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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Benedikt Johannesson (10 Lists)



Germinal by Émile Zola
Best of Emile Zola
23 books — 10 voters
De weg naar Klockrike by Harry MartinsonGösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf
Swedish classics
63 books — 26 voters

Hunger by Knut HamsunKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetPan by Knut HamsunThe Poetic Edda by UnknownThe Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,209 books — 1,244 voters
Gift by Tove DitlevsenDet forsømte forår by Hans ScherfigLykke-Per by Henrik PontoppidanBarndommens gade by Tove DitlevsenDen kroniske uskyld by Klaus Rifbjerg
Klassisk dansk litteratur
74 books — 17 voters

Lykke-Per by Henrik Pontoppidan
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,855 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayNight by Elie WieselThe Fall by Albert Camus
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,190 books — 1,502 voters

Chess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Stranger by Albert CamusCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
835 books — 1,141 voters
The Fall by Albert CamusThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Existential Fiction
441 books — 754 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyCannery Row by John SteinbeckTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Stranger by Albert CamusJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,071 books — 5,779 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Trial by Franz Kafka
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,712 voters