100 Essential Books

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Bravo! Magazine, 100 Books

The Brazilian cultural magazine Bravo! selects 100 essential books.

This list was originally published in 2009 and was added to this site over 11 years ago.

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Cover of 'The Iliad' by Homer
The Iliad

Homer

Cover of 'The Odyssey' by Homer
The Odyssey

Homer

Cover of 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare
Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Cover of 'Don Quixote' by Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

Cover of 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Cover of 'In Search of Lost Time' by Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time

Marcel Proust

Cover of 'Ulysses' by James Joyce
Ulysses

James Joyce

Cover of 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

Cover of 'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cover of 'Essays' by Michel de Montaigne
Essays

Michel de Montaigne

Cover of 'Oedipus the King' by Sophocles
Oedipus the King

Sophocles

Cover of 'Othello' by William Shakespeare
Othello

William Shakespeare

Cover of 'Madame Bovary' by Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

Cover of 'Faust' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cover of 'The Trial' by Franz Kafka
The Trial

Franz Kafka

Cover of 'Doctor Faustus' by Thomas Mann
Doctor Faustus

Thomas Mann

Cover of 'The Flowers of Evil' by Charles Baudelaire
The Flowers of Evil

Charles Baudelaire

Cover of 'The Sound and the Fury' by William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

Cover of 'The Waste Land' by T. S. Eliot
The Waste Land

T. S. Eliot

Cover of 'The Theogony' by Hesiod
The Theogony

Hesiod

Cover of 'Metamorphoses' by Ovid
Metamorphoses

Ovid

Cover of 'The Red and the Black' by Stendhal
The Red and the Black

Stendhal

Cover of 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Cover of 'A Season in Hell' by Arthur Rimbaud
A Season in Hell

Arthur Rimbaud

Cover of 'Les Misérables' by Victor Hugo
Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

Cover of 'The Stranger' by Albert Camus
The Stranger

Albert Camus

Cover of 'Medea' by Euripides
Medea

Euripides

Cover of 'The Aeneid' by Virgil
The Aeneid

Virgil

Cover of 'Twelfth Night' by William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare

Cover of 'A Farewell to Arms' by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway

Cover of 'Heart of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

Cover of 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Cover of 'Mrs. Dalloway' by Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

Cover of 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville
Moby-Dick

Herman Melville

Cover of 'The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe' by Edgar Allan Poe
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Cover of 'The Human Comedy' by Honoré de Balzac
The Human Comedy

Honoré de Balzac

Cover of 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Cover of 'The Man Without Qualities' by Robert Musil
The Man Without Qualities

Robert Musil

Cover of 'Gulliver's Travels' by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

Cover of 'Finnegans Wake' by James Joyce
Finnegans Wake

James Joyce

Cover of 'The Lusiad' by Luís Vaz Camões
The Lusiad

Luís Vaz Camões

Cover of 'The Three Musketeers' by Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

Cover of 'The Portrait of a Lady' by Henry James
The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James

Cover of 'Decameron' by Giovanni Boccaccio
Decameron

Giovanni Boccaccio

Cover of 'Waiting for Godot' by Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot

Samuel Beckett

Cover of 'Nineteen Eighty Four' by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty Four

George Orwell

Cover of 'Galileo' by Bertolt Brecht
Galileo

Bertolt Brecht

Cover of 'The Songs of Maldoror' by Comte de Lautréamont
The Songs of Maldoror

Comte de Lautréamont

Cover of 'Collected Poems' by Stéphane Mallarmé
Collected Poems

Stéphane Mallarmé

Cover of 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

Cover of 'Tartuffe' by Molière
Tartuffe

Molière

Cover of 'Three Sisters' by Anton Chekhov
Three Sisters

Anton Chekhov

Cover of 'One Thousand and One Nights' by Unknown
One Thousand and One Nights

Unknown

Cover of 'The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone' by Tirso de Molina
The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone

Tirso de Molina

Cover of 'Mensagem' by Fernando Pessoa
Mensagem

Fernando Pessoa

Cover of 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton
Paradise Lost

John Milton

Cover of 'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

Cover of 'The Counterfeiters' by André Gide
The Counterfeiters

André Gide

Cover of 'The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas' by Machado de Assis
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas

Machado de Assis

Cover of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Cover of 'Six Characters in Search of an Author' by Luigi Pirandello
Six Characters in Search of an Author

Luigi Pirandello

Cover of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Cover of 'Nausea' by Jean Paul Sartre
Nausea

Jean Paul Sartre

Cover of 'Confessions of Zeno' by Italo Svevo
Confessions of Zeno

Italo Svevo

Cover of 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' by Eugene O'Neill
Long Day's Journey Into Night

Eugene O'Neill

Cover of 'Man's Fate' by Andre Malraux
Man's Fate

Andre Malraux

Cover of 'The Cantos' by Ezra Pound
The Cantos

Ezra Pound

Cover of 'Songs of Innocence and Experience' by William Blake
Songs of Innocence and Experience

William Blake

Cover of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

Cover of 'Fictions' by Jorge Luis Borges
Fictions

Jorge Luis Borges

Cover of 'Rhinoceros and Other Plays' by Eugène Ionesco
Rhinoceros and Other Plays

Eugène Ionesco

Cover of 'Death of Virgil' by Hermann Broch
Death of Virgil

Hermann Broch

Cover of 'Leaves of Grass' by Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman

Cover of 'The Tartar Steppe' by Dino Buzzati
The Tartar Steppe

Dino Buzzati

Cover of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

Cover of 'Journey to the End of The Night' by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Journey to the End of The Night

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Cover of 'The Illustrious House of Ramires' by Eça de Queirós
The Illustrious House of Ramires

Eça de Queirós

Cover of 'Hopscotch' by Julio Cortazar
Hopscotch

Julio Cortazar

Cover of 'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

Cover of 'Memoirs of Hadrian' by Marguerite Yourcenar
Memoirs of Hadrian

Marguerite Yourcenar

Cover of 'The Catcher in the Rye' by J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger

Cover of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Cover of 'Fairy Tales and Stories' by Hans Christian Andersen
Fairy Tales and Stories

Hans Christian Andersen

Cover of 'The Leopard' by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
The Leopard

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Cover of 'The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy' by Laurence Sterne
The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy

Laurence Sterne

Cover of 'A Passage to India' by E. M. Forster
A Passage to India

E. M. Forster

Cover of 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Cover of 'Tropic of Cancer' by Henry Miller
Tropic of Cancer

Henry Miller

Cover of 'Fathers and Sons' by Ivan Turgenev
Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev

Cover of 'The Loser' by Thomas Bernhard
The Loser

Thomas Bernhard

Cover of 'The Epic Of Gilgamesh' by Unknown
The Epic Of Gilgamesh

Unknown

Cover of 'Mahabharata' by Vyasa
Mahabharata

Vyasa

Cover of 'Invisible Cities' by Italo Calvino
Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino

Cover of 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac
On the Road

Jack Kerouac

Cover of 'Steppenwolf' by Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf

Hermann Hesse

Cover of 'Portnoy's Complaint' by Philip Roth
Portnoy's Complaint

Philip Roth

Cover of 'Atonement' by Ian McEwan
Atonement

Ian McEwan

Cover of 'Disgrace' by J. M. Coetzee
Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee

Cover of 'The Makioka Sisters' by Junichiro Tanizaki
The Makioka Sisters

Junichiro Tanizaki

Cover of 'Pedro Páramo' by Juan Rulfo
Pedro Páramo

Juan Rulfo