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I'm kinda tired of seeing the same classics over and over again in the lists. So I decided to make a list that includes non-Western classics, most of which I personally haven't heard of. I don't wanna get into technicalities here, but by "non-Western" I basically mean authors from countries that are not North American (excluding indigenous authors), European (including east Europe) and Russia. I think these books also deserve attention and maybe we can find a new favourite :)
The sources I used for this list were:
- https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/26/the-non-western-books-that-every-student-should-read
- https://thegreatestbooks.org/non-western
https://www.penguin.co.uk/penguin-classics/classics-list
- and some recs from reddit
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Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
41
Julio Cortázar
A House for Mr Biswas (V. S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr Biswas
42
V. S. Naipaul
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende - Chile)
The House of the Spirits
43
Isabel Allende - Chile
Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North (Ibn Faḍlān)
Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North
44
Ibn Faḍlān
Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse From the Early Mystics to Rumi (Various)
Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse From the Early Mystics to Rumi
45
Various
Jagua Nana (Cyprian Ekwensi)
Jagua Nana
46
Cyprian Ekwensi
Japanese No Dramas (Various)
Japanese No Dramas
47
Various
Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en)
Journey to the West
48
Wu Cheng'en
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
49
Khalid Hosseini
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro
50
Natsume Soseki
Lakota Woman (Mary Crow Dog)
Lakota Woman
51
Mary Crow Dog
Layli and Majnun (Nezami Ganjavi)
Layli and Majnun
52
Nezami Ganjavi
The Life of Milarepa (Tsangnyön Heruka)
The Life of Milarepa
53
Tsangnyön Heruka
The Life of Milarepa (Lobsang Lhalungpa)
The Life of Milarepa
54
Lobsang Lhalungpa
The Lost Steps (Alejo Carpentier)
The Lost Steps
55
Alejo Carpentier
Madonna in a Fur Coat (Sabahattin Ali)
Madonna in a Fur Coat
56
Sabahattin Ali
The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata
57
A Malgudi Omnibus (R.K. Narayan)
A Malgudi Omnibus
58
R.K. Narayan
Maps (Nurrudin Farah)
Maps
59
Nurrudin Farah
The Masnavi (Jalāl Ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī)
The Masnavi
60
Jalāl Ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
61
Salman Rushdie
The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry (Dick Davis (Translator))
The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry
62
Dick Davis (Translator)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
63
Nervous Conditions (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
Nervous Conditions
64
Tsitsi Dangarembga
The Nine Cloud Dream (Kim Man-Jung)
The Nine Cloud Dream
65
Kim Man-Jung
North of Dawn (Nuruddin Farah)
North of Dawn
66
Nuruddin Farah
On Black Sisters' Street (Chika Unigwe)
On Black Sisters' Street
67
Chika Unigwe
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
68
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Painter of Signs
The Painter of Signs
69
Palace Walk (Naguib Mahfouz)
Palace Walk
70
Naguib Mahfouz
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Amos Tutuola)
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
71
Amos Tutuola
The Pancatantra (Anonymous)
The Pancatantra
72
Anonymous
The Parables of Chuang Tzu (Chuang Tzu)
The Parables of Chuang Tzu
73
Chuang Tzu
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
74
Juan Rulfo
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
75
Marjane Satrapi
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
76
Sei Shonagon
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (Machado De Assis)
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
77
Machado De Assis
Potiki (Patricia Grace)
Potiki
78
Patricia Grace
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
79
Kahlil Gibran
Ramayana (Valmiki)
Ramayana
80
Valmiki
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