Recently, it has become very popular to make lists of the 100 most needed and popular books of all time. Each such list is a curious and indisputable spectacle. Which is not at all surprising, because there is and cannot be any exact guideline for such a choice: the books are selected from a purely subjective point of view. Each of us has our favorite novels, which we recommend to others for reading with great pleasure. But this is just the opinion of one individual, based on his tastes and preferences. We approached the solution of this issue more realistically and made our own list of books. Of course, the editors of the site are well aware that there can be no complete objectivity in such a list. Nevertheless, we tried to impartially approach the solution of this issue and conduct an independent study.
Book selection method
The lists were examined best books nine publications, corporations and communities. Of course, there are many other lists and online surveys, but we have chosen the most popular and objective, in our opinion, at the moment. The works included in them are classics: they touch upon issues of faith and choice, tell about the culture and life of different peoples, talk about world historical events and about the history of a single country, they turn to universal values - love and betrayal. There are also works for children, but useful for reading and adults. It is worth mentioning that such lists include only "thick" books, that is, novels. Let's take a look at these lists:
- List of the Top 200 Novels, published in 2003 by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). More than one million viewers participated in the survey.
- List of 100 books of the twentieth century, published by the French edition of Le Monde. Journalists and librarians worked on the list, then ordinary citizens took part in the survey.
- List of 100 books presented by the Norwegian Book Club. The books were published under the name "World Library". Famous novelists from different countries peace. The books they have chosen do not have a rating, as the compilers said, they are all equal in importance.
- 100 works of the 20th century published in English language. The list was compiled by the editors and published in 1998 by the American publishing house Modern Library.
- List of 100 novels published in 2009 by the American socio-political publication Newsweek.
- "Library of World Literature", published by the publishing house " Fiction" in the USSR. Includes two hundred volumes divided into three series: Literature ancient world, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The publication is very popular and has great literary value.
- The list of "100 books" for schoolchildren, recommended as independent reading. He absorbed books on history, cultural studies, literature of Russia. Approved in 2012 by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
- 100 novels that had a huge impact on culture and literature, according to the newspaper "NG-Ex libris". It's popular Russian edition which analyzes the current literary situation abroad and in Russia.
- "110 Must-Read Books" published by the British broadsheet Daily Telegraph. The publication included in its list of books by famous world authors that are necessary for reading in order to be considered an educated person.
During the analysis, we selected all the works that were discussed in each of these nine lists. The rating is compiled in such a way that the leading places were occupied by those books that were more often found in each list.
The list of recommended reading books that we have compiled has nothing to do with other similar lists. It's kind of like a list of lists. It resulted in a unique list literary works covering a wide historical range: from ancient times to the present. This includes the world's creations of English-speaking and Russian-speaking authors, without which literature is unthinkable, as well as modern novels and bestsellers. With great surprise, our editors discovered works by new authors unknown to it until now. Of course, there are a number of other wonderful books that could not make this list due to their lesser popularity. But when choosing, we tried to take into account the historical and cultural significance of the book, its exceptional popularity and relevance at the moment. We strongly recommend this list works for reading, because it is compiled in such a way that each reader can find something necessary and useful for himself in it.
Three years ago, AiF already called on everyone who loves literature to help us make a list of the main books by participating in the vote. April 23, World Book Day, we decided to remind you about this list. Despite the fact that not only Russians, but also foreign works, the vast majority of favorite books on this list are works by domestic authors.
