Best Fiction Set in Asia/Africa/Middle East/South America

1.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,608 ratings
2.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,930 ratings
3.
A Woman Is No Man
A Woman Is No Man
by: Etaf Rum
4.26 avg rating — 168,485 ratings
4.
The Stationery Shop
The Stationery Shop 4.23 avg rating — 109,951 ratings
5.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,747 ratings
6.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,081 ratings
7.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,846 ratings
8.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,066 ratings
9.
Black-Eyed Women
Black-Eyed Women 4.02 avg rating — 106 ratings
9.
What Could Be Saved
What Could Be Saved 3.96 avg rating — 9,696 ratings
9.
Thembe's Cloth
Thembe's Cloth 4.68 avg rating — 31 ratings
9.
Rooftops of Tehran
Rooftops of Tehran 3.96 avg rating — 11,115 ratings
13.
Cry, The Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation
Cry, The Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation 3.92 avg rating — 78,539 ratings
13.
L'Arabe du futur : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient, 1978–1984
L'Arabe du futur : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient, 1978–1984 4.12 avg rating — 20,830 ratings
15.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,088 ratings
16.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating — 87,067 ratings
16.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,142 ratings
18.
I'm not your Slave: Why Me?
I'm not your Slave: Why Me? 3.53 avg rating — 30 ratings
18.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,446 ratings
20.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating — 320,259 ratings
20.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 696,583 ratings
22.
The Blood of Flowers
The Blood of Flowers 3.99 avg rating — 19,492 ratings
23.
Eva Luna
Eva Luna really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,545 ratings
24.
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 206,472 ratings