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Books Set Outside the U.S. and Europe

OK, a handful of these are at least partly set in the U.S., but their non-U.S. parts were substantial enough to be included!
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2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
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Roberto Bolaño
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
After Dark
2
Haruki Murakami
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
3
Cormac McCarthy
American Dirt (Jeanine Cummins)
American Dirt
4
Jeanine Cummins
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
5
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An Unnecessary Woman (Rabih Alameddine)
An Unnecessary Woman
6
Rabih Alameddine
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
7
Khaled Hosseini
Anna and the King of Siam (Margaret Landon)
Anna and the King of Siam
8
Margaret Landon
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
9
Leo Tolstoy
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai Sijie)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
10
Dai Sijie
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
11
Ann Pratchett
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
12
Jose Saramago
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
13
Keri Hulme
The Bonesetter's Daughter (Amy Tan)
The Bonesetter's Daughter
14
Amy Tan
The Book of Night Women (Marlon James)
The Book of Night Women
15
Marlon James
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
16
Trevor Noah
The Bridge Over the River Kwai (Pierre Boulle)
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
17
Pierre Boulle
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
18
Marlon James
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
19
Junot Díaz
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
20
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Burial Rites (Hannah Kent)
Burial Rites
21
Hannah Kent
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
22
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
City of Thieves (David Benioff)
City of Thieves
23
David Benioff
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (Anthony Marra)
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
24
Anthony Marra
Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan)
Crazy Rich Asians
25
Kevin Kwan
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
26
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cry the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry the Beloved Country
27
Alan Paton
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
28
Abraham Verghese
The Daevabad Trilogy (S.A. Chakraborty)
The Daevabad Trilogy
29
S.A. Chakraborty
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
30
Boris Pasternak
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Alexandra Fuller)
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
31
Alexandra Fuller
Dragonfish (Vu Tran)
Dragonfish
32
Vu Tran
Embroideries (Marjane Satrapi)
Embroideries
33
Marjane Satrapi
Empress Orchid
Empress Orchid
34
Euphoria (Lily King)
Euphoria
35
Lily King
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
36
Mohsin Hamed
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
37
Amor Towles
Girls of Riyadh (Rajaa Alsanea)
Girls of Riyadh
38
Rajaa Alsanea
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
39
Arundhati Roy
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Gods of Jade and Shadow
40
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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