"The editors of The Norwegian Book Clubs asked the 100 authors to nominate ten books that, in their opinion, are the ten best and most central works in world literature: These are books that have had a decisive impact on the cultural history of the world and also left an individual mark on the authors own thinking and imagination."

This is one of most diverse lists I came across, and composed by seemingly all contemporary writers of any importance, from Rushdie and Kundera to Auster and Lindgren.

http://www.bokklubben.no/SamboWeb/side.do?dokId=65500&k…