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The Great Asian Novels - Page 3

This list is inspired by The Atlantic's recent list of their Great American Novels. For this list, I'm not abiding by The Atlantic's strict rule that all books must be published within the last 100 years (too many great novels would be left out) and thus have no time limit on their publication. I have 136 novels, just like The Atlantic's list, and I've tried to include novels from every Asian country, spreading from Indonesia to the Middle East. I'm sure many will disagree with some of my choices, but that's what we love about reading. Enjoy!
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No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
No Longer Human
81
Osamu Dazai
Noli Me Tángere/Touch Me Not (José Rizal)
Noli Me Tángere/Touch Me Not
82
José Rizal
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
83
Haruki Murakami
Notes of a Crocodile (Qiu Miaojin)
Notes of a Crocodile
84
Qiu Miaojin
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
85
Ocean Vuong
Once We Were There (Bernice Chauly)
Once We Were There
86
Bernice Chauly
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
87
Min Jin Lee
The Palace of Illusions (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni)
The Palace of Illusions
88
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Palpasa Cafe (Narayan Wagle - Nepal)
Palpasa Cafe
89
Narayan Wagle - Nepal
Pather Panchali [Pather Panchali] (Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay)
Pather Panchali [Pather Panchali]
90
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
91
Marjane Satrapi
A Personal Matter (Kenzaburō Ōe)
A Personal Matter
92
Kenzaburō Ōe
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
93
Sei Shonagon
Please Look After Mom (Kyung-Sook Shin)
Please Look After Mom
94
Kyung-Sook Shin
Ponti (Sharlene Teo)
Ponti
95
Sharlene Teo
Po-On (F Sionil Jose)
Po-On
96
F Sionil Jose
The Rainbow Troops (Andrea Hirata)
The Rainbow Troops
97
Andrea Hirata
Rashomon (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon
98
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Red Sorghum (Mo Yan)
Red Sorghum
99
Mo Yan
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Moshin Hamid)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
100
Moshin Hamid
The Rice Mother (Rani Manicka)
The Rice Mother
101
Rani Manicka
Rickshaw Boy (Lao She)
Rickshaw Boy
102
Lao She
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring
103
Koji Suzuki
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
104
Luo Guanzhong
Running in the Family (Michael Ondaatje)
Running in the Family
105
Michael Ondaatje
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
106
Yukio Mishima
Saman (Aya Utami)
Saman
107
Aya Utami
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
108
Salman Rushdie
The Sea of Fertility (Yukio Mishima)
The Sea of Fertility
109
Yukio Mishima
Sightseeing (Rattawut Lapcharoensap)
Sightseeing
110
Rattawut Lapcharoensap
Silence (Shusaku Endo)
Silence
111
Shusaku Endo
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
112
Yasunari Kawabata
The Sorrow of War (Bao Ninh)
The Sorrow of War
113
Bao Ninh
Soul Mountain (Gao Xinghian)
Soul Mountain
114
Gao Xinghian
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
115
Vikram Seth
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
116
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Taebek Mountains (Jo Jung-Rae)
The Taebek Mountains
117
Jo Jung-Rae
Taipei People (Hsien-Yung Pai)
Taipei People
118
Hsien-Yung Pai
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
119
Murasaki Shikibu
This Earth of Mankind (Pramoedya Ananta Toer)
This Earth of Mankind
120
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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