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200 Amazing Books to Diversify Your Bookshelf

There are so many fantastic authors out there that never make Greatest Books lists because those lists are already overflowing with Caucasian writers. Usually it's not intended, but so often we tend to focus on books written by white authors, since the literary world was dominated by their voices for centuries. But here are 200 books from around the world that deserve to make most Best Books lists.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
2
Ralph Ellison
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
3
Toni Morrison
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
4
Jorge Luis Borges
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
5
Jorge Luis Borges
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
6
Salman Rushdie
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
7
Chinua Achebe
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
8
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
9
Murasaki Shikibu
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
10
Richard Wright
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
11
Zora Neale Hurston
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
12
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
13
Alice Walker
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
14
Juan Rulfo
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
15
Arundhati Roy
Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata
Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata
16
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
17
Toni Morrison
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
18
Gabriel García Márquez
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
19
Haruki Murakami
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
20
Amy Tan
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
21
Roberto Bolaño
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
22
Junot Díaz
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
23
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
24
Kahlil Gibran
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
25
Jesmyn Ward
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
26
Maya Angelou
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
27
Kiran Desai
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
28
Octavia Butler
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
29
Sherman Alexie
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
30
Louise Erdrich
Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
Arrow of God
31
Chinua Achebe
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
32
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
33
Toni Morrison
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
34
Isabel Allende
Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xueqin)
Dream of the Red Chamber
35
Cao Xueqin
The Recognition of Sakuntala (Kalidasa)
The Recognition of Sakuntala
36
Kalidasa
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
37
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
38
Aravind Adiga
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
39
Jean Rhys
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
40
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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