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Books of the World

This is a list of books of the world I really enjoyed reading. It contains not only the standard must-reads but also some really good books from less obvious countries. Also interesting to discover new books if you like others on this list! :)
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
1
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
2
Immortality (Milan Kundera)
Immortality (Milan Kundera)
3
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
4
Milan Kundera
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
5
Gabriel García Márquez
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
6
Bernhard Schlink
Portraits of a Marriage (Sandor Marai)
Portraits of a Marriage
7
Sandor Marai
Heaven and Hell (Jón Kalman Stefánsson)
Heaven and Hell
8
Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
9
Patrick Suskind
Stiller (Max Frisch)
Stiller
10
Max Frisch
Between Three Plagues (Jaan Kross)
Between Three Plagues
11
Jaan Kross
The Salt Path (Raynor Winn)
The Salt Path
12
Raynor Winn
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
13
Irvine Welsh
Nighttrain to Lissabon (Pascal Mercier)
Nighttrain to Lissabon
14
Pascal Mercier
The Untamable (Guillermo Arriaga)
The Untamable
15
Guillermo Arriaga
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
16
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Palace of Dreams (Ismail Kadare)
The Palace of Dreams
18
Ismail Kadare
Confessions (Jaume Cabre)
Confessions
19
Jaume Cabre
The Circle of Karma (Kunzang Choden)
The Circle of Karma
20
Kunzang Choden
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
21
Jose Saramago
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
22
Gustave Flaubert
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
23
Oscar Wilde
The Last Book (Zoran Zivkovic)
The Last Book
24
Zoran Zivkovic
Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)
Shantaram
25
Gregory David Roberts
The Howling Miller (Arto Paasilinna)
The Howling Miller
26
Arto Paasilinna
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek
27
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
28
The Infatuations (Javier Marias)
The Infatuations
29
Javier Marias
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
30
Jonathan Safran Foer
The Giver of Stars (Jojo Moyes)
The Giver of Stars
31
Jojo Moyes
The Eighth Life (Nino Haratischwili)
The Eighth Life
32
Nino Haratischwili
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
33
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Halldor Laxness (Independent People)
Halldor Laxness
34
Independent People
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
35
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
36
Thomas Mann
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
37
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
Chocolat
38
Joanne Harris
Laura Esquivel: Like Water for Chocolate
Laura Esquivel: Like Water for Chocolate
39
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa
40
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