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. Bulgakov M., "The Master and Margarita" - 5470 votes
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. Pushkin A., "Eugene Onegin" - 5219 votes
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. Tolstoy L., "War and Peace" - 4667 votes
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. Dostoevsky F., "Crime and Punishment" - 4604 votes
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. Gogol N., Dead Souls - 4533 votes
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. Lermontov M., "A Hero of Our Time" - 4365 votes
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. Chekhov A., stories - 4310 votes
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. Shakespeare W., "Hamlet" - 4306 votes
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. Saint-Exupery A., " The little Prince» - 4303 votes
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. Defoe D., "Robinson Crusoe" - 4188 votes
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. Green A., Scarlet Sails» - 4165 votes
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. Sholokhov M., " Quiet Don» - 4078 votes
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. Turgenev I., "Fathers and Sons" - 4072 votes
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. Tolstoy L., "Anna Karenina" - 4049 votes
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. Griboyedov A., "Woe from Wit" - 3968 votes
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. Pushkin A., "Ruslan and Lyudmila" - 3945 votes
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. Dumas A., The Count of Monte Cristo - 3918 votes
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. Russians folk tales- 3826 votes
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. Twain M., "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" - 3804 votes
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. Andersen G. H., fairy tales - 3794 votes
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. Hugo V., "Cathedral Notre Dame of Paris» - 3692 votes
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. Carroll L., "Alice in Wonderland" - 3458 votes
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. Bible - 3435 votes
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. Chekhov A., " The Cherry Orchard» - 3404 votes
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. Shakespeare W., "King Lear" - 3382 votes
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. Goethe I.V., "Faust" - 3310 votes
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. Shukshin V., stories - 3287 votes
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. Dostoevsky F., "The Brothers Karamazov" - 3215 votes
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. Swift J., "Gulliver's Adventures" - 3130 votes
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. Krylov I., fables - 3114 votes
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. Mitchell M., "Gone with the Wind" - 3048 votes
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. Ostrovsky A., "Dowry" - 3006 votes
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. Dante A., The Divine Comedy - 2992 votes
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. Pasternak B., "Doctor Zhivago" - 2978 votes
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. Nekrasov N., "To whom it is good to live in Russia" - 2965 votes
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. Milne A.A., "Winnie the Pooh" - 2959 votes
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. Khayyam O., poems - 2935 votes
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. Wilde O., "The Picture of Dorian Gray" - 2919 votes
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. Cervantes M., "Don Quixote" - 2893 votes
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. Tvardovsky A., "Vasily Terkin" - 2864 votes
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. Remarque E. M., “All Quiet on the Western Front” - 2861 votes
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. Solzhenitsyn A., "Gulag Archipelago" - 2846 votes
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. Reid M., Headless Horseman - 2811 votes
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. Goncharov I., "Oblomov" - 2808 votes
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. Bulgakov M., " white guard» - 2803 votes
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. Hemingway E., "Farewell to Arms" - 2783 votes
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. Yesenin S., "Black Man", poems - 2739 votes
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. Homer, The Odyssey - 2737 votes
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. Salinger J.D., Catcher in the Rye - 2735 votes
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. Dreiser T., "An American Tragedy" - 2727 votes
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. Hugo V., "Les Misérables" - 2725 votes
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. Stendhal, "Red and Black" - 2702 votes
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. Bronte S., "Jane Eyre" - 2635 votes
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. Kuprin A., "Pit", "Duel" - 2612 votes
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. Bunin I., " Dark alleys» - 2611 votes
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. Dickens C., "The Adventures of Oliver Twist" - 2588 votes
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. Cooper F., "The Last of the Mohicans" - 2572 votes
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. Fonvizin D., "Undergrowth" - 2568 votes
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. Strugatsky, "It's hard to be a god" - 2558 votes
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. Maupassant G., "Dear friend" - 2519 votes
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. "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" - 2507 votes
