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Jay's Favorite Books Written in a Foreign Language

A list of books I've enjoyed that were originally written in a language other than English. In other words, books that I've read an English translation version.
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Rashomon (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon
1
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales
2
Hans Christian Anderson
Fullmetal Alchemist (Hiromu Arakawa)
Fullmetal Alchemist
3
Hiromu Arakawa
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
4
Italo Calvino
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
5
Miguel De Cervantes
Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio
6
Carlo Collodi
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
7
Alexandre Dumas
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
The Neverending Story
8
Michael Ende
The Thief Lord
The Thief Lord
9
Inkheart (Cornelia Funke)
Inkheart
10
Cornelia Funke
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
11
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
12
Gabriel García Márquez
Asterix
Asterix
13
Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
14
The Brothers Grimm
The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin
15
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
16
Homer
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
17
Victor Hugo
An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People
18
Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip
Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip
19
Moominvalley in November (Tove Jansson)
Moominvalley in November
20
Tove Jansson
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
21
Milan Kundera
Totto-Chan
Totto-Chan
22
Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief
Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief
23
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
24
Stanislaw Lem
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
25
Sir Thomas Malory
The Horla and Other Stories (Guy De Maupassant)
The Horla and Other Stories
26
Guy De Maupassant
Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe
Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe
27
Lucky Luke (Lucky Luke)
Lucky Luke
28
Lucky Luke
Three Shadows (Cyril Pedrosa)
Three Shadows
29
Cyril Pedrosa
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
30
Luigi Pirandello
The Rabbi's Cat
The Rabbi's Cat
31
Little Vampire (Joann Sfar)
Little Vampire
32
Joann Sfar
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
Heidi
33
Johanna Spyri
The Prose Edda (Sturlulson)
The Prose Edda
34
Sturlulson
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
35
Sun Tzu
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
36
Junichiro Tanizaki
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
37
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
38
Leo Tolstoy
20th Century Boys
20th Century Boys
39
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
40
Jules Verne
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