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Read the World - PROPORTIONALLY! - Page 2

I recently got ticked off over a "Read the World" list that was still really centred on Western books.
Then I started thinking: what if there were a reading list of 100 books that reflected the actual demographics of the world population right now?
Behold:
19 books from China;
17 from India;
4 from the US;
3 from Indonesia, Brazil and Pakistan;
2 from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Japan and Mexico, and
1 each from the Philippines, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Turkey, DRC, Thailand, France, UK, Italy, Burma, South Africa, South Korea, Colombia, Spain, Ukraine, Tanzania, Kenya, Argentina, Algeria, Poland, Sudan, Uganda, Canada, Iraq, Morocco, Peru, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Nepal, Afghanistan, Yemen, North Korea, Ghana, Mozambique, Australia and Taiwan.
50 are by men. 49 are by women. 1 is a work of divine revelation. Authors (roughly) reflect the ethnic makeup of their nations.
Because if you're gonna read the world, you might as well do it RIGHT.
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanfi
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanfi
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Daughter of the River by Hong Ying
Daughter of the River by Hong Ying
43
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
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The End of the World by Sushma Joshi
The End of the World by Sushma Joshi
45
Letters of a Javanese Princess by Raden Adjeng Kartini
Letters of a Javanese Princess by Raden Adjeng Kartini
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Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalamaami
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalamaami
47
Rickshaw Boy by Lao She
Rickshaw Boy by Lao She
48
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
49
The Kampung Boy by Lat
The Kampung Boy by Lat
50
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey Fro
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey Fro
51
Eyes of the Tailless Animals by Lee Soon-Ok
Eyes of the Tailless Animals by Lee Soon-Ok
52
The Poems of Li Qingzhao
The Poems of Li Qingzhao
53
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
54
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
55
Selected Stories of Lu Xun
Selected Stories of Lu Xun
56
Dom Casmurro by Joaquim Maria Machado De Asssis
Dom Casmurro by Joaquim Maria Machado De Asssis
57
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
58
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
59
A River Sutra by Gita Mehta
A River Sutra by Gita Mehta
60
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
61
Red Azalea by Anchee Min
Red Azalea by Anchee Min
62
The Republic of Wine by Mo Yan
The Republic of Wine by Mo Yan
63
Neighbours: A Story of a Murder by Lília Momplé
Neighbours: A Story of a Murder by Lília Momplé
64
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
65
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
66
Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa'thiongo
Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa'thiongo
67
The Congo: From Leopold to Kabila: A People's History by Georges NZong
The Congo: From Leopold to Kabila: A People's History by Georges NZong
68
The Topless Tower by Silvina Ocampo
The Topless Tower by Silvina Ocampo
69
Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol by Okot P'bitek
Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol by Okot P'bitek
70
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
71
The Poems of Rabia Basri
The Poems of Rabia Basri
72
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
73
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
74
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
75
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
76
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
77
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
78
The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa
The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa
79
The Romance of Three Kingdoms by Shi Naian
The Romance of Three Kingdoms by Shi Naian
80
Please Look After Mother by Kyung Sook Shin
Please Look After Mother by Kyung Sook Shin
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