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Around the World in 80 Novels - Page 2

I was in Waterstones buying my copy of the Centenary edition of Ulysses the other day (which is gorgeous, by the way, and perfect for a first-time reader, as it has heaps of notes and other stuff to help understand the text. Beware though, this beauty weighs about a ton!), when I saw this book and dropped it on the pile on a whim.
It's a fun little book, though I'd have preferred more books by native authors (instead of books about Portugal by Canadians, for example). It concentrates mostly on the countries visited in Verne's book (with a couple of detours thrown in).
Is it a definitive book of world fiction? No, not even close, but I guess it makes a decent jumping-off point.
The books from 82 onwards are the "further reading" suggestions found in the back of the book.
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The Cairo Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz)
The Cairo Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz)
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The Ruins of Us (Keija Parssinen)
The Ruins of Us (Keija Parssinen)
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Savushun: A Novel About Modern Iran (Simin Daneshvar)
Savushun: A Novel About Modern Iran (Simin Daneshvar)
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Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Achibie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Achibie)
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A Grain of Wheat (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o)
A Grain of Wheat (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o)
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The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
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The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith (Introduction by the Author)
The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith (Introduction by the Author)
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The Grass Is Singing (Doris Lessing)
The Grass Is Singing (Doris Lessing)
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A Dry White Season (André Brink)
A Dry White Season (André Brink)
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Ali and Nino (Kurban Said)
Ali and Nino (Kurban Said)
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The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
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Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)
Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)
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The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
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The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
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The Blue Sky (Galsan Tschinag - Mongolia)
The Blue Sky (Galsan Tschinag - Mongolia)
56
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
57
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
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The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach (Alex Garland)
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The Sorrow of War (Bao Ninh)
The Sorrow of War (Bao Ninh)
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A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
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Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
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The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
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The Tenderness of Wolves (Stef Penney)
The Tenderness of Wolves (Stef Penney)
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A Place Called Winter (Patrick Gale)
A Place Called Winter (Patrick Gale)
65
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
67
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
68
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
69
Tales of the City (Armistead Maupin)
Tales of the City (Armistead Maupin)
70
Indemnity Only (Sara Paretsky)
Indemnity Only (Sara Paretsky)
71
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
72
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
73
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
74
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
75
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
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Dirty Blonde and Half Cuban (Lisa Wixon)
Dirty Blonde and Half Cuban (Lisa Wixon)
77
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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City of God (Paulo Lins)
City of God (Paulo Lins)
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The Time of the Hero (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Time of the Hero (Mario Vargas Llosa)
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