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. London J., "Martin Eden" - 2501 votes
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. Simonov K., "The Living and the Dead" - 2500 votes
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. O'Henry, "Kings and Cabbage" - 2491 votes
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. Shakespeare W., "Macbeth" - 2464 votes
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. Turgenev I., " Noble Nest» - 2425 votes
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. Nabokov V., "Lolita" - 2406 votes
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. Shaw B., "Pygmalion" - 2376 votes
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. Marquez G. G., "One Hundred Years of Solitude" - 2359 votes
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. Akhmatova A., "Requiem" - 2311 votes
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. Galsworthy J., "The Forsyte Saga" - 2267 votes
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. Bradbury R. short stories - 2218 votes
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. Molière, Tartuffe, Don Giovanni - 2195 votes
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. Blok A., "Twelve" - 2172 votes
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. Dostoevsky F., "Demons" - 2170 votes
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. "A Thousand and One Nights" - 2154 votes
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. Flaubert G., Madame Bovary - 2118 votes
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. Beaumarchais P.-O., "The Marriage of Figaro" - 2050 votes
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. Saltykov-Shchedrin M., "Golovlevs" - 2038 votes
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. Boccaccio G., Decameron - 2024 votes
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. W. Thackeray, Vanity Fair - 2014 votes
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. Kesey K., One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 1979 votes
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. Aitmatov Ch., "Plakha" - 1956 votes
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. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - 1920 votes
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. Gogol N., "Petersburg Tales" - 1894 votes
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. Mayakovsky V., "A Cloud in Pants" - 1861 votes
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. Rasputin V., "Farewell to Matyora" - 1839 votes
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. Shakespeare W., "Richard III" or "Henry VI" - 1791 votes
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.According to E. A., stories, poems - 1790 votes
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. Osten J., "Pride and Prejudice" - 1765 votes
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. Maugham S., "Moon and a penny" - 1746 votes
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. Rabelais F., "Gargantua and Pantagruel" - 1646 votes
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. Gumilyov N. Poems - 1557 votes
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. Strugatsky, "Inhabited Island" - 1514 votes
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. Bergholz O., "Leningrad Diary" - 1508 votes
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. Nietzsche F., "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" - 1505 votes
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. Balzac O., Lost Illusions - 1504 votes
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. Orwell J., "1984" - 1479 votes
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. Bogomolov V., "In August 44th" - 1443 votes
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. Chernyshevsky N., "What to do" - 1395 votes
A famous aphorism says: "To become smart, it is enough to read ten books, but to find them, you need to read thousands." We have increased the list to 15 titles, selecting those that have had the greatest impact on the development of literature.
The Iliad by Homer
Peculiarity. The Iliad is the oldest surviving monument of ancient Greek literature. Along with The Odyssey, it is the world's first fantasy, thriller, action, and family drama poem.
A little about the book. The poem was probably written in the 8th or 7th century BC and describes the siege of Troy by the Achaeans. Folklore legends about the exploits of ancient heroes formed the basis. For a long time, researchers even argued about whether the poem is based on real events or the Trojan War is just fiction. However, during the excavations in Troy, a culture was found that matches the descriptions in the Iliad. And the deciphered Hittite inscriptions contained a number of names hitherto known only from a Greek poem.
The Adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Peculiarity. The second novel by Charles Dickens and the first English literature, the main character of which was a child.
A little about the book. The orphan boy Oliver will have to face baseness and betrayal, go through many adventures, try to avoid dangers, become the epicenter of criminal troubles, in order to find happiness and love in the family of relatives in the end. The genre is a sharp social novel.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Peculiarity. Jane Austen, who resented the dependent position of women in Victorian era, one of the first to create the image of a free woman. The heroine of her book makes decisions on her own, in particular, the decision to marry or not to marry this or that man, is able to overcome all life's difficulties and pressure from society with her head held high.
A little about the book. Simple at first glance love story poor, but sensible and independent noblewoman Elizabeth Bennet and noble aristocrat Mr. Darcy. The plot develops in a spiral - from the first mutual unpleasant impression to a declaration of love and a reciprocal feeling in the two main characters.
