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b. 1977 (Nigeria) 2007 Chimamanda, Ngozi b. 1936 (U.S.) 2007 DeLillo, Don b. 1950 (India) 2007 Sinha, Indra b. 1968 (England) 2006 Hyland, M. J. b. 1967 (U.S.) 2006 Littell, Jonathan b. 1971 (India) 2006 Desai, Kieran b. 1971 (Pakistan) 2006 Hamid, Mohsin b. 1937 (U.S.) 2006 Pynchon, Thomas b. 1960 (England) 2006 St Aubyn, Edward b. 1962 (Scotland) 2005 Smith, Ali b. 1945 (Ireland) 2005 Banville, John b. 1975 (Germany) 2005 Kehlmann, Daniel b. 1946 (Germany) 2005 Lewycka, Marina b. 1903 (Ukraine), d. 1942 (Poland) 2004 Nemirovski, Irene b. 1955 (Ireland) 2004 Toibin, Colm b. 1953 (Chile), d. 2003 (Spain) 2004 Bolano, Roberto b. 1956 (England) 2004 Levy, Andrea b. 1933 (U.S.) 2004 Roth, Philip b. 1957 (Germany) 2004 Schatzing, Frank b. 1934 (Sweden) 2004 Enquist, Per Olov b. 1954 (England) 2004 Hollinghurst, Alan b. 1963 (United States) 2004 Chabon, Michael b. 1969 (England) 2004 Mitchell, David b. 1961 (Australia) 2003 Pierre, DBC b. 1955 (U.S.) 2003 Hustvedt, Siri b. 1967 (England) 2003 Lahiri, Jhumpa b. 1962 (England) 2003 Haddon, Mark b. 1939 (Jerusalem) 2003 Oz, Amos b. 1959 (Cuba) 2003 Somoza, Jose Carlos b. 1936 (Albania) 2003 Kadare, Ismail b. 1935 (South Africa) 2003 Sleigh, Dan b. 1977 (U.S.) 2002 Safran Foer, Jonath b. 1952 (Turkey) 2002 Pamuk, Orhan b. 1964 (Yugoslavia) 2002 Hemon, Aleksander b. 1949 (Japan) 2002 Murakami, Hauki b. 1948 (U.S.) 2002 Mar¡as, Javier b. 1966 (Italy) 2001 Ammaniti, Niccolo b. 1948 (England) 2001 McEwan, Ian b. 1944 (Germany), d. 2001 (England 2001 Sebald, W.G. b. 1959 (U.S.) 2001 Franzen, Jonathan b. 1947 (Runion) 2001 Houellbecq, Michel b. 1963 (Spain) 2001 Martel, Yan b. 1962 (Spain) 2001 Cercas, Javier b. 1936 (Peru) 2000 Vargas Llosa, Mario b. 1948 (Spain) 2000 Vila-Matas, Enrique b. 1960 (The Netherlands) 2000 Faber, Michael

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b. 1977 (Nigeria) 2007 Chimamanda, Ngozi Half of a Yellow Sunb. 1936 (U.S.) 2007 DeLillo, Don Falling Manb. 1950 (India) 2007 Sinha, Indra Animal's Peopleb. 1968 (England) 2006 Hyland, M. J. Carry Me Downb. 1967 (U.S.) 2006 Littell, Jonathan The Kindly Onesb. 1971 (India) 2006 Desai, Kieran The Inheritance of Lossb. 1971 (Pakistan) 2006 Hamid, Mohsin The Reluctant Fundamentalistb. 1937 (U.S.) 2006 Pynchon, Thomas Against the Dayb. 1960 (England) 2006 St Aubyn, Edward Mother's Milkb. 1962 (Scotland) 2005 Smith, Ali The Accidentalb. 1945 (Ireland) 2005 Banville, John The Seab. 1975 (Germany) 2005 Kehlmann, Daniel Measuring the Worldb. 1946 (Germany) 2005 Lewycka, Marina A Short History of Tractors in Ukb. 1903 (Ukraine), d. 1942 (Poland) 2004 Nemirovski, Irene Suite Francaiseb. 1955 (Ireland) 2004 Toibin, Colm The Masterb. 1953 (Chile), d. 2003 (Spain) 2004 Bolano, Roberto 2666b. 1956 (England) 2004 Levy, Andrea Small Islandb. 1933 (U.S.) 2004 Roth, Philip The Plot Against Americab. 1957 (Germany) 2004 Schatzing, Frank The Swarmb. 1934 (Sweden) 2004 Enquist, Per Olov The Book about Blanche and Marb. 1954 (England) 2004 Hollinghurst, Alan Line of Beautyb. 1948 (U.S.)b. 1963 (United States) 2004 Chabon, Michael Kavalier and Clayb. 1969 (England) 2004 Mitchell, David Cloud Atlasb. 1961 (Australia) 2003 Pierre, DBC Vernon God Littleb. 1955 (U.S.) 2003 Hustvedt, Siri What I Lovedb. 1967 (England) 2003 Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesakeb. 1962 (England) 2003 Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog b. 1939 (Jerusalem) 2003 Oz, Amos A Tale of Love and Darknessb. 1959 (Cuba) 2003 Somoza, Jose Carlos La Dama numero treceb. 1936 (Albania) 2003 Kadare, Ismail The Successorb. 1935 (South Africa) 2003 Sleigh, Dan Islandsb. 1977 (U.S.) 2002 Safran Foer, Jonathan Everything is Illuminatedb. 1952 (Turkey) 2002 Pamuk, Orhan Snowb. 1964 (Yugoslavia) 2002 Hemon, Aleksander Nowhere Manb. 1949 (Japan) 2002 Murakami, Hauki Kafka on the Shoreb. 1948 (U.S.) 2002 Mar¡as, Javier Your Face Tomorrowb. 1966 (Italy) 2001 Ammaniti, Niccolo I'm Not Scaredb. 1948 (England) 2001 McEwan, Ian Atonementb. 1944 (Germany), d. 2001 (England) 2001 Sebald, W.G. Austerlitzb. 1959 (U.S.) 2001 Franzen, Jonathan The Correctionsb. 1947 (Runion)� 2001 Houellbecq, Michel Platformb. 1963 (Spain) 2001 Martel, Yan The Life of Pib. 1962 (Spain) 2001 Cercas, Javier Soldiers of Salamisb. 1936 (Peru) 2000 Vargas Llosa, Mario The Feast of the Goatb. 1948 (Spain) 2000 Vila-Matas, Enrique Bartleby and Cob. 1960 (The Netherlands) 2000 Faber, Michael Under the Skin

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b. 1975 (London) 2000 Smith, Zadie White Teethb. 1933 (U.S.) 2000 Roth, Philip The Human Stainb. 1950 (Hungary) 2000 Esterhazy, Peter Celestial Harmoniesb. 1947 (Brazil) 2000 Coelho, Paulo The Devil and Miss Prymb. 1936 (Albania) 2000 Kadare, Ismail Spring Flowers, Spring Frostb. 1948 (South Africa) 2000 Mda, Zakes The Heart of Rednessb. 1938 (India) 2000 Deshpande, Shashi Small Remediesb. 1940 (South Africa) 1999 Coetzee, J.M Disgraceb. 1968 (Mexico) 1999 Volpi, Jorge In Search of Klingsorb. 1967 (Japan) 1999 Nothomb, Amelie Fear and Tremblingb. 1949 (Yugoslavia) 1999 Ugresic, Dubrovka The Museum of Unconditional Sub. 1949 (Yugoslavia) 1999 Drakulic, Slavenka As If I Am Not Thereb. 1941 (Germany) 1999 Maron, Monika Pavel's Lettersb. 1950 (Cuba) 1998 Gutirrez, Pedro Juan� Dirty Havana Trilogyb. 1953 (Chile), d. 2003 (Spain) 1998 Bolano, Roberto Savage Detectivesb. 1933 (The Netherlands) 1998 Nooteboom, Cees All Souls Dayb. 1920 (Spain) 1998 Deliber, Miguel The Hereticb. 1952 (U.S.) 1998 Cunningham, Michael The Hoursb. 1958 (Runion)� 1998 Houellbecq, Michel Elementary Particlesb. 1955 (U.S.) 1998 Kingsolver, Barbara Poisonwood Bibleb. 1960 (Japan) 1998 Miyuki, Miyabe Crossfireb. 1947 (Brazil) 1998 Coelho, Paulo Veronika Decides to Dieb. 1965 (Ireland) 1998 O'Hanlon, Ardal The Talk of the Townb. 1936 (U.S.) 1997 DeLillo, Don Underworldb. 1955 (Belgium) 1997 Hemmerechts, Kristien Margot and the Angelsb. 1961 (India) 1997 Roy, Arundhati The God of Small Thingsb. 1948 (England) 1997 McEwan, Ian Enduring Loveb. 1940 (Argentina) 1997 Ricardo Piglia Money to Burnb. 1943 (Australia) 1997 Carey, Peter Jack Maggsb. 1962 (Russia) 1997 Pelevin, Victor The Life of Insectsb. 1939 (Canada) 1996 Atwood, Margaret Alias Graceb. 1958 (Italy) 1996 Baricco, Alessandro Silkb. 1962 (Russia) 1996 Pelevin, Victor The Clay Machine-Gunb. 1943 (England) 1996 Barker, Pat Ghost Roadb. 1958 (Canada) 1996 MacDonald, Ann-MarieFall on Your Kneesb. 1962 (U.S.) 1996 Foster Wallace, David Infinte Jestb. 1958 (Canada) 1996 Michaels, Ann Fugitive Piecesb. 1918 (Java) 1996 Haasse, Hella Forever a Strangerb. 1943 (Spain) 1996 Mendoza, Eduardo A Light Comedyb. 1951 (Jamaica) 1996 Dunker, Patricia Hallucinating Foucaultb. 1934 (U.S.) 1996 Didion, Joan Democracyb. 1947 (England), d. 1995 1995 Rose, Gillian Love's Workb. 1954 (Japan) 1995 Ishiguro, Kazuo The Unconsoledb. 1937 (Turkey) 1995 Markaris, Petros The Late-Night Newsb. 1952 (India) 1995 Mistry, Rohinton A Fine Balanceb. 1944 (Germany) 1995 Schlink, Bernhard The Reader

