Published on Recanto das Letras on 03/16/2007
Text code: T415120
Goulart Gomes
Updates:
01/24/2008: Another improvement to the list. After the title of each work, I am adding, in parentheses, a letter that identifies whether it is part of any of the famous “best of” lists, according to the following legend:
A = Alfredo Bosi, 2005
B = Bravo Magazine, 2006
C = Norway Book Club, 2002
D = 100 unforgettable novels, by Gerana Damulakis, 2008
E = Modern Library's - Editors and Authors
F = Folha de São Paulo, 1999
G = Reading Guide, 100 authors you need to read, by Léa Masina (org.)
H = Authors cited in the book "Genius", by Harold Bloom
I = Ítalo Moriconi, in the book "To Read Like a Writer", by Francine Prose
L = Logos Magazine, Frankfurt Book Fair, 2000
M = Book "1001 Books to Read Before You Die", org. by Peter Boxall, 2007
N = Nobel Prize in Literature (to the author)
O = Books "The Masterpieces Few Have Read", org. Heloísa Seixas.
P = Book "To Read Like a Writer", Francine Prose
S = Magazine 101 Books That Changed Humanity, Superinteressante, 2005
T = The 100 Best Novels of the English Language 1923-2005, Time Magazine
U = Collection The Immortals of World Literature, by Editora Abril, 1972
03/03/2008: Added literary genre and country of origin for each work.
03/20/2008: For a first contact with Brazilian Literature, I recommend the collections: The Hundred Best Brazilian Short Stories, Flávio Moreira da Costa (org.), The Hundred Best Brazilian Chronicles, Joaquim Ferreira dos Santos (org.), and 100 Years of Poetry, by Claufe Rodrigues and Alexandra Maia (org.). For an overview of the universal novel: 1001 Books to Read Before You Die, Peter Boxall (org.).
04/29/2008: Included the lists of books recommended in the book "To Read Like a Writer", compiled by Francine Prose (author) and Ítalo Moriconi (afterword writer).
05/30/2008: Included references to authors cited in the book "GENIUS", by Harold Bloom and the collection "THE MASTERPIECES FEW HAVE READ", organized by Heloísa Seixas, based on essays published in MANCHETE magazine, from 1972 to 1977.
06/15/2008: Included references to works cited in the book "READING GUIDE, 100 AUTHORS YOU NEED TO READ", organized by Léa Masina.
09/23/2008: Included references to works cited in the list of 100 unforgettable novels, by Gerana Damulakis.
10/26/2008: Included references to works from the collection THE IMMORTALS OF WORLD LITERATURE, published by Editora Abril, since 1972.
Goulart Gomes
(Post-graduate in Brazilian Literature, from the Catholic University of Salvador)
"While the hemlock was being prepared, Socrates was learning an aria on the flute. - What good will it do you? they asked him. - It will help me learn this aria before I die" (Italo Calvino, quoting Cioran, in "Why Read the Classics?")
DON'T DIE WITHOUT READING:
1. A vida como ela é, Nelson Rodrigues, short stories, Brazil, B,I
2. Cem anos de solidão, Gabriel García Marquez, novel, Colombia, CFGLMNP
3. Crime e Castigo, Fyodor Dostoiévski, novel, Russia, CDGHMOPS
4. Dom Casmurro, Machado de Assis, novel, Brazil, ABDGHIMSU
5. Dom Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, novel, Spain, CGHMOPS
6. Eu e outras poesias, Augusto dos Anjos, poetry, Brazil, ABO
7. Grande Sertão: Veredas, Guimarães Rosa, novel, Brazil, ABCDFGIMOS
8. Hamlet, William Shakespeare, theater, Great Britain, CGHS
9. Obra poética, João Cabral, poetry, Brazil, AB
10. Romance da Pedra do Reino, Ariano Suassuna, novel, Brazil, F
READ BEFORE YOU DIE:
1984, George Orwell, novel, United States, CEFGLMOST
A Divina Comédia, Dante Alighieri, poetry, Italy, CHOS
A Metamorfose, Franz Kafka, novel, Czech Rep., CGHMP
A Náusea, Jean-Paul Sartre, novel, France, FLMN
A revolução dos bichos, George Orwell, novel, United States, EFGMT
A terra de Deus, Taylor Caldwell, novel, United States
Admirável Mundo Novo, Aldous Huxley, novel, Great Britain, ELFGM
