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200 Amazing Books to Diversify Your Bookshelf - Page 2

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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The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
41
Paulo Coelho
The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
The Round House
42
Louise Erdrich
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
43
Laura Esquivel
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
44
Sandra Cisneros
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
45
Haruki Murakami
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Crónica De Una Muerte Anunciada) 1981
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Crónica De Una Muerte Anunciada) 1981
46
Black Boy
Black Boy
47
Dreaming in Cuban
Dreaming in Cuban
48
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
49
Haruki Murakami
This Is How You Lose Her (Junot Díaz)
This Is How You Lose Her
50
Junot Díaz
The Master of Go Yasunari Kawabata
The Master of Go Yasunari Kawabata
51
The Vagrants (Yiyun Li)
The Vagrants
52
Yiyun Li
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
53
Toni Morrison
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
54
Zadie Smith
Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson)
Brown Girl in the Ring
55
Nalo Hopkinson
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
56
Nella Larsen
The Blacker the Berry (Wallace Thurman)
The Blacker the Berry
57
Wallace Thurman
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
58
Noviolet Bulawayo
Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
59
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
60
Harriet Jacobs
Kinder Than Solitude
Kinder Than Solitude
61
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
62
Booker T. Washington
The Boy Next Door (Irene Sabatini)
The Boy Next Door
63
Irene Sabatini
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
64
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
65
Julio Cortázar
The Makioka Sisters - Junichiro Tanizaki
The Makioka Sisters - Junichiro Tanizaki
66
The Women of Brewster Place (Novel)
The Women of Brewster Place (Novel)
67
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
68
Helen Oyeyemi
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
69
James Baldwin
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (João Guimarães Rosa)
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
70
João Guimarães Rosa
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
71
Haruki Murakami
The Meursault Investigation (Kamel Daoud)
The Meursault Investigation
72
Kamel Daoud
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
73
Marjane Satrapi
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
74
Yaa Gyasi
The Hired Man
The Hired Man
75
Fledgling (Octavia E. Butler)
Fledgling
76
Octavia E. Butler
Ink (Sabrina Vourvoulias)
Ink
77
Sabrina Vourvoulias
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley and Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
78
Alex Haley and Malcolm X
Another Country
Another Country
79
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
80
Kazuo Ishiguro
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