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b. undisclosed (Italy) 1995 Ferrante, Elena Troubling Loveb. 1947 (U.S.) 1995 Davis, Lydia The End of the Storyb. 1964 (Scotland) 1995 Warner, Alan Morvern Callarb. 1934 (Argentina) 1995 Mart¡nez, Tom s Eloy Santa Evitab. 1942 (Colombia) 1994 Vallejo, Fernando Our Lady of the Assassinsb. 1962 (Czechoslovakia) 1994 Topol, Jachym City Sister Silverb. 1943 (Italy) 1994 Tabucchi, Antonio Declares Pereirab. 1926 (South Korea) 1994 Park, Kyung Lee The Landb. 1958 (Runion)� 1994 Houellbecq, Michel Whateverb. 1954 (England) 1994 Berniers, Louis de Captain Corelli's Mandarinb. 1946 (Scotland) 1994 Kelman, James How Late it Was, How Lateb. 1949 (Japan) 1994 Murakami, Haruki The Wind-Up Bird Chronicleb. 1928 (Ireland) 1994 Trevor, William Felicia' s Journeyb. 1940 (India) 1993 Mukherjee, Bharati The Holder of the Worldb. 1931 (Czechoslovakia) 1993 Klima, Ivan Waiting for the Dark, Waiting forb. 1934 (Australia) 1993 Malouf, David Remembering Babylonb. 1946 (Netherlands) 1993 Loo, Tessa de The Twinsb. 1960 (U.S.) 1993 Eugenides, Jeffrey The Virgin Suicidesb. 1953 (England) 1993 Faulks, Sebastian Birdsongb. 1940 (Germany) 1993 Timm, Uwe The Invention of Curried Sausageb. 1923 (Japan), d. 1996 1993 Endo, Shusaku Deep Riverb. 1969 (Switzerland) 1993 Botton, Alan de On Loveb. 1952 (India) 1993 Seth, Vikram A Suitable Boyb. 1935 (U.S.), d. 2003 (Canada) 1993 Shields, Carol The Stone Diariesb. 1935 (U.S.) 1993 Proulx, E. Annie The Shippng Newsb. 1955 (Guyana) 1993 Dabydeen, David Disappearanceb. 1965 (Scotland) 1993 Kennedy, A.L. Looking for the Possible Danceb. 1923 (Colombia) 1993 Mutis, µlvaro The Adventures and Misadventurb. 1961 (England) 1993 Coe, Jonathan What a Carve Up!b. 1951 (Spain) 1992 Reverte, Arturo Prez� The Dumas Clubb. 1935 (Pakistan) 1992 Ghose, Zulfikar The Triple Mirror of the Selfb. 1946 (England) 1992 Warner, Marina Indigob. 1944 (U.S.) 1992 Walker, Alice Possessing the Secret of Joyb. 1933 (U.S.) 1992 McCarthy, Cormac All the Pretty Horsesb. 1963 (U.S.) 1992 Tartt, Donna The Secret Historyb. 1927 (Netherlands) 1992 Mulisch, Harry Discovery of Heavenb. 1886 (U.S.), d.1961(Switzerland) 1992 HD Asphodelb. 1965 (India) 1992 Gupta, Sunetra Memoirs of Rainb. 1963 (England) 1992 Freud, Esther Hideous Kinkyb. 1946 (England) 1992 Crace, Jim Arcadiab. 1959 (England) 1992 Winterson, Jeanette Written on the Bodyb. 1953 (Australia) 1992 Doxiadis, Apostolos Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conb. 1946 (Turkey) 1992 Ozdamar, Emine Life is a Caravanseraib. 1943 (Sri Lanka) 1992 Oondaatje, Michael The English Patientb. 1955 (Ireland) 1992 McCabe, Patrick The Butcher Boyb. 1957 (Denmark) 1992 Hoeg, Peter Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

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b. 1954 (Scotland) 1992 Banks, Iain The Crow Roadb. 1943 (Cuba), d. 1990 (U.S.) 1992 Arenas, Reinaldo Before Night Fallsb. 1952 (U.S.) 1991 Powell, Padgett Typicalb. 1943 (England) 1991 Barker, Pat Regenerationb. 1952 (China) 1991 Chang, Jung Wild Swansb. 1945 (Egypt) 1991 Fakinou, Eugenia Astradenib. 1948 (Sweden) 1991 Mankell, Henning Faceless Killersb. 1955 (Netherlands) 1991 Palmen, Conny The Lawsb. 1936 (U.S.) 1991 DeLillo, Don Mao IIb. 1964 (U.S.) 1991 Easton Ellis, Bret American Psychob. 1925 (U.S.) 1990 Leonard, Elmore Get Shortyb. 1934 (Ireland) 1990 McGahern, John Amongst Womenb. 1938 (U.S.) 1990 Kotzwinkle, William The Midnight Examinerb. 1957 (U.S.) 1990 Moore, Lorrie Like Lifeb. 1945 (U.S.) 1990 Dodge, Jim Stone Junctionb. 1944 (Germany), d. 2001 (England) 1990 Sebald, W.G. Vertigob. 1954 (England) 1990 Kureishi, Hanif The Buddha of Suburbiab. 1946 (U.S.) 1990 O'Brien, Tim The Things They Carriedb. undisclosed 1990 Matesis, Pavlos The Daughterb. 1956 (India) 1990 Ghosh, Amitav The Shadow Linesb. 1947 (U.S.) 1990 Auster, Paul The Music of Chanceb. 1950 (Mexico) 1989 Esquivel, Laura Like Water for Chocolateb. 1956 (England) 1989 Tharoor, Shashi The Great Indian Novelb. 1963 (Netherlands) 1989 Zwagerman, Joost Gimmick!b. 1922 (Portugal) 1989 Saramago, Jose History of the Seige of Lisbonb. 1951 (Spain) 1989 Atxaga, Bernardo Obabakoakb. 1954 (Japan) 1989 Ishiguro, Kazuo Remains of the Dayb. 1939 (Australia) 1989 Murnane, Gerald Inlandb. 1949 (England) 1989 Amis, Martin London Fieldsb. 1959 (England) 1989 Winterson, Jeanette Sexing the Cherryb. 1954 (Hungary) 1989 Krasznahorkai, L szl¢ The Melacholy of Resistanceb. 1956 (Scotland) 1989 Galloway, Janice The Trick is to Keep Breathingb. 1947 (U.S.) 1989 Auster, Paul Moon Palaceb. 1942 (U.S.) 1989 Irving, John A Prayer for Owen Meanyb. 1932 (Italy) 1988 Eco, Umberto Foucault's Pendulumb. 1916 (Canada), d. 2000 1988 Hebert, Anne The First Gardenb. 1954 (Austria) 1988 Ransmayer, Christoph The Last Worldb. 1954 (England) 1988 Hollinghurst, Alan The Swimming Pool Libraryb. 1927 (U.S.) 1988 Markson, David Wittgenstein's Mistressb. 1947 (Vietnam) 1988 Huong, Duong Thu Paradise of the Blindb. 1943 (Australia) 1988 Carey, Peter Oscar and Lucindab. 1947 (India) 1988 Rushdie, Salman Satanic Versesb. 1959 (Zimbabwe) 1988 Dangarembga, Tsitsi Nervous ConYoshimotoditionsb.1951 (Spain) 1987 Mar¡as, Javier All Soulsb. 1931 (U.S.) 1987 Woolfe, Tom Bonfire of the Vanitiesb. 1932 (Trinidad) 1987 Naipaul, V.S. Enigma of Arrival

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b. 1939 (Jerusalem) 1987 Oz, Amos Black Boxb.1949 (Bulgaria) 1987 Paskov, Viktor Ballad for Georg Henigb. 1949 (Germany) 1987 Suskind, Patrick The Pigeonb. 1947 (U.S.) 1987 Auster, Paul The New York Trilogyb. 1964 (Japan) 1987 Yoshimoto, Banana Kitchenb. 1943 (Korea) 1987 Jung-Rae, Jo Taebek Mountainsb. 1952 (England), d. 2001 (U.S.) 1987 Adams, Douglas Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective b. 1931 (U.S.) 1987 Morrisson, Toni Belovedb. 1948 (U.S.) 1987 Ellroy, James The Black Dahliab. 1942 (Peru) 1987 Allende, Isabel Of Love and Shadowsb. 1942 (Austria) 1987 Handke, Peter The Afternoon of a Writerb. 1948 (U.S.) 1987 Boyle, T. C. World's Endb.1939 (England) 1987 Drabble, Margaret The Radiant Wayb. 1930 (U.S.) 1987 Matthews, Harry Cigarettesb. 1953 (England), b. 1949 (England) 1986 Moore, Alan Watchmenb. 1954 (Japan) 1986 Ishiguro, Kazuo An Artist of the Floating Worldb. 1919 (Italy), d. 1987 1986 Levi, Primo The Drowned and the Savedb. 1938 (Kenya) 1986 Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Matigarib. 1922 (England), d. 1995 1986 Amis, Kingsley The Old Devilsb. 1957 (U.S.) 1986 Moore, Lorrie Anagramsb.1961 (U.S.) 1986 Leavitt, David Lost Language of Cranesb. 1924 (Poland), d. 2000 1986 Szczypiorski, Andrzej The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenmanb. 1931 (Netherlands), d. 1989 (Austria) 1986 Bernhard, Thomas Extinctionb. 1954 (South Africa) 1986 van Heerden, Etienne Ancestral Voicesb. 1949 (England) 1985 Ackroyd, Peter Hawksmoorb. 1931 (Germany), d. 1993 1985 Hofmann, Gert The Parable of the Blindb. 1933 (U.S.) 1985 McCarthy, Cormac Blood Meridianb. 1928 (Columbia) 1985 Garcia Marquez, GabrieLove in the time of Cholerab. 1951 (U.S.) 1985 Hempel, Amy Reasons to Liveb. 1939 (Canada) 1985 Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid's Taleb. 1949 (Antigua and Barbuda) 1985 Kincaid, Jamaica Annie Johnb. 1949 (Germany) 1985 Suskind, Patrick Perfumeb. 1934 (U.S.), d. 1996 1985 Sagan, Carl Contactb. 1936 (U.S.) 1985 DeLillo, Don White Noiseb. 1942 (U.S.) 1985 Irving, John The Cider House Rulesb. 1927 (Sweden) 1985 Frederiksson, MarianneSimon and the Oak Treesb. 1936 (China) 1985 Zhang, Xianliang Half of Man is Womanb. 1940 (England), d. 1992 1984 Carter, Angela Nights at the Circusb. 1946 (England) 1984 Barnes, Julian Flaubert's Parrotb. 1948 (U.S.) 1984 Gibson, William Neuromancerb. 1948 (England) 1984 Gemmell, David Legendb. 1914 (Indochina), d. 1996 (France) 1984 Duras, Marguerite The Loverb. 1922 (Portugal) 1984 Saramago, Jose Year of the Death of Ricardo Reisb. 1920 (Estonia) 1984 Kross, Jaan Professor Marten's Departureb. 1929 (Czech Republic) 1984 Kundera, Milan The Unbearable Lightness of Beib. 1947 (U.S.), d. 1997 (Mexico) 1984 Acker, Kathy Blood and Guts in High School

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b. 1944 (Germany) 1984 Strauss, Botho The Young Manb. 1954 (U.S.) 1984 Erdrich, Louise Love Medicineb. 1949 (England) 1984 Amis, Martin Moneyb. 1941 (Spain) 1984 R¡os, Juli n Larva: Midsummer Night's Babelb. 1954 (Scotland) 1984 Banks, Iain The Wasp Factoryb. 1946 (Scotland) 1984 Kelman, James The Busconductor Hinesb. 1929 (Yugoslavia) 1984 Pavic, Milorad Dictionary of the Khazarsb. 1930 (China) 1984 Ballard, J.G. The Empire of the Sunb. 1925 (U.S.) 1983 Leonard, Elmore La Bravab. 1937 (Argentina), d. 2005 (France) 1983 Saer, Juan Jos � The Witnessb. 1937 (Sweden), d. 2000 1983 Tunstrom, Goran The Christmas Oratoriob. 1929 (Belgium) 1983 Claus, Hugo The Sorrow of Belgiumb. 1949 (England) 1983 Swift, Graham Waterlandb. 1947 (India) 1983 Rushdie, Salman Shameb. 1942 (Portugal) 1983 Antunes, Antonio Lobo Fado Alexandrinob. 1946 (Austria) 1983 Jelinek, Elfriede The Piano Teacherb. 1940 (South Africa) 1983 Coetzee, J.M The Life and Times of Michael Kb. 1942 (Peru) 1982 Allende, Isabelle The House of Spiritsb. 1931 (Netherlands), d. 1989 (Austria) 1982 Bernhard, Thomas Wittgenstein's Nepewb. 1888 (Portugal), d. 1935 1982 Pessoa, Fernando The Book of Disquietb. 1922 (Portugal) 1982 Saramago, Jose Baltazar & Blemindab. 1940 (U.S.) 1982 White, Edmund A Boy's Own Storyb. 1954 (Japan) 1982 Ishiguro, Kazuo A Pale View of Hillsb. 1919 (Italy), d. 1987 1982 Levi, Primo If Not Now, When?b. 1944 (U.S.) 1982 Walker, Alice The Color Purpleb. 1935 (Australia) 1982 Keneally, Thomas Schindler's Arkb. 1940 (England), d. 1989 (France) 1982 Chatwin, Bruce On the Black Hillb. 1940 (Uruguay) 1982 Galeano, Eduardo Memory of Fireb. 1932 (U.S.) 1981 Updike, John Rabbit is Richb. 1944 (Germany) 1981 Strauss, Botho Couples, Passerbyb. 1923 (South Africa) 1981 Gordimer, Nadine July's Peopleb. 1934 (Scotland) 1981 Gray, Alisdair Lanark: A Life in Four Booksb. 1942 (Norway) 1981 Wassmo, Herbjorg The House with the Blind Glassb. 1926 (Belarus), d. 1982 (Russia) 1981 Tsypkin, Leonard Summer in Baden Badenb. 1936 (Peru) 1981 Vargas Llosa, Mario The War of the End of the Worldb. 1937 (China) 1981 Zhang, Jie Leaden Wingsb. 1933 (Netherlands) 1980 Nooteboom, Cees Ritualsb. 1932 (Italy) 1980 Eco, Umberto The Name of the Roseb. 1937 (India) 1980 Desai, Anita Clear Light of Dayb. 1947 (India) 1980 Rushdie, Salman Midnight's Childrenb. 1937 (U.S.), d. 1969 1980 Kennedy Toole, John Confederacy of Duncesb. 1936 (Albania) 1980 Kadare, Ismail Broken Aprilb.1922 (Netherlands), d.1998 1980 Kossmann, Alfred The Smell of Sadnessb. 1940 (South Africa) 1980 Coetzee, J.M Waiting for the Barbariansb. 1932 (Trinidad) 1979 Naipaul, V.S A Bend in the Riverb. 1929 (Czechoslovakia) 1979 Kundera, Milan The Book of Laughter and Forget

