The Greatest Books of All Time
A ranked selection of books, including authors, publication details, languages, and length information.
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| ID | Rank | Title | Author | Published | Country | Original language | Page range | Word count |
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| 1 | 1 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | 1967 | Colombian | spanish | 300-500 | 144000 |
| 2 | 2 | The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1925 | American | english | 47-180 | 47000 |
| 3 | 3 | Ulysses | James Joyce | 1922 | Irish | english | 730-1000 | 265000 |
| 4 | 4 | In Search of Lost Time | Marcel Proust | 1913 | French | french | 3000-4300 | 1200000 |
| 5 | 5 | The Catcher in the Rye | J. D. Salinger | 1945 | American | english | 220-277 | 73440 |
| 6 | 6 | Nineteen Eighty Four | George Orwell | 1949 | British | english | 300-400 | 88942 |
| 7 | 7 | Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 1955 | American | english | 300-400 | 112473 |
| 8 | 8 | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | 1851 | American | english | 600-700 | 212000 |
| 9 | 9 | Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes | 1605 | Spanish | spanish | 800-1000 | 500000 |
| 10 | 10 | Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 1813 | British | english | 432 | 122189 |
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