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31 Underrated Foreign Novels You Should Read

Here's BuzzFeed's list of 31 foreign novels that need to be discovered and appreciated. Have you already read many of these books?
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The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
1
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
2
Albert Camus
The Natural Way of Things (Charlotte Wood)
The Natural Way of Things
3
Charlotte Wood
A Golden Age (Tahmima Anam)
A Golden Age
4
Tahmima Anam
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
5
Clarice Lispector
First They Killed My Father (Loung Ung)
First They Killed My Father
6
Loung Ung
Son of a Trickster (Eden Robinson)
Son of a Trickster
7
Eden Robinson
Shanghai Girls (Lisa See)
Shanghai Girls
8
Lisa See
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Jussi Adler-Olsen)
The Keeper of Lost Causes
9
Jussi Adler-Olsen
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
10
The End of Eddy (Edouard Louis)
The End of Eddy
11
Edouard Louis
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
12
Patrick Suskind
I, Rigoberta Menchu (Rigoberta Menchu)
I, Rigoberta Menchu
13
Rigoberta Menchu
Claire of the Sea Light
Claire of the Sea Light
14
Babyji (Abha Dawesar)
Babyji
15
Abha Dawesar
My Uncle Napoleon (Iraj Pezeshkzad)
My Uncle Napoleon
16
Iraj Pezeshkzad
I'm Not Scared (Niccolò Ammaniti)
I'm Not Scared
17
Niccolò Ammaniti
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
18
A Grain of Wheat (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
A Grain of Wheat
19
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
20
Min Jin Lee
The Garden of the Evening Mists (Tan Twan Eng)
The Garden of the Evening Mists
21
Tan Twan Eng
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Achibie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
22
Chimamanda Ngozi Achibie
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
23
Mohsin Hamid
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
24
The Conservationist
The Conservationist
25
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
26
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Funny Boy
Funny Boy
27
Memed, My Hawk (Yasher Kemal)
Memed, My Hawk
28
Yasher Kemal
The Railway (Hamid Ismailov)
The Railway
29
Hamid Ismailov
The Best We Could Do (Thi Bui)
The Best We Could Do
30
Thi Bui
Butterfly Burning (Yvonne Vera)
Butterfly Burning
31
Yvonne Vera
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