The World Goes On (Hungarian: Megy a világ) is a collection of twenty-one short stories by László Krasznahorkai.

World Literature Today described the book as "not a novel and not really a collection of short stories" but one that "defies a certain logic".

[9] In its starred review, Publishers Weekly wrote, "This book breaks all conventions and tests the very limits of language, resulting in a transcendent, astounding experience.

"[10] Kirkus Reviews praised Krasznahorkai's "dense, philosophically charged prose", comparing it to the works of James Joyce and Friedrich Nietzsche.

[11] Claire Kohda Hazelton of The Observer called it "a masterpiece of invention, utterly different from everything else".