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|colspan=5|<small>''The Queen of Spades and Other Stories'' by Alexander Pushkin</small>
|colspan=5|<small>''The Queen of Spades and Other Stories'' by Alexander Pushkin</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892&ndash;1895'' by Anton Chekhov</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896&ndash;1904'' by Anton Chekhov</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''Carmen and Other Stories'' by Prosper Merimee</small>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Modern'''
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|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Elephant.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''Elephant''<br/>by Raymond Carver</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Dubliners.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''Dubliners''<br/>by James Joyce</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Fictions.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''Fictions''<br/>by Jorge Luis Borges</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Menwowomen.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''Men Without Women''<br/>by Ernest Hemingway</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Southofnonorth.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''South of No North''<br/>by Charles Bukowski''</small>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further modern collections'''
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|colspan=5|<small>''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Six Other Short Stories'' by F. Scott Fitzgerald</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''In the Heart of the Country'' by William Gass</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner''</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''The Return'' by Andrei Platonov</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''The Collected Short Stories'' by Roald Dahl</small>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Contemporary'''
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|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''Brief Interviews With Hideous Men''<br/>by David Foster Wallace</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Theelephantvanishes.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''The Elephant Vanishes''<br/>by Haruki Murakami</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Last-evenings-on-earth.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''Last Evenings on Earth''<br/>by Roberto Bolaño</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:The dog of the marriage.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''The Dog of the Marriage''<br/>by Amy Hempel</small>
|style="background:#C6D9F0;" width="120" align="center"|[[File:Life after God.jpg|80px]]<br/><small>''Life After God''<br/>by Douglas Coupland''</small>
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|colspan=5 style="background:#8DB3E2;"|'''Further contemporary collections'''
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|colspan=5|<small>''How We are Hungry'' by Dave Eggers</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''Drown'' by Junot Diaz</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''Break it Down'' by Lydia Davis</small>
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|colspan=5|<small>''No One Belongs Here More than You'' by Miranda July</small>
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Revision as of 13:07, 7 July 2012

An overview of literature and genre fiction recommended by /lit/.

Literature

By country

Japan

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
The Housekeeper and the Professor (2003) by Yoko Ogawa
Recommendation images

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

The Wreath
(1920)
by Sigrid Undset
Further recommendations
Medieval Heimskringla (13th century) by Snorri Sturluson
Classic Brand (1866) by Henrik Ibsen
Hedda Gabler (1891) by Henrik Ibsen
Pan (1894) by Knut Hamsun
Contemporary Beatles (1984) by Lars Saabye Christensen
Naïve. Super (1996) by Erlend Loe
Out Stealing Horses (2003) by Per Petterson


By format

Short story collections

Classic

A Parisian Affair and Other Stories
by Guy de Maupassant

First Love and Other Stories
by Ivan Turgenev

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
by Leo Tolstoy

Three Tales
by Gustav Flaubert

Dead Men Tell No Tales
by Emile Zola
Further classic collections
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
The Kruezter Sonata and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy
The Queen of Spades and Other Stories by Alexander Pushkin
Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892–1895 by Anton Chekhov
The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896–1904 by Anton Chekhov
Carmen and Other Stories by Prosper Merimee
Modern

Elephant
by Raymond Carver

Dubliners
by James Joyce

Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges

Men Without Women
by Ernest Hemingway

South of No North
by Charles Bukowski
Further modern collections
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Six Other Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald
In the Heart of the Country by William Gass
Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner
The Return by Andrei Platonov
The Collected Short Stories by Roald Dahl
Contemporary

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
by David Foster Wallace

The Elephant Vanishes
by Haruki Murakami

Last Evenings on Earth
by Roberto Bolaño

The Dog of the Marriage
by Amy Hempel

Life After God
by Douglas Coupland
Further contemporary collections
How We are Hungry by Dave Eggers
Drown by Junot Diaz
Break it Down by Lydia Davis
No One Belongs Here More than You by Miranda July
Recommendation images


Genre fiction

By genre

Fantasy

Epic fantasy

Essential works

The Hobbit
(1937)
by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings
(1954–1955)
by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Black Company
(1984—)
by Glen Cook

The Wheel of Time
(1990—)
by Robert Jordan

A Song of Ice and Fire
(1996—)
by George R. R. Martin

Malazan Book
(1999–2011)
by Steven Erikson

The First Law
(2006—)
by Joe Abercrombie

Mistborn
(2006–2008)
by Brandon Sanderson

The Kingkiller Chronicle
(2007—)
by Patrick Rothfuss
Additional works
The Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien
Shannara (1977—) by Terry Brooks
The Swordbearer (1982) by Glen Cook
The Belgariad (1982–1984) by David Eddings
The Deed of Paksenarrion (1992) by Elizabeth Moon
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