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b. 1923 (South Africa) 1979 Gordimer, Nadine Burger's Daughterb. 1939 (Spain), d. 2003 (Thailand) 1979 V zquez Montalb n, MaSouthern Seasb. 1931 (England) 1979 Le Carre, John Smiley's Peopleb. 1923 (Cuba), d. 1985 (Italy) 1979 Calvino, Italo If on a Winter's Night a Travelerb. 1947 (Greece) 1979 Douka, Maro Fool's Goldb. 1929 (Senegal), d. 1981 1979 Ba, Miriam So Long a Letterb. 1952 (England), d. 2001 (U.S.) 1979 Adams, Douglas Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxyb. 1935 (South Africa) 1979 Brink, Andre A Dry White Seasonb. 1925 (Spain), d. 2000 1978 Gaite, Carmen Mart¡n The Back Roomb. 1919 (Ireland), d. 1999 (England) 1978 Murdoch, Iris The Sea, The Seab. 1936 (England) 1978 Byatt, A.S. The Virgin in the Gardenb. 1936 (France), d. 1982 1978 Perec, Georges Life: A User's Manualb. 1948 (England) 1978 McEwan, Ian The Cement Gardenb. 1931 (Canada) 1978 Munro, Alice The Beggar Maidb. 1928 (U.S.), d. 2004 1978 Selby, Hubert Requim for a Dreamb. 1935 (England), d. 1979 (Ireland) 1978 Farrell, J.G. The Singapore Gripb. 1931 (U.S.) 1977 Morrisson, Toni Song of Solomonb. 1940 (U.S.) 1977 Herr, Michael Dispatchesb. 1930 (Canada), d. 2002 (France) 1977 Findley, Timothy The Warsb. 1947 (U.S.) 1977 King, Stephen The Shiningb. 1903 (France), d. 1977 (U.S.) 1977 Nin, Anais Delta of Venusb. 1920 (Ukraine), d. 1977 (Brazil) 1977 Lispector, Clarice The Hour of the Starb. 1913 (England), d. 1980 1977 Pym, Barbara Quartet in Autumnb. 1940 (South Africa) 1977 Coetzee, J.M. In the Heart of the Countryb. 1924 (Czechoslovakia) 1977 Skvorecky, Josef The Engineer of Human Soulsb. 1941 (U.S.) 1976 Rice, Ann Interview With a Vampireb. 1929 (Germany) 1976 Wolf, Christa Patterns of Childhoodb. 1912 (England), d. 1975 1976 Taylor, Elizabeth Blamingb. 1952 (Japan) 1976 Murakami, Ryu Almost Transparent Blueb. 1929 (U.S.) 1976 Thornburg, Newton Cutter and Boneb. 1932 (Argentina), d. 1990 (Mexico) 1976 Puig, Manuel Kiss of the Spiderwoman| b. 1942 (Austria) 1976 Handke, Peter The Left-Handed Womanb. 1931 (U.S.), d. 1989 1975 Barthelme, Donald The Dead Fatherb. 1931 (Netherlands), d. 1989 (Austria) 1975 Bernhard, Thomas Correctionb. 1931 (Egypt) 1975 El Sadaawi, Nawal Woman at Point Zero| b. 1936 (France), d. 1982 1975 Perec, Georges W, or the Memory of Childhoodb. 1905 (England), d. 2000 1975 Powell, Anthony A Dance to the Music of Timeb. 1916 (Australia) 1975 Anderson, Jessica The Commandantb. 1928 (Colombia) 1975 Garcia M rquez, GabrielAutumn of the Patriarchb. 1931 (U.S.) 1975 Doctorow, E.L. Ragtimeb. 1935 (U.S.), d. 1984 1975 Brautigan, Richard Willard and his Bowling Trophiesb. 1929 (Hungary) 1975 Kertesz, Imre Fatelessb. 1915 (Canada), d. 2005 (U.S.) 1975 Bellow, Saul Humboldt's Giftb. 1942 (Finland) 1975 Paasilinna, Arto The Year of the Hareb. 1917 (Germany), d. 1985 1974 Boll, Heinrich Lost Honour of Katharina Blumb. 1932 (Yugoslavia), d. 1993 (Croatia) 1974 Soljan, Antun The Port

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b. 1938 (U.S.) 1974 Kotzwinkle, William The Fan Manb. 1929 (U.S.) 1974 leGuin, Ursula The Dispossessedb. 1926 (Canada), d. 1987 1974 Laurence, Margaret The Divinersb. 1940 (South Africa) 1974 Coetzee, J.M. Dusklandsb. 1942 (U.S.) 1973 Jong, Erica Fear of Flyingb. 1904 (England), d. 1991 (Switzerland) 1973 Greene, Graham The Honorary Consulb. 1937 (South Africa), d. 1986 (Botswana) 1973 Head, Bessie A Question of Powerb. 1923 (Cuba), d. 1985 (Italy) 1973 Calvino, Italo The Castle of Crossed Destiniesb. 1930 (China) 1973 Ballard, J.G Crashb. 1937 (U.S.) 1973 Pynchon, Thomas Gravity's Rainbowb. 1935 (England), d. 1979 (Ireland) 1973 Farrell, J.G. The Siege of Krishnapurb. 1923 (Cuba), d. 1985 (Italy) 1972 Calvino, Italo Invisible Citiesb. 1914 (Finland), d. 2001 1972 Jansson, Tove The Summer Bookb. 1908 (Algeria), d. 2004 (France) 1972 Merle, Robert Day of the Dolphinb. 1939 (Canada) 1972 Atwood, Margaret Surfacingb. 1909 (U.S.), d. 2001 1972 Welty, Eudora The Optimist's Daughterb. 1931 (Japan), d. 1984 1972 Ariyoshi, Sawako The Twilight Yearsb. 1926 (England) 1972 Berger, John Gb. 1932 (U.S.) 1971 Updike, John Rabbit Reduxb. 1933 (England), d. 1973 1971 Johnson, B.S. House Mother Normalb. 1932 (Trinidad) 1971 Naipaul, V.S In a Free Stateb. 1917 (Germany), d. 1985 1971 Boll, Heinrich Group Portrait with a Ladyb. 1931 (Canada) 1971 Munro, Alice Lives of Girls and Womenb. 1939 (U.S.), d. 2005 1971 Thomson, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in las Vegasb. 1931 (U.S.) 1971 Doctorow, E.L. The Book of Danielb. 1936 (Soviet Union), d. 1994 (Ukraine) 1971 Osadchy, Mykhailo Cataractb. 1939 (Peru) 1970 Echenique, Alfredo Bry A World for Juliusb. 1934 (U.S.) 1970 Didion, Joan Play it as it Laysb. 1931 (U.S.) 1970 Morrisson, Toni The Bluest Eyeb. 1913 (Canada), d. 1995 1970 Davies, Robertson Fifth Businessb. 1928 (U.S.) 1970 Angelou, Maya, I Know Why the Caged Bird Singsb. 1925 (Japan), d. 1970 1970 Mishima, Yukio The Sea of Fertilityb. 1934 (Germany), d. 1984 (England) 1970 Johnson, Uwe Jahrestageb. 1933 (U.S.) 1969 Roth, Philip Portnoy's Compaintb. 1937 (Poland), d. 1997 (Germany) 1969 Becker, Jurek Jacob the Liarb. 1922 (U.S.), d. 2007 1969 Vonnegut, Kurt The Slaughterhouse Fiveb. 1932 (U.S.) 1969 Coover, Robert Pricksongs and Descantsb. 1933 (France) 1969 Poniatowska, Elena Here's to You, Jesusa!ÿÿb. 1936 (France), d. 1982 1969 Perec, Georges A Voi/Avoidb. 1929 (Sudan) 1969 Salih, Tayeb Seasons of Migration to the Nortb. 1926 (England), d. 2005 1969 Fowles, John The French Lieutenant's Womanb. 1912 (Brazil), d. 2001 1969 Amado, Jorge Tent of Miraclesb. 1933 (Hungary) 1969 Konrad, Gyorgy The Case Workerb. 1899 (Russia), d.1977 (Switzerland) 1969 Nabokov, Vladimir Adab. 1909 (U.S.), d. 1984 (Spain) 1969 Himes, Chester Blind Man with a Pistolb. 1920 (U.S.), d. 1999 1969 Puzo, Mario The Godfather

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b. 1938 (Soviet Union), d. 1990 1969 Yerofeev, Venedikt Moscow Stationsb. 1932 (Argentina), d. 1990 (Mexico) 1969 Manuel Puig Heartbreak Tangob. 1938 (U.S.) 1969 Oates, Joyce Carol themb. 1931 (U.S.) 1968 Woolfe, Tom The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Testb. 1918 (Russia) 1968 Honchar, Oles The Cathedralb. 1899 (Ireland), d. 1973 1968 Bowen, Elizabeth Eva Troutb. 1918 (U.S.), d.1982 1968 Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electronicb. 1935 (U.S.), d. 1984 1968 Brautigan, Richard In Watermelon Sugarb. 1895 (Greece), d.1981 (Switzerland) 1968 Cohen, Albert Belle du Seigneurb. 1918 (Russia) 1968 Solzhenitsyn, AlexandeThe First Circleb. 1926 (Germany) 1968 Lenz, Siegfried The German Lessonb. 1917 (England) 1968 Clarke, Arthur C. 2001b. 1918 (Russia) 1968 Solzhenitsyn, AlexandeThe Cancer Wardb. 1925 (U.S.) 1968 Vidal, Gore Myra Breckinridgeb. 1939 (England) 1968 Hines, Barry A Kestrel for a Knaveb. 1929 (Germany) 1968 Wolf, Christa The Quest for Christa T.b. 1904 (Poland), d. 1991 (U.S.) 1967 Singer, Isaac Bashevis The Manorb. 1934 (Greece) 1967 Vassilikos, Vassilis Zb. 1873 (England), d. 1957 1967 Richardson, Dorothy Pilgrimageb. 1911 (Ireland), d. 1966 1967 O'Brien, Flann The Third Policemanb. 1911 (Egypt), d. 2006 1967 Mahfouz, Naguib Miramarb. 1913 (England), d. 1991 1967 Wilson, Angus No Laughing Matterb. 1928 (Colombia) 1967 Garcia Marquez, Gabrie100 years of Solitudeb. 1921 (Sicily), d. 1989 1966 Sciascia, Leonardo To EachHis Ownb. 1890 (Dominica), d. 1979 (England) 1966 Rhys, Jean Wide Sargasso Seab. 1930 (U.S.) 1966 Barth, John Giles Goat Boyb. 1914 (Vietnam), d. 1996 (France) 1966 Duras, Marguerite The Vice-Consulb. 1931 (Spain) 1966 Goytisolo, Juan Marks of Identityb. 1923 (Japan), d. 1996 1966 Endo, Shusaku Silenceb. 1937 (U.S.) 1966 Pynchon, Thomas The Crying of Lot 49b. 1926 (England), d. 2005 1966 Bulgakov, Mikhail The Master and Margaritab. 1924 (U.S.), d. 1984 1966 Capote, Truman In Cold Bloodb. 1910 (Bosnia), d. 1982 (Serbia) 1966 Selimovic, Mesa Death and the Dervishb. 1891 (Ukraine), d. 1940 (Russia) 1966 Fowles, John The Magusb. 1914 (Moravia), d. 1997 (Czech Rep.) 1965 Hrabal, Bohumil Closely Watched Trainsb. 1925 (U.S. ), d. 1964 1965 O'Connor, Flannery Everything that Rises must Convb. 1938 (Kenya) 1965 Ngugi Wa Thiong'o The River Betweenb. 1936 (France), d. 1982 1965 Perec, Georges Thingsb. 1925 (Netherlands) 1965 Wolkers, Jan Back to Oegstgeestb. 1935 (Serbia), d. 1989 (France) 1965 Kis, Danilo Garden, Ashesb. 1929 (Cuba), d. 2005 (Britain) 1964 Infante, Guillermo CabrThree Trapped Tigersb. 1920 (Ukraine), d. 1977 (Brazil) 1964 Lispector, Clarice The Passion According to GHb. 1914 (Vietnam), d. 1996 (France) 1964 Duras, Marguerite The Ravishing of Lol V Steinb. 1915 (Canada), d. 2005 (U.S.) 1964 Bellow, Saul Herzogb. 1935 (U.S.), d. 2001 1964 Kesey, Ken Sometimes a Great Notionb. 1930 (Nigeria) 1964 Achebe, Chinua Arrow of God

