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Around the World in 80 Novels

I was in Waterstones buying my copy of the Centenary edition of Ulysses the other day (which is gorgeous, by the way, and perfect for a first-time reader, as it has heaps of notes and other stuff to help understand the text. Beware though, this beauty weighs about a ton!), when I saw this book and dropped it on the pile on a whim.
It's a fun little book, though I'd have preferred more books by native authors (instead of books about Portugal by Canadians, for example). It concentrates mostly on the countries visited in Verne's book (with a couple of detours thrown in).
Is it a definitive book of world fiction? No, not even close, but I guess it makes a decent jumping-off point.
The books from 82 onwards are the "further reading" suggestions found in the back of the book.
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Around the World in 80 Novels (Henry Russell)
Around the World in 80 Novels
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Henry Russell
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
2
Robert Louis Stevenson
Death of a Gossip (M.C. Beaton)
Death of a Gossip
3
M.C. Beaton
Knots & Crosses (Ian Rankin)
Knots & Crosses
4
Ian Rankin
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
5
Emily Bronte
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
6
Charles Dickens
Jamaica Inn (Daphne Du Maurier)
Jamaica Inn
7
Daphne Du Maurier
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
8
Zadie Smith
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
9
Richard Llewellyn
Cal (Bernard MacLaverty)
Cal
10
Bernard MacLaverty
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
11
James Joyce
The Commitments (Roddy Doyle)
The Commitments
12
Roddy Doyle
The City and the Mountains (Eça De Queiroz)
The City and the Mountains
13
Eça De Queiroz
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
14
Ernest Hemingway
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
15
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
16
Sebastian Faulks
After the Circus (Patrick Modiano)
After the Circus
17
Patrick Modiano
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
Chocolat
18
Joanne Harris
A Widow for One Year (John Irving)
A Widow for One Year
19
John Irving
The Miniaturist (Jessie Burton)
The Miniaturist
20
Jessie Burton
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin
21
Christopher Isherwood
Alone in Berlin (Hans Fallada)
Alone in Berlin
22
Hans Fallada
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
23
Bernhard Schlink
Hotel Du Lac (Anita Brookner)
Hotel Du Lac
24
Anita Brookner
Vienna Passion (Lilian Faschinger)
Vienna Passion
25
Lilian Faschinger
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
26
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
27
Elena Ferrante
Illyrian Spring (Ann Bridge)
Illyrian Spring
28
Ann Bridge
A Girl in Exile (Ismail Kadare)
A Girl in Exile
29
Ismail Kadare
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
30
Louis De Bernieres
The Island (Victoria Hislop)
The Island
31
Victoria Hislop
The Towers of Trebizond (Rose Macaulay)
The Towers of Trebizond
32
Rose Macaulay
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow
33
Orhan Pamuk
Forgotten Fire (Adam Bagdasarian)
Forgotten Fire
34
Adam Bagdasarian
The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight (Gina Oschner)
The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight
35
Gina Oschner
Back to Moscow (Guillermo Erades)
Back to Moscow
36
Guillermo Erades
Faceless Killers (Henning Mankell)
Faceless Killers
37
Henning Mankell
Modus: Death in Oslo (Anne Holt)
Modus: Death in Oslo
38
Anne Holt
Smilla's Sense of Snow (Peter Høeg)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
39
Peter Høeg
To the End of the Land (David Grossman)
To the End of the Land
40
David Grossman
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