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	#	cover	title	author	isbn	isbn13	asin	pages	rating	ratings	pub	(ed.)	rating	my rating	review	notes	recommender	comments	votes	count	started	read	added	purchased	owned	location	condition	format
checkbox	position	cover	title The Shadow King	author Mengiste, Maaza	isbn 039308356X	isbn13 9780393083569	asin	num pages 448 pp	avg rating 3.70	num ratings 10,582	date pub Sep 24, 2019	date pub edition Sep 24, 2019	Alexis's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Jul 27, 2021	date read not set	date added Jul 27, 2021	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi	author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o	isbn 1620975254	isbn13 9781620975251	asin	num pages 240 pp	avg rating 3.74	num ratings 800	date pub Dec 28, 2018	date pub edition Oct 06, 2020	Alexis's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Jul 27, 2021	date read not set	date added Jul 27, 2021	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Palais de glace	author Vesaas, Tarjei	isbn 2080704230	isbn13 9782080704238	asin	num pages 190 pp	avg rating 3.90	num ratings 7,773	date pub 1963	date pub edition Jan 07, 1993	Alexis's rating it was ok	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Norway	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jan 15, 2020	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title L'Éléphant	author Mrożek, Sławomir	isbn 2226058435	isbn13 9782226058430	asin	num pages 221 pp	avg rating 3.91	num ratings 823	date pub 1957	date pub edition Mar 01, 1992	Alexis's rating liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Poland	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Dec 24, 2019	date read Jan 08, 2020	date added Dec 24, 2019	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title La Fille aux sept noms	author Lee, Hyeonseo *	isbn 2234077575	isbn13 9782234077577	asin	num pages 352 pp	avg rating 4.40	num ratings 74,970	date pub Oct 14, 2014	date pub edition Sep 2015	Alexis's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jan 06, 2019	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Souviens-Toi Zenzele	author Maraire, J. Nozipo	isbn 2226085661	isbn13 9782226085665	asin	num pages 288 pp	avg rating 4.13	num ratings 1,265	date pub Jan 01, 1995	date pub edition Apr 01, 1996	Alexis's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Zimbabwe	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jan 05, 2019	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The Garlic Ballads	author Mo Yan	isbn 1559707755	isbn13 9781559707756	asin	num pages 286 pp	avg rating 3.73	num ratings 2,650	date pub Apr 01, 1988	date pub edition Jan 11, 2006	Alexis's rating it was ok	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Dec 10, 2018	date read Dec 26, 2018	date added Dec 10, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Le Lièvre de Vatanen	author Paasilinna, Arto	isbn 2070386023	isbn13 9782070386024	asin	num pages 235 pp	avg rating 3.63	num ratings 12,358	date pub 1975	date pub edition Mar 16, 1993	Alexis's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Finland: Quite a light and short read. 4 cute rabbits out of 5.	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Sep 22, 2018	date read Oct 29, 2018	date added Sep 22, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The Railway	author Ismailov, Hamid *	isbn 0099466139	isbn13 9780099466130	asin	num pages 336 pp	avg rating 3.45	num ratings 172	date pub Mar 01, 2006	date pub edition Jul 05, 2007	Alexis's rating did not like it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Could not finish the book. I felt confused all along, as each story does not stitch much with each other	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Sep 22, 2018	date read Jan 31, 2019	date added Sep 22, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Half of a Yellow Sun	author Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi	isbn 1400044162	isbn13 9781400044160	asin	num pages 433 pp	avg rating 4.32	num ratings 135,120	date pub Sep 12, 2006	date pub edition Sep 12, 2006	Alexis's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Sep 21, 2018	date read Jul 24, 2019	date added Sep 21, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title They Burn Thistles	author Kemal, Yaşar	isbn	isbn13	asin B01CDQUUIA	num pages 412 pp	avg rating 4.51	num ratings 3,031	date pub 1969	date pub edition Dec 01, 2016	Alexis's rating liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Turkey: Not a big fan of the story itself but I did like the evocative description of nature surrounding the villages where the story is laid out. 3 t ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Sep 21, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Kindle Edition	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Wizard of the Crow	author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o	isbn 037542248X	isbn13 9780375422485	asin	num pages 768 pp	avg rating 4.20	num ratings 3,052	date pub 2004	date pub edition Aug 08, 2006	Alexis's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Aug 03, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Iraq + 100: stories from a century after the invasion	author Blasim, Hassan	isbn 1905583664	isbn13 9781905583669	asin	num pages 182 pp	avg rating 3.47	num ratings 583	date pub Oct 17, 2016	date pub edition Oct 27, 2016	Alexis's rating liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Aug 06, 2018	date read Aug 26, 2018	date added Jul 28, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Rotten Row	author Gappah, Petina	isbn 0571324193	isbn13 9780571324194	asin	num pages unknown	avg rating 3.98	num ratings 208	date pub Nov 01, 2016	date pub edition Sep 07, 2017	Alexis's rating	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 0	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 28, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)	author Liu, Cixin *	isbn 1784971561	isbn13 9781784971564	asin	num pages 400 pp	avg rating 4.07	num ratings 219,844	date pub May 2006	date pub edition Jun 22, 2015	Alexis's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 28, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title What Is The What: The Autobiography Of Valentino Achak Deng	author Eggers, Dave	isbn 0141034025	isbn13 9780141034027	asin	num pages 480 pp	avg rating 4.12	num ratings 83,539	date pub Oct 18, 2006	date pub edition 2007	Alexis's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review South Sudan: powerful, rough, and gripping story of a youngster fleeing the atrocities in South Sudan, walking to the refugee camps in Ethiopa and Ken ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 23, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Under African Skies: Modern African Stories	author Larson, Charles