Blindness by José SaramagoOs Maias by Eça de QueirósMemórias póstumas de Brás Cubas by Machado de AssisThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando PessoaDom Casmurro by Machado de Assis
Best Literature in Portuguese
101st out of 471 books — 488 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
400th out of 1,079 books — 623 voters

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de AssisThe Hour of the Star by Clarice LispectorThe Alienist by Machado de AssisThe Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma by Lima BarretoBarren Lives by Graciliano Ramos
English translation of Brazilian Literature/Writers/Authors
22nd out of 122 books — 19 voters
Opium by Jean CocteauCandido or A Dream Dreamed in Sicily by Leonardo SciasciaThe Blue Fox by SjónThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksTender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Unhinged: The Ultimate Guide to Mind-Melting Literature
46th out of 100 books — 2 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
6449th out of 7,889 books — 49,787 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezGabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge AmadoThe Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Machado de AssisThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
Best South American Books
15th out of 102 books — 5 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeDans le labyrinthe by Alain Robbe-GrilletGoodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories by Philip RothA Separate Peace by John KnowlesRhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco
1959 Literary Fiction
16th out of 22 books — 3 voters
Asymmetry by Lisa HallidayControversies in Neurosurgery by Al-MeftyThe Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell by Jorge AmadoThe Very Lonely Firefly by Eric CarleThe Perfectionists by Simon Winchester
Added 4
3rd out of 100 books — 2 voters

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by José SaramagoThe Hour of the Star by Clarice LispectorEpitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de AssisThe Alienist by Machado de AssisA Little Larger Than the Entire Universe by Fernando Pessoa
Portuguese Literature In English Translation
126th out of 130 books — 14 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Magical Realism
437th out of 445 books — 640 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1215th out of 1,313 books — 4,563 voters
Dom Casmurro by Machado de AssisMemórias póstumas de Brás Cubas by Machado de AssisCapitães da areia by Jorge AmadoGrande Sertão by João Guimarães RosaDona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado
Books all Brazilians should read
107th out of 108 books — 29 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1140th out of 1,185 books — 1,509 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSaint Richard Parker by Merlin FrancoCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSomeone Else's Bucket List by Amy T. Matthews
Best Humor Writing
726th out of 843 books — 891 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis BorgesPedro Páramo by Juan RulfoThe Tunnel by Ernesto SabatoThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Latin American Literature - Late 19th Century to Present Day
98th out of 168 books — 42 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Latin American Fiction
795th out of 868 books — 1,162 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Alphabethlon 2015
13th out of 26 books — 2 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Stranger by Albert Camus
World's Greatest Novellas
669th out of 717 books — 1,448 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerUlysses by James JoyceIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Style as Text
225th out of 251 books — 131 voters


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