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Non-Western Classics - Page 2

I'm kinda tired of seeing the same classics over and over again in the lists. So I decided to make a list that includes non-Western classics, most of which I personally haven't heard of. I don't wanna get into technicalities here, but by "non-Western" I basically mean authors from countries that are not North American (excluding indigenous authors), European (including east Europe) and Russia. I think these books also deserve attention and maybe we can find a new favourite :)
The sources I used for this list were:
- https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/26/the-non-western-books-that-every-student-should-read
- https://thegreatestbooks.org/non-western
https://www.penguin.co.uk/penguin-classics/classics-list
- and some recs from reddit
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Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
Julio Cortázar
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A House for Mr Biswas (V. S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr Biswas
V. S. Naipaul
43
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende - Chile)
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende - Chile
44
Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North (Ibn Faḍlān)
Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North
Ibn Faḍlān
45
Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse From the Early Mystics to Rumi (Various)
Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse From the Early Mystics to Rumi
Various
46
Jagua Nana (Cyprian Ekwensi)
Jagua Nana
Cyprian Ekwensi
47
Japanese No Dramas (Various)
Japanese No Dramas
Various
48
Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en)
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
49
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
Khalid Hosseini
50
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro
Natsume Soseki
51
Lakota Woman (Mary Crow Dog)
Lakota Woman
Mary Crow Dog
52
Layli and Majnun (Nezami Ganjavi)
Layli and Majnun
Nezami Ganjavi
53
The Life of Milarepa (Tsangnyön Heruka)
The Life of Milarepa
Tsangnyön Heruka
54
The Life of Milarepa (Lobsang Lhalungpa)
The Life of Milarepa
Lobsang Lhalungpa
55
The Lost Steps (Alejo Carpentier)
The Lost Steps
Alejo Carpentier
56
Madonna in a Fur Coat (Sabahattin Ali)
Madonna in a Fur Coat
Sabahattin Ali
57
The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata
58
A Malgudi Omnibus (R.K. Narayan)
A Malgudi Omnibus
R.K. Narayan
59
Maps (Nurrudin Farah)
Maps
Nurrudin Farah
60
The Masnavi (Jalāl Ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī)
The Masnavi
Jalāl Ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī
61
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
62
The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry (Dick Davis (Translator))
The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry
Dick Davis (Translator)
63
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
64
Nervous Conditions (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
Nervous Conditions
Tsitsi Dangarembga
65
The Nine Cloud Dream (Kim Man-Jung)
The Nine Cloud Dream
Kim Man-Jung
66
North of Dawn (Nuruddin Farah)
North of Dawn
Nuruddin Farah
67
On Black Sisters' Street (Chika Unigwe)
On Black Sisters' Street
Chika Unigwe
68
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
69
The Painter of Signs
The Painter of Signs
70
Palace Walk (Naguib Mahfouz)
Palace Walk
Naguib Mahfouz
71
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Amos Tutuola)
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
Amos Tutuola
72
The Pancatantra (Anonymous)
The Pancatantra
Anonymous
73
The Parables of Chuang Tzu (Chuang Tzu)
The Parables of Chuang Tzu
Chuang Tzu
74
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
Juan Rulfo
75
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
76
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
Sei Shonagon
77
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (Machado De Assis)
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
Machado De Assis
78
Potiki (Patricia Grace)
Potiki
Patricia Grace
79
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
80
Ramayana (Valmiki)
Ramayana
Valmiki
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