Friday, September 24, 2010

Amazing world


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Great Moment Of US History 
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Barack Obama elected president
2008

It was a symbolic moment in the history of the United States when the last racial barrier in American politics was overcome. Just 143 years earlier, the man who would now hold the supreme office in U.S. government could have been a possession, another man’s property. President-elect Obama said, “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. “The road ahead will be long, our climb will be steep… I promise you that we as a people will get there.”

9
Armstrong walks on the moon
1969
                             
The moment seemed to generate memorable quotations. When Apollo 11, the first manned lunar mission, made contact with the surface of the moon, there was “The Eagle has landed.” When Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon, he said, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” But the quotations didn’t end there. Frank Borman later was quoted by U.N. Secretary General U Thant as saying, “We saw the earth the size of a quarter and we recognized that there really is one world. We are all brothers.” A favorite Armstrong quote is, “I believe the good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I’ll be damned if I’m going to use up mine running up and down a street.”
8
The Civil Rights Act
1964

The text of the bill was simple and straightforward: “No person in the United States shall on grounds of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” Overnight, it became illegal to force segregation in schools, workplaces, and housing. Racial discrimination wasn’t dead, but it was dying. The addition of “sex” as a protected category was added by a southern legislator in the hopes that Democrats relying heavily on support from labor unions would defeat the bill. Unexpectedly, the bill gave women’s rights advocates additional ammunition.
7
The Marshall Plan
1947
Considered by some to be the noblest undertaking in American history, and by others to be a waste of the $12,000,000,000 that was eventually spent on the plan, the European recovery program had three objectives. George Marshall, Secretary of State under President Harry Truman, designed the program to promote European production, bolster European currency, and facilitate trade after the devastating effects of World War II. The purpose was to help Europe recover as a healthy trading partner and ally, and to repel the Communist threat from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Marshall laid the groundwork for a revitalized Europe and the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.
6
Women’s suffrage
1920

The right of women to vote was achieved through decades of devoted work by determined men and women. In 1840, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott traveled to London as delegates to the World Anti-Slavery Convention. Because they were women, they were denied the right to speak. They determined to form an organization to fight for women’s equal rights. Over the years, supporters of women’s suffrage resorted to mass marches, hunger strikes, and denial of conjugal privileges to husbands who were opposed. In 1893, New Zealand became the first country to grant women the right to vote at the federal level. Australia followed suit in 1902, but it was not until 1920, when President Woodrow Wilson advocated for the women’s right as a war measure, that the 19th Amendment granted American women the right to vote. Wilson’s decision followed daily picketing of the White House by hundreds of women. By the time the amendment was passed, 500 women had been arrested there for loitering, and another 168 for obstructing traffic.

5


The Emancipation Proclamation
1863


Lincoln believed that the purpose of the Civil War was to preserve the union. He wrote to Horace Greeley, “If I could save the union without freeing any slave, I would do it. If I could save the union by freeing all slaves, I would do it. If I could save the union by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.” The Emancipation Proclamation did not free slaves in states loyal to the union or in states that had been reconquered. It only freed slaves in states “in rebellion that had not laid down arms by January 1, 1863.” Nor did it make slavery illegal. That change came with the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. It did accomplish important steps, however. Twenty thousand slaves were freed immediately, and many more rushed to join the union advance into the South. Moreover, the proclamation won approval in France and Great Britain, effectively ending the Confederate States’ hope for recognition by those countries. Ultimately, more than 4,000,000 slaves were freed.
4
Lewis and Clark arrive at the Pacific
1805


They were not the first settlers of Northern European origin. The natives there were quite accustomed to trading with white men, and Station Camp, near where the Columbia River empties into the Pacific Ocean, had 36 houses. Moreover, the Northwest Passage they had sought did not exist. Hoping that the Missouri River would gently lead to the sea had been in vain. The Missouri and the Columbia both had huge rapids and cataracts making river travel difficult and in some places impossible. But their journey had not been without value. Arriving at the Pacific coast exactly one year, six months, and one day after leaving St. Louis, Lewis and Clark had collected plant specimens, studied new animal species, and acquired priceless information about the geography and inhabitants of what would be the western United States.

3

Louisiana Purchase
1803


President Thomas Jefferson faced a dilemma. Napoleon Bonaparte’s aggression made it likely that New Orleans, which was paramount in international trade, and the Mississippi River, which was vital for national and international commerce, could be closed to U.S. trade. He had learned in 1801 that Spain had retroceded its territory to France in a secret compact. But the Constitution had no provision for acquiring territory. Ultimately, Jefferson took matters into his own hands and dispatched envoys to see if Napoleon would sell. The emperor, facing a war with Great Britain, realized that he was unlikely to be able to defend the territory. He decided to sell for a total cost, including forgiven debts, of $15,000,000. The purchase doubled the country, including the territory of fourteen states. Napoleon was satisfied, as well. He said, “I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.”
2
Ratification of the Constitution
1789


The Federal Convention which had drafted the Constitution had no authority to impose it. An elaborate four-step plan for ratification was adopted. 1. The Constitution was submitted to Congress. 2. Congress transmitted the Constitution to the state legislatures. 3. Each state elected delegates to attend a convention and decide whether to ratify. 4. Ratification by at least nine of the thirteen colonies was required. This plan avoided the hostility of states’ rights advocates and made the Constitution less vulnerable to changes of opinion. In September of 1787, the Congress bitterly debated the Constitution and ultimately submitted it to the states with neither an endorsement nor a condemnation. The Constitution was validly before the people. The first five ratifications came quickly, but Massachusetts demanded a means of amending the document as a condition of ratification. This demand ultimately led to the passage of the first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights. Final acceptance of the document by the states took place in July, 1788.
1
Declaration of Independence
1776


Arriving at consensus was no small feat. At the beginning of the month, only eight of the thirteen colonies were in favor of independence, with New York abstaining from the vote pending a local decision. The American Prohibitory Act had made all vessels and cargoes from the colonies forfeit to the Crown, and in May King George had issued an order hiring German mercenaries to fight the colonies, which he now considered to be in total rebellion. Still, many believed the rift could be patched up. Jefferson was dispatched by a committee to write up a declaration explaining the views of those who favored independence. He completed the document in two weeks, starting on June 11, 1776. Then Benjamin Franklin and John Adams made additions and deletions, and at last it was presented to the full congress, where redaction went on until late at night on July 3. Finally, on July 4, 1776, all thirteen colonies signed “…the fragile object which bears so great a weight of meaning to our people.”





Most Dangerous Place of World

In keeping with this site’s love of helping out with holiday plans, this is a list on the top 10 most dangerous places in the world – these are all places you might consider not visiting when planning your next holiday. Some of the items may be a little controversial, but you are, of course, free to ignore our advice and go anyway!