R.	isbn 086241766X	isbn13 9780862417666	asin	num pages unknown	avg rating 3.91	num ratings 117	date pub Aug 01, 1997	date pub edition unknown	Alexis's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Jul 09, 2018	date read Sep 03, 2018	date added Jul 09, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Stories from a Siberian Village	author Shukshin, Vasily	isbn 0875802117	isbn13 9780875802114	asin	num pages 256 pp	avg rating 4.18	num ratings 153	date pub Aug 1996	date pub edition Jul 01, 1996	Alexis's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Russia: Not a book I would read a second time, but I like it nonetheless. A consistent collection of short stories exclusively set in rural Siberia. G ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 1	# times read 1	date started Jul 07, 2018	date read Jul 09, 2018	date added Jul 07, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Dusk (Rosales Saga, #1)	author José, F. Sionil	isbn 0375751440	isbn13 9780375751448	asin	num pages 325 pp	avg rating 4.16	num ratings 1,277	date pub 1984	date pub edition Apr 28, 1998	Alexis's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Philippines: quite nice narrative set in the Philippines covering Spanish colonisation, liberation, and American invasion. Main characters are regular ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jul 02, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Sur les ossements des morts	author Tokarczuk, Olga	isbn 2882502605	isbn13 9782882502605	asin	num pages 304 pp	avg rating 3.96	num ratings 65,657	date pub Nov 25, 2009	date pub edition Sep 06, 2012	Alexis's rating liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Poland. An interesting polar (absolutely not my favourite style :D). I like the writing style and the vegetarianism/animal cruelty theme. The characte ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 2	# times read 1	date started Jun 26, 2018	date read Jun 27, 2018	date added Jun 26, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title So Long a Letter	author Bâ, Mariama	isbn 0435905554	isbn13 9780435905552	asin	num pages 90 pp	avg rating 3.96	num ratings 8,532	date pub 1980	date pub edition Jun 28, 1989	Alexis's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jun 17, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Wandering Earth: Classic Science Fiction Collection	author Liu, Cixin *	isbn	isbn13	asin B00CXUKNA2	num pages 477 pp	avg rating 4.31	num ratings 1,983	date pub Feb 01, 2005	date pub edition May 22, 2013	Alexis's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jun 06, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Kindle Edition	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Circle of Karma	author Choden, Kunzang	isbn 8186706798	isbn13 9788186706794	asin	num pages 316 pp	avg rating 3.78	num ratings 395	date pub 2005	date pub edition Dec 28, 2005	Alexis's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Bhutan. The Circle of Karma got me really hooked and read it in a few sittings. Great tale of women's emancipation in Bhutan. ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Jun 06, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title Halgato	author Lainšček, Feri	isbn	isbn13	asin B06Y1S62J3	num pages 240 pp	avg rating 3.00	num ratings 1	date pub unknown	date pub edition Apr 04, 2017	Alexis's rating liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added May 01, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Kindle Edition	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Explosion Chronicles	author Yan Lianke	isbn	isbn13	asin B01GH07CFM	num pages 480 pp	avg rating 3.61	num ratings 409	date pub Sep 01, 2013	date pub edition Mar 02, 2017	Alexis's rating it was ok	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Apr 24, 2018	date read Apr 27, 2018	date added Apr 24, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Kindle Edition	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title Happiness, Like Water	author Okparanta, Chinelo *	isbn 0544003454	isbn13 9780544003453	asin	num pages 196 pp	avg rating 4.03	num ratings 1,532	date pub Jan 01, 2012	date pub edition Aug 13, 2013	Alexis's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Nigeria A good collection of powerful short stories, some very tough, well written, with strong and relatable characters.	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Mar 23, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The Wall	author Haushofer, Marlen	isbn 1573440949	isbn13 9781573440943	asin	num pages 240 pp	avg rating 4.03	num ratings 9,696	date pub 1963	date pub edition Nov 16, 1999	Alexis's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Austria The Wall is an excellent book with a gripping story, about perhaps being the last person alive, and stuck in the Alps, about how you survive, h ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Mar 23, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title The Fall of Saints	author Ngũgĩ, Wanjiku wa	isbn 1476714916	isbn13 9781476714912	asin	num pages 288 pp	avg rating 2.71	num ratings 87	date pub Feb 25, 2014	date pub edition Feb 25, 2014	Alexis's rating did not like it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review None	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started Mar 23, 2018	date read Jun 06, 2018	date added Mar 23, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Hardcover	actions view
checkbox	position	cover	title The Palm-Wine Drinkard	author Tutuola, Amos	isbn 0571049966	isbn13 9780571049967	asin	num pages 125 pp	avg rating 3.81	num ratings 2,628	date pub 1952	date pub edition 1977	Alexis's rating it was amazing	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review As I started reading this book, I thought that it (the book) was really unsettling, but also puzzling, and interesting. I first gave it 4 jujus out of ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 0	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Mar 22, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)
checkbox	position	cover	title War with the Newts	author Čapek, Karel	isbn 0141192704	isbn13 9780141192703	asin	num pages 348 pp	avg rating 4.17	num ratings 11,562	date pub 1936	date pub edition 2010	Alexis's rating really liked it	my rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars add to shelves	review Czechoslovakia I need to admit I have been bamboozled by this book. I found it at the city library and picked it because I like the word "newt". I was ...more	notes Notes are private!	recommender none	comments 0	votes 1	# times read 1	date started not set	date read not set	date added Mar 22, 2018	date purchased	owned	purchase location	condition	format Paperback	actions view (with text)

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