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Why Do Everyone Read the Same Books? 48 Books to Broaden Your Literary Life

Are you fed up of seeing Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games and Matt Haig's Midnight Library appear on every list you check? Me too!
We're often too lazy to get out of our literary comfort zone and to enjoy foreign literature and end up reading the latest book by an English or an American author. But there are so many great books out there written by European, African or Asian authors! Why not enjoy them this summer?
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Purge (Sofi Oksanen)
Purge
1
Sofi Oksanen
The Late-Night News (Petros Markaris)
The Late-Night News
2
Petros Markaris
The Death of Artemio Cruz (Carlos Fuentes)
The Death of Artemio Cruz
3
Carlos Fuentes
The Dark Child (Camara Laye)
The Dark Child
4
Camara Laye
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ)
So Long a Letter
5
Mariama Bâ
Until August (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Until August
6
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch
7
Julio Cortazar
The Most Secret Memory of Men (Mohamed Mbougar Sarr)
The Most Secret Memory of Men
8
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Grand Hotel Europa (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer)
Grand Hotel Europa
9
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
The Baltimore Boys (Joël Dicker)
The Baltimore Boys
10
Joël Dicker
Paradises Lost (Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt)
Paradises Lost
11
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
12
Italo Calvino
The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson (Selma Lagerlöf)
The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson
13
Selma Lagerlöf
The Aleph (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph
14
Jorge Luis Borges
Salt Houses (Hala Alyan)
Salt Houses
15
Hala Alyan
Between Friends (Amos Oz)
Between Friends
16
Amos Oz
Homesick (Eshkol Nevo)
Homesick
17
Eshkol Nevo
Against the Loveless World (Susan Abulhawa)
Against the Loveless World
18
Susan Abulhawa
Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church (Indrek Hargla)
Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church
19
Indrek Hargla
The Man Who Spoke Snakish (Andrus Kivirahk)
The Man Who Spoke Snakish
20
Andrus Kivirahk
Snowblind (Ragnar Jonasson)
Snowblind
21
Ragnar Jonasson
Beware of Pity (Zweig)
Beware of Pity
22
Zweig
The Torso (Helene Tursten)
The Torso
23
Helene Tursten
Soviet Milk (Nora Ikstena)
Soviet Milk
24
Nora Ikstena
The Memory Police (Yōko Ogawa)
The Memory Police
25
Yōko Ogawa
Broken Glass (Alain Mabanckou)
Broken Glass
26
Alain Mabanckou
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow (Zoulfa Katouh)
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
27
Zoulfa Katouh
Mornings in Jenin (Susan Abulhawa)
Mornings in Jenin
28
Susan Abulhawa
Death Is Hard Work (Khaled Khalifa)
Death Is Hard Work
29
Khaled Khalifa
Things I've Been Silent About (Azar Nafisi)
Things I've Been Silent About
30
Azar Nafisi
The Sweetest Fruits (Monique Truong)
The Sweetest Fruits
31
Monique Truong
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years
32
Annie Ernaux
Rosa (Jonathan Rabb)
Rosa
33
Jonathan Rabb
The Hanging (Lotte and Soren Hammer)
The Hanging
34
Lotte and Soren Hammer
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Jorge Amado)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
35
Jorge Amado
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (Luis Sepulveda)
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
36
Luis Sepulveda
The Smell of Apples (Mark Behr)
The Smell of Apples
37
Mark Behr
The Family of Pascal Duarte (Camilo Jose Cela)
The Family of Pascal Duarte
38
Camilo Jose Cela
Cathedral of the Sea (Ildefonso Falcones)
Cathedral of the Sea
39
Ildefonso Falcones
The Florios of Sicily (Stefania Auci)
The Florios of Sicily
40
Stefania Auci
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