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List of top 100 works of fiction in history as determined by Norwegian Book Clubs authors' poll

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Dateline: OSLO, Norway List of the 100 best works of fiction, alphabetically by author, as determined by a vote among 100 noted writers from 54 countries and released by the Norwegian Book Clubs. "Don Quixote" was named the top book in history but otherwise no ranking was provided.

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_ Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, (b. 1930), "Things Fall Apart."

_ Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, (1805-1875), "Fairy Tales and Stories."

_ Jane Austen, England, (1775-1817), "Pride and Prejudice."

_ Honore de Balzac, France, (1799-1850), "Old ...

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