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b. 1939 (U.S.) 1963 Webb, Charles The Graduateb. 1895 (France), d. 1974 1963 Pagnol, Marcel Manon des sourcesb. 1922 (U.S.), d. 2007 1963 Vonnegut, Kurt Cat's Cradleb. 1937 (U.S.) 1963 Pynchon, Thomas Vb. 1927 (Poland) 1963 Grass, Gunter Dog Yearsb. 1918 (Scotland), d. 2006 (Italy) 1963 Spark, Muriel The Girls of Slender Meansb. 1927 (Greece), d. 1988 1963 Taktsis, Costas The Third Weddingb. 1918 (Russia) 1963 Solzhenitsyn, AlexandeOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisb. 1931 (England) 1963 Le Carre, John The Spy who came in From the Cb. 1917 (England), d. 1993 1963 Burgess, Anthony Inside Mr Enderbyb. 1932 (U.S.), d. 1963 (England) 1963 Plath, Silvia The Bell Jarb. 1932 (Ireland) 1962 O'Brien, Edna The Girl with Green Eyesb. 1924 (Spain), d. 1964 1962 Santos, Luis Martin Time of Silenceb. 1928 (Mexico) 1962 Fuentes, Carlos The Death of Artemio Cruzb. 1916 (Italy), d. 2000 1962 Bassani, Giorgio The Garden Of The Finzi-Continisb. 1919 (Iran) 1962 Lessing, Doris The Golden Notebookb. 1899 (Argentina), d. 1986 (Switzerland 1962 Borges, Jorge Luis Labyrinthsb. 1899 (Russia), d. 1977 (Switzerland) 1962 Nabokov, Vladimir Pale Fireb. 1936 (Peru) 1962 Vargas Llosa, Mario The Time of the Herob. 1935 (U.S.), d. 2001 1962 Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nesb. 1917 (England), d. 1993 1962 Burgess, Anthony A Clockwork Orangeb. 1928 (Spain) 1961 Vilas, Xos Neira� Memoirs of a Peasant Boyb. 1924 (New Zealand), d. 2004 1961 Frame, Janet Faces in the waterb. 1928 (Colombia) 1961 Garcia Marquez. GabrieNo One Writes to the Colonelb. 1919 (Ireland), d. 1999 1961 Murdoch, Iris A Severed Headb. 1909 (Uruguay), d. 1994 (Spain) 1961 Onetti, Juan Carlos The Shipyardb. 1919 (U.S.) 1961 Salinger, J.D Franny and Zooeyb. 1927 (Poland) 1961 Grass, Gunter Cat and Mouseb. 1918 (Scotland), d. 2006 (Italy) 1961 Spark, Muriel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodieb. 1907 (U.S.), d. 1988 1961 Heinlein, Robert Stranger in a Strange Landb. 1923 (U.S.), d. 1999 1961 Heller, Joseph Catch-22b. 1921 (Poland), d. 2006 1961 Lem, Stanislav Solarisb. 1932 (U.S.) 1960 Updike, John Rabbit, Runb. 1917 (Italy), d. 1987 (Monaco) 1960 Cassola, Carlo Bebo's Girlb. 1914 (Lithuania), d. 1980 (France) 1960 Gary, Romain Promise at Dawnb. 1932 (Ireland) 1960 O'Brien, Edna The Country Girlsb. 1926 (U.S.) 1960 Harper Lee, Nelle To Kill a Mocking Birdb.1904 (Poland), d. 1991 (U.S.) 1960 Singer, Isaac Bashevis The Magician of Lublinb. 1923 (Senegal), d. 2007 1960 Sembene, Ousmane God's Bits of Woodb. 1927 (Germany) 1960 Walser, Martin Halftime: A Novelb. 1927 (Poland) 1959 Grass, Gunter The Tin Drumb. 1919 (South Africa), d. 1997 1959 Mphahlele's, E'skia Down Second Avenueb. 1914 (England), d. 1997 1959 Lee, Laurie Cider with Rosieb. 1917 (Germany), d. 1985 1959 Boll, Heinrich Billiards at Half Past Nineb. 1914 (England), d. 1976 1959 MacInnes, Colin Absolute Beginnersb. 1929 (England) 1959 Waterhouse, Kieth Billy Liar

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b. 1914 (U.S.), d. 1997 1959 Burroughs, William The Naked Lunchb. 1919 (Ireland), d. 1999 (England) 1958 Murdoch, Iris The Bellb. 1915 (India), d. 1964 (Greece) 1958 White, T.H. The Once and Future Kingb.1920 (Ireland), d.1994 1958 Dillon, Eilis The Bitter Glassb. 1896 (Italy), d. 1957 1958 Lampedusa, Giussepe dThe Leopardb.1930 (Nigeria) 1958 Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apartb. 1923 (Ireland), d. 1964 1958 Behan, Brendan Borstal Boyb. 1935 (Japan) 1958 Oe, Kenzaburo Pluck the Bud and Destroy the Ofb. 1912 (Brazil), d. 2001 1958 Amado, Jorge Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamonb. 1911 (Peru), d. 1969 1958 Arguedas, Jos Mar¡a� Deep Riversb. 1906 (India), d. 2001 1958 Narayan, R.K. The Guideb. 1924 (U.S.), d. 1984 1958 Capote, Truman Breakfast at Tiffany'sb.1928 (England) 1958 Sillitoe, Alan Saturday Night and Sunday Mornb. 1922 (France) 1957 Robbe-Grillet, Alain Jealousyb. 1922 (U.S.), d. 1969 1957 Kerouac, Jack On the Roadb. 1929 (Belgium) 1957 Ruyslinck, Ward The Deadbeatsb. 1899 (Russia), d. 1977 (Switzerland) 1957 Nabokov, Vladimir Pninb. 1912 (England), d. 1961 (Australia) 1957 White, Patrick Vossb.1912 (India), d. 1980 (France) 1957 Durrell, Lawrence Justineb. 1890 (Russia), d. 1960 1957 Pasternak, Boris Doctor Zhivagob. 1897 (Norway), d. 1970 1957 Vesaas, Tarjei The Birdsb.1895 (Germany), d. 1998 1957 Junger, Ernst The Glass Beesb. 1903 (England), d. 1969 1957 Wyndham, John The Midwitch Cuckoosb. 1928 (Finland) 1957 Meri, Veijo The Manila Ropeb. 1897 (France), d. 1962 1957 Bataille, Georges The Blue of Noonb. 1911 (Switzerland), d. 1991 1957 Frisch, Max Homo Faberb. 1923 (Trinidad), d. 1994 (Canada) 1956 Selvon, Sam Lonely Londonersb. 1892 (South Africa), d. 1973 (England) 1956 Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Ringsb. 1930 (U.S.) 1956 Barth, John The Floating Operab. 1924 (U.S.), d. 1987 (France) 1956 Baldwin, James Giovanni's Roomb. 1914 (Lithuania), d. 1980 (France) 1956 Gary, Romain The Roots of Heavenb. 1908 (Brazil), d. 1967 1956 Rosa, Joao Guimaraes The Devil to Pay in the Backlandsb. 1920 (Ireland), d. 2003 1955 Plunkett, James The Trusting and the Maimedb. 1883 (Greece), d. 1957 (Germany) 1955 Kazantz kis, Nikos The Last Temptation of Christb. 1921 (U.S.), d. 1995 (Switzerland) 1955 Highsmith, Patricia The Talented Mr. Ripleyb. 1917 (Mexico), d. 1986 1955 Rulfo, Juan The Burning Plainb. 1922 (Italy), d. 1975 1955 Pasolini, Pier Paulo The Ragazzib.1922 (U.S.), d. 1998 1955 Gaddis, William The Recognitionsb. 1904 (England), d. 1991 (Switzerland) 1955 Greene, Graham The Quiet Americanb. 1899 (Russia), d. 1977 (Switzerland) 1955 Nabokov, Vladimir Lolitab. 1912 (England), d. 1990 (Australia) 1955 White, Patrick The Tree of Manb. 1935 (France), d. 2004 1954 Sagan, Francoise Bonjour Tristesseb. 1907 (France), d. 1998 1954 Reage, Pauline The Story of Ob. 1907 (Italy), d. 1990 1954 Moravia, Alberto A Ghost at Noonb. 1919 (Ireland), d. 1999 (England) 1954 Murdoch, Iris Under the Netb. 1911 (England), d. 1993 1954 Golding, William Lord of the Flies