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Russia
In this crime-ridden, ex-Soviet state, no longer does the government stuff their Armani suits with rubles, but the vandals and gangsters. The Russian mafia runs amuck, there are more gangsters than police, and a Russian is assassinated every 18 minutes, averaging 84 murders per day in a nation of 143 million. The nucleus of Russian crime is stationed in the Republic of Chechnya, a region within Russia just north of Georgia. Prostitution, drug trafficking, and underground restaurants are arbitrarily controlled by the Chechens. Foreigners are kidnapped more frequently due to the higher ransom allocated. Crimes towards include but are not limited to: pick pocketing wallets, cell phones, cameras, cash, and physical assaults. From superpower to Third World country, think tanks are beginning to speculate if communism really was the cure for Russia. [Source]
9
Brazil
For anyone traveling to Brazil, it is not a matter of whether you get mugged, it is a matter of when! Grinding poverty still lives alongside incredible wealth in a country that is riding a wave of economic growth. But with prosperity, rates of crime have also soared. Street crime is rampant in parts of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, and whilst many victims are left unharmed, having a broken bottle put to your throat for your bracelet is not pleasant. The incidences of “quicknappings” has risen in major cities. This involves being abducted and taken to an ATM to pay your ransom. If you can’t pay, thanks to mobile technology, your family is only a call away. Along with street crime, organized criminal groups have waged wars against police and public institutions that were unable to be bribed. Prison riots are brutally suppressed, drugs and narco-terrorism claim civilian casualties and if you survive all that – the piranhas are waiting.
8
South Africa
Any nation described as the ‘rape capital of the world’ should be one to take extra special care in. Although rape had shown a declining trend to 113.7 in 2004, it increased in 2005 to 118.3 per 100 000. Another damning statistic for South Africa is its appallingly high murder rate. The 2010 World Cup host is consistently in the Top 5 list of countries by homicide rate. Most crime is confined to poor areas but it hasn’t stopped gated communities springing up all over South Africa and armed guards protecting wealthy tourist groups. Farming in South Africa has become one of the most dangerous professions in the world. The murder rate for farmers is 313 per 100 000 – about 8 times the national average. And like anywhere, sex can be very dangerous in South Africa, where more than 10 million people are infected with HIV.
7
Burundi
This small, densely populated and poor nation has giant problems. A civil war between Hutus and Tutsis tore the nation apart between 1993 and 2006. A ceasefire was declared however most provisions have not been implemented. Mass murder and mayhem compete with environmental problems as the biggest headaches for the people of Burundi. The list of assassinated leaders is extensive, and control of the nation has changed hands numerous times in the last 50 years. Crimes committed by roaming gangs and armed children are risks for visitors. Muggings, carjackings and kidnappings await, so you are advised not to stop the car for souvenirs. Should you be injured or harmed while in Burundi, you may need to be well trained, as local clinics have almost no resources to assist you.
6
Antarctica
While murder, rape and robbery may not be a big problem in this part of the world, the hostile conditions are. Antarctica is home to some extreme weather conditions, with the mercury regularly dropping below -60 degrees Celsius (-100F) and winds tearing in at more than 100km/hr. If exposed to this weather for more than an hour, you will most certainly die. Antarctica has no hospitals, no food to forage and if you get lost, not a lot of hope. Stay with the tour groups. At least there is a McDonald’s at Scott Base if you manage to find it.
5
Afghanistan
This nation has for hundreds of years, been one of the worlds most strategically important and lusted after territories. However it remains one of the poorest, undeveloped and unstable. During the Soviet invasion, the Red Army planted more than 12 million landmines in Afghanistan. Hundreds of people are killed, shredded, and maimed each year due to these insidious devices. Following the Soviets came the Taliban, whose control meant women were banned from jobs and universities. In 2001, the United States overthrew the Taliban, but banditry, tribal rivalries and drug related violence has left the nation unstable. Suicide bombings are a constant threat, and nobody in Afghanistan is safe. The most lethal suicide attack occurred in Baghlan Province in November 2007, killing more than 70 people. Did I mention Afghanistan is also the worlds largest supplier of top grade hashish and opium?   
4Somalia 
Somalia is a failed state known for its anarchy, corruption, lack of government, and starvation. Travelers are warned against entering Somalia, the self-proclaimed “independent Republic of Somaliland” or even sailing near the Horn Of Africa. Pirates patrol these waters armed with AK-47s and will seize craft and hold crews to ransom. Inter-clan fighting has claimed thousands of lives in the north of the country, while territorial control in the capital, Mogadishu is carved up between many clans and warlords. Ethiopia attacked Islamic troops in Somalia in late 2006, resulting in hundreds of casualties and the internal displacement of thousands. Heck, if this place is too much for the Marines, what chance do you stand? Make sure your insurance is fully up to date.
3
Sudan
Desperation, death and destruction are synonymous with Sudan. Terrorism is a mainstay of this nation, which has been controlled by Islamic military regimes since its independence. Some of the worlds most famous killers have earned their stripes in Sudan, finishing with degrees in car-bombing, rocket launching and genocide. Violence is rife in the Darfur region between government-backed militias, government troops and local insurgent groups. Sudan has been in open warfare with Chad partly due to the Darfur conflict. Since 2003, 230,000 Sudanese refugees have fled to eastern Chad from Darfur. More than two million have died during the 2 civil wars that spanned the last 50 years. Along with its bleak desert conditions, Sudan is one of the worst places on the planet.
2
Colombia
Kidnapping is the main worry in Colombia. There were 2338 kidnappings in Colombia in 1998. Of the victims, 138 were killed by their captors. Ranked Fourth in the world for murders with 69.98/100000 in 2006, the popular targets are mayors, with dozens of them being slain each year. And of course, who can forget cocaine? Colombia supplies 75% of the worlds supply and thanks to Pablo Escobar and the Cali Cartel, paramilitary groups have waged war on the government in a bloody conflict with no end in sight. Even those working in the name of charity are not excluded from the frenzy. In 2005, 5 Catholic missionaries were murdered, down from 9 in 1999. Colombia’s beautiful coast and rugged mountains should make it a tourist paradise, instead it is among the most feared destinations you can visit.
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Iraq
It doesn’t matter whether you are George Bush, Pele or Chuck Norris – you are not safe in Iraq. Despite its rich history and its oil reserves, it is a ruined nation that is wracked with violence, despair and confusion. Since 2003, the United States has occupied Iraq which has led to a civil war claiming the lives of more than 650 000 civilians. Al-Qaeda, Sunni insurgents, Shiite security forces, Kurdish rebels, American soldiers, Turkish troops and criminals are involved in a cycle of violence that unfortunately, will not abate any time soon. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), Explosively Formed Penetrators (EFPs) and mines are a constant threat, as are suicide bombers who have slain hundreds. Kidnappings and random killings are reported with almost mind-numbing frequency. Since 2003, 2 million Iraqis have fled to neighboring countries and another 1.9 million in Iraq remain internally displaced. Depleted uranium used as armor-piercing rounds will poison Iraqi civilians and US servicemen for decades. Truly, a hell on earth.

Swami Vivekananda and Abraham Lincolns Best Unforgotten Speech



 Swami Vivekananda's Speech in Chicago

















Chicago, Sept 11, 1893

Sisters and Brothers of America,

        It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world; I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects. 
        My thanks, also, to some of the speakers on this platform who, referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing todifferent lands the idea of toleration. I am proud to belong to a  religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to Southern India and took refuge with us in the very year in which their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation. I will quote to you, brethren, a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated from my earliest boyhood, which is every day repeated by millions of human beings: "As the different streams having their sources in different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee."
        The present convention, which is one of the most august assemblies ever held, is in itself a vindication, a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in the Gita: "Whosoever comes to Me, through whatsoever form, I reach him; all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to me." Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now. But their time is come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal.




Abraham Lincoln Speech : On The Gettysburg Address, Pennsylvania 


November 19, 1863 
        On  June  1,  1865,  Senator  Charles  Sumner  commented  on what is now considered the most famous speech by President Abraham  Lincoln.  In  his  eulogy  on  the  slain  president,  he called  it  a  "monumental  act."  He  said  Lincoln  was  mistaken that "the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here."  Rather,  the  Bostonian  remarked,  "The  world  noted  at once what he said, and will never cease to remember it. The battle itself was less important than the speech." 
         
        Four  score  and  seven  years  ago  our  fathers  brought  forth  on  this  continent,  a  new  nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can  never  forget  what  they  did  here.  It  is  for  us  the  living,  rather,  to  be  dedicated  here  to  the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 



Thanks You !


Thursday, September 23, 2010

Best Selling Author By Oxford

List of notable best seller author for books on fiction and non fiction !


1. Ian ranking
2. Dan Brown
3. Bernard Cornwell
4. Stephanie Meyer
5. Terry Pritchett
6. Khaled Husseini
7. Helen Fielding
8. Mardaret Atwood
9. james Patterson
10. Jodi Picoult

All Time Best Seller


John Grisham
Danielle steel
Helen fielding
Stephen king
JK Rowling
Catherine Cookson
Patricia Cornwell
Mills & Boon

IIM Indian Institute of Management Alumni, IIM Prestige Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Calcutta

