Best Books ever

Here a partial list of most rated books on many internet websites. Here is what readers consider to be the best books of all time

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How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale CarnegieBusiness and Management9.9 Download
The Dilbert PrincipleScott AdamsBusiness and Management9.9 Download
The Art of WarSun TzuBusiness and Management9.9Buy paperback at Amazon
The Name of the WindPatrick Rothfussfantasy9.9Buy paperback at Amazon
The FarseerRobin Hobbfantasy9.9Buy paperback at Amazon
2001: A Space OdysseyArthur C Clarkesci-fi9.9Buy paperback at Amazon
Do Androids Dream of Electric SheepPhilip K Dicksci-fi9.9Buy paperback at Amazon
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingJ.R.R Tolkienfantasy9.9Buy paperback at Amazon
Enders GameOrson Scott Cardsci-fi6.8Buy paperback at Amazon
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Leeliterature6.7Buy paperback at Amazon
The ShiningStephen Kinghorror6.7Buy paperback at Amazon
A Game of ThronesGeorge R.R. Martinfantasy6.6Buy paperback at Amazon
Animal FarmGeorge Orwellliterature6.6Buy paperback at Amazon
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJ.K. Rowlingfantasy6.6Buy paperback at Amazon
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgeraldliterature6.5Buy paperback at Amazon
Wizard of OzFrank L. Baumfantasy6.5Buy paperback at Amazon
Atlas ShruggedAyn Randliterature6.4Buy paperback at Amazon
Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoeadventure6.3Buy paperback at Amazon
Ella EnchantedGail Carson Levineromance6.3Buy paperback at Amazon
Hitch Hikers Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adamssci-fi6.3Buy paperback at Amazon
Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradburysci-fi6.3Buy paperback at Amazon
1984George Orwellsci-fi6.1Buy paperback at Amazon
The Hunger GamesSuzanne Collinsadventure6.1Buy paperback at Amazon
Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJ.K. Rowlingfantasy6.1Buy paperback at Amazon
Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsJ.K. Rowlingfantasy6.1Buy paperback at Amazon
UlyssesJames Joyceliterature6.0Buy paperback at Amazon
The Sound and the FuryWilliam Faulknerliterature6.0Buy paperback at Amazon
The World Without UsAlan Weismannonfiction6.0Buy paperback at Amazon
I Am LegendRichard Mathesonhorror6.0Buy paperback at Amazon
SheH. Rider Haggardadventure6.0Buy paperback at Amazon
Captains CourageousRudyard Kiplingadventure6.0Buy paperback at Amazon
HatchetGary Paulsenadventure6.0Buy paperback at Amazon
The First LawJoe Abercrombiefantasy6.0Buy paperback at Amazon
The Time MachineH G Wellssci-fi6.0Buy paperback at Amazon
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingJ.R.R Tolkienfantasy7.9Buy paperback at Amazon
DuneFrank Herbertsci-fi7.9Buy paperback at Amazon
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy SoldierIshmael Beahnonfiction7.8Buy paperback at Amazon
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austenromance7.8Buy paperback at Amazon
Wuthering HeightsEmily Bronteromance7.8Buy paperback at Amazon
Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixJ.K. Rowlingfantasy7.8Buy paperback at Amazon
Brave New WorldAldous Huxleysci-fi7.7Buy paperback at Amazon
The 4 Hour WorkweekTimothy FerrissBusiness and Management7.7Buy paperback at Amazon
In Cold BloodTruman Capoteliterature7.7Buy paperback at Amazon
Catch 22Joseph Hellerliterature7.6Buy paperback at Amazon
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers StoneJ.K. Rowlingfantasy7.6Buy paperback at Amazon
LolitaVladimir Nabokovliterature7.5Buy paperback at Amazon
The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeckliterature7.4Buy paperback at Amazon
The OdysseyHomeradventure7.4Buy paperback at Amazon
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsJ.K. Rowlingfantasy7.4Buy paperback at Amazon
The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salingerliterature7.3Buy paperback at Amazon
Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchellliterature7.2Buy paperback at Amazon
Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevensonadventure7.2Buy paperback at Amazon
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJames Joyceliterature7.0Buy paperback at Amazon
Lord of the FliesWilliam Goldingadventure7.0Buy paperback at Amazon
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The top 100 books of all time

( List prepared by Norwegian Book Clubs )

