1837) by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Collected Works (1849) by Edgar Allen Poe
Billy Budd and the Piazza Tales (1888) by Herman Melville
Collected Short Stories (1910) by Mark Twain
Maggie and Other Stories (1900) by Stephen Crane
Flappers and Philosophers (1920) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Tales (1937) of H.P. Lovecraft
Death in the Woods and Other Stories (1941) by Sherwood Anderson
Collected Short Works (1961) by Ernest Hemingway
The Stories (1982) of John Cheever
Where I'm Calling From (1988) by Raymond Carver
Poetry Collections The Poetry (1886) of Emily Dickinson
The Waste Land and Other Poems (1922) by T.S. Eliot
Harmonium (1923) by Wallace Stevens
The Bridge (1930) by Hart Crane
Howl and Other Poems (1955) by Allen Ginsberg
Selected Poems (1962) by Robinson Jeffers
Collected Poems (1963) by Robert Frost
Collected Poems Vol.1 & 2 (1963) by William Carlos Williams
Collected Poems (1987) by John Ashbery
Plays Complete Plays by Eugene O'Neill
Our Town (1938) by Thornton Wilder
Death of a Salesman (1949) by Arthur Miller
Plays 1937-1955 (1955) by Tennessee Williams
The Collected Plays of Edward Albee
Buried Child (1978) by Sam Shepard
Fences (1985) by August Wilson
Angels in America (1993) by Tony Kushner
Others The Last of the Mohicans (1826) by Fenimore Cooper
The Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The American (1877) by Henry James
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain
The Red Badge of Courage (1895) by Stephen Crane
The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry James
The Awakening (1899) by Kate Chopin
The Call of the Wild (1903) by Jack London
Three Lives (1909) by Gertrude Stein
My Antonia (1918) by Willa Cather
The Age of Innocence (1920) by Edith Wharton
Main Street (1920) by Sinclair Lewis
Babbit (1922) by Sinclair Lewis
The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
An American Tragedy (1925) by Theodore Dreiser
The Sun Also Rises (1926) by Ernest Hemingway
Tropic of Cancer (1934) by Henry Miller
Appointment in Samrra (1934) by John O'Hara
Absalom, Absalom! (1936) by William Faulkner
The Grapes of Wrath (1939) by John Steinbeck
The Day of the Locust (1939) by Nathanael 'West
The Big Sleep (1939) by Raymond Chandler
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) by Ernest Hemingway
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940) by Carson McCullers
All the King's Men (1946) by Robert Penn Warren
The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J.D. Salinger
On the Road (1951) by Jack Kerouac
Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury
The Recognitions (1955) by William Gaddis
Lolita (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov
Naked Lunch (1959) by William S. Burroughs
Rabbit, Run (1960) by John Updike
To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by Harper Lee
The Sot-Weed Factor (1960) by John Barth
Catch-22 (1961) by Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) by Ken Kesey
The Bell Jar (1963) by Sylvia Plath
V. (1963) by Thomas Pynchon
Herzog (1965) by Saul Bellow
In Cold Blood (1966) by Truman Capote
The Crying of Lot 49 (1966) by Thomas Pynchon
Portnoy's Complaint (1969) by Phillip Roth
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) by Kurt Vonnegut
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson
A Confederacy of Dunces (1980) by John Kennedy Toole
The New York Trilogy (1986) by Paul Auster
Libra (1988) by Don Delillo
Infinite Jest (1996) by David Foster Wallace
Underworld (1997) by Don Delillo
American Pastoral (1997) by Phillip Roth
Pattern Recognition (2003) by William Gibson
The Road (2006) by Cormac McCarthy
Slave Narratives The Interesting Narrative (1789) by Olaudah Equiano
Narrative of the Life (1845) of Frederick Douglass
Narrative (1850) of Sojourner Truth
Twelve Years a Slave (1853) by Solomon Northrup
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) by Harriet Jacobs
Reconstruction Era Up From Slavery (1901) by Booker T. Washington
The Souls of Black Folk (1903) by W.E.B. Du Bois
The Collected Poetry (1906) by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Harlem Renaissance Cane (1923) by Jean Toomer
The Walls of Jericho (1928) by Rudolph Fisher
Home to Harlem (1928) by Claude McKay
Quicksand and Passing (1929) by Nella Larsen
The Blacker the Berry (1929) by Wallace Thurman
Not Without Laughter (1930) by Langston Hughes
Black no More (1931) by George S. Schugler
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston
Civil Rights Era Native Son (1940) by Richard Wright
If he Hollers Let Him Go (1945) by Chester Himes
Invisible Man (1952) by Ralph Ellison
Go Tell it on the Mountain (1953) by James Baldwin
A Raisin in the Sun (1959) by Lorraine Hansberry
The Autobiography (1965) of Malcolm X
Selected Poems (1966) by Gwendolyn Brooks
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) by Maya Angelou
Contemporary Beneath the Underdog (1971) by Charles Mingus
Mumbo Jumbo (1972) by Ismael Reed
Roots (1976) by Alex Haley
Song of Solomon (1977) by Toni Morrison
Kindred (1979) by Ismael Reed
The Color Purple (1982) by Alice Walker
Linden Hills (1985) by Gloria Naylor
Beloved (1987) by Toni Morrison
Waiting to Exhale (1992) by Terry McMillan
Somebody Blew up America (2001) by Amiri Baraka
The Known World (2003) by Edward P. Jones
Killing Johnny Fry (2006) by Walter Mosley
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