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The Greatest Literature by Country or Region

Africa | Australia | Britain | Canada | China | Eastern Europe | France | Germany | Greece | Ireland | Italy | Japan | Latin America | Norden | Russia | South Asia | Spain | United States

Recently we began adapting and expanding our extensive research for The Greatest Literature of All Time to select the most acclaimed works from specific nations and areas.

In addition to using the hundreds of sources that helped create the flagship list, we have consulted additional popular, critical and scholarly assessments of local literature. Our goal, in the case of each country or region, is to come up with the most compehensive listing of interest to both local readers and an open-minded global readership.

So far, the following Greatest lists have been launched:

African literature—featuring the authors and works of Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe and other countries of Africa.

American literature—featuring the authors and works of the United States.

Australian literature—featuring the authors and works of Australia.

British literature—featuring the authors and works of England, Scotland and Wales.

Canadian literature—featuring the authors and works of Canada.

Chinese literature—featuring the authors and works of China.

Eastern European literature—featuring the authors and works of Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belerus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine and other countries of Eastern Europe.

French literature—featuring the authors and works of France.

German literature—featuring the authors and works of Germany.

Greek literature—featuring the authors and works of both ancient and modern Greece.

Irish literature—featuring the authors and works of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Italian literature—featuring the authors and works of Italy.

Japanese literature—featuring the authors and works of Japan.

Latin American literature—featuring the authors and works of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and other countries of Latin America.

Nordic literature—including the authors and works of Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Faroe Islands.

Russian literature—featuring authors and works of Russia.

South Asian literature—featuring the authors and works of India, Pakistan, Bengal, Sri Lanka and other countries of South Asia.

Spanish literature—featuring the authors and works of Spain.

More to come.