"Faust" Goethe
Peculiarity. Goethe's Faust national drama. The most spiritual conflict of her hero, the obstinate Faust, who rebelled against the vegetative existence in German reality in the name of freedom of action and thought, is already national. Such were the aspirations of the people of the rebellious 16th century when the poem was being written. In "Faust" in question not only about Germany, but about all mankind, called to transform the world through joint free and reasonable work. Thus, the author builds the plot not on one life conflict, as was customary before him, but on a consistent chain of deep conflicts throughout a single life path.
A little about the book. The novel "Faust" Goethe wrote throughout his adult life. The work is based on the famous German myth about Dr. Johann Faust, who made a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for worldly pleasures and eternal youth. According to the terms of the agreement, Mephistopheles will receive Faust's soul when he glorifies a moment. Both main characters believe that they will emerge victorious in the dispute. There is no doubt about the art of the devil to tempt, and many temptations fall to the lot of Faust.
Arc de Triomphe by Erich Maria Remarque
Peculiarity. The book became a kind of Remarque's confession, an attempt to recover from an unsuccessful romance with Marlene Dietrich, who became the prototype of the main female character, Joan Madu. But what is surprising is that German writer depicted a love story against the backdrop of the fight against fascism. It is not surprising that in his homeland he was under a strict ban.
A little about the book. The novel takes place in France in the late 1930s. The German surgeon Ravik, a participant in the First World War, who does not have French citizenship, lives and works in Paris. He is one of those emigrants who lives under the constant threat of arrest and expulsion from the country. He begins an affair with the Italian actress Joan Madu, in whose image many were inclined to see the features of Marlene Dietrich. Thus, love is intertwined with war.
"Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Peculiarity. Here the author first appeared as the creator of a fundamentally new novel in world literature, which was called polyphonic. Working on the work, the writer mainly sought to trace the "psychological process of the crime." Hence the peculiarity of the novel - the lack of consistency, consistency in the transfer of feelings, experiences of the characters, which is determined by their state of mind.
A little about the book. Paraphrasing the most important question in literature, “To be or not to be?”, Fedor Mikhailovich asks: “Who am I, having the right or a trembling creature?” With such an insidious dilemma, the writer confronts his hero Rodion Raskolnikov. The theory of crime, the murder of an old pawnbroker and her sister, the subtle psychologism of the investigator, the torment of the hero and saving love in the image of the fallen woman Sonechka Marmeladova.
"War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy
Peculiarity. The author was the first to comprehensively and historically correctly depict one of the most difficult periods of our history - Patriotic war 1812. In the epic novel, world events are described in terms of plot and scope, all classes of society are involved from the emperor and royal family to ordinary soldiers, more than 550 characters in total, and the psychology of the Russian people is fully represented. It is known that Leo Tolstoy, before embarking on War and Peace, engaged in a serious study of the era, studying documents and materials that the historical, memoir and epistolary literature of that time had at its disposal.
A little about the book. The epic novel describes Russian society during the wars against Napoleon in 1805-1812. There are many chapters and parts in the work, most of which have a plot completeness. Short chapters and many parts allow the writer to move the narrative in time and space and thus fit hundreds of episodes into one novel.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Peculiarity. The novel by the Colombian writer is the epitome of magical realism. The work contains the main features of this trend of the 20th century: a kind of fusion of the real and the fictional, the ordinary and the fabulous, the obvious and the miraculous, a special way of seeing the world through the prism of folk-mythological consciousness.
A little about the book. The book consists of twenty untitled chapters that describe a story looped in time: the events of Macondo and the Buendia family. The plot of the novel is woven using the patchwork technique, fantasy and reality are taken for granted, and it becomes more and more difficult to follow the fate of the characters with the advent of each new namesake and member of the Buendia family.
Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar
Peculiarity. The Argentine writer's experimental novel is his most famous work and one of the first examples of postmodern literature. Cortazar tries to go beyond the limits of the traditional work, provoking the birth of a creatively active reader, capable of not only thinking, but also conjecturing. The structure of the novel contributes to this. You can read it in the usual way, from beginning to end, or, following the prompts of the author, jump over chapters and parts, looking for your own key to the cipher.
