The Odyssey 800 BCE

XLSemanal and Zenda

• Published 2020
• All-time list
• Ranked #1

Zeit Online / Die Zeit

• Published 2007
• All-time list
• Ranked #1

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

• Published 2000
• All-time list
• Ranked #1

Clifton Fadiman

• Published 1997
• All-time list
• Ranked #1

The Learning Channel

• Published 1995
• All-time list
• Ranked #1

ABC.es

• Published 2018
• All-time list
• Ranked #2

The Times

• Published 2010
• All-time list
• Ranked #2

Montana State University

• Published 2000
• All-time list
• Ranked #5

William J. Bennett

• Published 1984
• All-time list
• Ranked #5

The Top 10 (Book)

• Published 2007
• All-time list
• Ranked #18

Raymond Queneau

• Published 1956
• All-time list
• Ranked #31

The Globe and Mail

• Published 2009
• All-time list
• Ranked #35

Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute

• Published 2002
• All-time list
• Ranked #38

English PEN

• Published 2003
• All-time list
• Ranked #41

The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization

• Published 2009
• All-time list
• Ranked #42

Tidningen Boken

• Published 1991
• All-time list
• Ranked #46

Zeit Online

• Published 2023
• All-time list
• Ranked #49

Télérama

• Published 2023
• All-time list
• Ranked #67

For The Love of Books

• Published 1999
• All-time list
• Ranked #70

The Telegraph

• Published 2008
• All-time list
• Ranked #71

The Observer

• Published 2025
• Decade list · 2000-2025
• Included, unranked

New York Times

• Published 2018
• Year list · 2018
• Ranked #30