Brás, Bexiga e Barrafunda, Antônio A. Machado, short stories, Brazil, AB
Carta a um jovem poeta, Rainer-Maria Rilke, epistolary, Czech Rep., H
Cascalho, Herbeto Sales, novel, Brazil
Espumas flutuantes, Castro Alves, poetry, Brazil, AB
Eu, robô, Isaac Asimov, short stories, Russia, M
Ficções, Jorge Luis Borges, short stories, Argentina, CGHOU
Fogo morto, José Lins do Rêgo, novel, Brazil, AB
Fome, Knut Hamsun, novel, Norway, CMN
Germinal, Émile Zola, novel, France, GMOU
Gramática expositiva do chão, Manoel de Barros, poetry, Brazil
Horizonte perdido, James Hilton, novel, Great Britain
Macunaíma, Mário de Andrade, novel, Brazil, ABFIMS
Mensagem, Fernando Pessoa, poetry, Portugal
Moby Dick, Herman Melville, novel, United States, CGHMOPU
Nada de novo no front, Erich Ma. Remarque, novel, Germany, DLM
Narciso e Goldmund, Hermann Hesse, novel, Germany, N
O Amor nos tempos do cólera, Gabriel García Marquez, novel, Colombia, CGMN
O cavaleiro inexistente, Ítalo Calvino, novel, Italy, GHM
O coronel e o lobisomem, José C. Carvalho, novel, Brazil, B
O cortiço, Aluísio Azevedo, novel, Brazil, ABDIMOS
O deserto dos tártaros, Dino Buzzati, novel, Italy, DFM
O estrangeiro, Albert Camus, novel, Algeria, CDFGLMNP
O pequeno príncipe, Saint-Exupéry, novel, France, M
O perfume, Patrick Suskind, novel, Germany, DM
Odisséia, Homero, poetry, Greece, CGHOS
Os miseráveis, Victor Hugo, novel, France, GHMO
Os ratos, Dyonélio Machado, novel, Brazil, ABD
Otelo, William Shakespeare, theater, Great Britain, CGH
Sagarana, Guimarães Rosa, short stories, Brazil, ABGI
São Bernardo, Graciliano Ramos, novel, Brazil, ABGI
Shogun, James Clavell, novel, United States
Uma aprendizagem ou O livro dos prazeres, Clarice Lispector, novel, Brazil
Vidas Secas, Graciliano Ramos, novel, Brazil, ABGS
IF YOU DON'T DIE BEFORE, READ THESE, TOO:
A hora da estrela, Clarice Lispector, novel, Brazil, GMS
A imortalidade, Milan Kundera, novel, Czech Rep.,
A vida e as extraordinárias aventuras do soldado Ivan Tchônkin, Vladimir Voinóvitch, novel, Russia
Alice nos País das Maravilhas, Lewis Caroll, novel, Great Britain, GHMO
As aventuras de Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain, novel, United States, GHO
As flores do mal, Charles Baudelaire, poetry, France, HOS
Auto da compadecida, Ariano Suassuna, theater, Brazil
Canto Geral, Pablo Neruda, poetry, Chile, NO
Cavalos do Amanhecer, Mario Arregui, Uruguay
Decameron, Boccaccio, short stories, Italy, CGOSU
Deus lhe pague, Joracy Camargo, theater, Brazil
Eneida, Virgílio, poetry, Greece, CHS
Ensaio sobre a cegueira, José Saramago, novel, Portugal, D
Farda, fardão, camisola de dormir, Jorge Amado, novel, Brazil
Fausto, Goethe, poetry, Germany, BGHO
Folhas de relva, Walt Whitman, poetry, United States, CHOS
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, novel, Great Britain, GMOS
Histórias extraordinárias, Edgar Allan Poe, short stories, United States, CGMO
Ilíada, Homero, poetry, Greece, CGHS
Jubiabá, Jorge Amado, novel, Brazil, A
Longa jornada noite adentro, Eugene O'Neill, theater, United States, LN
Lucíola, José de Alencar, novel, Brazil, BG
O ateneu, Raul Pompéia, novel, Brazil, ABI
O cão dos Baskervilles, Conan Doyle, novella, Great Britain, MO
O fim da infância, Arthur Clarke, novel, United States
O mez da grippe, Valêncio Xavier, novel, Brazil
O mulo, Darcy Ribeiro, novel, Brazil
O nome da rosa, Umberto Eco, novel, Italy, GLM
O pagador de promessas, Dias Gomes, theater, Brazil, B
O quinze, Rachel de Queiroz, novel, Brazil, ABS
O reduto, Wilson Lins, novel, Brazil
O rei da vela, Oswald de Andrade, theater, Brazil
O retrato de Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, novel, Great Britain, DGHMOU
Obra poética, Bashô, poetry, Japan
Obra poética, Cecília Meireles, poetry, Brazil, AB
Obra poética, Cruz e Sousa, poetry, Brazil, AB
