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Non-Western Classics - Page 3

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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Rashomon and Other Stories (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon and Other Stories
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
82
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi
83
The Real Story of Ah-Q (Lu Xun)
The Real Story of Ah-Q
Lu Xun
84
Return of the Spirit (Tawfiq Al-Hakim)
Return of the Spirit
Tawfiq Al-Hakim
85
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Guanzhong Luo)
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Guanzhong Luo
86
Roots of Yoga (James Mallinson, Mark Singleton)
Roots of Yoga
James Mallinson, Mark Singleton
87
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Khayyam)
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Khayyam
88
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
Yukio Mishima
89
Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man (U.R. Ananthamurthy)
Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man
U.R. Ananthamurthy
90
The Samurai (Shusaku Endo)
The Samurai
Shusaku Endo
91
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolano
92
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North
Tayeb Salih
93
The Secret History of the Mongols (Unknown)
The Secret History of the Mongols
Unknown
94
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (Abolqasem Ferdowsi)
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
Abolqasem Ferdowsi
95
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata
96
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas)
So Long a Letter
Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas
97
The Song of Kieu (Nguyen Du)
The Song of Kieu
Nguyen Du
98
Songs of Mihyar (Adonis)
Songs of Mihyar
Adonis
99
The Songs of the South (Qu Yuan)
The Songs of the South
Qu Yuan
100
The Sorrow of War (Bao Ninh)
The Sorrow of War
Bao Ninh
101
The Story of Hong Gildong (Minsoo Kang)
The Story of Hong Gildong
Minsoo Kang
102
Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio (Songling Pu)
Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio
Songling Pu
103
Sunjata (Banna Kanute/Bamba Suso)
Sunjata
Banna Kanute/Bamba Suso
104
A Tale of Four Dervishes (Mir Amman)
A Tale of Four Dervishes
Mir Amman
105
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
106
The Tale of the Heike (Anonymous)
The Tale of the Heike
Anonymous
107
The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman (Various)
The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman
Various
108
The Tales of Ise (Unknown)
The Tales of Ise
Unknown
109
Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange (Various)
Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange
Various
110
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
111
Thirty-Two Tales of the Throne of Vikramaditya (Simhāsana Dvātrimśikā)
Thirty-Two Tales of the Throne of Vikramaditya
Simhāsana Dvātrimśikā
112
This Blinding Absence of Light (Tahar Ben Jelloun)
This Blinding Absence of Light
Tahar Ben Jelloun
113
Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio: Essays on China and the World (Liang Qichao)
Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio: Essays on China and the World
Liang Qichao
114
Three Trapped Tigers (Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Trans. Suzanne Levine)
Three Trapped Tigers
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Trans. Suzanne Levine
115
Ta Hsueh and Chung Yung (Various)
Ta Hsueh and Chung Yung
Various
116
The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Padmasambhava)
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
117
The Time of the Hero (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Time of the Hero
Mario Vargas Llosa
118
The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge From the Classical Islamic (Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri, Translated by Elias Muha)
The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge From the Classical Islamic
Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri, Translated by Elias Muha
119
Untouchable (Mulk Raj Anand)
Untouchable
Mulk Raj Anand
120
The Upanishads (Unknown)
The Upanishads
Unknown
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