There was no exact ranking of the top ten novels in the world because it was a subjective question. Different people might have different opinions. However, here are some of the books that are widely regarded as the world's top ten novels: The Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Yu) The novel War and Peace by Victor Hugo The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Garcia Márquez 4. The novel Pride and Predict (Jane Austen) The novel Journey to the West (Wu Chengen) The novel The Three Musketeers (Victor Hugo) 7. The novel "The Misérables"(Victor Hugo) The novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (JK Rowling) 9. The novel The Scholars (Wu Jingzi) 10. Don Quijote (The novel Tender Is the Night -)