- 18The OdysseyHomer
- 18Journey to the WestWu Cheng'en
- 31Romeo and JulietShakespeare
- 32DraculaStoker
- 29Sherlock HolmesConan Doyle
- 35A Christmas CarolDickens
- 30FrankensteinMary Shelley
- 35Pride and PrejudiceAusten
- 29The Great GatsbyFitzgerald
Homer
“As you set out for Ithaka, hope your road is a long one.”
Wilson and Fagles in translation, Nolan's 2026 film, EPIC: The Musical, Hades, Circe.
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Wu Cheng'en, attributed
“The emperor’s throne should go by turns — next year it is my turn.”
Yu's translation, Havoc in Heaven, the 1986 CCTV series, Black Myth: Wukong, American Born Chinese.
William Shakespeare
“My only love sprung from my only hate!”
The Folger edition, Zeffirelli's 1968 film, West Side Story, the Royal Ballet, These Violent Delights.
Bram Stoker
“Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own will!”
Nosferatu, Lugosi, Coppola, the BBC versions, Castlevania, Dracula Daily, a full-cast audiobook.
Arthur Conan Doyle
“You see, but you do not observe.”
Klinger's annotated edition, Stephen Fry's reading, the Granada series, the BBC's Sherlock, Enola Holmes.
Charles Dickens
“Marley was dead: to begin with.”
The Penguin edition, Tim Curry's recording, Alastair Sim's Scrooge, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Scrooged.
Mary Shelley
“I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.”
The 1818 text, Bride of Frankenstein, the National Theatre production, Junji Ito's manga, Poor Things.
Jane Austen
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
The Penguin edition, the 1995 BBC series, the 2005 film, Rosamund Pike's reading, Bridget Jones's Diary.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
“…a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.”
The Scribner paperback, Trimalchio, Luhrmann's 2013 film, Jake Gyllenhaal's audiobook, The Chosen and the Beautiful.
How the lists are made
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