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Every Country's Highest-Rated Book by a Local Author - Page 2

"WordFinderX decided to grab a snapshot of the geographically diverse books you might encounter on your switched-on bookworm adventure: we used Goodreads data to identify the most highly rated books by local authors from every country on Earth.
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WordFinderX identified the top-rated book in each country by a local author based on the average rating on Goodreads. We only included books with at least 500 ratings."
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Ellana (Pierre Bottero)
Ellana
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Pierre Bottero
The Knight in the Panther's Skin (Shota Rustaveli)
The Knight in the Panther's Skin
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Shota Rustaveli
Exit RACISM (Tupoka Ogette)
Exit RACISM
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Tupoka Ogette
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
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Yaa Gyasi
Το Μονόγραμμα (Odysseas Elytis)
Το Μονόγραμμα
45
Odysseas Elytis
The President (Miguel Ángel Asturias)
The President
46
Miguel Ángel Asturias
The Radiance of the King (Camara Laye)
The Radiance of the King
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Camara Laye
The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q (Sharon Maas)
The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q
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Sharon Maas
The Infamous Rosalie (Évelyne Trouillot)
The Infamous Rosalie
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Évelyne Trouillot
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies (Seth Holmes)
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
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Seth Holmes
A Tizennégy Karátos Autó (Jenő Rejtő)
A Tizennégy Karátos Autó
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Jenő Rejtő
Hjarta Mannsins (Jón Kalman Stefánsson)
Hjarta Mannsins
52
Jón Kalman Stefánsson
रश्मिरथी (Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar')
रश्मिरथी
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Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
Janji (Tere Liye)
Janji
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Tere Liye
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (Abolqasem Ferdowsi)
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
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Abolqasem Ferdowsi
The Last Girl (Nadia Murad)
The Last Girl
56
Nadia Murad
The Dying of the Light (Derek Landy)
The Dying of the Light
57
Derek Landy
Crooked Kingdom (Leigh Bardugo)
Crooked Kingdom
58
Leigh Bardugo
Kobane Calling (Zerocalcare)
Kobane Calling
59
Zerocalcare
The Book of Night Women (Marlon James)
The Book of Night Women
60
Marlon James
Bungo Stray Dogs Vol. 16 (Kafka Asagiri)
Bungo Stray Dogs Vol. 16
61
Kafka Asagiri
The Hakawati (Rabih Alameddine)
The Hakawati
62
Rabih Alameddine
Wizard of the Crow (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Wizard of the Crow
63
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
ساق البامبو (سود السنعوسي)
ساق البامبو
64
سود السنعوسي
ගුරු ගීතය (Chingiz Aitmatov)
ගුරු ගීතය
65
Chingiz Aitmatov
Svina Garša (Māris Bērziņš)
Svina Garša
66
Māris Bērziņš
Our Women on the Ground (Zahra Hankir)
Our Women on the Ground
67
Zahra Hankir
She Would Be King (Wayetu Moore)
She Would Be King
68
Wayetu Moore
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Hisham Matar)
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
69
Hisham Matar
Silva Rerum II (Kristina Sabaliauskaite)
Silva Rerum II
70
Kristina Sabaliauskaite
Moj Muž (Rumena Bužarovska)
Moj Muž
71
Rumena Bužarovska
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (William Kamkwamba and Brian Mealer)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
72
William Kamkwamba and Brian Mealer
Arkitek Jalanan (Teme Abdullah)
Arkitek Jalanan
73
Teme Abdullah
Los Fantasmas De Fernando (Jaime Alfonso Sandoval)
Los Fantasmas De Fernando
74
Jaime Alfonso Sandoval
Tema Pentru Acasa (Nicolae Dabija)
Tema Pentru Acasa
75
Nicolae Dabija
The Blue Sky (Galsan Tschinag)
The Blue Sky
76
Galsan Tschinag
10 تزممارت: الزنزانة رقم (Ahmed Marzouki)
10 تزممارت: الزنزانة رقم
77
Ahmed Marzouki
Um Rio Chamado Tempo, Uma Casa Chamada Terra (Mia Couto)
Um Rio Chamado Tempo, Uma Casa Chamada Terra
78
Mia Couto
From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey (Pascal Khoo Thwe)
From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey
79
Pascal Khoo Thwe
Muna Madan (Laxmi Prasad Devkota)
Muna Madan
80
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
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