Landmarks of World Literature
This is one of the 743 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
Cambridge University, 24 Books
This series provides concise and lucid introductions to major works of world literature. It is not confined to any single literary tradition or genre and cumulatively forms a substantial library of textbooks on some of the most important and widely read masterpieces.
This list was originally published in 2012 and was added to this site about 2 years ago.