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b. 1908 (Paris), d. 1986 1954 de Beauvoir, Simone The Mandarinsb.1910 (Slovenia), d. 1980 1954 Kosmac, Ciril A Day in Springb.1906 (Germany), d. 1996 1954 Koeppen, Wolfgang Death in Romeb.1925 (Japan), d. 1970 1954 Mishima, Yukio The Sound of Wavesb. 1911 (Switzerland), d. 1991 1954 Frisch, Max I'm Not Stillerb.1920 (Finland), d. 1992 1954 Linna, Vaino The Unknown Soldierb. 1895 (England), d. 1972 1953 Hartley L.P. The Go-Betweenb. 1888 (U.S.), d. 1959 1953 Chandler, Raymond The Long Goodbyeb. 1924 (U.S.), d. 1987 (France) 1953 Baldwin, James Go Tell it on the Mountainb.1906 (Germany), d. 1996 1953 Koeppen, Wolfgang The Hothouseb.1914 (U.S.), d. 1997 1953 Burroughs, William Junkieb.1904 (Switzerland), d. 1980 (France) 1953 Carpentier, Alejo The Lost Stepsb. 1908 (England), d. 1964 1953 Fleming, Ian Casino Royaleb. 1928 (Guinea), d. 1980 (Senegal) 1953 Laye, Camara The Dark Childb. 1922 (England), d. 1995 1953 Amis, Kingsley Lucky Jimb. 1921 (Switzerland), d. 1990 1952 Duerrenmatt, Friedrich The Judge and his Hangmanb. 1899 (U.S.), d. 1961 1952 Hemmingway, Ernest Old Man and the Seab. 1925 (U.S.), d. 1964 1952 O'Connor, Flannery Wise Bloodb. 1913 (England), d. 1980 1952 Pym, Barbara Excellent womenb. 1899 (Japan), d. 1972 1952 Kawabata, Yasunari A Thousand Cranesb. 1914 (U.S.), d.1994 1952 Ellisson, Ralph The Invisible Manb. 1916 (Spain), d. 2002 1951 Cela, Camilo Jos � The Hiveb. 1913 (Algeria), d. 1960 (France) 1951 Camus, Albert The Rebelb. 1920 (Russia), d. 1992 (U.S.) 1951 Asimov, Isaac Foundationb. 1904 (England), d. 1991 (Switzerland) 1951 Greene, Graham The End of the Affairb. 1910 (France) 1951 Gracq, Julien The Opposing Shoreb. 1906 (Ireland), d. 1989 (Paris) 1951 Beckett, Samuel Malone Diesb. 1906 (Ireland), d. 1989 (France) 1951 Beckett, Samuel Molloyb. 1903 (Belgium), d. 1987 (U.S.) 1951 Yourcenar, Marguerite Memoirs of Hadrianb. 1919 (U.S.) 1951 Salinger, J.D The Catcher in the Ryeb.1903 (England), d. 1969 1951 Wyndham, John Day of the Triffidsb. 1894 (U.S.), d. 1961 1950 Thurber, James The Thirteen Clocksb. 1891 (Sweden), d. 1974 1950 Lagerkvist, Par Barabbasb. 1914 (Mexico), d. 1998 1950 Paz, Octavio The Labyrinth of Solitudeb. 1908 (Italy), d. 1950 1950 Pavese, Cesare The Moon and the Bonfireb. 1911 (China), d. 1968 (England) 1950 Peake, Mervyn Gormenghastb. 1920 (Russia), d. 1992 (U.S.) 1950 Asimov, Isaac I Robotb. 1898 (Netherlands), d. 1971 1950 Vestdijk, Simon The Garden Where the Brass Banb. 1899 (England), d. 1960 (Australia) 1950 Shute, Nevil A Town Like Aliceb. 1897 (France), d. 1962 1950 Bataille, Georges The Abbot Cb. 1919 (Iran) 1950 Lessing, Doris The Grass is Singingb. 1886 (Austria), d. 1951 (U.S.) 1950 Broch, Hermann The Guiltlessb. 1899 (Ireland), d. 1973 (England) 1949 Bowen, Elizabeth The Heat of the Dayb. 1909 (U.S.), d. 1981 1949 Algren, Nelson The Man with the Golden Armb. 1890 (Belgium), d. 1947 (Mexico) 1949 Serge, Victor The Case of Comrade Tulayevb. 1904 (England), d. 1973 (France) 1949 Mitford, Nancy Love in a Cold Climate

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b. 1904 (Cuba), d. 1980 (France) 1949 Carpentier, Alejo Kingdom of this Worldb. 1903 (India), d. 1950 (England) 1949 Orwell, George Nineteen Eighty-Fourb. 1907 (Italy), d. 1990 1948 Moravia, Alberto Disobedienceb. 1909 (Poland), d. 1983 1948 Andrzejewski, Jerzy Ashes and Diamondsb. 1916 (Spain), d. 2002 1948 Cela, Camilo Jos � Journey to Alcarriab. 1909 (Kenya), d. 2001 (U.S.) 1948 Desani. G.V. All About H. Hatterrb. 1907 (France), d. 2003 1948 Blanchot, Maurice Death Sentenceb. 1888 (Aust.-Hungary), d. 1970 (Israel) 1948 Agnon, Shmuel Yosef ( In the Heart of the Seab. 1903 (South Africa), d. 1988 1948 Paton, Alan Cry the Beloved Countryb. 1922 (Ukraine), d. 1951 (Poland) 1948 Borowski, Tadeusz This Way for the Gas, Ladies anb. 1875 (Germany), d. 1955 (Switzerland) 1947 Mann, Thomas Dr Faustusb. 1919 (Italy), d. 1987 1947 Levi, Primo If this is a Manb. 1923 (Cuba), d. 1985 (Italy) 1947 Calvino, Italo The Path to the Nest of Spidersb. 1903 (France), d. 1976 1947 Queneau, Raymond Exercises in Styleb. 1920 (France), d. 1959 1947 Vian, Boris Froth on the Daydreamb. 1913 (Algeria), d. 1960 (France) 1947 Camus, Albert The Plagueb. 1909 (England), d. 1957 1947 Lowry, Malcolm Under the Volcanob. 1911 (Egypt), d. 2006 1947 Mahfouz, Naguib Midaq Alleyb. 1883 (Greece), d. 1957 (Germany) 1946 Kazantzakis, Nikos Zorba the Greekb. 1903 (U.S.), d. 1987 1946 Caldwell, Erskine A House in the Uplandsb. 1903 (U.S.), d. 1987 1946 Green, Henry Backb. 1911 (China), d. 1968 (England) 1946 Peake, Mervyn Titus Groanb. 1896 (France), d. 1966 1945 Breton, Andre Arcanum 17b. 1921 (Spain), d. 2004 1945 Laforet, Carmen Andreab. 1902 (Italy), d. 1975 1945 Levi, Carlo Christ Stopped at Ebolib. 1903 (England), d. 1966 1945 Waugh, Evelyn Brideshead Revisitedb. 1892 (Bosnia), d. 1975 (Yugoslavia) 1945 Andric, Ivo Bosnian Chronicleb. 1905 (England), d. 1973 1945 Green, Henry Lovingb. 1886 (Austria), d. 1951 (U.S.) 1945 Broch, Hermann The Death of Virgilb. 1892 (Bosnia), d. 1975 (Yugoslavia) 1945 Andric, Ivo Na Drini Cuprijab. 1903 (India), d. 1950 (England) 1945 Orwell, George Animal Farmb. 1909 (Canada), d. 1966 1945 Roy, Gabrielle The Tin Fluteb. 1900 (Germany), d. 1983 1944 Seghers, Anna Transitb. 1907 (Sweden), d. 2002 1944 Lindgren, Astrid Pippi Longstockingb. 1915 (Canada), d. 2005 (U.S.) 1944 Bellow, Saul Dangling Manb. 1874 (France), d. 1965 1944 Maugham, W. SomerseThe Razor's Edgeb. 1877 (Germany), d. 1962 (Switzerland) 1943 Hesse, Herman The Glass Bead Gameb.1900 (France), d. 1944 (in the air) 1943 Saint-Exupery, Antione The Little Princeb. 1881 (Austria), d. 1942 1942 Zweig, Stefan Chess Story (Royal Game)b. 1913 (Algeria), d. 1960 (France) 1942 Camus, Albert The Outsiderb. 1900 (Hungary), d. 1989 (U.S.) 1942 M rai, S ndor Embersb. 1908 (Italy), d. 1966 1941 Vittorini, Elio In Sicilyb. 1909 (Peru), d. 1967 1941 Alegria, Ciro Broad and Alien is the Worldb. 1908 (Italy), d. 1950 1941 Pavese, Cesare The Harvestersb. 1912 (England), d. 1990 (Australia) 1941 White, Patrick The Living and the Deadb. 1899 (U.S.), d. 1961 1940 Hemmingway, Ernest For Whom the Bell Tolls

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b. 1882 (Ireland), d. 1941 (Switzerland) 1940 Joyce, James Finnegans Wakeb. 1908 (U.S.), d. 1960 (France) 1940 Wright, Richard Native Sonb. 1906 (Italy), d. 1972 1940 Buzzati, Dino The Tartar Steppeb. 1902 (Australia), d. 1983 1940 Stead, Christina The Man Who Loved Childrenb. 1904 (England), d. 1991 (Switzerland) 1940 Greene, Graham The Power and the Gloryb. 1911 (Ireland), d. 1966 1939 O'Brien, Flann At Swim-Two-Birdsb. 1890 (Dominica), d. 1979 (England) 1939 Rhys, Jean Good Morning Midnightb. 1888 (U.S.), d. 1959 1939 Chandler, Raymond The Big Sleepb. 1904 (England), d. 1986 (U.S.) 1939 Isherwood, ChristopherGoodbye to Berlinb. 1902 (U.S.), d. 1968 1939 Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrathb. 1896 (U.S.), d. 1970 1938 Passos, John Dos USAb. 1906 (Ireland), d. 1989 (France) 1938 Beckett, Samuel Murphyb. 1905 (France), d. 1980 1938 Sartre, Jean-Paul Nauseab. 1909 (England), d. 1998 1938 Ambler, Eric Cause for Alarmb. 1907 (England), d. 2002 1938 Watson, Winnifred Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Dayb. 1903 (Italy), d. 1967 (Slovenia) 1938 Bartol, Vladimir Alamutb. 1907 (England), d. 1989 1938 Du Maurier, Daphne Rebeccab. 1904 (England), d. 1991 (Switzerland) 1938 Greene, Graham Brighton Rockb. 1893 (Croatia), d. 1981 1938 Krleza, Miroslav On the Edge of Reasonb. 1902 (U.S.), d. 1968 1937 Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Menb. 1895 (England), d. 1974 1937 Jones, David In Parenthesisb. 1892 (South Africa), d. 1973 (England) 1937 Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbitb. 1903 (Iran), d. 1951 (France) 1937 Hedeyat, Sadeq The Blind Owlb. 1903 (U.S.), d. 1960 1937 Hurston, Zora Neale Thier Eyes Were Watching Godb. 1885 (Denmark), d. 1962 1937 Blixen, Karen Out of Africab. 1904 (Poland), d. 1969 (France) 1937 Gombrowicz, Witold Ferdydurkeb. 1893 (England), d. 1978 1936 Warner, Sylvia Townse Summer Will Showb. 1890 (U.S.), d. 1937 1936 Lovecraft, H.P. At The Mountains of Madnessb. 1894 (England), d. 1963 (U.S.) 1936 Huxley, Aldous Eyeless in Gazab. 1892 (U.S.), d. 1982 1936 Barnes, Djuna Nightwoodb. 1890 (Czech Republic), d. 1938 1936 Capek, Karel War with the Newtsb. 1892 (England), d. 1983 1936 West, Rebecca The Thinking Reedb. 1900 (U.S.), d. 1949 1936 Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Windb. 1897 (U.S.), d. 1962 1936 Faulkner, William Absalom Absalom!b. 1899 (China), d. 1966 1936 Lao, She Rickshaw Boyb. 1903 (India), d. 1950 (England) 1936 Orwell, George Keep the Aspidistra Flyingb. 1897 (U.S.), d. 1955 1935 McCoy, Horace They Shoot Horses Don't Theyb. 1905 (Bulgaria), d. 1994 (Switzerland) 1935 Canetti, Elias Auto-da-F �b. 1904 (England), d. 1986 (U.S.) 1935 Isherwood, ChristopherThe Last of Mr. Norrisb. 1905 (Pakistan), d. 2004 (India) 1935 Anand, Mulk Raj Untouchableb. 1902 (Iceland), d. 1998 1935 Laxness, Halldor Independent Peopleb. 1906 (Ukraine), d. 1995 (U.S.) 1934 Roth, Henry Call it Sleepb. 1892 (U.S.), d. 1977 1934 Cain, James M. The Postman Always Rings Twiceb. 1896 (U.S.), d. 1940 1934 Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Nightb. 1897 (France), d. 1982 1934 Aragon, Louis The Bells of Baselb. 1911 (Romania), d. 1995 (France) 1934 Cioran, Emile (Emil) On the Heights of Despair

