The best novels of all time

in the Polish language

Selected by piero scaruffi
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  1. Stanislaw Witkiewicz (Poland, 1885): "Nienasycenie/ Insatiability" (1930) ++
  2. Olga Tokarczuk (1962): "Ksiegi Jakubowe/ The Books of Jacob" (2014) ++
  3. Witold Gombrowicz (Poland, 1904): "Kosmos" (1965) ++
  4. Stanislaw Lem (Poland, 1921): "Solaris" (1961) +
  5. Stanislaw Witkiewicz (Poland, 1885): "622 Upadki Bunga Czyli Demoniczna kobieta/ The 622 Demises of Bung or the Demonic Woman" (1911) +
  6. Witold Gombrowicz (Poland, 1904): "Pornografii" (1960) +
  7. Jerzy Andrzejewski (Poland, 1909): "Popiol i Diament/ Ashes And Diamonds" (1948) +
  8. Aleksander Glowacki "Boleslaw Prus" (Poland, 1847): "Lalka/ Doll/ Bambola" (1890) +
  9. Teodor Parnicki (Poland, 1908): "Tylko Beatrycze/ Only Beatrice" (1962) +
  10. Bruno Schulz (Poland, 1892): "Sanatorium pod Klepsydra/ The Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass" (1937) +
  11. Olga Tokarczuk (Poland, 1962): "Prawiek i Inne Czasy/ Primeval and Other Times" (1996) +
  12. Henryk Sienkiewicz (Poland, 1846): "Ogniem i Mieczem/ With Fire and Sword" (1884) +
  13. Wladyslaw-Stanislaw Reymont (Poland, 1868): "Chlopi/ Peasants" (1909) +
  14. Zofia Nalkowska (1884): "Choucas" (1927) +
  15. Eliza Orzeszkowa (Poland, 1842): "Nad Niemnem/ On the Niemen" (1888) +
  16. Tadeusz Konwicki (Poland, 1926): "Mala Apokalipsa/ A Minor Apocalypse" (1979) +
  17. Stefan Zeromski (Poland, 1864): "Popioly/ Ashes" (1904) +
  18. Marja Dabrowska (Poland, 1889): "Noce i Dnie/ Nights and Days" (1934) +
  19. Andrzej Zaniewski (Poland, 1940): "Szczur/ Rat" (1993) +
  20. Teodor Parnicki (Poland, 1908): "Nowa Basn/ A New Fairy Tale" (1962) +
  21. Olga Tokarczuk (1962): "Prowadz Swoj Plug Przez Kosci Umarlych/ Drive Your Plough Through the Bones of the Dead" (2009) +
  22. Narcyza Zmichowska "Gabryella" (Poland, 1819): "Poganka/ The Pagan" (1846) +
  23. Stefan Themerson (1910): "Wyklad Profesora Mmaa/ Professor Mmaa's Lecture" (1943) +
  24. Olga Tokarczuk (1962): "Bieguni/ Flights" (2007) +
  25. Piotr Szewc (Poland, 1961): "Zaglada/ Annihilation" (1987) +
  26. Waclaw Berent (Poland, 1873): "Ozimina/ Winter Corn/ Grano d'Invenrno" (1911) +
  27. Witold Gombrowicz (Poland, 1904): "Ferdydurke" (1937) +
  28. Karol Irzykowski (Poland, 1873): "Paluba/ Hag" (1903) +
  29. Kazimierz Brandys (Poland, 1916): "Listy do Pani Z/ Letters to Madam Z" (1960) +
  30. Leopold Buczkowski (Poland, 1905): "Czarny Potok/ The Black Torrent" (1954) +
  31. Pawel Huelle (Poland, 1957): "Waiser Dawidek/ Who was David Weiser" (1987) +
  32. Tadeusz Konwicki (Poland, 1926): "Sennik Wspolczesny/ Contemporary Dream Book" (1963) +
  33. Maria Kuncewicz (Poland, 1895): "Cudzoziemka/ The Stranger" (1936) +
  34. Bruno Schulz (1892): "Sklepy Cynamonowe/ Cinnamon Shops/ The Street of Crocodiles" (1934) +

Chronological

See the Chronology of Polish Literature