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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHamlet by William ShakespeareOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,709 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,780 books — 1,654 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,081 books — 1,212 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,085 books — 976 voters

Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxBlack Fire by William Kely McClung
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
1,358 books — 645 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Favorite World Fiction & Literature
733 books — 434 voters

The Game of VORs by Andrew OrangeOf Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García MárquezOjo por ojo by J.K. FrankoEcho by Thomas Olde HeuveltBlindness by José Saramago
Global Reading
418 books — 220 voters
Becoming by Michelle Obama11/22/63 by Stephen KingDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Popsugar 2020 - About a World Leader
253 books — 164 voters

River Town by Peter HesslerCountry Driving by Peter HesslerUp to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside by Quincy CarrollOracle Bones by Peter HesslerCHINA by Tom Carter
China Expat Books
100 books — 110 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinThe Big Short by Michael LewisThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean
Corporatocracy: Good, Bad, Truth, Fiction
257 books — 83 voters

Steele's Battalion by John D. BeattyEscape to the Maroons by Mike WeedallAmarna Book I by Grea AlexanderThe Pack by Grea AlexanderRebellion Book I by Grea Alexander
Independent Historical Fiction
11 books — 69 voters
Mamushka by Olia HerculesJerusalem by Yotam OttolenghiJerusalem by Yotam OttolenghiTaste of Persia by Naomi DuguidThe Food of Morocco by Paula Wolfert
Around the World in Cookbooks
577 books — 65 voters

Reckless Traveler by Walter RheinThe Kurdish Bike by Alesa LightbourneOut of Africa by Isak DinesenThe Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten TroostA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Ex-Pats
142 books — 59 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangLife and Death in Shanghai by Nien ChengMao by Jung ChangRed Azalea by Anchee MinThe People's Republic of Amnesia by Louisa Lim
Banned CHINA Books
29 books — 54 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelPurge by Sofi OksanenThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
A year of reading the world
277 books — 51 voters
How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It by James Wesley, RawlesPest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber RichardsWhen All Hell Breaks Loose by Cody LundinWhere There Is No Dentist by Murray DicksonStalking the Wild Asparagus by Euell Gibbons
Surviving the Apocalypse
147 books — 30 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Around the World in 80 Books: A Global Reading List
80 books — 21 voters
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules VerneWorld Odyssey by Lance MorcanThe World Duology by Lance MorcanThe Ninth Orphan by James MorcanThe Orphan Uprising by James Morcan
Multi Country Setting
25 books — 14 voters

Motherwit by Urmila PawarDe Rerum Natura by David HillstromThe Exercise of Freedom by Susie TharuThe Grip of Change by P. SivakamiUnclaimed Terrain by Ajay Navaria
Dalit Literature
99 books — 12 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Weave of My Life by Urmila PawarThe Prisons We Broke by Baby KambleThe Essential Writings of B. R. Ambedkar by B.R. AmbedkarMAHAD by Anand Teltumbde
Dalit History
105 books — 9 voters

Złodziej Dusz by Aneta JadowskaLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistDurarara!!, Vol. 1 by Ryohgo NaritaDemonspawn by Christina EngelaL'eredità di Thuban by Licia Troisi
International Urban Fantasy (Non U.S. and Non U.K.)
39 books — 7 voters
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen CroninThe Why Why Girl by Mahasweta DeviRooth Sees a Trooth by Michael KarlbergThe Girl from The Sky by Jenny RichterDeep Listening by Emily Kasriel
Books of Belonging. Harvard Graduate School of Education
40 books — 5 voters

Sacred Darkness by Holley MoyesThis Is Not an Atlas by Kollektiv Orangotango+Punk, Fanzines and DIY Cultures in a Global World by Paula GuerraFloating Islands by Chet Van DuzerShipwrecks and Global ‘Worming’ by P Palma
∫now "Glob"∫
139 books — 5 voters
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris PilkingtonPower Shift by Sally ArmstrongDeep Listening by Emily KasrielMore-With-Less Cookbook by Doris Janzen LongacreThis Place by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Reading list for Global Citizens (adults)
34 books — 4 voters

In This Together by Trammell S. CrowMama Miti by Donna Jo NapoliA Song for the Earth by Shannon JadeSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonOne Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul
Best Books on Saving Our Environment and Ultimately Our Planet
16 books — 4 voters
A Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkNory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly GiffThe Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGrawRed Sails to Capri by Ann WeilMara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Read Around the World FOR KIDS (No picture books)
167 books — 4 voters

Children of the River by Linda CrewHomesick by Jean FritzIn the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao LordListening for Lions by Gloria WhelanRed Sand Blue Sky by Cathy Applegate
Third Culture Kids and Multicultural Families (MG and YA appropriate)
90 books — 2 voters
Politics as Social Text in India by Jayabrata SarkarThe Dalit Truth by K. RajuThe Trauma of Caste by Thenmozhi SoundararajanBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the Question of Socialism in India by V. GeethaUnseen by Bhasha Singh
Dalit Sociology
100 books — 1 voter

The Sunbird by Elizabeth WeinThe Door of No Return by Kwame AlexanderWhen the Ground Is Hard by Malla NunnLyrics Alley by Leila AboulelaA Cowrie of Hope by Binwell Sinyangwe
Books set in AFRICA - Clean Reads for adults and teens
51 books — 1 voter
Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 by Naoki UrasawaNodame Cantabile, Vol. 1 by Tomoko NinomiyaBanana Fish, Vol. 1 by Akimi YoshidaKowloon Generic Romance, Tome 1 by Jun MayuzukiBlack Lagoon, Vol. 1 by Rei Hiroe
Global Stories/International Narratives/Slice of Life Overseas
39 books — 1 voter

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