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Great World Literature

These 100 books represent some of the best English language books in world literature. These are not your standard 'Western' classics; instead these are classics, modern or well-established, that give us a window into the rest of the world, armchair traveling at its best.
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The Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe
The Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe
1
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro
2
Natsume Soseki
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
3
Arthur Golden
Hawaii (Hawaii)
Hawaii (Hawaii)
4
The Farming of Bones
The Farming of Bones
5
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
6
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
7
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
8
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Bridge of Beyond
The Bridge of Beyond
9
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
10
Jorge Luis Borges
A Jangada De Pedra 1986/ the Stone Raft 1994
A Jangada De Pedra 1986/ the Stone Raft 1994
11
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
12
Chinua Achebe
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
13
Kingsolver, Barbara: The Poisonwood Bible
Kingsolver, Barbara: The Poisonwood Bible
14
The African Queen
The African Queen
15
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
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Paulo Coelho
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
17
Milan Kundera
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
18
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
19
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
20
Junot Díaz
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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Lisa See
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
22
Kiran Desai
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier ( Sierra Leone)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier ( Sierra Leone)
23
Nectar in a Sieve
Nectar in a Sieve
24
Pavane, Keith Roberts (1968)
Pavane, Keith Roberts (1968)
25
Train to Pakistan
Train to Pakistan
26
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
27
Alexander McCall Smith
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
28
Rohinton Mistry
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
29
Khaled Hosseini
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
30
Khaled Hosseini
Mexico, James Michener
Mexico, James Michener
31
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
32
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
33
Rudolfo Anaya
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
34
E.M. Forster
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
35
Nevil Shute
The Chosen
The Chosen
36
Pomegranate Soup, Marsha Mehran
Pomegranate Soup, Marsha Mehran
37
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
38
Isabel Allende
The English Patient
The English Patient
39
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek
40
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