Full list of the 100 best works of fiction, alphabetically by author, as determined from a vote by 100 noted writers from 54 countries as released by the Norwegian Book Clubs. Don Quixote was named as the top book in history but otherwise no ranking was provided Wednesday May 8, 2002Guardian Unlimited Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, (b. 1930), Things Fall ApartHans Christian Andersen, Denmark, (1805-1875), Fairy Tales and StoriesJane Austen, England, (1775-1817), Pride and PrejudiceHonore de Balzac, France, (1799-1850), Old GoriotSamuel Beckett, Ireland, (1906-1989), Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, The UnnamableGiovanni Boccaccio, Italy, (1313-1375), DecameronJorge Luis Borges, Argentina, (1899-1986), Collected FictionsEmily Bronte, England, (1818-1848), Wuthering HeightsAlbert Camus, France, (1913-1960), The StrangerPaul Celan, Romania/France, (1920-1970), Poems. Louis-Ferdinand Celine, France, (1894-1961), Journey to the End of the NightMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spain, (1547-1616), Don QuixoteGeoffrey Chaucer, England, (1340-1400), Canterbury TalesAnton P Chekhov, Russia, (1860-1904), Selected StoriesJoseph Conrad, England,(1857-1924), NostromoDante Alighieri, Italy, (1265-1321), The Divine ComedyCharles Dickens, England, (1812-1870), Great ExpectationsDenis Diderot, France, (1713-1784), Jacques the Fatalist and His MasterAlfred Doblin, Germany, (1878-1957), Berlin AlexanderplatzFyodor M Dostoyevsky, Russia, (1821-1881), Crime and Punishment; The Idiot; The Possessed; The Brothers KaramazovGeorge Eliot, England, (1819-1880), MiddlemarchRalph Ellison, United States, (1914-1994), Invisible ManEuripides, Greece, (c 480-406 BC), MedeaWilliam Faulkner, United States, (1897-1962), Absalom, Absalom; The Sound and the FuryGustave Flaubert, France, (1821-1880), Madame Bovary; A Sentimental EducationFederico Garcia Lorca, Spain, (1898-1936), Gypsy BalladsGabriel Garcia Marquez. Colombia, (b. 1928), One Hundred Years of Solitude; Love in the Time of CholeraGilgamesh, Mesopotamia (c 1800 BC). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany, (1749-1832), FaustNikolai Gogol, Russia, (1809-1852), Dead SoulsGunter Grass, Germany, (b.1927), The Tin DrumJoao Guimaraes Rosa, Brazil, (1880-1967), The Devil to Pay in the BacklandsKnut Hamsun, Norway, (1859-1952), Hunger. Ernest Hemingway, United States, (1899-1961), The Old Man and the SeaHomer, Greece, (c 700 BC), The Iliad and The OdysseyHenrik Ibsen, Norway (1828-1906), A Doll's HouseThe Book of Job, Israel. (600-400 BC). James Joyce, Ireland, (1882-1941), UlyssesFranz Kafka, Bohemia, (1883-1924), The Complete Stories; The Trial; The Castle BohemiaKalidasa, India, (c. 400), The Recognition of SakuntalaYasunari Kawabata, Japan, (1899-1972), The Sound of the MountainNikos Kazantzakis, Greece, (1883-1957), Zorba the GreekDH Lawrence, England, (1885-1930), Sons and LoversHalldor K Laxness, Iceland, (1902-1998), Independent PeopleGiacomo Leopardi, Italy, (1798-1837), Complete PoemsDoris Lessing, England, (b.1919), The Golden NotebookAstrid Lindgren, Sweden, (1907-2002), Pippi LongstockingLu Xun, China, (1881-1936), Diary of a Madman and Other StoriesMahabharata, India, (c 500 BC). Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, (b. 1911), Children of GebelawiThomas Mann, Germany, (1875-1955), Buddenbrook; The Magic MountainHerman Melville, United States, (1819-1891), Moby DickMichel de Montaigne, France, (1533-1592), Essays.Elsa Morante, Italy, (1918-1985), HistoryToni Morrison, United States, (b. 1931), BelovedShikibu Murasaki, Japan, (N/A), The Tale of Genji GenjiRobert Musil, Austria, (1880-1942), The Man Without QualitiesVladimir Nabokov, Russia/United States, (1899-1977), LolitaNjaals Saga, Iceland, (c 1300). George Orwell, England, (1903-1950), 1984Ovid, Italy, (c 43 BC), MetamorphosesFernando Pessoa, Portugal, (1888-1935), The Book of DisquietEdgar Allan Poe, United States, (1809-1849), The Complete TalesMarcel Proust, France, (1871-1922), Remembrance of Things PastFrancois Rabelais, France, (1495-1553), Gargantua and PantagruelJuan Rulfo, Mexico, (1918-1986), Pedro ParamoJalal ad-din Rumi, Afghanistan, (1207-1273), MathnawiSalman Rushdie, India/Britain, (b. 1947), Midnight's ChildrenSheikh Musharrif ud-din Sadi, Iran, (c 1200-1292), The OrchardTayeb Salih, Sudan,