A little about the book. According to the preface left by the writer himself, the book contains many books at once. Hence the two reading schemes. Although the plot seems simple: main character novel Horacio Oliveira indulges in reflections on the ins and outs of his existence and complex relationships with the outside world. The catalyst for his reflections is communication with acquaintances: a beloved from Paris named Maga, the Parisian "Club" of intellectuals and Argentinean friends Treveler and Talita.
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Peculiarity. The plot of Hamlet was probably the subject of a number of ancient traditions. But Shakespeare shifted his attention from the external struggle to the spiritual drama of the hero. If earlier the avengers were portrayed as energetic people, obsessed with the desire to accomplish the task facing them, then Shakespeare for the first time creates a hero of a completely different mental warehouse. Its extreme is reflection, introspection, which paralyzes a person's ability to act. It is no coincidence that Hamlet is in an eternal way in world literature.
A little about the book. The tragedy is based on the legend of the Danish ruler named Amletus, recorded by the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammatik in the third book of the Acts of the Danes, and is devoted primarily to revenge - in it the protagonist seeks revenge for the death of his father. According to researchers, the plot was borrowed by Shakespeare from the play by Thomas Kidd.
"Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin
Peculiarity. The novel in verse, written in 1823-1831, is one of the most significant works of Russian literature. Alexander Pushkin was the first writer to create an encyclopedia novel from which you can learn everything about the era: about how they dressed and what was in fashion, what people valued most, what they talked about, what interests they lived. Briefly, but quite clearly, the author showed the fortress village, the lordly Moscow, secular St. Petersburg.
A little about the book. The book covers events from 1819 to 1825 - from the foreign campaigns of the Russian army after the defeat of Napoleon to the Decembrist uprising. These were the years of the development of Russian society, the reign of Alexander I. In the center of the plot is a love story.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Peculiarity. By genre, this is a philosophical novel written in a decadent style. The psychology of narcissism is perfectly revealed here. And the preface is a manifesto of aestheticism - a direction in art that emphasizes the predominance of aesthetic values over ethical and social problems.
A little about the book. The book tells about a young and beautiful guy Dorian, who absolutely does not want to grow old. One day, the talented artist Basil Hallward writes incredibly beautiful portrait young men, looking at which Dorian Gray expresses a desire to remain forever young, let the person in this picture grow old. It is interesting that in the plot of the novel there are significant similarities with the legend of Faust.
After the publication, a scandal erupted in society. All English critics condemned the novel as an immoral work, and some demanded that it be banned and the author subjected to judicial punishment. Wilde was accused of insulting public morality. However, it was enthusiastically received by ordinary readers.
"Transformation" by Franz Kafka
Peculiarity. The short story is the most vivid expression of the tragic attitude of Franz Kafka. He sharpens the hero's doom to the limit with the help of a terrible metonymy: he conveys his complete spiritual isolation through an incredible metamorphosis of appearance. The ambiguous symbolic and allegorical images, emphasizing the tragedy of human destiny, its loneliness and impotence in the face of the absurdity of the surrounding reality, make the work innovative.
A little about the book. One ordinary morning, young Gregor wakes up with a disgusting beetle, a terrible muck that his family is afraid to even look at. Thus, the story reveals the tragedy of a lonely, abandoned and guilty person in the face of an absurd and meaningless fate.
Jules Verne's "Fifteen-Year-Old Captain"
Peculiarity. The unusual situations that the characters find themselves in, the sharpness of the plot, full of mysteries, unexpected turns of events, make Jules Verne a master of the adventure novel. The peculiarity of the novel is that the author explains even amazing things with scientific accuracy, and the riddles that he offers do not contain anything mystical. In particular, the writer gives a true picture of the tragic fate of the indigenous population of Central Africa, even after the abolition of the slave trade.
