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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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Rashomon and Other Stories (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon and Other Stories
81
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
82
Azar Nafisi
The Real Story of Ah-Q (Lu Xun)
The Real Story of Ah-Q
83
Lu Xun
Return of the Spirit (Tawfiq Al-Hakim)
Return of the Spirit
84
Tawfiq Al-Hakim
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Guanzhong Luo)
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
85
Guanzhong Luo
Roots of Yoga (James Mallinson, Mark Singleton)
Roots of Yoga
86
James Mallinson, Mark Singleton
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Khayyam)
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
87
Khayyam
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
88
Yukio Mishima
Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man (U.R. Ananthamurthy)
Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man
89
U.R. Ananthamurthy
The Samurai (Shusaku Endo)
The Samurai
90
Shusaku Endo
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
The Savage Detectives
91
Roberto Bolano
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North
92
Tayeb Salih
The Secret History of the Mongols (Unknown)
The Secret History of the Mongols
93
Unknown
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (Abolqasem Ferdowsi)
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
94
Abolqasem Ferdowsi
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
95
Yasunari Kawabata
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas)
So Long a Letter
96
Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas
The Song of Kieu (Nguyen Du)
The Song of Kieu
97
Nguyen Du
Songs of Mihyar (Adonis)
Songs of Mihyar
98
Adonis
The Songs of the South (Qu Yuan)
The Songs of the South
99
Qu Yuan
The Sorrow of War (Bao Ninh)
The Sorrow of War
100
Bao Ninh
The Story of Hong Gildong (Minsoo Kang)
The Story of Hong Gildong
101
Minsoo Kang
Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio (Songling Pu)
Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio
102
Songling Pu
Sunjata (Banna Kanute/Bamba Suso)
Sunjata
103
Banna Kanute/Bamba Suso
A Tale of Four Dervishes (Mir Amman)
A Tale of Four Dervishes
104
Mir Amman
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
105
Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of the Heike (Anonymous)
The Tale of the Heike
106
Anonymous
The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman (Various)
The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman
107
Various
The Tales of Ise (Unknown)
The Tales of Ise
108
Unknown
Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange (Various)
Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange
109
Various
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
110
Chinua Achebe
Thirty-Two Tales of the Throne of Vikramaditya (Simhāsana Dvātrimśikā)
Thirty-Two Tales of the Throne of Vikramaditya
111
Simhāsana Dvātrimśikā
This Blinding Absence of Light (Tahar Ben Jelloun)
This Blinding Absence of Light
112
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio: Essays on China and the World (Liang Qichao)
Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio: Essays on China and the World
113
Liang Qichao
Three Trapped Tigers (Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Trans. Suzanne Levine)
Three Trapped Tigers
114
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Trans. Suzanne Levine
Ta Hsueh and Chung Yung (Various)
Ta Hsueh and Chung Yung
115
Various
The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Padmasambhava)
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
116
Padmasambhava
The Time of the Hero (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Time of the Hero
117
Mario Vargas Llosa
The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge From the Classical Islamic (Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri, Translated by Elias Muha)
The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge From the Classical Islamic
118
Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri, Translated by Elias Muha
Untouchable (Mulk Raj Anand)
Untouchable
119
Mulk Raj Anand
The Upanishads (Unknown)
The Upanishads
120
Unknown
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