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100 (Suggested) Best Novels in Translation Since 1900

If crusty old institutions full of decrepit white dudes can spit out these sorts of lists whenever they need a PR boost, so can I. Anyway, I obviously have my favorites among the authors, but at least I can say that they've earned it.
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2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
1
Roberto Bolaño
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason
2
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Appointment (Herta Müller)
The Appointment
3
Herta Müller
The Art of Joy (Goliarda Sapienza)
The Art of Joy
4
Goliarda Sapienza
Artemisia (Anna Banti)
Artemisia
5
Anna Banti
The Autumn of the Patriarch (Gabriel García Márquez)
The Autumn of the Patriarch
6
Gabriel García Márquez
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg (Dubravka Ugrešić)
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
7
Dubravka Ugrešić
Barabbas (Pär Lagerkvist)
Barabbas
8
Pär Lagerkvist
Beauty and Sadness (Yasunari Kawabata)
Beauty and Sadness
9
Yasunari Kawabata
Beijing Coma (Ma Jian)
Beijing Coma
10
Ma Jian
Black Rain (Masuji Ibuse)
Black Rain
11
Masuji Ibuse
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
12
Jose Saramago
The Book of Lamentations (Rosario Castellanos)
The Book of Lamentations
13
Rosario Castellanos
The Bridge of Beyond (Simone Schwarz-Bart)
The Bridge of Beyond
14
Simone Schwarz-Bart
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
15
Franz Kafka
Censoring an Iranian Love Story (Shahriar Mandanipour)
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
16
Shahriar Mandanipour
A Chess Story (Stefan Zweig)
A Chess Story
17
Stefan Zweig
Cities of Salt (Abdul Rahman Munif)
Cities of Salt
18
Abdul Rahman Munif
Confessions of a Mask (Yukio Mishima)
Confessions of a Mask
19
Yukio Mishima
Dear Shameless Death (Latife Tekin)
Dear Shameless Death
20
Latife Tekin
Deep River (Shūsaku Endō)
Deep River
21
Shūsaku Endō
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
The Discovery of Heaven
22
Harry Mulisch
The Doctor's Wife (Sawako Ariyoshi)
The Doctor's Wife
23
Sawako Ariyoshi
The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door
24
Magda Szabó
Embers (Sandor Marai)
Embers
25
Sandor Marai
Empress (Shan Sa)
Empress
26
Shan Sa
Fateless (Imre Kertész)
Fateless
27
Imre Kertész
Gate of the Sun (Elias Khoury)
Gate of the Sun
28
Elias Khoury
God's Bits of Wood (Ousmane Sembène)
God's Bits of Wood
29
Ousmane Sembène
Grotesque (Natsuo Kirino)
Grotesque
30
Natsuo Kirino
The Guest (Sok-Yong Hwang)
The Guest
31
Sok-Yong Hwang
Half a Lifelong Romance (Eileen Chang)
Half a Lifelong Romance
32
Eileen Chang
A Heart So White (Javier Marias)
A Heart So White
33
Javier Marias
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
34
Isabel Allende
Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts
35
Han Kang
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (Maryse Condé)
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
36
Maryse Condé
If Not Now, When? (Primo Levi)
If Not Now, When?
37
Primo Levi
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
38
Italo Calvino
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
39
Marcel Proust
Independent People (Halldór Laxness)
Independent People
40
Halldór Laxness
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