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The Daily Telegraph's 100 Novels Everyone Should Read [5] The Guardian ' s 100 Best Novels Written in English (2015) [ 3 ] Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (1999) [ 6 ]
Jamil Ahmad (June 1, 1931 – July 12, 2014) was a Pakistani civil servant, novelist and story writer. He wrote in the English language. He is known for his anthology, The Wandering Falcon which was short listed for Man Asian Literary Prize, widely known as Asia's highest literary award, in 2011.
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [ 4 ]
Everett, whose acclaimed 2001 novel Erasure was turned into the Oscar-nominated 2023 film American Fiction, is a modern literary star and James is another lacerating, smart novel. (Mantle) (Mantle ...
The Guardian asked readers a fortnight after the conclusion of McCrum's list to name the novels that they wish had been on the list. The book with the highest number of votes was Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, the second Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things, and the third Toni Morrison's Beloved.
The Book of Mormon: See Origin of the Book of Mormon: 1830: 115 [15] English: 13 Asterix: René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo: 1959–present: 115 [16] (not all volumes are available in all languages) French: 14 The Quran: See History of the Quran: 650 >114 [17] [18] Classical Arabic: 15 The Way to Happiness: L. Ron Hubbard: 1980: 114 [19] English ...
A list of the ten best graphic novels of the period was subsequently published as a supplement to the list. [3] Watchmen (1986) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons appears on both the 100 Best Novels and 10 Best Graphic Novels lists, giving the combined lists a total of 109 entries.
Book series Author(s) Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales The Shadowhunter Chronicles: Cassandra Clare: English: 14 + 8 companion books: 2007–present: 50 million [255] Earth's Children: Jean M. Auel: English: 6: 1980–2011: 45 million [256] A Child's First Library of Learning: Various authors: English: 29: ...