A little about the book. The book describes the adventures of the passengers of the whaling schooner-brig "Pilgrim". One day, the entire crew of the ship dies and fifteen-year-old junior sailor Dick Sandu has to manage the schooner. Naturally, many adventures await travelers ahead.
The Catcher in the Rye by Jerome David Salinger
Peculiarity. The work became a turning point in the history of world literature. The title of the book and the name of the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, have become codes for many generations of young rebels, from beatniks and hippies to representatives of today's radical youth movements. Interestingly, the killer of John Lennon, Mark Chapman, told the police that he found the encrypted order to kill Lennon on the pages of The Catcher in the Rye. In this case, the man was declared sane.
A little about the book. The book, on behalf of the 17-year-old boy Holden, tells in a very frank form about his perception of American reality and the rejection of general canons and morality. modern society. True, at the same time he does not want and cannot change the world.
Between 1961 and 1982, The Catcher in the Rye was the most banned book in American schools and libraries. Holden has been described as a "bad example" for young people, and has been said to encourage rebelliousness, drunkenness, and debauchery in children. Prohibitory actions often led to the opposite effect - the novel only attracted more interest.
I will quit smoking on Monday. Next week I will start running and join the gym. At the weekend I'll clean up the room and find a job. You have to do more, right?
2019 has landed on our shoulders. It's time to get off the couch, open your eyes, drink mineral water and finally start. I have compiled for you 2 lists of books of world and Russian literature, which you should familiarize yourself with at least in 2016, if you have not done so before. Let's start, perhaps, with the "boring" Russian classics. Listen!
Fyodor Dostoevsky "Dream of a Ridiculous Man"
Have you thought about suicide at least once in your life? If not, then this is no reason to bypass Dostoevsky's story. Everyone knows this author purely from the book "Crime and Punishment", however, in my opinion, in order to fully understand the essence of Dostoevsky, one should start with the story "Dream funny man". How to understand the essence of human existence before the last shot in the head? How to exchange paradise for world wars and hatred of one's neighbor? And most importantly - how not to pull the trigger. The end of the story can be titled with the expression "Cherchez la femme", if you understand why, then everything was not in vain.
Anton Chekhov "Ward number 6"
What do you think, Russian classics under a glass of vodka going better? I have a subjective opinion on this matter, but what about the views of Comrade Gromov? How to combine reading books, a glass of vodka, a psychiatric hospital and two brilliant people with completely different and at the same time identical views on existence in this world? Such an oxymoron permeates the whole story about the sad truth of the cheerful Chekhov. Have you already figured out how to drink literature?
Evgeny Zamyatin "We"
Yevgeny Zamyatin can be safely considered the founder of the great genre of dystopia. I'm sure if you chose him, then you simply must know such great anti-utopians as Orrwell and Huxley. If these names mean something to you, then without even thinking, get Zamyatin for yourself and start absorbing it with tablespoons. The military system, coupon relations and solid capital letters. Instead of people. Instead of names. Instead of life.
Leo Tolstoy "Death of Ivan Ilyich"
On the cover of this book, I would write in huge red letters: “Caution! Causes frustration, pain and awareness. Sentimental stupid people are strictly forbidden.” Forget about the hackneyed book "War and Peace", you have a completely different side of Leo Tolstoy, which is worth all the volumes of a huge novel. Trying to find a deep semantic subtext in the story "The Death of Ivan Ilyich", you will miss the most important thing that lies on the surface. A banal, simple truth that is available to everyone, every time eluding us. If you found it in the story, and besides, you learned to live by it, my bow to you and white envy.
Ivan Goncharov "Oblomov"
That's something, and in the novel "Oblomov" to find yourself as easy as shelling pears. Alas. How beautiful is the contemplation of this life from the outside, when the stupid vanity of this world bypasses you. First love that somehow makes you get off the couch, obsessive friends, always trying to pull your lazy ass into the light - how absurd this whole "seething life" is. Avoid it, contemplate, think and dream, dream, dream! If you are a supporter of this statement, congratulations, your soul mate has been found in the protagonist of the novel Oblomov.
