• This list of the 100 best books of all time was prepared by Norwegian Book Clubs. They asked 100 authors from 54 countries around the world to nominate the ten books which have had the most decisive impact on the cultural history of the world, and left a mark on the authors' own thinking. Don Quixote was named as the top book in history but otherwise no ranking was provided source : http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/world/2002/may/08/books.booksnews 1984 by George Orwell , England, (1903-1950) A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen , Norway (1828-1906) A Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert , France, (1821-1880) Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner , United States, (1897-1962) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain , United States, (1835-1910) The Aeneid by Virgil , Italy, (70-19 BC) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy , Russia, (1828-1910) Beloved by Toni Morrison , United States, (b. 1931) Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin , Germany, (1878-1957)...