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b. 1881 (England), d. 1975 (U.S.) 1934 Wodehouse, P.G. Thank You, Jeevesb. 1891 (U.S.), d. 1980 1934 Miller, Henry Tropic of Cancerb. 1892 (Austria-Hungary), d. 1942 1934 Schulz, Bruno The Street of Crocodilesb. 1893 (England), d. 1957 1934 Sayers, Dorothy The Nine Tailorsb. 1901 (France), d. 1976 1933 Malraux, Andre Man's Fateb. 1874 (U.S.), d. 1946 (France) 1933 Stein, Gertrude The Autoboigraphy of Alice B. Tob. 1903 (U.S.), d. 1940 1933 West, Nathaniel Miss Lonelyheartsb. 1891 (England), d. 1986 1933 Jameson, Storm A Day Offb. 1892 (Belgium), d. 1960 1933 Elsschot, Willem Cheeseb. 1880 (Aust.-Hungary), d. 1942 (Switz.) 1933 Musil, Robert The Man without Qualitiesb. 1893 (England), d. 1990 1933 Brittain, Vera A Testament of Youthb. 1893 (England), d. 1957 1933 Sayers, Dorothy Murder Must Advertiseb. 1875 (Germany), d. 1955 (Switzerland) 1933 Mann, Thomas Joseph and His Brothersb. 1894 (U.S.), d. 1961 1932 Hammett, Dashiell The Thin Manb. 1885 (France), d. 1970 1932 Mauriac, Francois Viper's Tangleb. 1894 (England), d. 1963 (U.S.) 1932 Huxley, Aldous Brave New Worldb. 1899 (Ireland), d. 1973 (England) 1932 Bowen, Elizabeth To the Northb. 1894 (England), d. 1961 (U.S.) 1932 Celine, Louis FerdinandJourney to the End of the Nightb. 1894 (Ukraine), d. 1939 (France) 1932 Roth, Joseph The Radetzky Marchb. 1902 (England), d. 1990 1932 Gibbons, Stella Cold Comfort Farmb. 1893 (Croatia), d. 1981 1932 Krleza, Miroslav The Return of Philip Latinowiczb. 1902 (England), d. 1990 1932 Slauerhoff, J.J. The Forbidden Realmb. 1882 (England), d. 1941 1931 Woolf, Viginia, The Wavesb. 1882 (Canada), d. 1957 (London) 1930 Lewis, Wyndham The Apes of Godb. 1885 (Poland), d. 1939 (Ukraine) 1930 Witkiewicz, Stanislaw Insatiabilityb. 1893 (Wales), d. 1985 1930 Lewis, Saunders Monicab. 1882 (England), d. 1935 1930 Manning, Frederic Her Privates Web. 1891 (U.S.), d. 1964 1929 Larsen, Nella Passing| b. 1907 (Italy), d. 1990 1929 Moravia, Alberto The Time of Indifferenceb. 1899 (U.S.), d. 1961 1929 Hemmingway, Ernest A Farewell to Armsb. 1889 (France), d. 1963 1929 Cocteau, Jean Les Enfants Terriblesb. 1900 (U.S.), d. 1938 1929 Wolf, Thomas Look Homeward, Angelb. 1905 (England), d. 1973 1929 Green, Henry Livingb. 1894 (U.S.), d. 1961 1929 Hammett, Dashiell The Maltese Falconb. 1898 (Germany), d. 1970 (Switzerland) 1929 Remarque, Erich Maria All Quiet on the Western Frontb. 1878 (Poland), d. 1957 (Germany) 1929 Dblin, Alfred� Berlin Alexanderplatzb. 1895 (U.S.), d. 1972 1929 Wilson, Edmund I Thought of Daisyb. 1903 (Turkey), d. 1974 (France) 1929 Shahnoor, Shahan Retreat Without Songb. 1891 (U.S.), d. 1964 1928 Larsen, Nella Quicksandb. 1903 (England), d. 1966 1928 Waugh, Evelyn Decline and Fallb. 1873 (England), d. 1939 (France) 1928 Ford, Ford Madox Parade's Endb. 1896 (France), d. 1966 1928 Breton, Andre Nadjab. 1882 (England), d. 1941 1928 Woolf, Viginia, Orlandob. 1880 (England), d. 1943 1928 Hall, Radcliffe The Well of Lonelinessb. 1885 (England), d. 1930 (France) 1928 Lawrence, D.H Lady Chatterly's Loverb. 1886 (Japan), d. 1965 1928 Tanizaki, Junichiro Some Prefer Nettles

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b. 1897 (France), d. 1962 1928 Bataille, Georges Story of the Eyeb. 1895 (England), d. 1977 1927 Williamson, Henry Tarka the Otterb. 1882 (England), d. 1941 1927 Woolf, Viginia, To The Lighthouseb. 1883 (Czechoslovakia), d. 1924 (Austria)1927 Kafka, Franz Amerikab. 1887 (Poland), d. 1968 (Germany) 1927 Zweig, Arnold The Case of Sergeant Grischab. 1871 (France), d. 1922 1927 Proust, Marcel In Search of Lost Timeb. 1877 (Germany), d. 1962 (Switzerland) 1927 Hesse, Herman Steppenwolfb. 1883 (Czechoslovakia), d. 1924 (Austria)1926 Kafka, Franz The Castleb. 1883 (Czechoslovakia), d. 1923 1926 Hasek, Jaroslav The Good Soldier Svejkb. 1899 (U.S.), d. 1961 1926 Hemmingway, Ernest The Sun Also Risesb. 1880 (Norway), d. 1974 (Sweden) 1926 Sandel, Cora Alberta and Jacobb. 1905 (England), d. 1973 1926 Green, Henry Blindnessb. 1888 (France), d. 1948 1926 Bernanos Under Satan's Sunb. 1867 (Italy), d. 1936 1926 Pirandello, Luigi One, None and a Hundred Thousb. 1890 (England), d. 1976 1926 Christie, Agatha The Murder of Roger Ackroydb. 1873 (U.S.), d. 1947 1925 Cather, Willa The Professor's Houseb. 1878 (Ethiopia), d. 1939 1925 Heruy, Walda-sellase The New Worldb. 1896 (U.S.), d. 1940 1925 Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsbyb. 1874 (U.S.), d. 1946 (France) 1925 Stein, Gertrude The Making of Americansb. 1883 (Czechoslovakia), d. 1924 (Austria)1925 Kafka, Franz The Trial| b. 1869 (France), d. 1951 1925 Gide, Andre The Counterfeitersb. 1882 (England), d. 1941 1925 Woolf, Viginia, Mrs Dallowayb. 1875 (Lesotho), d. 1948 1925 Mofolo, Thoms Chaka the Zulub. 1868 (Russia), d. 1936 1925 Gorky, Maxim The Artomonov Businessb. 1879 (England), d. 1970 1924 Forster, E.M. Passage to Indiab. 1884 (Russia), d. 1937 (France) 1924 Zamyatin, Yevgeny Web. 1875 (Germany), d. 1967 (Switzerland) 1924 Mann, Thomas The Magic Mountainb. 1895 (Bulgaria), d. 1956 (U.S.) 1924 Arlen, Michael The Green Hatb. 1861 (Italy), d. 1928 1923 Svevo, Italo Zeno's Conscienceb. 1903 (France), d. 1923 1923 Radiguet, Raymond The Devil in the Fleshb. 1894 (U.S.), d. 1962 1922 Cummings, E E The Enormous Roomb. 1885 (Romania), d. 1944 1922 Rebreanu, Liviu The Forest and the Hangedb. 1873 (Italy), d. 1954 1922 Colette Claudine's Houseb. 1882 (Denmark), d. 1949 (Norway) 1922 Undset, Sigrid Kristin Lavransdatterb. 1885 (U.S.), d. 1951 (Italy) 1922 Lewis, Sinclair Babbittb. 1881 (Austria), d. 1942 (Brazil) 1922 Zweig, Stefan Amokb. 1877 (Germany), d. 1962 (Switzerland) 1922 Hesse, Herman Siddhartab. 1882 (Ireland), d. 1941 (Switzerland) 1922 Joyce, James Ulyssesb. 1862 (England), d. 1946 1922 Sinclair, May Harriet Freanb. 1894 (England), d. 1963 (U.S.) 1921 Huxley, Aldous Crome Yellowb. 1881 (Italy), d. 1956 1921 Papini The Life of Christb. 1862 (U.S.), d. 1937 (France) 1920 Wharton, Edith The Age of Innocenceb. 1885 (U.S.), d. 1951(Italy) 1920 Lewis, Sinclair Main Streetb. 1885 (England), d. 1930 (France) 1920 Lawrence, D.H Women in Loveb. 1895 (Germany), d. 1998 1920 Junger, Ernst The Storm of Steelb. 1882 (Canada), d. 1957 (England) 1919 Lewis, Wyndham Tarr

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b. 1892 (England), d. 1983 1918 West, Rebecca The Return of the Soldierb. 1859 (Norway), d. 1952 1917 Hamsun, Knut Growth of the Soilb. 1882 (Ireland), d. 1941 1916 Joyce, James Portrait of the Artist as a Youngb. 1873 (Mexico), d. 1952 1916 Azuela, Mariano The Underdogsb. 1873 (France), d. 1935 (Russia) 1916 Barbusse, Henri Under Fireb. 1886 (Belgium), d. 1947 1916 Timmermans, Felix Pallieterb. 1861 (India), d. 1941 1916 Tagore, Rabindranath Home and the Worldb. 1885 (England), d. 1930 1915 Lawrence, D.H The Rainbowb. 1892 (Japan), d. 1927 1915 Akutagawa, Ryunoske Rashomonb. 1873 (England), d. 1939 (France) 1915 Ford, Ford Madox The Good Soldierb. 1875 (Scotland), d. 1940 (Canada) 1915 Buchan, John The 39 Stepsb. 1874 (France), d. 1965 1915 Maugham, W. SomerseOf Human Bondageb. 1870 (Ireland), d. 1911 1914 Tressell, Robert The Ragged Tousered Philantrhopb. 1867 (Japan), d. 1916 1914 Natsume, Soseki KoKorob. 1875 (U.S.), d. 1950 1914 Rice Burroughs, Edgar Tarzan of the Apesb. 1881 (Spain), d. 1958 (Puerto Rico) 1914 Jimnez, Juan Ram¢n� Platero and Ib. 1877 (France), d. 1933 (Sicily) 1914 Roussel, Raymond Locus Solusb. 1885 (England), d. 1930 1913 Lawrence, D.H Sons and Loversb. 1875 (Germany), d. 1955 (Switzerland) 1912 Mann, Thomas Death in Veniceb. 1882 (Ireland), d. 1950 (England) 1912 Stephens, James The Charwoman's DaughterAllain b. 1885 (France), d. 1970 Souvestre 1911 Allain, Marcel and Pier Fantmas�b. 1862 (U.S.), d. 1937 (France) 1911 Wharton, Edith Ethan Fromeb. 1879 (England), d. 1970 1910 Forster, E.M. Howards Endb. 1875 (Czech Republic), d. 1926 (Swit.) 1910 Rilke, Rainer Maria The Notebooks of Malte Laurids | b. 1877 (France), d. 1933 (Sicily) 1910 Roussel, Raymond Impressions of Africab. 1869 (France), d. 1951 1909 Gide, Andre Strait is the gateb. 1877 (England), d. 1918 1908 Hodgson, Willaim HopeThe House on the Borderlandb. 1867 (England), d. 1931 1908 Bennett, Arnold The Old Wive's Taleb. 1879 (England), d. 1970 1908 Forster, E.M. A Room with a Viewb. 1873 (France), d. 1935 (Russia) 1908 Barbusse, Henri The Infernob. 1857 (Ukraine), d. 1924 (England) 1907 Conrad, Joseph The Secret Agentb. 1868 (Russia), d. 1936 1907 Gorky, Maxim Motherb. 1878 (U.S.), d. 1968 1906 Sinclair, Upton The Jungleb. 1880 (Austria), d. 1942 (Switzerland) 1906 Musil, Robert Young Torlessb. 1867 (England), d. 1933 1906 Galsworthy, John The Forsythe Sagab. 1871 (Germany), d. 1955 (Switzerland) 1905 Mann, Heinrich Professor Unratb. 1862 (U.S.), d. 1937 (France) 1905 Wharton, Edith The House of Mirthb. 1869 (Spain), d. 1966 1905 Victor Catal � Solitudeb. 1860 (England), d. 1913 (Italy) 1904 Rolfe, Fr. Hadrian the Seventhb. 1857 (Ukraine), d. 1924 (England) 1904 Conrad, Joseph Nostromob. 1835 (England), d. 1902 1903 Butler, Samuel The Way of All Fleshb. 1876 (U.S.), d. 1916 1903 London, Jack Call of the Wildb. 1843 (U.S.), d. 1916 (England) 1903 James, Henry The Ambassadorsb. 1842 (Germany), d. 1911 (Italy) 1903 Schreber, Daniel P Memoirs of My Nervous Illnessb. 1870 (Ireland), d. 1922 1903 Childers, Erskine The Riddle of the Sandsb. 1843 (U.S.), d. 1916 (England) 1902 James, Henry The Wings of the Dove