List of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Alumni

 Atul Samalia - CIO Bayer Business Services India
 Ashok Swarup - Managing Director, Citigroup India (2007-present),Former CEO of Pepsico Sri Lanka (1999-2003), and Seagram India (1994-1999)
 Kishore A. Chaukar - Director Tata Sons[2]
 CK Prahalad - Noted management consultant and author[3]
 Raghuram Rajan - Chief Economist of the IMF (2003–2007), current Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business[4]
 KV Kamath - Chairman, ICICI Bank[5]
 MS Banga - President,Food, Home & Personal Care Unilever[6]
 Ajay Banga - Chief Operating Officer, Mastercard (ex-CEO, Citi North America)[7]
 Rajeev Gupta - Managing Director, Carlyle India[8]
 Ivan Menezes - President, Diageo North America and Chairman, Diageo Asia Pacific[9]
 S B Dangayach - Managing Director, Sintex Industries Limited
 Sanjay Nayar - CEO and Country Head for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co in India, Former CEO of Citigroup, India and South Asia
 Chitaranjan Dar - CEO ITC Foods
 Sunny Verghese- Group MD and CEO, Olam International
 R. Subramaniam – Managing Director and founder, Subhiksha
 Harsha Bhogle – noted cricket commentator[10][11]
 Mallika Sarabhai – renowned danseuse[12]
 Srikant Datar - Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Accounting and Senior Associate Dean, Director of Research at Harvard Business School
 Sunil Gupta - Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration and Unit Head, Marketing at Harvard Business School
 Sanjeev Bikhchandani - Founder/CEO, Naukri.com
 Jerry Rao – CEO, Mphasis
 Pradeep K Jaisingh---Managing Director & CEO,International Oncology
 Deep Kalra - Founder/CEO, Makemytrip
 Prof. Shekhar Chaudhari - Director, IIM Calcutta
 Prof. Samir Barua - Director, IIM Ahmedabad
 Chetan Bhagat – bestselling Indian author
 Rashmi Bansal - author
 Prof. Marti Subrahmanyam - Charles E Merrill Professor of Economics & Finance at Stern School of Business at New York University
 Prakash M. Telang - Managing Director, Tata Motors
 Kapil Kapoor - Chief Operating Officer, Timex Group USA
 Ravi Mattu - Former Global Head of Equity & Fixed Income Research, Lehman Brothers
 Ranodeb "Ronnie" Roy - Non Japan Asia Head of Fixed Income, Morgan Stanley, Founder of Utsargacharity [www.utsargacharity.org]
 Saurabh Songthalia - CEO, AIG Investments, India
 Suresh Kumar,CEO, iNautix Technologies,COO, Pershing LLC
 Shantanu Mukherji - Country Head, LVMH
 Sridhar Chari - Director, ICFAI International
 Pulak Prasad - Ex Managing Director, Warburg, Founder and Managing Director, Nalanda Capital
 Rajesh Khanna - Managing Director, Warburg
 Vedika Bhandarkar - Managing Director & Head, IBD India, JP Morgan
 Nachiket Mor - Deputy Managing Director, ICICI Bank
 Phaneesh Murthy - CEO, iGATE Global Solutions
 N V `Tiger' Tyagarajan - COO, Genpact
 Laxmikant - GM - Research, Hero Honda
 Sarthak Behuria - Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation
 Murali Sivaraman - CEO, Philips India
 Kishor Chaukar - Managing Director, Tata Industries
 Bhaskar Bhat - Managing Director, Titan Industries
 Shikha Sharma - Managing Director, Axis Bank
 Falguni Nayar - Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Capital
 Sunny Verghese - CEO, Olam International, a STI company on Singapore Exchange
 Piyush Gupta - CEO, DBS Bank[13]
 Vipin Sondhi - Managing Director, JCB India
 Ramesh Mangaleswaran - Director, McKinsey & Co.
 Prof.Aseem Prakash - professor of political science at University of Washington-Seattle
 Prof.T.Madhavan - professor of statistics at IIM Ahmedabad
 A. K. Shiva Kumar - development economist and professor
 Prof.Ravi Jagannathan - professor of economics at Kellogg School of Management
 Kiran Karnik - Ex Chairman of NASSCOM
 Prof.Abraham Koshy - professor of marketing at IIM Ahmedabad
 Prem Das Rai - politician
 Prof.Sidharth Sinha - professor of finance at IIM Ahmedabad
 Suresh Vaswani - Joint CEO of Wipro’s IT Business and is a Member of the Board of Wipro Limited
 Nelabhotla Venkateswarlu - CEO of Emami House
 Rama Bijapurkar - strategic marketing consultant
 Pranes Mishra - President & COO, Lowe India
 Vishwavir Ahuja - Managing Director and Country Head of India, Bank of America
 Ashank Desai - Chairman & MD, Mastek
 Gunit Chadha - MD & CEO, Deutsche Bank India
 Prof Harbir Singh - Professor, Wharton School[14]
 Raghavendra Rao - Founder, Orchid Pharmaceuticals
 Arun Nanda - Chairman & MD, Rediffusion[15]
 Prof. Pradeep K. Chintagunta, Robert Law Professor of Marketing, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
 Utpal Bhattacharya Expert on finance ethics





Notable IIM Bangalore Alumni
 Dr. K. Radhakrishnan (scientist)- Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore
 Jhelum Chowdhury - Founder of Crystal Research and Consulting
 Ashok Sinha - Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
 Arun Balakrishnan - Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
 Vasanth Naik - Managing Director, Nomura International
 Nagendra Venkaswamy - President, Juniper India
 Samir Kumar - Managing Director, Inventus India
 Vinod Nair - CEO of Enzen Technologies
 Vikas Kedia - CEO of Internext Technologies
 Aswath Damodaran - Professor of Finance, Stern School of Business at New York University
 Chandan Chatterjee-Dean of Academics,Mudra Institute of Communications,Ahmedabad
 Amar Lakhtakia CEO & Co-founder of SherpaZ and Co-founder of Webify solutions
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List of IIM Calcutta alumni
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) has a 15,000 strong alumni network worldwide.

 Abhijit Sen, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Administrative Officer of KKR India[1].
 Ajay Bisaria, IFS Batch of 1987, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India[2].
 Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder and CEO of Rediff.com [3] (He is also the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta)[4]
 Anand Jayaraman, Director, PMI Kerala,[5] Delivery Head, PCIT, India [6]
 Anand Kripalu, President Asia, Cadbury [7]
 Aneel Karnani, Associate Professor of Strategy, Stephen M. Ross School of Business - University of Michigan [8]
 Anup Gupta, Managing Director of Nexus Venture Partners[9][10].
 Arun Adhikari, Senior Vice President, Unilever[11][12].
 Arun Seth, President and Non-Executive Chairman, BT India, BT Group plc[13][14].
 Arvind Bhambri, Associate Professor, USC Marshall School of Business [15][16].
 Arvind Kaushal, Principal, Booz & Company[17].
 Gita Venkataramani Johar, Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business, Columbia University[18].
 Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO PepsiCo, Inc. [19][20].
 Dr. Krishna G. Palepu, Professor, Harvard Business School
 Mastan Malli, Fastest Seven Summiter in the World [21]
 Mohanbir Sawhney, McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology, Kellogg School of Management
 N. Thiruambalam, Chairman & MD, Heinz India [7]
 Nitin Sanker, Founder-Director, Middle Earth Consultants, India's largest HR training company [22]
 Pradeep Kashyap, MD, Citicorp Overseas Corp., USA
 Rajasekhar Ramaraj, Founder and former CEO, Sify; former President, ISP Association of India[23].
 R Shivashankar, Director of Lavazza's South Asia operations[24].
 Ramchandra Guha, Noted Historian and Author
 Sabyasachi Hajara, CMD, Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.[25]
 Sandeep Pangal, MD, JP Morgan India
 Sanjay Kao, Head of Consumer Finance Asia, RBS [7]
 Shantanu Khosla, Country Manager, P&G India
 Subrata Biswas, CEO - Damodar Valley Corporation [26]
 Sudhakar Ram, CEO & Managing Director of Mastek Ltd.
 Suraj Srinivasan, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School [27]
 Suresh Sundaresan, Chase Manhattan Bank Foundation Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia University [28]
 Swami Shree Mukundananda, spiritual teacher and senior disciple of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj [29]
 Venky Krishnakumar, Regional Director, Citibank
 Venkat Viswanathan, Founder & CEO, LatentView Analytics
 Vikrant Bhargava, Group Marketing Director, PartyGaming [30]


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 V Pratap - Chief Economic Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office
 Kamal Gianchandani - Director, Emerging Markets,Credit Derivatives, Citigroup HK
 Baburaj Pillai - Managing Director, Arohi Asset Management, Singapore
 Rakesh Kapoor- Managing Director , Pacific Brands
 Shashank Sinha - President, Sara Lee, Singapore & Malaysia
 Amit Banati - President, Cadbury, Asia Pacific
 Shailesh Jejurikar - Marketing Head, P&G, Australasia & India
 Dhimant Shah - Director, Emerging Markets Credit Derivates, Citigroup, HK
 Vandita Pant - Global Head of Liquidity & Balance Sheet Management, Global Banking & Markets Treasury, Royal Bank of Scotland, London
 Lakshminarayana K R - Chief Strategy Officer, Wipro
 Rajeev Sabharwal - Executive Director, ICICI
 Shanmughan Manjunath
 Tarun Tripathi (Class of 2002) - Head, Marketing and External communication, Yash Raj Films
 Neeraj Gambhir (Class of 1995) - Managing Director & Head of Structured Finance and High Grade Credit - India, Lehman Brothers
 Anjali Mullatti (Class of 1993) - Co-Founder, Catalyst Consulting
 Vipul Sant (Class of 1989) - Director, License Compliance, Microsoft India
 Prabhat Awasthi (Class of 1994) - Head, Equities & Research, Lehman Brothers
 Jatin Suryawanshi (Class of 1994)- Head, US Algorithmic Trading, UBS Investment Bank, New York
 Mihir Vora (Class of 1994)- Former Head of Equity Fund Management, HSBC Global Investments. Currently Fund Manager- Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
 Gaurav Sabnis (Class of 2004)- Famous Indian blogger (see The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) advertising controversy
 Rahul Singh (Class of 1995) - Director, India Asia-Pacific Equity Research, Citigroup
 Sanjeev Agrawal, CEO, Future Value Retail
 Rakesh Jha, Deputy CFO, ICICI Bank, India
 Kameswara Rao, Partner & Leader, Power Sector practice, PwC India
 Sabaleel Nandy - Strategy Head, Tata Chemicals
 Nitin Seth - Director, McKinsey Knowledge Centre, India
 Rajat Dhawan - Partner, McKinsey & Company




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Chronological list

The one hundred most influential books, according to Seymour-Smith, in the approximate chronological order he gives:

Author or source, Title , Date


1 Chinese classic texts, I Ching ,14th century BC

2 Jewish scripture ,Hebrew Bible ,13th–4th century BC

3 Homer , Iliad and Odyssey ,8th – early 7th century BC

4 Hindu scripture, Upanishads ,7th–5th century BC

5 Lao Tsu ,Tao Te Ching ,3rd century BC

6 Zoroastrian scripture, Avesta ,3rd century BC – 3rd century AD

7 Confucius ,Analects ,5th–4th century BC

8 Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War ,5th century BC

9 Hippocrates ,Works ,400 BC

10 Aristotle, Works ,4th century BC

11 Herodotus ,Histories, 5th century BC

12 Plato ,The Republic ,380 BC

13 Euclid ,Elements, 280 BC

14 Theravada Buddhist scripture, Dhammapada (Path of the Dharma),252 BC

15 Virgil, Aeneid,19 BC

16 Lucretius, De Rerum Natura ,55 BC

17 Philo of Alexandria, Allegorical Expositions of the Holy Laws, 1st century

18 Christian scripture, New Testament, ca. 50–100 AD

19 Plutarch ,Parallel Lives ,120 AD

20 Cornelius Tacitus, Annals, From the Death of the Divine Augustus,120 AD

21 Valentinus, Gospel of Truth (Gnostic text), 2nd century

22 Marcus Aurelius ,Meditations ,167

23 Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism, 150-210 AD

24 Plotinus, Enneads ,3rd century

25 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions ,400 AD

26 Muslim scripture ,Quran ,7th century

27 Moses Maimonides,Guide for the Perplexed, 1190

28 Text of Judaic mysticism ,Kabbalah,12th century

29 Thomas Aquinas,Summa Theologiae,1266–1273

30 Dante Alighieri ,The Divine Comedy,1321

31 Desiderius Erasmus ,In Praise of Folly ,1509

32 Niccolò Machiavelli ,The Prince ,1532

33 Martin Luther ,On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church,1520

34 François Rabelais ,,Gargantua and Pantagruel,1532 & 1534

35 John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion ,1536

36 Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres ,1543

37 Michael Eyquem de Montaigne, Essays, 1580

38 Miguel de Cervantes,Don Quixote,1605 & 1615

39 Johannes Kepler ,Harmony of the Worlds,1619

40 Francis Bacon ,Novum Organum,1620

41 William Shakespeare ,First Folio ,1623

42 Galileo Galilei ,Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems\,1632

43 René Descartes ,Discourse on Method,1637

44 Thomas Hobbes ,Leviathan ,1651

45 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Works 1663–1716 ,46 Blaise Pascal Pensées ,1670

47 Baruch de Spinoza ,Ethics ,1677

48 John Bunyan ,Pilgrim's Progress ,1678-1684

49 Isaac Newton ,Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy,1687

50 John Locke ,Essay Concerning Human Understanding,1689

51 George Berkeley,Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge,1710, revised 1734

52 Giambattista Vico,The New Science1725, revised 1744

53 David Hume,A Treatise of Human Nature ,1739–1740

54 Denis Diderot (ed.),Encyclopédie,1751–1772

55 Samuel Johnson ,A Dictionary of the English Language,1755

56 François-Marie de Voltaire ,Candide ,1759

57 Thomas Paine ,Common Sense ,1776

58 Adam Smith ,The Wealth of Nations ,1776

59 Edward Gibbon ,The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ,1776-1787

60 Immanuel Kant ,Critique of Pure Reason ,1781, revised 1787

61 Jean-Jacques Rousseau ,Confessions ,1781

62 Edmund Burke ,Reflections on the Revolution in France ,1790

63 Mary Wollstonecraft ,Vindication of the Rights of Woman ,1792

64 William Godwin ,An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice ,1793

65 Thomas Robert Malthus ,An Essay on the Principle of Population,1798, revised 1803

66 George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ,Phenomenology of Spirit,1807

67 Arthur Schopenhauer,The World as Will and Idea,1819

68 Auguste Comte,Course in the Positivist Philosophy,1830–1842

69 Carl von Clausewitz,On War,1832

70 Søren Kierkegaard,Either/Or,1843

71 Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels,Communist Manifesto ,1848

72 Henry David Thoreau,Civil Disobedience,1849

73 Charles Darwin,The Origin of Species,1859

74 John Stuart Mill,On Liberty,1859

75 Herbert Spencer,First Principles,1862

76 Gregor Mendel,Experiments on Plant Hybridization,1866

77 Leo Tolstoy,War and Peace,1868–1869

78 James Clerk Maxwell,Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism,1873

79 Friedrich Nietzsche,Thus Spoke Zarathustra,1883–1885

80 Sigmund Freud,The Interpretation of Dreams,1900

81 William James,Pragmatism,1908

82 Albert Einstein,Relativity,1916

83 Vilfredo Pareto,The Mind and Society,1916

84 Carl Gustav Jung,Psychological Types,1921

85 Martin Buber,I and Thou,1923

86 Franz Kafka,The Trial,1925

87 Karl Popper,The Logic of Scientific Discovery,1934

88 John Maynard Keynes,General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money,1936

89 Jean-Paul Sartre,Being and Nothingness,1943

90 Friedrich von Hayek,The Road to Serfdom,1944

91 Simone de Beauvoir,The Second Sex,1948

92 Norbert Wiener,Cybernetics,1948, revised 1961

93 George Orwell,Nineteen Eighty-Four,1949

94 George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff,Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson,1950

95 Ludwig Wittgenstein,Philosophical Investigations,1953

96 Noam Chomsky,Syntactic Structures,1957

97 Thomas Kuhn,The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,1962, revised 1970

98 Betty Friedan,The Feminine Mystique,1963

99 Mao Zedong ,Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Little Red Book),1966

100 B. F. Skinner ,Beyond Freedom and Dignity,1971

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ALL TIME 100 Novels


TIME critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick the 100 best English-Language novels from 1923 to the present

Full List
A - B
1. The Adventures of Augie March (1953), by Saul Bellow
2. All the King's Men (1946), by Robert Penn Warren
3. American Pastoral (1997), by Philip Roth
4. An American Tragedy (1925), by Theodore Dreiser
5. Animal Farm (1946), by George Orwell
6. Appointment in Samarra (1934), by John O'Hara
7. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (1970), by Judy Blume
8. The Assistant (1957), by Bernard Malamud
9. At Swim-Two-Birds (1938), by Flann O'Brien
10. Atonement (2002), by Ian McEwan
11. Beloved (1987), by Toni Morrison
12. The Berlin Stories (1946), by Christopher Isherwood
13. The Big Sleep (1939), by Raymond Chandler
14. The Blind Assassin (2000), by Margaret Atwood
15. Blood Meridian (1986), by Cormac McCarthy
16. Brideshead Revisited (1946), by Evelyn Waugh
17. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927), by Thornton Wilder
C - D
1. Call It Sleep (1935), by Henry Roth
2. Catch-22 (1961), by Joseph Heller
3. The Catcher in the Rye (1951), by J.D. Salinger
4. A Clockwork Orange (1963), by Anthony Burgess
5. The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), by William Styron
6. The Corrections (2001), by Jonathan Franzen
7. The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), by Thomas Pynchon
8. A Dance to the Music of Time (1951), by Anthony Powell
9. The Day of the Locust (1939), by Nathanael West
10. Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927), by Willa Cather
11. A Death in the Family (1958), by James Agee
12. The Death of the Heart (1958), by Elizabeth Bowen
13. Deliverance (1970), by James Dickey
14. Dog Soldiers (1974), by Robert Stone
F - G
1. Falconer (1977), by John Cheever
2. The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969), by John Fowles
3. The Golden Notebook (1962), by Doris Lessing
4. Go Tell it on the Mountain (1953), by James Baldwin
5. Gone With the Wind (1936), by Margaret Mitchell
6. The Grapes of Wrath (1939), by John Steinbeck
7. Gravity's Rainbow (1973), by Thomas Pynchon
8. The Great Gatsby (1925), by F. Scott Fitzgerald
H - I
1. A Handful of Dust (1934), by Evelyn Waugh
2. The Heart is A Lonely Hunter (1940), by Carson McCullers
3. The Heart of the Matter (1948), by Graham Greene
4. Herzog (1964), by Saul Bellow
5. Housekeeping (1981), by Marilynne Robinson
6. A House for Mr. Biswas (1962), by V.S. Naipaul
7. I, Claudius (1934), by Robert Graves
8. Infinite Jest (1996), by David Foster Wallace
9. Invisible Man (1952), by Ralph Ellison
L - N
1. Light in August (1932), by William Faulkner
2. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), by C.S. Lewis
3. Lolita (1955), by Vladimir Nabokov
4. Lord of the Flies (1955), by William Golding
5. The Lord of the Rings (1954), by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Loving (1945), by Henry Green
7. Lucky Jim (1954), by Kingsley Amis
8. The Man Who Loved Children (1940), by Christina Stead
9. Midnight's Children (1981), by Salman Rushdie
10. Money (1984), by Martin Amis
11. The Moviegoer (1961), by Walker Percy
12. Mrs. Dalloway (1925), by Virginia Woolf
13. Naked Lunch (1959), by William Burroughs
14. Native Son (1940), by Richard Wright
15. Neuromancer (1984), by William Gibson
16. Never Let Me Go (2005), by Kazuo Ishiguro
17. 1984 (1948), by George Orwell
O - R
1. On the Road (1957), by Jack Kerouac
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), by Ken Kesey
3. The Painted Bird (1965), by Jerzy Kosinski
4. Pale Fire (1962), by Vladimir Nabokov
5. A Passage to India (1924), by E.M. Forster
6. Play It As It Lays (1970), by Joan Didion
7. Portnoy's Complaint (1969), by Philip Roth
8. Possession (1990), by A.S. Byatt
9. The Power and the Glory (1939), by Graham Greene
10. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), by Muriel Spark
11. Rabbit, Run (1960), by John Updike
12. Ragtime (1975), by E.L. Doctorow
13. The Recognitions (1955), by William Gaddis
14. Red Harvest (1929), by Dashiell Hammett
15. Revolutionary Road (1961), by Richard Yates
S - T
1. The Sheltering Sky (1949), by Paul Bowles
2. Slaughterhouse Five (1969), by Kurt Vonnegut
3. Snow Crash (1992), by Neal Stephenson
4. The Sot-Weed Factor (1960), by John Barth
5. The Sound and the Fury (1929), by William Faulkner
6. The Sportswriter (1986), by Richard Ford
7. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1964), by John le Carre
8. The Sun Also Rises (1926), by Ernest Hemingway
9. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), by Zora Neale Hurston
10. Things Fall Apart (1959), by Chinua Achebe
11. To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), by Harper Lee
12. To the Lighthouse (1927), by Virginia Woolf
13. Tropic of Cancer (1934), by Henry Miller
U - W
1. Ubik (1969), by Philip K. Dick
2. Under the Net (1954), by Iris Murdoch
3. Under the Volcano (1947), by Malcolm Lowry
4. Watchmen (1986), by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
5. White Noise (1985), by Don DeLillo
6. White Teeth (2000), by Zadie Smith
7. Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), by Jean Rhys


