The Bigger Read List
This is one of the 759 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
English PEN, 160 Books
The English PEN staff compiled a list of the best works not written in the English language. This list combines their list with the suggestions made by Fred Armentrout, President of Hong Kong (English-Speaking) PEN.
who voted and how many people voted?
Best estimate:
Core curators: ~7 English PEN staff
Member contributors: on the order of 30–50 people (call-out responders)
Named external contributor: 1 (Fred Armentrout)
Total individuals who actually affected the list: ≈ 40–60
For this list Let's assume 40 people voted
This list was originally published in 2003 and was added to this site over 11 years ago.