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Gearhead's Around the World in 50 Books

From gearhead's list of suggestions for literary wanderer's. Literary books selected to represent a region. Some classics and some more contemporary.
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The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
1
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights
2
Anonymous
Gitanjali
Gitanjali
3
Strange Tales of Liaozhai by Pu Songling
Strange Tales of Liaozhai by Pu Songling
4
In Praise of Shadows (Junichiro Tanizaki)
In Praise of Shadows
5
Junichiro Tanizaki
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
6
Chinua Achebe
The Collected Poems of Leopold Sedar Senghor (Leopold Sedar Senghor)
The Collected Poems of Leopold Sedar Senghor
7
Leopold Sedar Senghor
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
8
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
9
Franz Fanon
Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa'thiongo
Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa'thiongo
10
Translated From the Night (Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo)
Translated From the Night
11
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
Maru (Bessie Head)
Maru
12
Bessie Head
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
13
Nelson Mandela
The Story of an African Farm (Olive Schreiner)
The Story of an African Farm
14
Olive Schreiner
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
15
Atom Station (Aldor Laxness)
Atom Station
16
Aldor Laxness
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
17
James Joyce
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
18
Zadie Smith
Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
Growth of the Soil
19
Knut Hamsun
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
20
Fernando Pessoa
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
21
Ernest Hemingway
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
22
Günter Grass
Paris Vagabond (Jean-Paul Clébert)
Paris Vagabond
23
Jean-Paul Clébert
The Art of Joy (Goliarda Sapienza)
The Art of Joy
24
Goliarda Sapienza
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
25
Homer
My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
26
Orhan Pamuk
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
27
Henry David Thoreau
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
28
Hunter S. Thompson
A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It
29
Norman MacLean
The Border Triology (Cormac McCarthy)
The Border Triology
30
Cormac McCarthy
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
31
David Foster Wallace
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
32
Don Delillo
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
33
Jack London
In the Skin of the Lion (Michael Ondaatje)
In the Skin of the Lion
34
Michael Ondaatje
The Labyrinth of Solitude
The Labyrinth of Solitude
35
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
36
Juan Rulfo
The Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Feast of the Goat
37
Mario Vargas Llosa
Omeros (Derek Walcott)
Omeros
38
Derek Walcott
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Motorcycle Diaries
39
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
40
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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