All-TIME Graphic Novels


1. Berlin: City of Stones (2000), by Jason Lutes
2. Blankets (2003), by Craig Thompson
3. Bone (2004), by Jeff Smith
4. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2002), by Kim Deitch
5. The Dark Knight Returns (1986), by Frank Miller
6. David Boring (2000), by Daniel Clowes
7. Ed the Happy Clown (1989), by Chester Brown
8. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (2000), by Chris Ware
9. Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (2003), by Gilbert Hernandez
10. Watchmen (1986), by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

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List of best-selling books


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

More than 1 billion copies

Bible  (Koine Greek τὰ Βιβλία -hebrew " התנ"ך " ) Authors of the Bible
Hebrew, Koine Greek, Aramaic, Latin
300 BC- 95 AD,

Between 100 million and 1 billion copies

毛主席语录 (Quotations from Chairman Mao) (the Little Red Book) Quotations from Mao Zedong; collected by the PLA Daily of the People's Liberation Army and signed by Lin Biao
Chinese
& 50 other languages
1964 800 million[4]-900 million[5]
(6.5 billion copies were printed and shipped according to one source[6])

القرآن ‎(The Qur’ān) (Koran) see History of the Qur'an
Classical Arabic
610-632 A.D 800 million[5]

新华字典 (Xinhua Zidian) (Xinhua Dictionary) Chief editor: Wei Jiangong
Chinese 1957 400 million[7]

毛主席诗词 (Chairman Mao's Poems) Mao Zedong
Chinese 1966 400 million[6]

毛泽东选集 (Selected Articles of Mao Zedong) Mao Zedong Chinese 1966 252.5 million[8]

A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
English
1859 200 million[9]

Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship
Robert Baden-Powell
English 1908 150 million[10]

The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien
English 1954–1955 150 million[11]

Book of Mormon
Multiple Authors; translated by Joseph Smith, Jr.
English[12]
1830 150 million[13]

The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life
Jehovah's Witnesses
(Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York)
English
1968 107 million[14]

论三个代表 (On the Three Representations)
Jiang Zemin
Chinese 2001 100 million[8]

And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
English 1939 100 million[15]

The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
English 1937 100 million[16]

紅樓夢 (Dream of the Red Chamber)
Cao Xueqin
Chinese 18th century 100 million [17]

Between 50 million and 100 million copies

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
English
1950 85 million[18]

She
H. Rider Haggard
English 1887 83 million[19]

Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French
1943 80 million[20]

The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
English 2003 80 million [21]

The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger
English 1951 65 million[22]

O Alquimista (The Alchemist)
Paulo Coelho
Portuguese
1988 65 million[23]

Steps to Christ
Ellen G. White
English 1892 60 million[24]

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
English 1898 55 million[25]

Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre (Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning)
Johanna Spyri
German
1880 50 million[26]

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
Dr. Benjamin Spock
English 1946 50 million[3]

Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery
English 1908 50 million[27]

Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions: The autobiography of a horse Anna Sewell
English 1877 50 million[28]

Il Nome della Rosa (The Name of the Rose)
Umberto Eco
Italian
1980 50 million[29]

Between 30 million and 50 million copies

The Hite Report
Shere Hite
English 1976 48 million[30]

Charlotte's Web
E.B. White; illustrated by Garth Williams
English 1952 45 million[31]

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
English 1902 45 million[32]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [33]
J.K. Rowling
English 2007 44 million [34][35][36]

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach
English 1970 40 million[37]

A Message to Garcia
Elbert Hubbard
English 1899 40 million[3]

Roget's Thesaurus
Peter Mark Roget
English 1852 - 40 million[38]

Angels and Demons
Dan Brown
English 2000 39 million[39]

Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book
various authors English 1930 - 38 million [40]

Как закалялась сталь (Kak zakalyalas' stal'; How the Steel Was Tempered)
Nikolai Ostrovsky
Russian 1932 36.4 million copies in USSR[41]

Война и мир (Voyna i mir; War and Peace)
Leo Tolstoy
Russian 1869 36.0 million copies in USSR[41]

Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino (The Adventures of Pinocchio)
Carlo Collodi
Italian 1881 35 million[42]

You Can Heal Your Life
Louise Hay
English 1984 35 million[43]

Kane and Abel
Jeffrey Archer
English 1979 34 million[44]

Het Achterhuis (The Diary of a Young Girl,The Diary of Anne Frank)
Anne Frank
Dutch
1947 30 million[45]

In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do?
Charles M. Sheldon
English 1896 30 million[3]

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
A. S. Hornby
English 1948 30 million[46]

To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
English 1960 30 million [47]

Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann
English 1966 30 million[3]

Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
English 1936 30 million [48]

Cien Años de Soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude)
Gabriel García Márquez
Spanish
1967 30 million[49][50]

The Purpose Driven Life
Rick Warren
English 2002 30 million[51]

The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
English 1977 30 million[52]

Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
English 1937 30 million[53]

Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book
Bill Wilson
English 1939 30 million [54]

The Revolt of Mamie Stover
William Bradford Huie
English 1951 30 million [55]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title: Män som hatar kvinnor) Stieg Larsson
Swedish 2005 30 million[56]

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
English 1969 30 million[57]

Between 20 million and 30 million copies

The Late, Great Planet Earth
Hal Lindsey, C. C. Carlson
English 1970 28 million[58]
Religion/Spirituality

Betty Crocker Cookbook
various authors as Betty Crocker
English 1955- 27 million [59]
Cookery


Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson
English 1998 26 million[60]
Self-help / motivational


The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
English 1908 25 million[61]


Children's Fiction
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
English 1949 25 million[62]
Dystopian


The Celestine Prophecy
James Redfield
English 1993 23 million[63]
Religious Fiction


The Godfather
Mario Puzo
English 1969 21 million [64]
Crime


新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai kokugo jiten)
Tadao Yamada
Japanese
1972 20.4 million[65]
Dictionary


狼图腾 (Wolf Totem)
Jiang Rong
Chinese
2004 20 million[66]
Fiction



English Grammar Lindley Murray
English 1795 20 million[67]
General Reference


The Happy Hooker: Her Own Story Xaviera Hollander
English 1971 20 million[68]
Autobiography


Jaws
Peter Benchley
English 1974 20 million[69]
Thriller


Love You Forever
Robert Munsch
English 1986 20 million[70]
Children's literature



Sophie's World
Jostein Gaarder
Norwegian
1991 20 million[71]
Philosophical novel



The Women's Room
Marilyn French
English 1977 20 million[72]
Feminist fiction


Between 10 million and 20 million copies

Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
English 1963 19 million [73]

Fear of Flying
Erica Jong
English 1973 18 million [74]

The Joy of Cooking
various authors English 1936 18 million [75]

