The rankings of China's top ten modern literary masterpieces were as follows: 1 Dream of the Red Chamber (Author: Cao Xueqin) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Pride and Predict (by Jane Austen) 4. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Garcia Marquez The Catcher in the Rye (by J. D. Salinger) 6. Don Quijote (by: Miguel de Cervantes) Romance of the Three Kingdoms (by Luo Guanzhong) 8 "Water margin"(by: Shi Naian) 9 Journey to the West 10 "The Scholars"(Author: Wu Jingzi) These masterpieces had a huge impact on the history of literature and were widely read. Among them, Dream of the Red Chamber was considered the pinnacle of Chinese classical novels, while War and Peace was a classic in the history of world literature.