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The Great Non-English Language Novels - Page 2

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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Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
42
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
Guy De Maupassant
43
Independent People (Halldór Laxness)
Independent People
Halldór Laxness
44
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
Han Kang
45
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
46
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Boll)
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
Heinrich Boll
47
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
48
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
Honoré De Balzac
49
Taipei People (Hsien-Yung Pai)
Taipei People
Hsien-Yung Pai
50
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
Irène Némirovsky
51
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
52
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Italo Calvino
53
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
Oblomov
Ivan Goncharov
54
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
55
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
The Bridge on the Drina
Ivo Andrić
56
The Good Soldier Svejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Svejk
Jaroslav Hašek
57
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre
58
The Taebek Mountains (Jo Jung-Rae)
The Taebek Mountains
Jo Jung-Rae
59
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
60
Captains of the Sands (Jorge Amado)
Captains of the Sands
Jorge Amado
61
Maria (Jorge Isaacs)
Maria
Jorge Isaacs
62
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges
63
The Obscene Bird of Night (José Donoso)
The Obscene Bird of Night
José Donoso
64
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
Jose Saramago
65
The Shape of the Ruins (Juan Gabriel Vásquez)
The Shape of the Ruins
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
66
Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Paramo
Juan Rulfo
67
The Burning Plain and Other Stories (Juan Rulfo)
The Burning Plain and Other Stories
Juan Rulfo
68
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
Jules Verne
69
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch
Julio Cortazar
70
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
The Makioka Sisters
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker
71
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
Karl Ove Knausgaard
72
A Personal Matter (Kenzaburō Ōe)
A Personal Matter
Kenzaburō Ōe
73
The Nine Cloud Dream (Kim Man-Jung)
The Nine Cloud Dream
Kim Man-Jung
74
Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
Growth of the Soil
Knut Hamsun
75
The Woman in the Dunes (Kōbō Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
Kōbō Abe
76
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring
Koji Suzuki
77
Four Reigns (Kukrit Pramoj)
Four Reigns
Kukrit Pramoj
78
Rickshaw Boy (Lao She)
Rickshaw Boy
Lao She
79
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
Laura Esquivel
80
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
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