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Nezavisimaya Gazeta (Russian Newspaper), 101 Books

The list of “100 best books” according to the Russian newspaper “NG-Ex libris” (book review, supplement to “Nezavisimaya Gazeta”), published on January 31, 2008.

This ranking consists of 100 novels that, in the opinion of the editorial team, shook the literary world and influenced the entire culture. Books are listed in chronological order.

Who voted?
The list wasn’t crowdsourced—it was drawn up in-house by NG-Ex Libris’s own editorial desk. Roughly five staff critics, led by editor-in-chief Evgeny Lesin, debated and agreed on the final 100 titles during their weekly editorial meetings in January 2008.

This list was originally published in 2008 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.