Obra poética, E. E. Cummings, poetry, United States,
Obra poética, Gregório de Mattos, poetry, Brazil, AB
Obra poética, Vinicius de Moraes, poetry, Brazil, AB
Obra poética, Ferreira Gullar, poetry, Brazil, B
Orlando, Virginia Woolf, novel, Great Britain, FGHMOSU
Os cavalinhos de platiplanto, José J. Veiga, short stories, Brazil, BI
Os lusíadas, Luís de Camões, poetry, Portugal, HMO
Os sertões, Euclides da Cunha, essay, Brazil, ABGIMO
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, novel, Great Britain, GMOS
Rubaiyat, Omar Khayyam, poetry, Iran
Satiricon, Petrônio, novel, Italy
Seis personagens à procura de um autor, Luigi Pirandello, theater, Italy
Triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma, Lima Barreto, novel, Brazil, ABI
Zorba, o grego, Nikos Kazantzakis, novel, Greece, CM
THEY MADE WAY (books that were removed from the top 100 list):
1. Um homem demolido, Alfred Bestler, novel, United States
2. Sítio do Pica-pau Amarelo, Monteiro Lobato, short stories, Brazil, S
3. O mágico, Summersert Maugham, novel, France,
4. Mas não se mata cavalo?, Horace McCoy, novel, M
5. O feijão e o sonho, Orígenes Lessa, novel, Brazil
DON'T ASK ME TO INCLUDE THEM AGAIN:
1. The Catcher in the Rye, by Salinger
2. In Search of Lost Time, by Proust
3. O guarani, by José de Alencar
4. Senhora, by José de Alencar
5. The Diary of a Magus, by Paulo Coelho
6. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
7. The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann
8. The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner
9. The Castle, by Franz Kafka
10. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
11. The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner
12. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
13. On the Road, by Jack Kerouac
Published on Recanto das Letras on 03/16/2007
Text code: T415120
Goulart Gomes
Updates:
01/24/2008: Another improvement to the list. After the title of each work, I am adding, in parentheses, a letter that identifies whether it is part of any of the famous “best of” lists, according to the following legend:
A = Alfredo Bosi, 2005
B = Bravo Magazine, 2006
C = Norway Book Club, 2002
D = 100 unforgettable novels, by Gerana Damulakis, 2008
E = Modern Library's - Editors and Authors
F = Folha de São Paulo, 1999
G = Reading Guide, 100 authors you need to read, by Léa Masina (org.)
H = Authors cited in the book "Genius", by Harold Bloom
I = Ítalo Moriconi, in the book "To Read Like a Writer", by Francine Prose
L = Logos Magazine, Frankfurt Book Fair, 2000
M = Book "1001 Books to Read Before You Die", org. by Peter Boxall, 2007
N = Nobel Prize in Literature (to the author)
O = Books "The Masterpieces Few Have Read", org. Heloísa Seixas.
P = Book "To Read Like a Writer", Francine Prose
S = Magazine 101 Books That Changed Humanity, Superinteressante, 2005
T = The 100 Best Novels of the English Language 1923-2005, Time Magazine
U = Collection The Immortals of World Literature, by Editora Abril, 1972
03/03/2008: Added literary genre and country of origin for each work.
03/20/2008: For a first contact with Brazilian Literature, I recommend the collections: The Hundred Best Brazilian Short Stories, Flávio Moreira da Costa (org.), The Hundred Best Brazilian Chronicles, Joaquim Ferreira dos Santos (org.), and 100 Years of Poetry, by Claufe Rodrigues and Alexandra Maia (org.). For an overview of the universal novel: 1001 Books to Read Before You Die, Peter Boxall (org.).
04/29/2008: Included the lists of books recommended in the book "To Read Like a Writer", compiled by Francine Prose (author) and Ítalo Moriconi (afterword writer).
05/30/2008: Included references to authors cited in the book "GENIUS", by Harold Bloom and the collection "THE MASTERPIECES FEW HAVE READ", organized by Heloísa Seixas, based on essays published in MANCHETE magazine, from 1972 to 1977.
