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A Linguistic Pilgrimage

So you're sick of reading only things that were originally written in English and want to branch out a tad. Well, here are some recommendations for twelve languages, five books a piece: Arabic, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. I'd recommend more in more tongues, but alas: I'm going to have to read a lot more for that.
P.S. Of course Rosie sludged their way all over by claiming to have read the first four works on this list without, I imagine, having even looked at them. I doubt they could find a single country whose major language is Arabic on a map.
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Gate of the Sun (Elias Khoury)
Gate of the Sun
Elias Khoury
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The Woman From Tantoura (Radwa Ashour)
The Woman From Tantoura
Radwa Ashour
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Cities of Salt (Abdul Rahman Munif)
Cities of Salt
Abdul Rahman Munif
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Woman at Point Zero (Nawal El Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero
Nawal El Saadawi
5
Women of Sand and Myrrh (Hanan Al-Shaykh)
Women of Sand and Myrrh
Hanan Al-Shaykh
6
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo
7
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
Simone De Beauvoir
8
Memoirs of Hadrian (Margarite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
Margarite Yourcenar
9
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
Franz Fanon
10
God's Bits of Wood (Ousmane Sembène)
God's Bits of Wood
Ousmane Sembène
11
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
12
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke
13
The Quest for Christa T. (Christa Wolf)
The Quest for Christa T.
Christa Wolf
14
Visitation (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Visitation
Jenny Erpenbeck
15
The Trial (Franz Kafka, Trans. Mike Mitchell)
The Trial
Franz Kafka, Trans. Mike Mitchell
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Fatelessness (Imre Kertész)
Fatelessness
Imre Kertész
17
Embers (Sandor Marai)
Embers
Sandor Marai
18
Nine Suitcases (Béla Zsolt)
Nine Suitcases
Béla Zsolt
19
Liquidation (Imre Kertész)
Liquidation
Imre Kertész
20
The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door
Magda Szabó
21
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Italo Calvino
22
The Drowned and the Saved (Primo Levi)
The Drowned and the Saved
Primo Levi
23
The Art of Joy (Goliarda Sapienza)
The Art of Joy
Goliarda Sapienza
24
The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of a New Name
Elena Ferrante
25
Artemisia (Anna Banti)
Artemisia
Anna Banti
26
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
27
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
Junichiro Tanizaki
28
Deep River (Shūsaku Endō)
Deep River
Shūsaku Endō
29
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
Yukio Mishima
30
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
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The Guest (Sok-Yong Hwang)
The Guest
Sok-Yong Hwang
32
Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts
Han Kang
33
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
Han Kang
34
The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong (Lady Hyegyeong)
The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong
Lady Hyegyeong
35
In the Depths (Moo-Sook Hahn)
In the Depths
Moo-Sook Hahn
36
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (Wang Anyii)
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow
Wang Anyii
37
Beijing Coma (Ma Jian)
Beijing Coma
Ma Jian
38
Half a Lifelong Romance (Eileen Chang)
Half a Lifelong Romance
Eileen Chang
39
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai (Han Bangqing)
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai
Han Bangqing
40
Six Records of a Floating Life (Shen Fu)
Six Records of a Floating Life
Shen Fu
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