Maxim Gorky "Passion-face"
It is no coincidence that Gorky's work received such a symbolic name "Passion-muzzle", because the story cannot be read without trembling in the knees. If you love children too much, don't read. If you are impressionable and emotional - do not read. If girls with syphilis disgust you, don't read. In general, do not listen to me now, open the book and start to be afraid of the cruel realities of this life. The social bottom, dirt, vulgarity and yet truly happy, "pure" people in children's and adult swords about impossible happiness.
Nikolai Gogol "Overcoat"
A small person against a huge terrible society, or how to lose everything that is dear to you, even if it is a simple overcoat. A stingy official, an unnecessary environment, a small happiness in exchange for a great disappointment and death as the only logical conclusion. It is on the example of Akaki Bashmachkin that we will consider a large weighty and significant problem of society - the theft of an overcoat.
Anton Chekhov "The Man in the Case"
How do you keep in touch with your work colleagues, classmates or friends? I will advise one great way to improve your communication skills - come to visit them and be silent. I give you a 100% guarantee that society will be delighted with you. An umbrella in a case, a watch in a case, a face in a case. A kind of shell behind which a person tries to hide, protect himself from outside world. A man who even managed to shove his sincere love into a case and protect it not only from the object of love, but also from himself. So what about maintaining relationships? Shall we keep quiet?
Alexander Pushkin "The Bronze Horseman"
And again we meet big problem little man, only this time in Pushkin's work " Bronze Horseman". Eugene, Parasha, Peter and a love story, it would seem, what could be more ideal for the plot of a romantic drama? But no, this is not "Eugene Onegin" for you. We break love, we break a city, we break a person, we add a drop to this symbolic image the bronze horseman and get the perfect recipe for one of best poems Pushkin.
Fyodor Dostoevsky "Notes from the Underground"
And the last one on the list of Russian classics will be the one with whom we, in fact, began - the great beloved Dostoevsky. It is no coincidence that I put “Notes from the Underground” in the final place. After all, this work is not just exciting, it is wild in places, so to speak. Increased awareness of being fatal disease. Activity is the lot of the limited and stupid. If you like these interpretations, then Dostoevsky is to your liking, and if you also humiliated prostitutes at least once in your life, then the “underground” will become your favorite place to stay.
Read about the top 10 foreign classic books in the second part of the book list for 2016. Love Russian classics.
Each educated person I have read many great books in my life. No wonder there is a proverb: “To become smart, it is enough to read 10 books, but to find them, you need to read thousands,” because worthwhile works can greatly affect a person’s consciousness and shape his vision of life.
Fiction is a storehouse of knowledge that has been collected for centuries and displayed in foreign and Russian classics. Many of the works are not only very interesting and informative, but also ideal for development in the most different areas helping you understand yourself and others.
The best classical writers managed to create more than a hundred golden books that should be read in the life of absolutely every person. Below is a list of a hundred books included in the top best works of all time.
As evidenced by the world ranking, the list reflects not only interesting books worth reading, but also those that carry a considerable life lesson and will surely help a person solve many problems or find a way to accept himself and the world.
