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Around the World in 80 Novels - Page 2

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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The Cairo Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz)
The Cairo Trilogy
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Naguib Mahfouz
The Ruins of Us (Keija Parssinen)
The Ruins of Us
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Keija Parssinen
Savushun: A Novel About Modern Iran (Simin Daneshvar)
Savushun: A Novel About Modern Iran
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Simin Daneshvar
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Achibie)
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A Grain of Wheat (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o)
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The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
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The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith (Introduction by the Author)
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The Grass Is Singing (Doris Lessing)
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A Dry White Season (André Brink)
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Ali and Nino (Kurban Said)
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The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
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Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)
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52
Gregory David Roberts
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
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53
Aravind Adiga
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
54
Pearl S. Buck
The Blue Sky (Galsan Tschinag - Mongolia)
The Blue Sky
55
Galsan Tschinag - Mongolia
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
56
Kazuo Ishiguro
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
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57
Haruki Murakami
The Beach (Alex Garland)
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58
Alex Garland
The Sorrow of War (Bao Ninh)
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59
Bao Ninh
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
60
Nevil Shute
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
61
Peter Carey
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
62
Eleanor Catton
The Tenderness of Wolves (Stef Penney)
The Tenderness of Wolves
63
Stef Penney
A Place Called Winter (Patrick Gale)
A Place Called Winter
64
Patrick Gale
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
65
Edith Wharton
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
66
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
67
Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
68
Harper Lee
Tales of the City (Armistead Maupin)
Tales of the City
69
Armistead Maupin
Indemnity Only (Sara Paretsky)
Indemnity Only
70
Sara Paretsky
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
71
Toni Morrison
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
72
John Berendt
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
73
Donna Tartt
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
74
Malcolm Lowry
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
75
Laura Esquivel
Dirty Blonde and Half Cuban (Lisa Wixon)
Dirty Blonde and Half Cuban
76
Lisa Wixon
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
77
Jean Rhys
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
78
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
City of God (Paulo Lins)
City of God
79
Paulo Lins
The Time of the Hero (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Time of the Hero
80
Mario Vargas Llosa
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