The Trial by Franz Kafka
The book revolves around a bank clerk who wakes one morning to find himself under arrest for an unspecified crime. Despite not being detained, he is subjected to the psychological torment of a bizarre and nightmarish judicial process. The story is a critique of bureaucracy, exploring themes of guilt, alienation and the inefficiency of the justice system.
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- Published
- 1925
- Nationality
- Czech
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 200-300
- Original Language
- German
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- Alternate Titles
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- Der Process
- Der Prozess
- El Proceso
- El proceso
- Het Proces
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This book is on the following 64 lists:
- 1st on The 100 Best Books from 1900 to the Present (Yedioth Ahronoth)
- 2nd on 100 Best Novels, in Translation, Since 1900 (CounterPunch)
- 2nd on Best German Novels of the Twentieth Century (Wikipedia)
- 2nd on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
- 3rd on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (Le Monde)
- 3rd on The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century (Folha de São Paulo)
- 3rd on The Greatest 20th Century Novels (Waterstone)
- 4th on Robert McCrum's top 10 books of the twentieth century (The Guardian)
- 5th on All-Time Classics, According to Academics (The Commercial Appeal )
- 5th on Biblioteca (Argentina)
- 5th on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
- 13th on Kanon na koniec wieku (Canon at the end of the century) (Rzeczpospolita (newspaper))
- 15th on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
- 15th on TrueLit's Top 100 Favorite Books (2023) (/r/TrueLit)
- 18th on 4chan’s Literature Board’s Aggregate Top 100 Books for the Decade 2014 - 2024 (Reddit)
- 20th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
- 21st on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
- 26th on The 100 Most Important Translations (Notos Magazine (Turkey))
- 28th on The 100 Best Novels Of All Time In English (The Guardian)
- 29th on 'The perfect library': the 196 books selected by 133 personalities (XLSemanal and Zenda)
- 30th on Our Users' Top 100 Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 36th on The 100 Stories that Shaped the World (BBC)
- 38th on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
- 39th on The 100 Best Books of World Literature (ABC.es)
- 41st on R/ClassicLiterature's Top 100 Favorite Books (R/ClassicLiterature)
- 41st on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 46th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
- 76th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
- 77th on The 101 Favorite Novels of 'Le Monde' Readers (Le Monde)
- 83rd on Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (Raymond Queneau)
- 91st on The Greatest Books of 2024 - Honorable Mention (The Greatest Books)
- 507th on Fantasy and Horror: A Critical and Historical Guide (Book)
- 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century (Spirituality & Practice)
- 100 German Must-Reads (Deutsche Welle)
- 100 Most Influential Books of the Century (Boston Public Library)
- 200 Books That Shaped 200 Years of Literature (The Center for Fiction)
- 20 Posthumous Works You Should Read Before You Die (The National Post )
- 500 Must Read Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 501 Must-Read Books (LibraryThing)
- Daily Telegraph's 100 Books of the Century, 1900-1999 (Daily Telegraph)
- Der Kanon (The Canon) (Der Kanon)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- Horror: The 100 Best Books ("Horror: The 100 Best Books" Book by Stephen Jones (Editor) and Kim Newman (Editor))
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Reading List (Thomas C. Foster)
- Jonathan Lethem's Book Choices from "The Writer's Library" (The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives (Book))
- Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
- The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
- The 100 Best Novels in Translation by Boyd Tonkin (Book)
- The 100 Greatest Novels (Nezavisimaya Gazeta (Russian Newspaper))
- The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
- The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written (Martin Seymour-Smith)
- The 100 Novels You Must Read in Your Lifetime (Esquire)
- The Bigger Read List (English PEN)
- The Great Books Podcast from John J. Miller (The National Review )
- The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
- The Well-Educated Mind (Book)
- Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
- Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) (Tidningen Boken)
- What are the Goncourt Winners’ Favorite Books? (Télérama)
- William H. F. Lamont’s 100 Best Novels (1947) (archive.org)