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Exceptional Writing From Around the World

This list is partially inspired by a list of books at the back of my copy of Frankenstein in Baghdad.
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Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin)
Fever Dream
1
Samanta Schweblin
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
2
Albert Camus
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
3
Arundhati Roy
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Mexican Gothic
4
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Sweet Bean Paste (Durian Sukegawa)
Sweet Bean Paste
5
Durian Sukegawa
Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)
Anxious People
6
Fredrik Backman
The Memory Police (Yōko Ogawa)
The Memory Police
7
Yōko Ogawa
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Arundhati Roy)
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
8
Arundhati Roy
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly (Sun-Mi Hwang)
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
9
Sun-Mi Hwang
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
10
Milan Kundera
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
11
Min Jin Lee
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
12
Aravind Adiga
The Unit (Ninni Holmqvist)
The Unit
13
Ninni Holmqvist
The Vegetarian (Han King)
The Vegetarian
14
Han King
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
15
Albert Camus
The Mountains Sing (Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai)
The Mountains Sing
16
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Umami (Laia Jufresa)
Umami
17
Laia Jufresa
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
18
Albert Camus
The Blind Owl (Sadegh Hedayat)
The Blind Owl
19
Sadegh Hedayat
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
20
Haruki Murakami
Things We Left Unsaid (Zoya Pirzad)
Things We Left Unsaid
21
Zoya Pirzad
Girls of Riyadh (Rajaa Alsanea)
Girls of Riyadh
22
Rajaa Alsanea
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
23
Isabel Allende
Wizard of the Crow (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Wizard of the Crow
24
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman (Dennis Thieriault)
The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman
25
Dennis Thieriault
Salt Houses (Hala Alyan)
Salt Houses
26
Hala Alyan
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
27
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Against the Loveless World (Susan Abulhawa)
Against the Loveless World
28
Susan Abulhawa
The Hilltop (Assaf Gavron)
The Hilltop
29
Assaf Gavron
Afterlives (Abdulrazak Gurnah)
Afterlives
30
Abdulrazak Gurnah
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
31
Julia Alvarez
War With the Newts (Karel Capek)
War With the Newts
32
Karel Capek
A Very Special Year (Thomas Montasser)
A Very Special Year
33
Thomas Montasser
Carpentaria (Alexis Wright)
Carpentaria
34
Alexis Wright
The Museum of Abandoned Secrets (Oksana Zabuzhko)
The Museum of Abandoned Secrets
35
Oksana Zabuzhko
Nada (Carmen Laforet)
Nada
36
Carmen Laforet
The Space Between Us (Zoya Pirzad)
The Space Between Us
37
Zoya Pirzad
The Village by the Sea (Anita Desai)
The Village by the Sea
38
Anita Desai
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal El Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero
39
Nawal El Saadawi
Cat Country (Lao She)
Cat Country
40
Lao She
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