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Read the World - PROPORTIONALLY! - Page 3

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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Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka
Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka
82
The Art of War by Sun Zi
The Art of War by Sun Zi
83
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
84
The Collected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska
The Collected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska
85
Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
86
The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself
The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself
87
The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor
The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor
88
The Kural of Tiruvalluvar
The Kural of Tiruvalluvar
89
This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
90
War and Peace
War and Peace
91
Doña Inés vs. Oblivion by Ana Teresa Torres
Doña Inés vs. Oblivion by Ana Teresa Torres
92
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
93
The Ramayana
The Ramayana
94
The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa
95
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
96
The Mahabharata by Vyasa
The Mahabharata by Vyasa
97
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow by Wang Anyii
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow by Wang Anyii
98
Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en
Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en
99
The Dyer's Daughter by Xiao Hong
The Dyer's Daughter by Xiao Hong
100
The Good Women of China by Xinran
The Good Women of China by Xinran
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