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The Great Non-English Language Novels - Page 2

This list is inspired by The Atlantic's 2024 list of their Great American Novels. I've made numerous lists about great novels, and we can't forget the great non-English novels that have been written. For this list, I'm not abiding by The Atlantic's strict rule that all books are published within the last 100 years and thus have no time limit on their publication. I will make another list that does comply with that rule. So, I have 136 novels, just like The Atlantic's list, but the one rule I imposed on myself is to allow an author only one entry on the list. Enjoy!
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Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
41
Gustave Flaubert
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
42
Guy De Maupassant
Independent People (Halldór Laxness)
Independent People
43
Halldór Laxness
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
44
Han Kang
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
45
Haruki Murakami
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Boll)
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
46
Heinrich Boll
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
47
Hermann Hesse
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
48
Honoré De Balzac
Taipei People (Hsien-Yung Pai)
Taipei People
49
Hsien-Yung Pai
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
50
Irène Némirovsky
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
51
Isabel Allende
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
52
Italo Calvino
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
Oblomov
53
Ivan Goncharov
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
54
Ivan Turgenev
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
The Bridge on the Drina
55
Ivo Andrić
The Good Soldier Svejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Svejk
56
Jaroslav Hašek
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
57
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Taebek Mountains (Jo Jung-Rae)
The Taebek Mountains
58
Jo Jung-Rae
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
59
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Captains of the Sands (Jorge Amado)
Captains of the Sands
60
Jorge Amado
Maria (Jorge Isaacs)
Maria
61
Jorge Isaacs
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
62
Jorge Luis Borges
The Obscene Bird of Night (José Donoso)
The Obscene Bird of Night
63
José Donoso
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
64
Jose Saramago
The Shape of the Ruins (Juan Gabriel Vásquez)
The Shape of the Ruins
65
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Paramo
66
Juan Rulfo
The Burning Plain and Other Stories (Juan Rulfo)
The Burning Plain and Other Stories
67
Juan Rulfo
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
68
Jules Verne
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch
69
Julio Cortazar
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
The Makioka Sisters
70
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
71
Karl Ove Knausgaard
A Personal Matter (Kenzaburō Ōe)
A Personal Matter
72
Kenzaburō Ōe
The Nine Cloud Dream (Kim Man-Jung)
The Nine Cloud Dream
73
Kim Man-Jung
Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
Growth of the Soil
74
Knut Hamsun
The Woman in the Dunes (Kōbō Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
75
Kōbō Abe
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring
76
Koji Suzuki
Four Reigns (Kukrit Pramoj)
Four Reigns
77
Kukrit Pramoj
Rickshaw Boy (Lao She)
Rickshaw Boy
78
Lao She
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
79
Laura Esquivel
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
80
Leo Tolstoy
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