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The Greatest Books: Expanded World Literature Challenge - Part A

Here is an opportunity to assess how global and adventurous you are in your reading. This challenge is made up of additional works by many of the acclaimed authors on my recent well-received challenge "All the Greatest Fiction Books: Mark9528's Corrected Unabridged Version (By Author)". The latter featured the entire fiction list from 'thegreatestbooks.org' website.
Many, if not most, of these books have higher Goodreads average ratings than those on the greatestbooks.org master list! A large number are also more popular.
Here there is less emphasis on Anglo-American literature but there are still many works originally written in English. Some of the works in this list extend series that are started in the 'Greatest Fiction Books' challenge. Others are standalone books. I generally gave priority to Goodreads average rating (3.8+) over total ratings.
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My Own Country (Abraham Verghese)
My Own Country
1
Abraham Verghese
Rock Crystal (Adalbert Stifter)
Rock Crystal
2
Adalbert Stifter
The Bachelors (Adalbert Stifter)
The Bachelors
3
Adalbert Stifter
A Fortune Foretold (Agneta Pleijel)
A Fortune Foretold
4
Agneta Pleijel
The Proof (Agota Kristof)
The Proof
5
Agota Kristof
The Third Lie (Agota Kristof)
The Third Lie
6
Agota Kristof
A Fugitive Covers His Tracks (Aksel Sandemose)
A Fugitive Covers His Tracks
7
Aksel Sandemose
Black Moses (Alain Mabanckou)
Black Moses
8
Alain Mabanckou
The Erasers (Alain Robbe-Grillet)
The Erasers
9
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Too Late the Phalarope (Alan Paton)
Too Late the Phalarope
10
Alan Paton
Ah but Your Land Is Beautiful (Alan Paton)
Ah but Your Land Is Beautiful
11
Alan Paton
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
12
Albert Camus
A Happy Death (Albert Camus)
A Happy Death
13
Albert Camus
Book of My Mother (Albert Cohen)
Book of My Mother
14
Albert Cohen
The Conformist (Alberto Moravia)
The Conformist
15
Alberto Moravia
The Woman of Rome (Alberto Moravia)
The Woman of Rome
16
Alberto Moravia
Baroque Concerto (Alejo Carpentier)
Baroque Concerto
17
Alejo Carpentier
Explosion in a Cathedral (Alejo Carpentier)
Explosion in a Cathedral
18
Alejo Carpentier
Novecento (Alessandro Baricco)
Novecento
19
Alessandro Baricco
Ocean Sea (Alessandro Baricco)
Ocean Sea
20
Alessandro Baricco
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago
21
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Captain's Daughter (Alexander Pushkin)
The Captain's Daughter
22
Alexander Pushkin
Ruslan and Liudmila (Alexander Pushkin)
Ruslan and Liudmila
23
Alexander Pushkin
The Ubu Plays: Ubu Rex / Ubu Cuckolded / Ubu Enchained (Alfred Jarry)
The Ubu Plays: Ubu Rex / Ubu Cuckolded / Ubu Enchained
24
Alfred Jarry
The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)
The Man in the Iron Mask
25
Alexandre Dumas
Twenty Years After (Alexandre Dumas)
Twenty Years After
26
Alexandre Dumas
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
27
Alice Munro
Friend of My Youth (Alice Munro)
Friend of My Youth
28
Alice Munro
The Glass Palace (Amitav Ghosh)
The Glass Palace
29
Amitav Ghosh
The Hungry Tide (Amitav Ghosh)
The Hungry Tide
30
Amitav Ghosh
Between Friends (Amos Oz)
Between Friends
31
Amos Oz
Judas (Amos Oz)
Judas
32
Amos Oz
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (Amos Tutuola)
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
33
Amos Tutuola
Little Birds (Anaïs Nin)
Little Birds
34
Anaïs Nin
A Literate Passion (Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller)
A Literate Passion
35
Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller
The Gods Will Have Blood (Anatole France)
The Gods Will Have Blood
36
Anatole France
The Revolt of the Angels (Anatole France)
The Revolt of the Angels
37
Anatole France
Nadja (André Breton)
Nadja
38
André Breton
Mad Love (André Breton)
Mad Love
39
André Breton
Manifestoes of Surrealism (André Breton)
Manifestoes of Surrealism
40
André Breton
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