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A collection of Danish classics that have mostly been translated into English. I oriented myself mainly with a list provided by Gyldendal. This list is far from finished. If you know of any Danish book, that is considered a classic, that I missed, just leave a comment.

In order from #1 (My Brilliant Friend) to 100 (Tree of Smoke)

Introspective books by people who observe a lot, ponder a lot, feel a lot, and write about it. Creative memoir, self-indulgent navel-gazing, or "wan little husks" (as Joyce Carol Oates once put it)... whatever you personally think about autofiction, including whether or not it really is a genre, this somewhat experimental form of writing most definitely gives both writers and readers a chance to engage in narratives in a different way.

A list published in 2024 by the New York Times, as voted on by 503 novelists, poets, critics, and other book lovers—with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review

according to the New York Times

The best books about insane or soon-to-be insane women.

My favorite translated works and books I want to get to!

books on mental health that alleviate judgment and encourage empathy, sometimes with humor, sometimes with an allegorical plot, and mostly with immersive, insightful storytelling.

Wander through stories that travelled across languages, borders, and cultures to find their way to you.

For the girlies raised to smile through the pain. Art is resistance, truth and change.

A goal to read the 100 books rated in the 21st century (so far) as published by the New York times in 2024, list in order from 100-1 but you can find the original list on the NYT website.

1. A work of science fiction or fantasy from before 1980 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (1968)
2. A non-fiction book about science or mathematics The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
3. A novel by a Latin American author By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño or The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
4. A novel by an East Asian author Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
5. A classical drama or epic The Epic of Gilgamesh
6. A romance Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali
7. A work of 20th-century philosophy Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
8. One of these books that was called a ‘dating red flag’ All about love by Bell Hooks
9. A book about a religion you’ve never been a part of Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu
10. A classic children’s book Winnie The Pooh by A. A. Milne
11. A memoir or biography of a woman The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen

January: memoir The Year of Magical Thinking, The Copenhagen Trilogy

February: classic literature Anna Karenina, Of Mice and Men, The Old Man and the Sea, The Master and Margarita

March: art criticism Ways of Seeing, On Photography

April: nature writing Braiding Sweetgrass, Upstream

May: journal/diary/letters A Diary of a Young Girl

June: book with an adaptation Lord of the Flies, Persuasion, Catch-22

July: cultural criticism The Fire Next Time, Regarding the Pain of Others

August: women in translation The Summer Book, The Door

September: an essay collection Bad Feminist

October: a play Midsummer Night's Dream, The Importance of Being Earnest

November: gothic literature Carmilla

December: short stories Nine Stories, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Tenth of December, Ficciones, Interpret of Maladies