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Bokklubben World Library ((ノルウェー語:Verdensbiblioteket)) is a series of classical books, mostly novels, published by the Norwegian Book Club since 2002. It is based on a list of the ''100 best books'', as proposed by one hundred writers from fifty-four different countries, compiled and organized in 2002 by the Book Club. This list endeavors to reflect world literature, with books from all countries, cultures, and time periods. Each writer had to select his or her own list of ten books. The books selected by this process and listed here are not ranked or categorized in any way; the organizers have stated that "they are all on an equal footing," with the exception of ''Don Quixote'' which was given the distinction "best literary work ever written." The following list organizes the works alphabetically by author. Fyodor Dostoevsky is the author with the most books on the list, with four. William Shakespeare, Franz Kafka, and Leo Tolstoy each have three. ==Breakdown by language, gender== Eleven of the books included on the list are written by women, eighty-five are written by men and four have unknown authors. This breakdown is similar to other lists, such as ''Le Monde's'' 100 Books of the Century, which was voted for by 17,000 people from the general public and contains twelve books by women. Twenty-six of the one hundred voting writers had English as their first language,〔See table in article. 22 come from Ireland, UK, US, and Trinidad and Tobago; 4 come from India but are all from the minority of Indians with English as their primary language.〕 which may be a factor in the list having so many (29) books written in English. Again, this phenomenon was visible in ''Le Monde's'' list, with 49 French books. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bokklubben World Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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