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Flavorwire's 50 Works of Fiction in Translation That Every English Speaker Should Read

"There’s an entire world of literature out there if you just look beyond what was written in your native tongue. Major works in other languages are being translated into English all the time, meaning that there’s no time like the present for you to enjoy books from places like Russia, Egypt, Mexico, and other nations around the globe.
If you’re looking to get your literary passport stamped, here are 50 destinations to start you off — but, by all means, don’t let these be the only translated books you read. There are plenty of other titles that could have gone on this list, whose main purpose is to help get you excited for literature originally written in different languages."
--- Jason Diamond, Flavorwire
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
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Candide
Candide
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Ambiguous Adventure
Ambiguous Adventure
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The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
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Against Nature
Against Nature
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Les Miserables
Les Miserables
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Sultana's Dream (Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain)
Sultana's Dream
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
8
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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A Personal Matter
A Personal Matter
10
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Dead Souls
Dead Souls
12
Touch (Adania Shibli)
Touch
Adania Shibli
13
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
14
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
15
Oblomov
Oblomov
16
Swann's Way
Swann's Way
17
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
18
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain
19
The Book of Happiness (Nina Berberova)
The Book of Happiness
Nina Berberova
20
Bedtime Eyes (Amy Yamada)
Bedtime Eyes
Amy Yamada
21
Climates (Andre Maurois)
Climates
Andre Maurois
22
After the Divorce (Grazia Deledda)
After the Divorce
Grazia Deledda
23
The Street of Crocodiles
The Street of Crocodiles
24
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
25
Chess Story
Chess Story
26
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading
Vladimir Nabokov
27
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita
28
Near to the Wild Heart
Near to the Wild Heart
29
Collected Stories (Robert Walser)
Collected Stories
Robert Walser
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The Mandarins
The Mandarins
31
Labyrinths
Labyrinths
32
The Death of Artemio Cruz (Carlos Fuentes)
The Death of Artemio Cruz
Carlos Fuentes
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Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities
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The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
35
The Lover
The Lover
36
Austerlitz
Austerlitz
37
Land of Green Plums
Land of Green Plums
38
IQ84
IQ84
39
Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (Assia Djebar)
Women of Algiers in Their Apartment
Assia Djebar
40
Broken Glass (Alain Mabanckou)
Broken Glass
Alain Mabanckou
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