The 100 best books of all time

How many of these "100 best books of all time" have you read?

18. 'A Madman's Diary,' by Lu Xun

This short story published by Chinese writer Lu Xun in 1918 presents itself as based on the actual story of a man who believes that many people he knows are planning to eat him. He also imagines that he sees the phrase "Eat People" in the lines of text as he reads.

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