英語基本単語集 (Eigo Kihon Tangoshu) "Compilation of basic English vocabulary" Yoshio Akao
Japanese, English 1942 17.2 million[76]

Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown
English 1947 16 million[77]

Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney
English 1994 15 million[78]

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
English 1989 15 million[79]

Shōgun
James Clavell
English 1975 15 million[80]

試験に出る英単語 (Siken Ni Deru Eitango) "English vocabulary in examinations" Ichiro Mori
Japanese, English 1967 15 million[81]

The Poky Little Puppy
Janette Sebring Lowrey
English 1942 15 million[82]

The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
English 1989 15 million[83]

How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
English 1936 15 million [84]

Das Parfum (Perfume)
Patrick Süskind
German
1985 15 million [85]

What to Expect When You're Expecting
Arlene Eisenberg and Heidi Murkoff
English 1984 15 million[86]

The Horse Whisperer
Nicholas Evans
English 1995 15 million[87]

La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind)
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Spanish 2001 15 million[88]

The Shack
William P. Young
English 2007 15 million[89]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
English 1979 14 million [90]

Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
English 1997 14 million [91]

God's Little Acre
Erskine Caldwell
English 1933 14 million [92]

Va' dove ti porta il cuore (Follow Your Heart)
Susanna Tamaro
Italian
1994 14 million [93]

The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
English 1967 13 million [94]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
English 1964 13 million[95]

新英和中辞典 (Shin Eiwa Chu Jiten) "New English-Japanese-Chinese Dictionary" Shigeru Takebayashi
Japanese, English 1967 12 million[96]

Peyton Place
Grace Metalious
English 1956 12 million [97]

Dune
Frank Herbert
English 1965 12 million[98]

La Peste (The Plague)
Albert Camus
French
1947 12 million [99]

人間失格 (No Longer Human)
Osamu Dazai
Japanese 1948 12 million[100]

The Naked Ape
Desmond Morris
English 1968 12 million[101]

The Bridges of Madison County
Robert James Waller
English 1992 12 million[102]

旺文社古語辞典 (Obunsha Kogo Jiten) "Obunsha Dictionary of Archaisms" Akira Matsumura
Japanese 1960 11 million[103]

Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
English 1958 11 million[104]

広辞苑 (Kōjien)
Izuru Shinmura
Japanese 1955 11 million[65][105]

The Prophet
Khalil Gibran
English 1923 11 million[106]

The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
English 1971 11 million [107]

The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson
English 1999 10.5 million[108]

Catch-22
Joseph Heller
English 1961 10 million[109]

三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseido Kokugo Jiten) "Sanseido Dictionary of the Japanese Language" Kenbō Hidetoshi
Japanese 1960 10 million[110]

Eye of the Needle
Ken Follett
English 1978 10 million[111]

A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
English 1988 10 million [112]

The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss
English 1957 10 million [113]

The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
English 2002 10 million [114]

Wild Swans
Jung Chang
English 1992 10 million [115]

Santa Evita
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Spanish
1995 10 million [116]

家庭に於ける實際的看護の秘訣 (Katei Ni Okeru Jissaiteki Kango No Hiketsu) "Key to Practical Personal Care at Home" Takichi Tsukuda
Japanese 1925 10 million[117]

Night
Elie Wiesel
Yiddish
1958 10 million[118]

The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
English 2003 10 million[119]

于丹《论语》心得 (Yu Dan's gain from the Analects)
Yu Dan
Chinese
2006 10 million[120]

The Total Woman
Marabel Morgan
English 1974 10 million[121]

知価革命 (Knowledge-value Revolution)
Taichi Sakaiya
Japanese 1985 10 million[122]

Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler
German 1925–1926 10 million[123]

Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (The Communist Manifesto)
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
German 1848 10 million[124]

中国社会主义经济问题研究 (Problems in China's Socialist Economy) Xue Muqiao
Chinese 1979 10 million[125]

What Color is Your Parachute?
Richard Nelson Bolles
English 1970 10 million[126]

At least 100 million copies

Harry Potter
J.K.Rowling
English 7 1997-2007 more than 400 million, also including Quidditch Through the Ages andTales of Beedle the Bard[127][128]

毛泽东选集 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong,Selections of Mao Zedong's Works) Mao Zedong Chinese 4 1966 326.22 million[8] to 3.36 billion[6]

The New Park Street Pulpit and The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Penny Sermons Charles Haddon Spurgeon
English 3,561 1854 — 1917 more than 300 million[129]

Goosebumps
R.L.Stine
English
62 1992-1998 300 million[130]

Perry Mason
Erle Stanley Gardner
English 82 1933 — 1970 300 million[131]

Berenstain Bears
Stan and Jan Berenstain
English over 300 1962 — present 260 million [132]

Choose Your Own Adventure
various authors English 185 1979 — 1998 250 million [133]

Sweet Valley High
Francine Pascal and ghostwriters English 400 1983 - 250 million [134]

Noddy
Enid Blyton
English 24 1949–present 200 million[135]

Nancy Drew
various authors asCarolyn Keene
English 175 1930 — present 200 million[136]

The Railway Series
(spawned Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends)
Rev. W. Awdry,Christopher Awdry
English
41 1945–2007 200 million[137]

The Baby-sitters Club
Ann Martin
English 335 1986 — present 172 million[138]

Star Wars
various authors English over 200 1977 — present 160 million [139]

Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
English 6 1902–1930 150 million[140]

Chicken Soup for the Soul
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
English 105 1997 — present 130 million[141]

The McGuffey Readers
William Holmes McGuffey
English 1853 125 million[142]

Frank Merriwell
Gilbert Patten
English 209 1896 - 125 million[143]

Dirk Pitt
Clive Cussler
English 19 1973 — present 120 million[144]

宮本武蔵 (Musashi)
Eiji Yoshikawa
Japanese
7 1935–1939 120 million[145]

American Girl
various authors English 1986 — present 120 million[146]

The Chronicles of Narnia
C. S. Lewis
English 7 1949–1954 120 million[147]

Clifford the Big Red Dog
Norman Bridwell
English 1963 — present 110 million[148]

James Bond
Ian Fleming
English 14 1953–1966 more than 100 million[149]

Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
English 4 2005–2008 100 million [150]

Mr. Men
Roger Hargreaves,Adam Hargreaves
English 43 1971 — present 100 million[151]

Guinness World Records (published every year) various authors English 53 1955 — present 100 million[152]

American Spelling Book (Webster's Dictionary)
Noah Webster
English 1783 100 million[3]

Between 50 million and 100 million copies

Nijntje (Miffy)
Dick Bruna
Dutch
119 1955 — present 85 million[153]

World Almanac (published every year) various authors English 121 1868 — 1876; 1886–present 80 million[154]

Fear Street
R. L. Stine
English 114 1989 — present 80 million[155]

六星占術によるあなたの運命 (Rokusei Senjutsu (Six-Star Astrology) Tells Your Fortune) Kazuko Hosoki
Japanese
159, until 2009 edition 1986 — Present 79 million[156]

OSS 117
Jean Bruce
French
265 1949–1992 75 million[157]

Winnie-the-Pooh
A. A. Milne; illustrated by E. H. Shepard
English 4 1926–1928 70 million[158]

Left Behind
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
English 16 1996 — present 65 million[159]

A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket aka Daniel Handler
English 13 1999–2006 60 million[160]

Arch Books (Lantern Books)
various authors English 1958 — present 58 million[161]

Discworld
Terry Pratchett
English 37 1983–present 55 million[162]

Magic Tree House series
Mary Pope Osborne
English 43 1992–present 53 million[163]

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
John Gray
English 15 1992–present 50 million[164]

The Hardy Boys
various authors as Franklin W. Dixon
English 58 1927-79 50 million[165]

The Bobbsey Twins
various authors as Laura Lee Hope
English 72 1904-79 50 million[166]

アンパンマン (Anpanman)
Takashi Yanase
Japanese
more than 678 1970 — present 50 million[167]

Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
English 26 1914–1995 50 million[168]

[edit]Between 30 million and 50 million copies
Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales
Where's Wally?[169]
Martin Handford
English 13 1987–present 46 million[170]

A Child's First Library Of Learning
various authors English 1980 - 45 million[171]

Junie B. Jones
Barbara Park
English 1992 - 44 million[172]

The Wheel of Time
Robert Jordan
English Currently 12. 14 planned 1990 - 44 million[173]

수학의 정석 (數學의 定石) (The principle of Mathematics - Mathematics reference book) Hong Sung-dae
Korean
currently 12 1966–present (current edition since 1997) 40 million[174]

できるシリーズ (Dekiru Series) Impress Dekiru Series Editorial Desk Japanese 1994–present 40 million[175]

Millennium Trilogy
Stieg Larsson
Swedish 3 2005–2007 40 million[176]

连环画 铁道游击队 (Picture-and-story book Railway Guerrillas)
original author: Liu Zhixia
Chinese 10 1955–1962 36.52 million[177]