06/15/2008: Included references to works cited in the book "READING GUIDE, 100 AUTHORS YOU NEED TO READ", organized by Léa Masina.
09/23/2008: Included references to works cited in the list of 100 unforgettable novels, by Gerana Damulakis.
10/26/2008: Included references to works from the collection THE IMMORTALS OF WORLD LITERATURE, published by Editora Abril, since 1972.
Goulart Gomes
(Post-graduate in Brazilian Literature, from the Catholic University of Salvador)
"While the hemlock was being prepared, Socrates was learning an aria on the flute. - What good will it do you? they asked him. - It will help me learn this aria before I die" (Italo Calvino, quoting Cioran, in "Why Read the Classics?")
DON'T DIE WITHOUT READING:
1. A vida como ela é, Nelson Rodrigues, short stories, Brazil, B,I
2. Cem anos de solidão, Gabriel García Marquez, novel, Colombia, CFGLMNP
3. Crime e Castigo, Fyodor Dostoiévski, novel, Russia, CDGHMOPS
4. Dom Casmurro, Machado de Assis, novel, Brazil, ABDGHIMSU
5. Dom Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, novel, Spain, CGHMOPS
6. Eu e outras poesias, Augusto dos Anjos, poetry, Brazil, ABO
7. Grande Sertão: Veredas, Guimarães Rosa, novel, Brazil, ABCDFGIMOS
8. Hamlet, William Shakespeare, theater, Great Britain, CGHS
9. Obra poética, João Cabral, poetry, Brazil, AB
10. Romance da Pedra do Reino, Ariano Suassuna, novel, Brazil, F
READ BEFORE YOU DIE:
1984, George Orwell, novel, United States, CEFGLMOST
A Divina Comédia, Dante Alighieri, poetry, Italy, CHOS
A Metamorfose, Franz Kafka, novel, Czech Rep., CGHMP
A Náusea, Jean-Paul Sartre, novel, France, FLMN
A revolução dos bichos, George Orwell, novel, United States, EFGMT
A terra de Deus, Taylor Caldwell, novel, United States
Admirável Mundo Novo, Aldous Huxley, novel, Great Britain, ELFGM
Brás, Bexiga e Barrafunda, Antônio A. Machado, short stories, Brazil, AB
Carta a um jovem poeta, Rainer-Maria Rilke, epistolary, Czech Rep., H
Cascalho, Herbeto Sales, novel, Brazil
Espumas flutuantes, Castro Alves, poetry, Brazil, AB
Eu, robô, Isaac Asimov, short stories, Russia, M
Ficções, Jorge Luis Borges, short stories, Argentina, CGHOU
Fogo morto, José Lins do Rêgo, novel, Brazil, AB
Fome, Knut Hamsun, novel, Norway, CMN
Germinal, Émile Zola, novel, France, GMOU
Gramática expositiva do chão, Manoel de Barros, poetry, Brazil
Horizonte perdido, James Hilton, novel, Great Britain
Macunaíma, Mário de Andrade, novel, Brazil, ABFIMS
Mensagem, Fernando Pessoa, poetry, Portugal
Moby Dick, Herman Melville, novel, United States, CGHMOPU
Nada de novo no front, Erich Ma. Remarque, novel, Germany, DLM
Narciso e Goldmund, Hermann Hesse, novel, Germany, N
O Amor nos tempos do cólera, Gabriel García Marquez, novel, Colombia, CGMN
O cavaleiro inexistente, Ítalo Calvino, novel, Italy, GHM
O coronel e o lobisomem, José C. Carvalho, novel, Brazil, B
O cortiço, Aluísio Azevedo, novel, Brazil, ABDIMOS
O deserto dos tártaros, Dino Buzzati, novel, Italy, DFM
O estrangeiro, Albert Camus, novel, Algeria, CDFGLMNP
O pequeno príncipe, Saint-Exupéry, novel, France, M
O perfume, Patrick Suskind, novel, Germany, DM
Odisséia, Homero, poetry, Greece, CGHOS
Os miseráveis, Victor Hugo, novel, France, GHMO
Os ratos, Dyonélio Machado, novel, Brazil, ABD
Otelo, William Shakespeare, theater, Great Britain, CGH
Sagarana, Guimarães Rosa, short stories, Brazil, ABGI
São Bernardo, Graciliano Ramos, novel, Brazil, ABGI
Shogun, James Clavell, novel, United States
Uma aprendizagem ou O livro dos prazeres, Clarice Lispector, novel, Brazil
Vidas Secas, Graciliano Ramos, novel, Brazil, ABGS
IF YOU DON'T DIE BEFORE, READ THESE, TOO:
A hora da estrela, Clarice Lispector, novel, Brazil, GMS
A imortalidade, Milan Kundera, novel, Czech Rep.,
