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World Literature -- Classics and Literary Fiction Around the World - Page 2

One must be familiar with a range of work beyond one's own culture as well as foundational works to truly be well-read. This list includes classics and epics of old as well as drama, poetry and contemporary literary fiction from around the world, but it is by no means exhaustive. (Homer and Woolf are, alas, two of the glaring omissions.)
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
41
George Eliot
Gösta Berling's Saga (Selma Lagerlöf)
Gösta Berling's Saga
42
Selma Lagerlöf
The Slynx (Tatyana Tolstaya)
The Slynx
43
Tatyana Tolstaya
Ramayana (Valmiki)
Ramayana
44
Valmiki
Njal's Saga (Robert Cook (Translator))
Njal's Saga
45
Robert Cook (Translator)
Nervous Conditions (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
Nervous Conditions
46
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Independent People (Iceland)
Independent People (Iceland)
47
Last Words From Monmarte (Qiu Miaojin)
Last Words From Monmarte
48
Qiu Miaojin
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
49
Erich Maria Remarque
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
50
Stendhal
Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts
51
Han Kang
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro
52
Natsume Soseki
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
53
Junichiro Tanizaki
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North
54
Tayeb Salih
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
55
Victor Hugo
Three Kingdoms
Three Kingdoms
56
When Rain Clouds Gather & Maru
When Rain Clouds Gather & Maru
57
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal El Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero
58
Nawal El Saadawi
The Radiance of the King (Camara Laye)
The Radiance of the King
59
Camara Laye
Noli Me Tangere(Touch Me Not) (Jose Rizal)
Noli Me Tangere(Touch Me Not)
60
Jose Rizal
Four Reigns (Kukrit Pramoj)
Four Reigns
61
Kukrit Pramoj
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
62
Margaret Atwood
In the Shadow of the Banyan (Vaddey Ratner)
In the Shadow of the Banyan
63
Vaddey Ratner
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
64
Dante Alighieri
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights
65
Anonymous
Efuru (Flora Nwapa)
Efuru
66
Flora Nwapa
Tram 83 (Fiston Mwanza Mujila)
Tram 83
67
Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Broken Glass (Alain Mabanckou)
Broken Glass
68
Alain Mabanckou
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Ayi Kwei Armah)
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
69
Ayi Kwei Armah
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
70
Chinua Achebe
Wizard of the Crow (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Wizard of the Crow
71
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
72
Gustave Flaubert
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
73
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
74
Isabel Allende
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
75
Laura Esquivel
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
76
Rohinton Mistry
Grand Hotel (Vicky Baum)
Grand Hotel
77
Vicky Baum
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
78
Kahlil Gibran
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
79
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
80
Fernando Pessoa
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