Paddington Bear
Michael Bond
English 70 1958–present 35 million[178]

徳川家康 (Tokugawa Ieyasu)
Sohachi Yamaoka
Japanese
26 1950–1967 30 million[179]

Le guide Michelin France (The Michelin Guide France) (published every year) various authors French 109 1900–present 30 million[180]

Between 20 million and 30 million copies

Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales
ノンタン (Nontan)
Sachiko Kiyono
Japanese
25 1976–2006 28 million[181]

Curious George
Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey
English 58 1941–present 27 million[182]

グイン・サーガ (Guin Saga)
Kaoru Kurimoto
Japanese 118 1979–2009 26 million[183]

Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey
English 1997–present 26 million[184]

三毛猫ホームズシリーズ (Mike-neko Holmes series)
Jirō Akagawa
Japanese 43 1978–present 26 million[185]

Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki Sharon Lechter
English 18 1997- 26 million [186]

超図解シリーズ (Cho-Zukai series) X media
Japanese 1996–2007 25 million[187]

Kurt Wallander
Henning Mankell
Swedish
10 1991–2002 25 million[188]

鬼平犯科帳 (Onihei Hankachō)
Shōtarō Ikenami
Japanese 24 1968–1990 24.4 million, only bunkobon[189]

自由自在 (Jiyu Jizai)
various authors Japanese 1953–present 24 million[190]

Brain Quest series
various authors English 1992–present 23.7 million[191]

かいけつゾロリ (Kaiketsu Zorori)
Yutaka Hara
Japanese 41 1987–present 23 million[192]

South Beach Diet
Arthur Agatston
English 6 2003–present 22 million[193]

竜馬がゆく (Ryoma ga Yuku)
Ryōtarō Shiba
Japanese 5 1963–1966 21.5 million[194]

ズッコケ三人組 (Zukkoke Sanningumi)
Masamoto Nasu
Japanese 50 1978–2004 21 million[195]

Shannara
Terry Brooks
English 20 1977–present 21 million[196]

The Inheritance Cycle
Christopher Paolini
English 3 2002–present 20 million [197]

Maisy
Lucy Cousins
English 23 1990–present 20 million[78]

Dragonlance
various authors English more than 150 1984 — present 20 million[198]

幻魔大戦 (Genma Taisen)
Kazumasa Hirai
Japanese 20 1979–1983 20 million[199]

青春の門 (The Gate of Youth)
Hiroyuki Itsuki
Japanese 1970–present 20 million[200]

The Foundation Trilogy
Isaac Asimov
English 3[201]
1950–1953 20 million[202]

Horrible Histories
Terry Deary
English 24 1993–present 20 million[203]

Between 15 million and 20 million copies

Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales
科学のアルバム (Kagaku no album) various authors Japanese 1970–present 19 million[204]

スーパーマップル (Super Mapple) various authors Japanese 1991–present 18 million[205]

剣客商売 (Kenkaku Shobai)
Shotaro Ikenami
Japanese 18 1972–1989 18 million[206]

Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
English 6 2001–present 18 million[207]

Erast Fandorin
Boris Akunin
Russian
12 1998–present 18 million[208]

チャート式 (Chart Shiki)
various authors Japanese 1927–present 17.44 million, only for the first grade of high-school[76]

吸血鬼ハンターD (Vampire Hunter D)
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Japanese 17 1983–present 17 million[209]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, plus a final book by Eoin Colfer
English 6 1979–present 16 million[210]

Bridget Jones
Helen Fielding
English 2 1996–present 15 million [211]

The Riftwar Cycle
Raymond E. Feist
English 25 1982–present 15 million [212]

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith
English 9 1999–present 15 million[213]

ぼくらシリーズ(Bokura series) Osamu Soda
Japanese 36 1985–present 15 million[214]

His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman
English 3 1995–2000 15 million [215]

銀河英雄伝説 (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
Yoshiki Tanaka
Japanese 14 1982–1989 15 million[216]

Der Regenbogenfisch (Rainbow Fish)
Marcus Pfister
German 1992–present 15 million[217]



Several books that may have high sales are omitted from this list because sales numbers have not yet been identified from reliable, independent sources. Such books include:
 Harry Potter books 1-6
 Dracula
 Don Quixote
 The most popular works of William Shakespeare, such as Romeo and Juliet
 The Three Musketeers
 Robinson Crusoe
Bhagavad Gita
 Ramayana
 Mahabharata
 Book of Common Prayer
 Pilgrim's Progress
 Foxe's Book of Martyrs
 Westminster Shorter Catechism
 Daily Light on the Daily Path
 My Utmost for His Highest
 Dianetics (Scientology)

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The 100 most meaningful books of all time

A 2002 survey of around 100 well-known authors from 54 countries voted for the "most meaningful book of all time" in a poll organised by editors at the Norwegian Book Clubs in Oslo.


1. Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes
2. Things fall apart Chinua Achebe
3. Fairy tales and stories Hans Christian Andersen
4. Pride and prejudice Jane Austen
5. Old Goriot Honore de Balzac
6. Trilogy: Molloy, Malone dies, The Unnamable Samuel Beckett
7. Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio
8. Collected fictions Jorge Luis Borges
9. Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
10. The Stranger Albert Camus
11. Poems Paul Celan
12. Journey to the end of the night Louis-Ferdinand Celine
13. Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer
14. Nostromo Joseph Conrad
15. The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri
16. Great expectations Charles Dickens
17. Jacques the fatalist and his master Denis Diderot
18. Berlin Alexanderplatz Alfred Doblin
19. Crime and punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
20. The Idiot Fyodor Dostoyevsky
21. The Possessed Fyodor Dostoyevsky
22. The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky
23. Middlemarch George Eliot
24. Invisible man Ralph Ellison
25. Medea Euripides
26. Absalom, Absalom William Faulkner
27. The Sound and the fury William Faulkner
28. Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert
29. A Sentimental education Gustave Flaubert
30. Gypsy Ballads Federico Garcia Lorca
31. One hundred years of solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez
32. Love in the time of cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez
33. The Epic of Gilgamesh
34. Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
35. Dead souls Nikolai Gogol
36. The Tin Drum Günter Grass
37. The Devil to pay in the backlands Joao Guimaraes Rosa
38. Hunger Knut Hamsun
39. The Old man and the sea Ernest Hemingway
40. The Iliad Homer
41. The Odyssey Homer
42. A Doll's house Henrik Ibsen
43. The Book of Job Anon
44. Ulysses James Joyce
45. The Complete Stories Franz Kafka
46. The Trial Franz Kafka
47. The Castle Franz Kafka
48. The Recognition of Sakuntala Kalidasa
49. The Sound of the mountain Yasunari Kawabata
50. Zorba the Greek Nikos Kazantzakis
51. Sons and lovers D H Lawrence
52. Independent people Halldor K Laxness
53. Complete poems Giacomo Leopardi
54. The Golden notebook Doris Lessing
55. Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren
56. Diary of a madman and other stories Lu Xun
57. Mahabharata Anon
58. Children of Gebelawi Naguib Mahfouz
59. Buddenbrooks Thomas Mann
60. The Magic Mountain Thomas Mann
61. Moby Dick Herman Melville
62. Essays Michel de Montaigne
63. History Elsa Morante
64. Beloved Toni Morrison
65. The Tale of Genji Murasaki Shikibu
66. The Man without qualities Robert Musil
67. Lolita Vladimir Nabokov
68. Njal's saga
69. 1984 George Orwell
70. Metamorphoses Ovid
71. The Book of Disquiet Fernando Pessoa
72. The Complete tales Edgar Allan Poe
73. Remembrance of things past Marcel Proust
74. Gargantua and Pantagruel Francois Rabelais
75. Pedro Paramo Juan Rulfo
76. The Mathnawi Jalalu'l-Din Rumi
77. Midnight's children Salman Rushdie
78. The Bostan of Saadi (The Orchard) Sheikh Saadi of Shiraz
79. A Season of migration to the north Tayeb Salih
80. Blindness Jose Saramago
81. Hamlet William Shakespeare
82. King Lear William Shakespeare
83. Othello William Shakespeare
84. Oedipus the King Sophocles
85. The Red and the black Stendhal
86. The Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy Laurence Sterne
87. Confessions of Zeno Italo Svevo
88. Gulliver's travels Jonathan Swift
89. War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
90. Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
91. The Death of Ivan Ilyich and other stories Leo Tolstoy
92. Selected Stories Anton Chekhov
93. Thousand and One Nights
94. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
95. Ramayana Valmiki
96. The Aeneid Virgil
97. Leaves of grass Walt Whitman
98. Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf
99. To the lighthouse Virginia Woolf
100. Memoirs of Hadrian Marguerite Yourcenar


