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The Great Non-English Language Novels

This list is inspired by The Atlantic's 2024 list of their Great American Novels. I've made numerous lists about great novels, and we can't forget the great non-English novels that have been written. For this list, I'm not abiding by The Atlantic's strict rule that all books are published within the last 100 years and thus have no time limit on their publication. I will make another list that does comply with that rule. So, I have 136 novels, just like The Atlantic's list, but the one rule I imposed on myself is to allow an author only one entry on the list. Enjoy!
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Tender Is the Flesh (Agustina Bazterrica)
Tender Is the Flesh (Agustina Bazterrica)
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Frankenstein in Baghdad (Ahmed Saadawi)
Frankenstein in Baghdad (Ahmed Saadawi)
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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Contempt (Alberto Moravia)
Contempt (Alberto Moravia)
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The Kingdom of This World (Alejo Carpentier)
The Kingdom of This World (Alejo Carpentier)
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
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Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
9
The Remainder (Alia Trabucco Zerán)
The Remainder (Alia Trabucco Zerán)
10
The Immoralist (Andre Gide)
The Immoralist (Andre Gide)
11
Clear Light of Day (Anita Desai)
Clear Light of Day (Anita Desai)
12
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
13
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
14
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
15
Pather Panchali [Pather Panchali] (Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay)
Pather Panchali [Pather Panchali] (Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay)
16
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
17
Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xueqin)
Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xueqin)
18
The Death of Artemio Cruz (Carlos Fuentes, Trans. Alfred Macadam)
The Death of Artemio Cruz (Carlos Fuentes, Trans. Alfred Macadam)
19
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
21
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
22
Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina Garcia)
Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina Garcia)
23
The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati, Trans. Stuart Hood)
The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati, Trans. Stuart Hood)
24
Facundo (Domingo Faustino Sarmiento)
Facundo (Domingo Faustino Sarmiento)
25
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
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My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
27
Silence (Endo, Shusako)
Silence (Endo, Shusako)
28
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
29
Hurricane Season (Fernanda Melchor)
Hurricane Season (Fernanda Melchor)
30
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
31
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
32
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
33
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
34
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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The Adventures of China Iron (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara)
The Adventures of China Iron (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara)
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Soul Mountain (Gao Xinghian)
Soul Mountain (Gao Xinghian)
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Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
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The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
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Three Trapped Tigers (Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Trans. Suzanne Levine)
Three Trapped Tigers (Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Trans. Suzanne Levine)
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The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
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