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b. 1859 (Scotland), d. 1930 1902 Doyle, Arthur Conan Hound of the Baskervillesb. 1869 (France), d. 1951 1902 Gide, Andre The Immoralistb. 1857 (Ukraine), d. 1924 (England) 1902 Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darknessb. 1865 (India), d. 1936 (England) 1901 Kipling, Rudyard Kimb. 1875 (Germany), d. 1955 1901 Mann, Thomas Buddenbrooksb. 1862 (Austria), d. 1931 1901 Schnitzler, Arthur None but the Braveb. 1862 (Italy), d. 1911 1900 Salgari The Tiger of Momopracemb. 1871 (U.S.), d. 1945 1900 Dreiser, Theodore Sister Carrieb. 1839 (Brazil), d. 1908 1899 Assis, Joaquim Maria Dom Casmurrob. 1851 (U.S.), d. 1904 1899 Chopin, Kate The Awakeningb. 1819 (Germany), d. 1898 1899 Fontane, Theodor The Stechlinb. 1863 (Hungary), d. 1922 1899 Gardonyi. Geza Eclipse of the Crescent MoonSomerville b. 1858 (Greece), d. 1949 (Ire) R1899 Somerville and Ross Some Experiences of an Irish RMb. 1861 (Austria-Hungary), d. 1928 (Italy 1898 Svevo, Italo As a Man Grows Olderb. 1863 (Italy), d. 1938 1898 D'Annunzio, Gabriele The Child of Pleasureb. 1866 (England), d. 1946 1898 Wells, H.G., The War of the Worldsb. 1847 (Ireland), d. 1912 (England) 1897 Stoker, Bram Draculab. 1847 (Russia), d. 1912 (Poland) 1897 Prus, Boleslaw The Pharaohb. 1869 (France), d. 1951 1897 Gide, Andre The Fruits of the Earthb. 1843 (Spain), d. 1920 1897 Perez Galdos Compassionb. 1843 (U.S.), d. 1916 (England) 1897 James, Henry What Maisie Knewb. 1846 (Poland), d. 1916 (Switzerland) 1896 Sienkiewicz, Henryk Quo Vadisb. 1866 (England), d. 1946 1896 Wells, H.G., The Island of Dr Moreaub. 1819 (Germany), d. 1898 1895 Fontane, Theodor Effi Briestb. 1840 (England), d. 1928 1895 Hardy, Thomas Jude the Obscureb. 1866 (England), d. 1946 1895 Wells, H.G., The Time Machineb. 1861 (Italy), d. 1927 1894 Roberto, Federico De The Viceroysb. 1859 (Scotland), d. 1930 (England) 1892 Doyle, Arthur Conan The Adventures of Sherlock HolGeorge b. 1847 (England), d. 1912 / Weedo1892 Grossmith, George, et aDiary of a Nobodyb. 1858 (Sweden), d. 1940 1891 Lagerlof, Selma Gosta Berlings Sagab. 1840 (England), d. 1928 1891 Hardy, Thomas Tess of the D'Urbervillesb. 1834 (England), d. 1896 1891 Morris, William News From Nowhereb. 1857 (England), d. 1903 (France) 1891 Gissing, George New Grub Streetb. 1848 (France), d. 1907 1891 Huysmans, Joris-Karl Down Thereb. 1854 (Ireland), d. 1900 1891 Wilde, Oscar, The Picture of Dorian Grayb. 1859 (Norway), d. 1952 1890 Hamsun, Knut Hungerb. 1849 (Sweden), d. 1912 1890 Strindberg, August By the Open Seab. 1844 (France), d. 1924 1890 France, Anatole Thas�b. 1840 (France), d. 1902 1890 Zola, Emile La Bete Humaineb. 1828 (Russia), d. 1910 1890 Tolstoy, Leo The Kreutzer Sonatab. 1863 (Netherlands), d. 1923 1889 Couperus, Louis Eline Vereb. 1850 (France), d. 1893 1888 Maupassant, Guy de Pierre et Jeanb. 1850 (Bulgaria), d. 1921 1888 Vazov, Ivan Under the Yokeb. 1849 (Sweden), d. 1912 1887 Strindberg, August The People of Hemsob. 1852 (Spain), d. 1921 1886 Baz n, Emilia Pardo The Manors of Ulloab. 1850 (Scotland), d. 1894 (Samoa) 1886 Stevenson, Robert LouiThe Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll a

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b. 1856 (England), d. 1925 1885 Haggard, Rider King Solomon's Minesb. 1840 (France), d. 1902 1885 Zola, Emile Germinalb. 1835 (U.S.), d. 1910 1885 Twain, Mark Adventures of Huckleberry Finnb. 1860 (Netherlands), d. 1932 1885 Eeden, Frederik van The Questb. 1839 (England), d. 1894 1885 Pater, Walter Marius the Epicureanb. 1850 (France), d. 1893 1885 Maupassant, Guy de Bel-Amib. 1848 (France), d. 1907 1884 Huysmans, J.K. Agains the Grainb. 1828 (Russia), d. 1910 1884 Tolstoy, Leo The Death of Ivan Ilyichb. 1852 (Spain), d. 1901 1884 Leopoldo Alas, Clar¡n The Regent's Wifeb. 1850 (Scotland), d. 1894 (Samoa) 1883 Stevenson, Robert LouiTreasure Islandb. 1850 (France), d. 1893 1883 Maupassant, Guy de A Woman's Lifeb. 1821 (France), d. 1880 1881 Flaubert, Gustave Bouvard and Pecuchetb. 1843 (U.S.), d. 1916 (England) 1881 James, Henry The Portrait of a Ladyb. 1839 (Brazil), d. 1908 1881 Assis, Joaquim Maria The Posthumous Memoirs of Brab. 1840 (Sicily), d. 1922 1881 Verga, Giovanni The House by the Medlar Treeb. 1849 (Sweden), d. 1912 1880 Strindberg, August The Red Roomb. 1840 (France), d. 1902 1880 Zola, Emile Nanab. 1827 (U.S.), d. 1905 1880 Lew, Wallace Ben-Hurb. 1840 (France), d. 1902 1877 Zola, Emile Drunkardb. 1828 (Russia), d. 1910 1877 Tolstoy, Leo Anna Kareninab. 1845 (Portugal), d. 1900 (France) 1876 Queir¢s, Jos Maria Ea d� � The Crime of Father Amadob. 1824 (Spain), d. 1905 1874 Valera, Juan Pepita Jimenezb. 1840 (England), d. 1928 1874 Hardy, Thomas Far from the Madding Crowdb. 1828 (France), d. 1905 1873 Verne, Jules Around the World in Eighty Daysb. 1831 (Russia), d. 1895 1873 Leskov, Nikolai The Enchanted Wandererb. 1814 (Ireland), d. 1873 1872 LeFanu, Sheridan In a Glass Darklyb. 1819 (England), d. 1880 1872 Eliot, George Middlemarchb. 1835 (England), d. 1902 1872 Butler, Samuel Erewhonb. 1818 (Russia), d. 1883 (France) 1872 Turgenev, Ivan Spring Torrentsb. 1821 (Russia), d. 1881 1872 Dostoevsky, Fyodor The Devilsb. 1834 (Argentina), d. 1889 1872 Hern ndez, Jos � Mart¡n Fierrob. 1832 (England), d. 1898 1871 Carrol, Lewis Through the Looking Glassb. 1818 (Russia), d. 1883 (France) 1870 Turgenev, Ivan King Lear of the Steppesb. 1846 (Uruguay), d. 1870 (France) 1869 Lautramont, Comte de� Maldororb. 1821 (France), d. 1880 1869 Flaubert, Gustav Sentimental Educationb. 1828 (Russia), d. 1910 1869 Tolstoy, Leo War and Peaceb. 1821 (Russia), d. 1881 1869 Dostoevsky, Fyodor The Idiotb. 1815 (England), d. 1882 1869 Trollope, Anthony Phineas Finnb. 1832 (U.S.), d. 1888 1868 Alcott, Louisa May Little Womenb. 1824 (England), d. 1889 1868 Collins, Wilkie The Moonstoneb. 1840 (France), d. 1902 1867 Zola, Emile Therese Raquinb. 1815 (England), d. 1882 1867 Trollope, Anthony The Last Chronicle of Barsetb. 1828 (France), d. 1905 1866 Verne, Jules Journey to the Centre of the Earb. 1821 (Russia), d. 1881 1866 Dostoevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishmentb. 1832 (England), d. 1898 1865 Carrol, Lewis Alice's Adventures in Wonderlanb. 1821 (Russia), d. 1881 1864 Dostoevsky, Fyodor Notes from the Underground

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b. 1814 (Ireland), d. 1873 1864 LeFanu, Sheridan Uncle Silasb. 1819 (England), d. 1875 1863 Kingsley, Charles Water Babiesb. 1802 (France), d. 1885 1862 Hugo, Victor Les Miserablesb. 1818 (Russia), d. 1883 (France) 1862 Turgenev, Ivan Fathers and Sonsb. 1812 (England), d. 1870 1861 Dickens, Charles Great Expectationsb. 1819 (England), d. 1880 1861 Eliot, George Silas Marnerb. 1820 (Netherlands), d. 1887 1860 Multatuli Max Havelaarb. 1824 (England), d. 1889 1860 Collins, Wilkie Woman in Whiteb. 1819 (England), d. 1880 1860 Eliot, George The Mill on the Flossb. 1819 (England), d. 1880 1859 Eliot, George Adam Bedeb. 1812 (Russia), d. 1891 1859 Goncahrov, Ivan Oblomovkab. 1821 (France), d. 1880 1857 Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovaryb. 1805 (Austria), d. 1868 1857 Stifter, Adalbert Indian Summerb. 1810 (England), d. 1865 1855 Gaskell, Elizabeth North and Southb. 1819 (Switzerland), d. 1890 1854 Keller, Gottfried Green Henryb. 1817 (U.S.), d. 1862 1854 Thoreau, Henry Waldenb. 1812 (England), d. 1870 1853 Dickens, Charles Bleak Houseb. 1810 (England), d. 1865 1853 Gaskell, Elizabeth Cranfordb. 1811 (U.S.), d. 1896 1852 Stowe, Harriet BeecherUncle Tom's Cabinb. 1819 (U.S.), d. 1891 1851 Melville, Herman Moby Dickb. 1804 (U.S.), d. 1864 1851 Hawthorne, Nathaniel The House of the Seven Gablesb. 1812 (England), d. 1870 1850 Dickens, Charles David Copperfieldb. 1804 (U.S.), d. 1864 1850 Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letterb. 1820 (England), d. 1849 1848 Bronte, Anne Tenant of Wildfell Hallb. 1818 (England), d. 1848 1847 Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heightsb. 1811 (India), d. 1863 (England) 1847 Thackeray, William Vanity Fairb. 1816 (England), d. 1855 1847 Bronte, Charoltte Jane Eyreb. 1804 (France), d. 1876 1846 Sand, Georges The Devil's Poolb. 1802 (France), d. 1870 1846 Dumas, Alexander The Count of Monte-Cristob. 1811 (Argentina), d. 1888 (Paraguay) 1845 Sarmiento, Domingo FaFacundob. 1802 (France), d. 1870 1844 Dumas, Alexander The Three Musketeersb. 1799 (France), d. 1850 1843 Balzac, Honore Lost Illusionsb. 1809 (U.S.), d. 1849 1843 Poe, Edgar Allen The Pit and the Pendulumb. 1809 (Ukraine), d. 1852 1842 Gogol, Nikolay Dead Soulsb. 1814 (Russia), d. 1841 1840 Lermontov, Mikhail Yu A Hero of Our Timeb. 1783 (France), d. 1842 1839 Stendhal The Charterhouse of Parmab. 1814 (Netherlands), d. 1903 1839 Hildebrand Camera obscurab. 1809 (U.S.), d. 1849 1839 Poe, Edgar Allen The Fall of the House of Usherb. 1812 (Belgium), d. 1883 1838 Consience, Hendrik The Lion of Flandersb. 1812 (England), d. 1870 1838 Dickens, Charles Oliver Twistb. 1809 (Ukraine), d. 1852 1836 Gogol, Nikolay The Noseb. 1799 (France), d. 1850 1835 Balzac, Honore Le Pere Goriotb. 1799 (France), d. 1850 1834 Balzac, Honore Eugnie Grandet�b. 1799 (Russia), d. 1837 1833 Pushkin, Alexander Eugene Oneginb. 1802 (France), d. 1885 1831 Hugo, Victor The Hunchback of Notre Dameb. 1783 (France), d. 1842 1831 Stendhal The Red and the Black,