So here is the top 100 list. literary works, required reading contains the following works:
1. Mikhail Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita"
2. Alexander Pushkin "Eugene Onegin"
3. Fyodor Dostoyevsky "Crime and Punishment"
4. Leo Tolstoy "War and Peace"
5. Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The Little Prince"
6. Mikhail Lermontov "A Hero of Our Time"
7. Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov "The Twelve Chairs"
8. George Orwell 1984
9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez One Hundred Years of Solitude
10. JK Rowling "Harry Potter"
11. Nikolai Gogol "Dead Souls"
12. Leo Tolstoy "Anna Karenina"
13. Fyodor Dostoevsky "The Idiot"
14. Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray
15. Alexander Griboyedov "Woe from Wit"
16. Ivan Turgenev "Fathers and Sons"
17. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
18. Catcher in the Rye by Jerome Salinger
19. Erich Maria Remarque "Three Comrades"
20. Boris Pasternak "Doctor Zhivago"
21. Mikhail Bulgakov "Heart of a Dog"
22. Lewis Carroll "Alice in Wonderland"
23. Fyodor Dostoevsky "The Brothers Karamazov"
24. Arthur Conan Doyle "Sherlock Holmes" (60 works)
25. Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers
26. Alexander Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter"
27. Evgeny Zamyatin "We"
28. Nikolai Gogol "The Government Inspector"
29. William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet
30. Ernest Hemingway "The Old Man and the Sea"
31. Ivan Bunin "Dark Alleys"
32. Johann Wolfgang Goethe "Faust"
33. Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
34. Bible
35. Franz Kafka "The Trial"
36. Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov "The Golden Calf"
37. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
38. Mikhail Sholokhov Quiet Flows the Don
39. Victor Pelevin "Generation "P""
40. William Shakespeare "Hamlet"
41. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
42. Veniamin Kaverin "Two Captains"
43. Ken Kesey Over the Cuckoo's Nest
44. Nikolai Nosov "Trilogy of Dunno"
45. Ivan Goncharov "Oblomov"
46. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky "Monday begins on Saturday"
47. Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
48. Alexander Solzhenitsyn "The Gulag Archipelago"
49. Francis Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
50. Ray Bradbury "Dandelion Wine"
51. Alexander Volkov "The Wizard of the Emerald City"
52. Tove Jansson "All About the Moomins"
53. Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin "History of one city"
54. Vladimir Nabokov "Lolita"
55. Erich Maria Remarque “On Western front no change"
56. Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls
57. Erich Maria Remarque "Arc de Triomphe"
58. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky "It's hard to be a god"
59. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach
60. Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo
61. Jack London "Martin Eden"
62. Venedikt Erofeev "Moscow - Petushki"
63. Alexander Pushkin "Tales of Belkin"
64. Jean-Paul Sartre Nausea
65. Daniel Keyes "Flowers for Algernon"
66. Mikhail Bulgakov "The White Guard"
67. Fyodor Dostoevsky "Demons"
68. Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy
69. Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
70. Anton Chekhov "The Cherry Orchard"
71. Franz Kafka "Castle"
72. Umberto Eco "The Name of the Rose"
73. William Golding "Lord of the Flies"
74. Albert Camus"Outsider"
75. Victor Hugo Notre Dame Cathedral
76. Albert Camus The Plague
77. Kurt Vonnegut "Slaughterhouse Five, or the Children's Crusade"
78. Boris Vasiliev "The Dawns Here Are Quiet"
79. Nikolai Gogol "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka"
80. Anatoly Pristavkin “A golden cloud spent the night”
81. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Roadside Picnic
82. Leonid Filatov "About Fedot the Archer, a daring fellow"
83. George Orwell, Animal Farm
84. Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind
85. Alexander Grin "Scarlet Sails"
86. O. Henry "The Gift of the Magi"
87. Miguel de Cervantes "The Cunning Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha"
88. Homer "Iliad" and "Odyssey"
89. Daniel Defoe "Robinson Crusoe"
90. Jerome K. Jerome "Three in a boat, not counting the dog"
91. Anton Chekhov "Ward No. 6"
92. Alan Milne, Winnie the Pooh and All, All, All
93. Alexander Blok "The Twelve"
94. Varlam Shalamov "Kolyma stories"
95. Andrey Platonov "Pit"
96. Joseph Brodsky "Letters to a Roman friend"
97. Sergei Yesenin "Black Man"
98. Osip Mandelstam "The Noise of Time"
99. Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels
100. Daniil Kharms"Cases"