A vida e as extraordinárias aventuras do soldado Ivan Tchônkin, Vladimir Voinóvitch, novel, Russia
Alice nos País das Maravilhas, Lewis Caroll, novel, Great Britain, GHMO
As aventuras de Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain, novel, United States, GHO
As flores do mal, Charles Baudelaire, poetry, France, HOS
Auto da compadecida, Ariano Suassuna, theater, Brazil
Canto Geral, Pablo Neruda, poetry, Chile, NO
Cavalos do Amanhecer, Mario Arregui, Uruguay
Decameron, Boccaccio, short stories, Italy, CGOSU
Deus lhe pague, Joracy Camargo, theater, Brazil
Eneida, Virgílio, poetry, Greece, CHS
Ensaio sobre a cegueira, José Saramago, novel, Portugal, D
Farda, fardão, camisola de dormir, Jorge Amado, novel, Brazil
Fausto, Goethe, poetry, Germany, BGHO
Folhas de relva, Walt Whitman, poetry, United States, CHOS
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, novel, Great Britain, GMOS
Histórias extraordinárias, Edgar Allan Poe, short stories, United States, CGMO
Ilíada, Homero, poetry, Greece, CGHS
Jubiabá, Jorge Amado, novel, Brazil, A
Longa jornada noite adentro, Eugene O'Neill, theater, United States, LN
Lucíola, José de Alencar, novel, Brazil, BG
O ateneu, Raul Pompéia, novel, Brazil, ABI
O cão dos Baskervilles, Conan Doyle, novella, Great Britain, MO
O fim da infância, Arthur Clarke, novel, United States
O mez da grippe, Valêncio Xavier, novel, Brazil
O mulo, Darcy Ribeiro, novel, Brazil
O nome da rosa, Umberto Eco, novel, Italy, GLM
O pagador de promessas, Dias Gomes, theater, Brazil, B
O quinze, Rachel de Queiroz, novel, Brazil, ABS
O reduto, Wilson Lins, novel, Brazil
O rei da vela, Oswald de Andrade, theater, Brazil
O retrato de Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, novel, Great Britain, DGHMOU
Obra poética, Bashô, poetry, Japan
Obra poética, Cecília Meireles, poetry, Brazil, AB
Obra poética, Cruz e Sousa, poetry, Brazil, AB
Obra poética, E. E. Cummings, poetry, United States,
Obra poética, Gregório de Mattos, poetry, Brazil, AB
Obra poética, Vinicius de Moraes, poetry, Brazil, AB
Obra poética, Ferreira Gullar, poetry, Brazil, B
Orlando, Virginia Woolf, novel, Great Britain, FGHMOSU
Os cavalinhos de platiplanto, José J. Veiga, short stories, Brazil, BI
Os lusíadas, Luís de Camões, poetry, Portugal, HMO
Os sertões, Euclides da Cunha, essay, Brazil, ABGIMO
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, novel, Great Britain, GMOS
Rubaiyat, Omar Khayyam, poetry, Iran
Satiricon, Petrônio, novel, Italy
Seis personagens à procura de um autor, Luigi Pirandello, theater, Italy
Triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma, Lima Barreto, novel, Brazil, ABI
Zorba, o grego, Nikos Kazantzakis, novel, Greece, CM
THEY MADE WAY (books that were removed from the top 100 list):
1. Um homem demolido, Alfred Bestler, novel, United States
2. Sítio do Pica-pau Amarelo, Monteiro Lobato, short stories, Brazil, S
3. O mágico, Summersert Maugham, novel, France,
4. Mas não se mata cavalo?, Horace McCoy, novel, M
5. O feijão e o sonho, Orígenes Lessa, novel, Brazil
DON'T ASK ME TO INCLUDE THEM AGAIN:
1. The Catcher in the Rye, by Salinger
2. In Search of Lost Time, by Proust
3. O guarani, by José de Alencar
4. Senhora, by José de Alencar
5. The Diary of a Magus, by Paulo Coelho
6. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
7. The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann
8. The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner
9. The Castle, by Franz Kafka
10. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
11. The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner
12. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
13. On the Road, by Jack Kerouac