1984, Author: George Orwell, England - Year: 1903 to 1950)

A Doll's House, Author: Henrik Ibsen, Norway (1828 to 1906)

A Sentimental Education, Author: Gustave Flaubert, France - Year: 1821 to 1880)

Absalom, Absalom!, Author: William Faulkner, United States - Year: 1897 to 1962)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Author: Mark Twain, United States - Year: 1835 to 1910)

The Aeneid, Author: Virgil, Italy - Year: 70 to 19 BC)

Anna Karenina, Author: Leo Tolstoy, Russia - Year: 1828 to 1910)

Beloved, Author: Toni Morrison, United States - Year: b. 1931)

Berlin Alexanderplatz, Author: Alfred Doblin, Germany - Year: 1878 to 1957)

Blindness, Author: Jose Saramago, Portugal - Year: b. 1922)

The Book of Disquiet, Author: Fernando Pessoa, Portugal - Year: 1888 to 1935)

The Book of Job, Israel. (600 to 400 BC)

The Brothers Karamazov, Author: Fyodor M Dostoyevsky, Russia - Year: 1821 to 1881)

Buddenbrooks, Author: Thomas Mann, Germany - Year: 1875 to 1955)

Canterbury Tales, Author: Geoffrey Chaucer, England - Year: 1340 to 1400)

The Castle, Author: Franz Kafka, Bohemia - Year: 1883 to 1924)

Children of Gebelawi, Author: Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt - Year: b. 1911)

Collected Fictions, Author: Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina - Year: 1899 to 1986)

Complete Poems, Author: Giacomo Leopardi, Italy - Year: 1798 to 1837)

The Complete Stories, Author: Franz Kafka, Bohemia - Year: 1883 to 1924)

The Complete Tales, Author: Edgar Allan Poe, United States - Year: 1809 to 1849)

Confessions of Zeno, Author: Italo Svevo, Italy - Year: 1861 to 1928)

Crime and Punishment, Author: Fyodor M Dostoyevsky, Russia - Year: 1821 to 1881)

Dead Souls, Author: Nikolai Gogol, Russia - Year: 1809 to 1852)

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories, Author: Leo Tolstoy, Russia - Year: 1828 to 1910)

Decameron, Author: Giovanni Boccaccio, Italy - Year: 1313 to 1375)

The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, Author: Joao Guimaraes Rosa, Brazil - Year: 1880 to 1967)

Diary of a Madman and Other Stories, Author: Lu Xun, China - Year: 1881 to 1936)

The Divine Comedy, Author: Dante Alighieri, Italy - Year: 1265 to 1321)

Don Quijote de la Mancha, Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spain - Year: 1547 to 1616)

Essays, Author: Michel de Montaigne, France - Year: 1533 to 1592)

Fairy Tales and Stories, Author: Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark - Year: 1805 to 1875)

Faust, Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany - Year: 1749 to 1832)

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Author: Francois Rabelais, France - Year: 1495 to 1553)

Gilgamesh Mesopotamia - Year: c 1800 BC)

The Golden Notebook, Author: Doris Lessing, England - Year: b.1919)

Great Expectations, Author: Charles Dickens, England - Year: 1812 to 1870)

Gulliver's Travels, Author: Jonathan Swift, Ireland - Year: 1667 to 1745)

Gypsy Ballads, Author: Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain - Year: 1898 to 1936)

Hamlet, Author: William Shakespeare, England - Year: 1564 to 1616)

History, Author: Elsa Morante, Italy - Year: 1918 to 1985)

Hunger, Author: Knut Hamsun, Norway - Year: 1859 to 1952)

The Idiot, Author: Fyodor M Dostoyevsky, Russia - Year: 1821 to 1881)

The Iliad, Author: Homer, Greece - Year: c 700 BC)

Independent People, Author: Halldor K Laxness, Iceland - Year: 1902 to 1998)

Invisible Man, Author: Ralph Ellison, United States - Year: 1914 to 1994)

Jacques the Fatalist and His Master, Author: Denis Diderot, France - Year: 1713 to 1784)

Journey to the End of the Night, Author: Louis to Ferdinand Celine, France - Year: 1894 to 1961)

King Lear, Author: William Shakespeare, England - Year: 1564 to 1616)

Leaves of Grass, Author: Walt Whitman, United States - Year: 1819 to 1892)

