Famous Books: Harry Potter series, The Casual Vacancy
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction
Awards: British Book Awards, Hugo Award
Nationality: British
Time Period: 1997 - Present
Famous Works: Gitanjali, The Home and the World
Genres: Poetry, Fiction
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature
Nationality: Indian
Time Period: 1861 - 1941
Famous Works: The Golden Threshold, The Bird of Time
Genres: Poetry
Awards: None
Nationality: Indian
Time Period: 1879 - 1949
Famous Works: Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali
Genres: Fiction, Social Commentary
Awards: Jnanpith Award, Sahitya Akademi Award
Nationality: Indian
Time Period: 1926 - 2016
Famous Works: Swami and Friends, The Guide
Genres: Fiction, Short Stories
Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Bhushan
Nationality: Indian
Time Period: 1906 - 2001
Famous Works: Godaan, Nirmala
Genres: Fiction, Social Commentary
Awards: None
Nationality: Indian
Time Period: 1880 - 1936
Famous Books: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Genres: Satire, Humor, Adventure
Awards: None
Nationality: American
Time Period: 1835 - 1910
Famous Books: 1984, Animal Farm
Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Satire
Awards: Prometheus Award
Nationality: British
Time Period: 1903 - 1950
Famous Books: Murder on the Orient Express, And Then There Were None
Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Awards: Grand Master Award
Nationality: British
Time Period: 1890 - 1976
Famous Books: The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham
Genres: Children's Literature, Fantasy, Humor
Awards: Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award
Nationality: American
Time Period: 1904 - 1991
Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility
Genres: Romance, Social Commentary
Awards: None
Nationality: British
Time Period: 1775 - 1817
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Genres: Social Commentary, Realism
Awards: None
Nationality: British
Time Period: 1812 - 1870
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet
Genres: Tragedy, Comedy, Romance
Awards: None
Nationality: British
Time Period: 1564 - 1616
The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Awards: None
Nationality: British
Time Period: 1866 - 1946
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Genres: Realism, Romance
Awards: None
Nationality: Russian
Time Period: 1828 - 1910
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Genres: Psychological Fiction, Philosophy
Awards: None
Nationality: Russian
Time Period: 1821 - 1881
To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway
Genres: Modernism, Stream-of-Consciousness
Awards: None
Nationality: British
Time Period: 1882 - 1941
Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Genres: Modernism, Stream-of-Consciousness
Awards: None
Nationality: Irish
Time Period: 1882 - 1941
The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest
Genres: Satire, Comedy, Philosophy
Awards: Newdigate Prize
Nationality: Irish
Time Period: 1854 - 1900
The Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms
Genres: Realism, Minimalism
Awards: Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature
Nationality: American
Time Period: 1899 - 1961
The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden
Genres: Realism, Social Commentary
Awards: Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature
Nationality: American
Time Period: 1902 - 1968
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera
Genres: Magical Realism, Fantasy
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature
Nationality: Colombian
Time Period: 1927 - 2014
The Metamorphosis, The Trial
Genres: Absurdism, Existentialism
Awards: None
Nationality: Czech
Time Period: 1883 - 1924
The Ili ad, The Odyssey
Genres: Epic Poetry, Ancient Greek Literature
Awards: None
Nationality: Ancient Greek
Time Period: 8th Century BCE
The Republic, Symposium
Genres: Philosophy, Ancient Greek Literature
Awards: None
Nationality: Ancient Greek
Time Period: 428 - 348 BCE