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200 Amazing Books to Diversify Your Bookshelf - Page 3

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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Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
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Edwidge Danticat
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
82
Haruki Murakami
The Thing Around Your Neck (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
The Thing Around Your Neck
83
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
84
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
85
Salman Rushdie
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
86
Toni Morrison
Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr. Fox
87
Helen Oyeyemi
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
88
Ruth Ozeki
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
89
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (NK Jemisin)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
90
NK Jemisin
Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow
91
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
92
Kazuo Ishiguro
Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
Zone One
93
Colson Whitehead
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
94
Khaled Hosseini
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf (Ntozake Shange)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf
95
Ntozake Shange
Thirty Years as a Slave and Four Years in the White House
Thirty Years as a Slave and Four Years in the White House
96
Love in a Fallen City and Other Stories by Eileen Zhang
Love in a Fallen City and Other Stories by Eileen Zhang
97
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go
98
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
99
Alex Haley
American Born Chinese (Gene Luen Yang)
American Born Chinese
100
Gene Luen Yang
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
101
Natsuo Kirino
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
102
Benjamin Alire Saenz
Dust (Yvonne Owuor)
Dust
103
Yvonne Owuor
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
104
Leslie Marmon Silko
Who Fears Death (Nnedi Okorafor)
Who Fears Death
105
Nnedi Okorafor
The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love
106
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
107
Jhumpa Lahiri
Sarong Party Girls (Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan)
Sarong Party Girls
108
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
109
Octavia E. Butler
She Weeps Each Time You're Born (Quan)
She Weeps Each Time You're Born
110
Quan
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
111
Colson Whitehead
Lyrics Alley (Leila Aboulela)
Lyrics Alley
112
Leila Aboulela
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
113
Roxane Gay
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
114
Hanya Yanagihara
Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah
115
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
116
James Baldwin
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Sherman Alexie)
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
117
Sherman Alexie
Confessions of a Mask (Yukio Mishima)
Confessions of a Mask
118
Yukio Mishima
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ)
So Long a Letter
119
Mariama Bâ
White Is for Witching (Helen Oyeyemi)
White Is for Witching
120
Helen Oyeyemi
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