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English PEN: The Bigger Read List - Page 2

Works of prose and epic poetry not written in English, made as a response to BBC's Big Read list, which included very few non-English books
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Count Julian (Juan Goytisolo)
Count Julian
41
Juan Goytisolo
Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
42
The Brothers Grimm
Life and Fate by Vassily Grossman
Life and Fate by Vassily Grossman
43
Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
Growth of the Soil
44
Knut Hamsun
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
45
Knut Hamsun
Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer)
Seven Years in Tibet
46
Heinrich Harrer
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft (Thor Heyerdahl)
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft
47
Thor Heyerdahl
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
48
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
49
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
50
Homer
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
51
Victor Hugo
The Three-Arched Bridge (Ismael Kadare)
The Three-Arched Bridge
52
Ismael Kadare
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
53
Franz Kafka
Zorba the Greek (Nikos Kazantzaki)
Zorba the Greek
54
Nikos Kazantzaki
Memed, My Hawk (Yasher Kemal)
Memed, My Hawk
55
Yasher Kemal
Fateless
Fateless
56
The Rubaiyat
The Rubaiyat
57
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
58
I Will Bear Witness (Victor Klemperer)
I Will Bear Witness
59
Victor Klemperer
The Koran
The Koran
60
Anna Edes (Dezso Kosztolanyi)
Anna Edes
61
Dezso Kosztolanyi
Identity (Milan Kundera)
Identity
62
Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
63
Milan Kundera
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
64
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
65
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
66
Lao-Tzu
Independent People (Halldór Laxness)
Independent People
67
Halldór Laxness
Canti (Giacomo Leopardi)
Canti
68
Giacomo Leopardi
Le Roman De La Rose (Guillaume De Lorris Et Jean De Meung)
Le Roman De La Rose
69
Guillaume De Lorris Et Jean De Meung
The True Story of Ah Q (Lu Xun)
The True Story of Ah Q
70
Lu Xun
Mahabharata (Anonymous; Trans. John D. Smith)
Mahabharata
71
Anonymous; Trans. John D. Smith
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
72
Thomas Mann
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
73
Thomas Mann
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
74
Thomas Mann
Little Red Book (Chairman Mao)
Little Red Book
75
Chairman Mao
Embers (Sandor Marai)
Embers
76
Sandor Marai
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
77
Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
78
Haruki Murakami
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
79
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Forbidden Colours (Yukio Mishima)
Forbidden Colours
80
Yukio Mishima
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