From the Hitler diaries to a book about a Native American orphan written by a member of the Ku Klux Klan, this list details the top 10 literary hoaxes of all time.

Top 10 literary hoaxes | Books | guardian.co.uk

The article goes into more detail about each, but here's the basic list:

1. The Donation of Constantine
2. Thomas Chatterton
3. The bard Ossian
4. Vortigern and Rowena
5. Protocols of the Elders of Zion
6. The Education of Little Tree
7. Fragments: Memories of a Childhood (1939-1948)
8. The Day After Roswell
9. Howard Hughes's biography
10. The Hitler diaries

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I can't believe that someone actually made money out of impersonating Hitler (from his "diaries" to supposed works of art). I'm sure he's real popular.

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"Even though I'm no more than a monster - don't I, too, have the right to live?" -- Oldboy (2003)