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World Literature -- Classics and Literary Fiction Around the World - Page 3

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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The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
81
Tove Jansson
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
82
Jorge Luis Borges
The Wall
The Wall
83
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
84
Haruki Murakami
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
85
Edgar Allan Poe
Lives of Girls and Women (Alice Munro)
Lives of Girls and Women
86
Alice Munro
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
87
V.S. Naipaul
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
88
Robert Musil
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun (Xun Lu)
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun
89
Xun Lu
The Time of the Hero (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Time of the Hero
90
Mario Vargas Llosa
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
91
William Shakespeare
Near to the Wild Heart (Clarice Lispector)
Near to the Wild Heart
92
Clarice Lispector
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
93
George Orwell
Iza's Ballad (Magda Szabo)
Iza's Ballad
94
Magda Szabo
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
95
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Zeno's Conscience (Italo Svevo)
Zeno's Conscience
96
Italo Svevo
Transparent City (Ondjaki)
Transparent City
97
Ondjaki
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
98
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
99
Franz Kafka
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
100
Knut Hamsun
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
101
Ovid
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
102
William Faulkner
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
103
Walt Whitman
Children of the New World (Assia Djebar)
Children of the New World
104
Assia Djebar
The Land of Green Plums (Herta Müller, Trans. Michael Hofmann)
The Land of Green Plums
105
Herta Müller, Trans. Michael Hofmann
Père Goriot (Honoré De Balzac, Burton Raffel, and Peter Brooks)
Père Goriot
106
Honoré De Balzac, Burton Raffel, and Peter Brooks
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
107
Doris Lessing
Chronicle in Stone
Chronicle in Stone
108
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
109
Lorraine Hansberry
Chess Story (Stefan Zweig)
Chess Story
110
Stefan Zweig
The Haft Paykar: A Medieval Persian Romance (Nizami Ganjavi)
The Haft Paykar: A Medieval Persian Romance
111
Nizami Ganjavi
The Home and the World (Rabindranath Tagore)
The Home and the World
112
Rabindranath Tagore
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
113
Abraham Verghese
Houseboy (Ferdinand Oyono)
Houseboy
114
Ferdinand Oyono
God's Bits of Wood
God's Bits of Wood
115
The President (Miguel Angel Asturias)
The President
116
Miguel Angel Asturias
Under the Yoke (Ivan Vazov)
Under the Yoke
117
Ivan Vazov
Sultana's Dream (Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain)
Sultana's Dream
118
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Beka Lamb (Zee Edgell)
Beka Lamb
119
Zee Edgell
Paradise of the Blind
Paradise of the Blind
120
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