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Author: Laurence Sterne, Ireland - Year: 1713 to 1768)

Lolita, Author: Vladimir Nabokov, Russia/United States - Year: 1899 to 1977)

Love in the Time of Cholera, Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia - Year: b. 1928)

Madame Bovary, Author: Gustave Flaubert, France - Year: 1821 to 1880)

The Magic Mountain, Author: Thomas Mann, Germany - Year: 1875 to 1955)

Mahabharata, India - Year: c 500 BC)

The Man Without Qualities, Author: Robert Musil, Austria - Year: 1880 to 1942)

The Mathnawi, Author: Jalal ad to din Rumi, Afghanistan - Year: 1207 to 1273)

Medea, Author: Euripides, Greece - Year: c 480 to 406 BC)

Memoirs of Hadrian, Author: Marguerite Yourcenar, France - Year: 1903 to 1987)

Metamorphoses, Author: Ovid, Italy - Year: c 43 BC)

Middlemarch, Author: George Eliot, England - Year: 1819 to 1880)

Midnight's Children, Author: Salman Rushdie, India/Britain - Year: b. 1947)

Moby to Dick, Author: Herman Melville, United States - Year: 1819 to 1891)

Mrs. Dalloway, Author: Virginia Woolf, England - Year: 1882 to 1941)

Njaals Saga, Iceland - Year: c 1300)

Nostromo, Author: Joseph Conrad, England,(1857 to 1924)

The Odyssey, Author: Homer, Greece - Year: c 700 BC)

Oedipus the King Sophocles, Greece - Year: 496 to 406 BC)

Old Goriot, Author: Honore de Balzac, France - Year: 1799 to 1850)

The Old Man and the Sea, Author: Ernest Hemingway, United States - Year: 1899 to 1961)

One Hundred Years of Solitude, Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia - Year: b. 1928)

The Orchard, Author: Sheikh Musharrif ud to din Sadi, Iran - Year: c 1200 to 1292)

Othello, Author: William Shakespeare, England - Year: 1564 to 1616)

Pedro Paramo, Author: Juan Rulfo Juan Rulfo, Mexico - Year: 1918 to 1986)

Pippi Longstocking, Author: Astrid Lindgren, Sweden - Year: 1907 to 2002)

Poems, Author: Paul Celan, Romania/France - Year: 1920 to 1970)

The Possessed, Author: Fyodor M Dostoyevsky, Russia - Year: 1821 to 1881)

Pride and Prejudice, Author: Jane Austen, England - Year: 1775 to 1817)

The Ramayana, Author: Valmiki, India - Year: c 300 BC)

The Recognition of Sakuntala, Author: Kalidasa, India - Year: c. 400)

The Red and the Black, Author: Stendhal, France - Year: 1783 to 1842)

Remembrance of Things Past, Author: Marcel Proust, France - Year: 1871 to 1922)

Season of Migration to the North, Author: Tayeb Salih, Sudan - Year: b. 1929)

Selected Stories, Author: Anton P Chekhov, Russia - Year: 1860 to 1904)

Sons and Lovers, Author: DH Lawrence, England - Year: 1885 to 1930)

The Sound and the Fury, Author: William Faulkner, United States - Year: 1897 to 1962)

The Sound of the Mountain, Author: Yasunari Kawabata, Japan - Year: 1899 to 1972)

The Stranger, Author: Albert Camus, France - Year: 1913 to 1960)

The Tale of Genji, Author: Shikibu Murasaki, Japan - Year: c 1000)

Things Fall Apart, Author: Chinua Achebe, Nigeria - Year: b. 1930)

Thousand and One Nights, India/Iran/Iraq/Egypt - Year: 700 to 1500)

The Tin Drum, Author: Gunter Grass, Germany - Year: b.1927)

To the Lighthouse, Author: Virginia Woolf, England - Year: 1882 to 1941)

The Trial, Author: Franz Kafka, Bohemia - Year: 1883 to 1924)

Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable, Author: Samuel Beckett, Ireland - Year: 1906 to 1989)

Ulysses, Author: James Joyce, Ireland - Year: 1882 to 1941)

War and Peace, Author: Leo Tolstoy, Russia - Year: 1828 to 1910)

Wuthering Heights, Author: Emily Brontë, England - Year: 1818 to 1848)

Zorba the Greek, Author: Nikos Kazantzakis, Greece - Year: 1883 to 1957)