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b. 1785 (Italy), d. 1873 1827 Manzoni The Betrothedb. 1789 (U.S.), d. 1851 1826 Cooper, James FenimorLast of the Mohicansb. 1788 (Poland), d. 1857 1826 Freiherr von EichendorfThe Life of a Good-for-Nothingb. 1770 (Scotland), d. 1835 1824 Hogg The Private Memoirs and Confessib. 1771 (Scotland), d. 1832 1820 Scott, Walter Ivanhoeb. 1782 (Ireland), d. 1824 1820 Maturin, Chalres Melmoth the Wandererb. 1776 (Germany), d. 1822 1820 E.T.A. Hoffmann The Life and Opinions of the Tob. 1797 (England), d. 1851 1818 Shelly, Mary Frankensteinb. 1771 (Scotland), d. 1832 1817 Scott, Walter Rob Royb. 1775 (England), d. 1817 1816 Austen, Jane Emmab. 1775 (England), d. 1817 1814 Austen, Jane Mansfield Parkb. 1775 (England), d. 1817 1813 Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudiceb. 1775 (England), d. 1817 1811 Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibilityb. 1777 (Germany), d. 1811 1810 von Kleist, Heinrich Michael Kohlhaasb. 1749 (Germany), d. 1832 1809 Goethe, Johann Elective Affinitiesb. 1713 (France), d. 1784 1805 Diderot, Denis Rameau's Nephewb. 1772 (Germany), d. 1801 1802 Novalis Henry Von Ofterdingen (unfinishb. 1767 (England), d. 1849 (Ireland) 1800 Edgeworth, Maria Castle Rackrentb. 1779 (Germany), d. 1843 1797 Holderlin, Friedrich Hyperionb. 1775 (England), d. 1818 (at sea) 1796 Lewis, Monk The Monkb. 1752 (England), d. 1840 1796 Burney, Fanny Camillab. 1713 (France), d. 1784 1796 Diderot Jacques the Fatalistb 1713 (France), d. 1784 1796 Diderot The Nunb. 1749(Germany), d. 1832 1796 Goethe, Johann Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeshib. 1756 (England), d. 1836 1794 Godwin, William The Adventures of Caleb Williamb. 1764 (England), d. 1823 1794 Radcliffe, Anne The Mysteries of Udolphob. 1745 (Nigeria), d. 1797 (England) 1794 Equiano, Oloudah The Interesting Narrativeb. 1740 (France), d. 1814 1791 Sade, Marquis de Justineb. c. 1715 (China), d. 1764 1791 Cao, Xueqin A Dream of Red Mansionsb. 1760 (England), d. 1844 1786 Beckford, William Vathekb. 1740 (France), d. 1814 1785 Sade, Marquis de The 120 days of Sodomb. 1756 (Germany), d. 1793 1785 Moritz, Karl Philipp Anton Reiser (4 parts)b. 1741 (France), d. 1803 (Italy) 1782 Laclos, Cholderlos De Dangerous Liaisonsb. 1712 (Switzerland), d. 1778 (France) 1782 Rousseau, Jean-JacquesReveries of a Solitary Walkerb. 1712 (Switzerland), d. 1778 (France) 1782 Rousseau, Jean-JacquesConfessionsb. 1752 (England), d. 1840 1778 Burney, Fanny Evelinab. 1749 (Germany), d. 1832 1774 Goethe, Johann The Sorrows of Young Wertherb. 1745 (Scotland), d. 1831 1771 Mackenzie, Henry The Man of Feelingb. 1721 (Scotland), d. 1771 1771 Smollett, Tobias Georg Humphry Clinkerb. 1713 (Ireland), d. 1768 (England) 1768 Sterne, Laurence A Sentimental Journeyb. 1713 (Ireland), d. 1768 (England) 1767 Sterne, Laurence Tristram Shandyb. 1730 (Ireland), d. 1774 (England) 1766 Goldsmith, Oliver The Vicar of Wakefieldb. 1717 (England), d. 1797 1765 Walpole, Horace The Castle of Otrantob. 1712 (Switzerland), d. 1778 (France) 1762 Roussean, Jean-JacquesEmile, Or, On Educationb. 1712 (Switzerland), d. 1778 (France) 1760 Rousseau, Jean-JacquesJulie; or, the New Eloiseb. 1694 (France), d. 1778 1759 Voltaire Candide

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b. 1709 (England), d. 1784 1759 Johnson, Samuel Rasselasb. 1727 (U.S.), d. 1804 1752 Lennox, Charlotte The Female Quixoteb. 1721 (Scotland), d. 1771 1751 Smollett, Tobias Georg The Adventures of Peregrine Pickb. 1707 (England), d. 1754 1749 Fielding, Henry Tom Jonesb. 1709 (England), d. 1789 1749 Cleland, John Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure:b. 1689 (England), d. 1761 1749 Richardson, Samuel Clarissab. 1707 (England), d. 1754 1742 Fielding, Henry Joseph Andrewsb. 1689 (England), d. 1761 1742 Richardson, Samuel Pamelabirths from 1667, deaths from 1745 1742 Pope, Arbuthnot, et al Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerusb. 1667 (Ireland), d. 1745 1729 Swift, Jonathan A Modest ProposalLifespan | b. 1667 (Ireland), d. 1745 1726 Swift, Jonathan Gulliver's Travelsb. 1660 (England), d. 1731 1722 DeFoe, Daniel Moll Flandersb. 1693 (England), d. 1756 1719 Haywood, Eliza Love in Excessb. 1660 (England), d. 1731 1719 DeFoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoeb. 1640 (England), d. 1689 1688 Behn, Aphra Oroonokob. 1634 (France), d. 1693 1678 La Fayette, Princesse de Clevesb. 1622 (Germany), d. 1676 1668 Grimmelshausen, Hans JThe Adventurous Simplicissimus:b. 1495 (Spain), d. 1582 (Guatemala) 1632 Castillo, Bernal D¡az delThe Conquest of New Spainb. 1547 (Spain), d. 1616 1617 Cervantes, Saavedra, The Travels of Persiles and Sigib. 1547 (Spain), d. 1616 1615 Cervantes, Saavedra, Don Quixoteb. c. 1543 (England), d. c. 1600 1599 Deloney, Thomas Thomas of Readingb. 1567 (England), d. 1601 1594 Nashe, Thomas The Unfortunate Travellerb. c. 1500 (China), d. 1582 1592 Wu, Chengen Monkey: A Journey to the Westb. c. 1524 (Portugal), d. 1580 1572 Camoes, Luis The Lusiadsb. c. 1494 (France), d. 1553 1564 Rabelais, Francois Gargantua and Pantagruelunknown 1554 anon The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes ab. c. 1450 (Spain), d. 1505 1508 Montalvo, Garci Rodr¡gAmad¡s de Gaulab. c. 1465 (Spain), d. 1541 1499 Rojas, Fernando de Celestinab. 1413 (Spain), d. 1468 1490 Martorell, Joanot - Gal Tirant Lo Blancb. c. 123 (Madauros, modern Algeria), d. 1 1469 Apuleius, Lucius The Golden Assb. c. 1330 (China), d. 1400 1300 Guanzhong, Luo Romance of the Three Kingdomsb. c. 1296 (China), d. c. 1370 1300 Nai'an, Shi & Luo Guan The Water Marginb. c. 973 (Japan), d. c. 1014 1000 Shikibu, Murasaki The Tale of Genji

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English English Cassell & Co. (London) French French Charpentier (Paris) English American Dawson (Montreal) Dutch Dutch De NieDe kleine Johannes English English MacmilMarius the Epicurean: His French French V. Harvard (Paris) French French Charpenrebours Russian Russian Smert Ivana Ilyitsha Spanish Spain DanielLa Regenta English Scottish Cassell & Co. (London) French French CorbeilUne Vie: l?humble vrit� � French French A. LemeBouvard et Pcuchet� English American Macmillan & Co. (London) Portugues Brazilian RevistaMem¢rias P¢stumas de Br Italian Italian TrevesMalavoglia Swedish Swedish A. BonnRda rummet� French French A. Lacroix (Paris) English American Harper & Bros. (New York) 4French French A. LacrL?Assommoir Russian Russian M. N. Katkov (Moscow)Portugues Portuguese TipogrO crime do Padre Amaro Spanish Spain J. Noguera for M. Mart¡nez English English Smith, Elder & Co. (London) French French P. J. H Le Tour du monde en quatr Russian Russian Ocharovanny strannik English Irish R. Bentley (London) English English BlackwMiddlemarch, a Study of Pr English English Trbner� Erewhon; or, Over the Ra Russian Russian Veshniye vody Russian Russian Besy Spanish Argentina ImprenEl Gaucho Mart¡n Fierro ( English English Macmillan & Co. (London) Russian Russian Stepnoy korol Lir French Uruguayan / FrenAlbert Les Chants de Maldoror French French M. Lvy � L?Education sentimentale Russian Russian M. N. Voyna i mir Russian Russian RusskiiIdiot English English Virtue Phineas Finn, the Irish M English American RobertLittle Women; or, Meg, Jo English English Tinsley Brothers (London) French French A. LacrUn Mariage d?Amour (186 English English Smith, Elder & Co. (London) French French P-J. HeLe Voyage au Centre de la Russian Russian RusskiiPrestupleniye i nakazaniye English English Macmillan & Co. (London) Russian Russian EpokhaZapiski iz podpolya 6

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Italian Italian Pomba;I Promessi Sposi English American J. Mill The Last of the Mohicans, German German VereinAus dem Leben eines Taug English Scottish Longman et al. (London) English Scottish A. ConIvanhoe; or, The Jew and English Irish A. Constable & Co. (London) German German English English LackingFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus 4English Scottish A. Constable & Co. (Edinburgh) English English T. Eggerton (London) English English T. Eggerton (London) English English T. Eggerton (London) English English T. Eggerton (London) Movie aGerman German Erzhlu� Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm vo German German J. F. C Die Wahlverwandtschafte French French GoeschLe Neveu de Rameau German German 1802, bHeinrich von Ofterdingen English Anglo-Irish J. Joh Castle Rackrent: An Hibern German German J. Cott Hyperion, oder der Eremit English English J. Bell The Monk: A Romance English English T. Payne and T. Cadell (London) French French BuissonJacques le Fataliste et son French French BuissonLa Religieuse German German Unger (Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjah English English B. Cro Things as They Are; or, Th English English P. Wogan (Dublin) English Nigerian T. WilkThe Interesting Narrative o French French NicolasJustine, ou Les Malheurs d Chinese Chinese H¢ng l¢u mng� French English J. Joh Vathek, Conte Arabe French French Les 120 Journes de Sodome� German Germany Friedrich Maurer (Berlin) French French DurandLes Liaisons Dangereuses 6French Swiss / French OeuvresLes Rveries du Promeneur � French Swiss / French Poinot (Paris)� English English anonymEvelina; or, The History o German German WeyganDie Leiden des Jungen We 5English Scottish T. Cadell (London) English Scottish W. JohThe Expedition of Humphry English Irish G. FaulA Sentimental Journey Th English Irish J. Dodsley (London) English Ireland B. Collins for F. Newbury (London English England W. BatOnuphrio Muralto French Swiss / French Duchesmile; ou, De l?ducation� � French Swiss / French DuchesJulie; ou, la nouvelle Hlose� � French French G. & P Candide; ou, L?Optimisme

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