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TOP 100 BOOKS

These are the Harvard Book Store staff's favorite 100 books.
1. A People’s History of the United States
Howard Zinn
2. The Wind Up Bird Chronicles
Haruki Murakami
3. The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster
4. The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
5. Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
7. Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
9. One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
11. Crime and Punishment Dostoevsky
12. On the Road Kerouac
13. Alice in Wonderland Carrol
14. Brothers Karamozov Dostoevsky
15. The Age of Innocence Wharton
16. Don Quixote Cervantes
17. Perfume Suskind
18. Ulysses Joyce
19. Anna Karenina Tolstoy
20. Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor
21. Cry the Beloved Country Paton
22. Dracula Stoker
23. The Eagles Die Marek
24. Emotionally Weird Atkinson
25. The Handmaid’s Tale Atwood
26. Infinite Jest Wallace
27. Kitchen Yoshimoto
28. London Fields Amis
29. Moise and the World of Reason Williams
30. Movie Wars Rosenbaum
31. Paradise Lost Milton
32. Persuasion Austen
33. Tortilla Curtain Boyle
34. Visions of Excess Bataille
35. Where the Wild Things Are Sendak
36. Wild Sheep Chase Murakami
37. Beloved Morrison
38. Counterfeiters Gide
39. The Bell Jar Plath
40. Blind Owl Hedayat
41. Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe
42. The Count of Monte Cristo Dumas
43. Dealing With Dragons Wrede
44. The Earthsea Trilogy Le Guin
45. The Ecology of Fear Davis
46. Franny and Zooey Salinger
47. History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides
48. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Alvarez
49. Kabuki: Circle of Blood Mack & Jiang
50. Of Human Bondage Maugham
51. The Satanic Verses Rushdie
52. The Sheltering Sky Bowles
53. Tristam Shandy Sterne
54. Well of Loneliness Hall
55. Wicked Pavilion Powell
56. Collected Stories of V.S. Pritchett
57. War and Peace Tolstoy
58. Babel 17 Delany
59. Dora Freud
60. Empire Falls Russo
61. For Whom the Bell Tolls Hemingway
62. Girl in Landscape Letham
63. Goodbye to All That Graves
64. Ham on Rye Bukowski
65. Like Life Lorrie Moore
66. Mao II Delillo
67. Random Family Leblanc
68. Revolutionary Road Yates
69. The Stranger Camus
70. Humboldt’s Gift Bellow
71. White Noise Delillo
72. Atlas Shrugged Rand
73. Bastard Out of Carolina Allison
74. Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills Bukowski
75. Delta of Venus Nin
76. Fast Food Nation Schlosser
77. Ficciones Borges
78. Go Ask Alice Anonymous
79. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Adams
80. Iliad Homer
81. On Photography Sontag
82. Republic Plato
83. Shockproof Sydney Skate Meaker
84. Society of the Spectacle Debord
85. Strangers in Paradise Moore
86. The Sun Also Rises Hemingway
87. A Wrinkle In Time L’Engle
88. Dubliners Joyce
89. The Breakfast of Champions Vonnegut
90. No Logo Klein
91. Aeneid Virgil
92. Ariel Plath
93. Charlotte’s Web White
94. Curious George Learns the Alphabet Rey
95. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Paley
96. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter McCullers
97. Henry VIII Shakespeare
98. I, Claudius Graves
99. The Lost Continent Bryson
100. Master and Margarita Bulgakov

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The top 100 books of all time


Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, (b. 1930), Things Fall Apart
Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, (1805-1875), Fairy Tales and Stories
Jane Austen, England, (1775-1817), Pride and Prejudice
Honore de Balzac, France, (1799-1850), Old Goriot
Samuel Beckett, Ireland, (1906-1989), Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable
Giovanni Boccaccio, Italy, (1313-1375), Decameron
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina, (1899-1986), Collected Fictions
Emily Bronte, England, (1818-1848), Wuthering Heights
Albert Camus, France, (1913-1960), The Stranger
Paul Celan, Romania/France, (1920-1970), Poems.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine, France, (1894-1961), Journey to the End of the Night
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spain, (1547-1616), Don Quixote
Geoffrey Chaucer, England, (1340-1400), Canterbury Tales
Anton P Chekhov, Russia, (1860-1904), Selected Stories
Joseph Conrad, England,(1857-1924), Nostromo
Dante Alighieri, Italy, (1265-1321), The Divine Comedy
Charles Dickens, England, (1812-1870), Great Expectations
Denis Diderot, France, (1713-1784), Jacques the Fatalist and His Master
Alfred Doblin, Germany, (1878-1957), Berlin Alexanderplatz
Fyodor M Dostoyevsky, Russia, (1821-1881), Crime and Punishment; The Idiot; The Possessed; The Brothers Karamazov
George Eliot, England, (1819-1880), Middlemarch
Ralph Ellison, United States, (1914-1994), Invisible Man
Euripides, Greece, (c 480-406 BC), Medea
William Faulkner, United States, (1897-1962), Absalom, Absalom; The Sound and the Fury
Gustave Flaubert, France, (1821-1880), Madame Bovary; A Sentimental Education
Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain, (1898-1936), Gypsy Ballads
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Colombia, (b. 1928), One Hundred Years of Solitude; Love in the Time of Cholera
Gilgamesh, Mesopotamia (c 1800 BC).
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany, (1749-1832), Faust
Nikolai Gogol, Russia, (1809-1852), Dead Souls
Gunter Grass, Germany, (b.1927), The Tin Drum
Joao Guimaraes Rosa, Brazil, (1880-1967), The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
Knut Hamsun, Norway, (1859-1952), Hunger.
Ernest Hemingway, United States, (1899-1961), The Old Man and the Sea
Homer, Greece, (c 700 BC), The Iliad and The Odyssey
Henrik Ibsen, Norway (1828-1906), A Doll's House
The Book of Job, Israel. (600-400 BC).
James Joyce, Ireland, (1882-1941), Ulysses
Franz Kafka, Bohemia, (1883-1924), The Complete Stories; The Trial; The Castle Bohemia
Kalidasa, India, (c. 400), The Recognition of Sakuntala
Yasunari Kawabata, Japan, (1899-1972), The Sound of the Mountain
Nikos Kazantzakis, Greece, (1883-1957), Zorba the Greek
DH Lawrence, England, (1885-1930), Sons and Lovers
Halldor K Laxness, Iceland, (1902-1998), Independent People
Giacomo Leopardi, Italy, (1798-1837), Complete Poems
Doris Lessing, England, (b.1919), The Golden Notebook
Astrid Lindgren, Sweden, (1907-2002), Pippi Longstocking
Lu Xun, China, (1881-1936), Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Mahabharata, India, (c 500 BC).
Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, (b. 1911), Children of Gebelawi
Thomas Mann, Germany, (1875-1955), Buddenbrook; The Magic Mountain
Herman Melville, United States, (1819-1891), Moby Dick
Michel de Montaigne, France, (1533-1592), Essays.
Elsa Morante, Italy, (1918-1985), History
Toni Morrison, United States, (b. 1931), Beloved
Shikibu Murasaki, Japan, (N/A), The Tale of Genji Genji
Robert Musil, Austria, (1880-1942), The Man Without Qualities
Vladimir Nabokov, Russia/United States, (1899-1977), Lolita
Njaals Saga, Iceland, (c 1300).
George Orwell, England, (1903-1950), 1984
Ovid, Italy, (c 43 BC), Metamorphoses
Fernando Pessoa, Portugal, (1888-1935), The Book of Disquiet
Edgar Allan Poe, United States, (1809-1849), The Complete Tales
Marcel Proust, France, (1871-1922), Remembrance of Things Past
Francois Rabelais, France, (1495-1553), Gargantua and Pantagruel
Juan Rulfo, Mexico, (1918-1986), Pedro Paramo
Jalal ad-din Rumi, Afghanistan, (1207-1273), Mathnawi
Salman Rushdie, India/Britain, (b. 1947), Midnight's Children
Sheikh Musharrif ud-din Sadi, Iran, (c 1200-1292), The Orchard
Tayeb Salih, Sudan, (b. 1929), Season of Migration to the North
Jose Saramago, Portugal, (b. 1922), Blindness
William Shakespeare, England, (1564-1616), Hamlet; King Lear; Othello
Sophocles, Greece, (496-406 BC), Oedipus the King
Stendhal, France, (1783-1842), The Red and the Black
Laurence Sterne, Ireland, (1713-1768), The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Italo Svevo, Italy, (1861-1928), Confessions of Zeno
Jonathan Swift, Ireland, (1667-1745), Gulliver's Travels
Leo Tolstoy, Russia, (1828-1910), War and Peace; Anna Karenina; The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
Thousand and One Nights, India/Iran/Iraq/Egypt, (700-1500).
Mark Twain, United States, (1835-1910), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Valmiki, India, (c 300 BC), Ramayana
Virgil, Italy, (70-19 BC), The Aeneid
Walt Whitman, United States, (1819-1892), Leaves of Grass
Virginia Woolf, England, (1882-1941), Mrs. Dalloway; To the Lighthouse
Marguerite Yourcenar, France, (1903-1987), Memoirs of Hadrian



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