Around the World in 80 Books: A Global Reading List

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,754 ratings
2.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,485 ratings
3.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,299 ratings
4.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,476 ratings
5.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,162 ratings
6.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,116 ratings
7.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,800 ratings
8.
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by: Loung Ung
4.35 avg rating — 52,430 ratings
9.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,085 ratings
10.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,171 ratings
11.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,157 ratings
12.
Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1)
Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 25,599 ratings
13.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,735 ratings
14.
The Dinner
The Dinner 3.21 avg rating — 172,484 ratings
15.
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red 3.87 avg rating — 60,043 ratings
16.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,419 ratings
17.
Farewell to the Sea: A Novel of Cuba
Farewell to the Sea: A Novel of Cuba 4.08 avg rating — 338 ratings
18.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,493 ratings
19.
Girls of Riyadh
Girls of Riyadh 3.28 avg rating — 20,842 ratings
20.
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1)
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 21,770 ratings
21.
The Garden of Evening Mists
The Garden of Evening Mists 4.15 avg rating — 29,003 ratings
22.
House of Day, House of Night
House of Day, House of Night 4.08 avg rating — 6,324 ratings
23.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,766 ratings
24.
Houseboy
Houseboy 3.73 avg rating — 2,316 ratings
25.
Saman
Saman
by: Ayu Utami
3.69 avg rating — 7,454 ratings
26.
The Palace of Illusions
The Palace of Illusions 4.20 avg rating — 61,990 ratings
27.
Cumanda: The Novel of the Ecuadorian Jungle
Cumanda: The Novel of the Ecuadorian Jungle 3.66 avg rating — 427 ratings
27.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 4.24 avg rating — 11,235 ratings
29.
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom 4.49 avg rating — 99,435 ratings
30.
Our Lady of the Nile
Our Lady of the Nile 3.77 avg rating — 3,385 ratings
31.
The President
The President 3.97 avg rating — 6,420 ratings
31.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating — 11,641 ratings
31.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating — 32,270 ratings
34.
Abyssinian Chronicles
Abyssinian Chronicles 3.54 avg rating — 882 ratings
35.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 133,014 ratings
36.
Algerian White
Algerian White 3.79 avg rating — 275 ratings
37.
A Golden Age
A Golden Age 3.80 avg rating — 5,748 ratings
38.
Changes: A Love Story
Changes: A Love Story 3.79 avg rating — 2,053 ratings
39.
The Dark Child
The Dark Child 3.70 avg rating — 2,493 ratings
40.
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced 3.83 avg rating — 23,919 ratings
41.
The Land of Green Plums
The Land of Green Plums 3.67 avg rating — 6,189 ratings
42.
Good Morning Comrades
Good Morning Comrades
by: Ondjaki
3.86 avg rating — 1,137 ratings
42.
He Who Searches
He Who Searches 3.43 avg rating — 112 ratings
44.
Wonder
Wonder 3.36 avg rating — 632 ratings
44.
Symphony in White
Symphony in White 3.84 avg rating — 617 ratings
44.
The Parachute Drop
The Parachute Drop 3.52 avg rating — 142 ratings
47.
Told by Starlight in Chad
Told by Starlight in Chad 3.06 avg rating — 160 ratings
47.
Ten Women
Ten Women 3.71 avg rating — 10,859 ratings
49.
Full Circle
Full Circle 2.87 avg rating — 31 ratings
50.
Gigi
Gigi
by: Colette
3.63 avg rating — 2,276 ratings
50.
The Quest for Christa T.
The Quest for Christa T. 3.71 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
52.
Claire of the Sea Light
Claire of the Sea Light 3.67 avg rating — 11,189 ratings
53.
Dreaming of Baghdad
Dreaming of Baghdad 3.67 avg rating — 157 ratings
54.
Allah Is Not Obliged
Allah Is Not Obliged 3.68 avg rating — 2,317 ratings
54.
Woman on the Other Shore
Woman on the Other Shore 3.65 avg rating — 1,326 ratings
54.
The Silent Steppe: The Memoir of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin
The Silent Steppe: The Memoir of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin 4.02 avg rating — 214 ratings
54.
The River and the Source
The River and the Source 4.26 avg rating — 887 ratings
54.
Voices from Madagascar Voix de Madagascar: An Anthology of Contemporary Francophone Literature/Anthologie de littérature francophone contemporaine (Volume 75) (Ohio RIS Africa Series)
Voices from Madagascar Voix de Madagascar: An Anthology of Contemporary Francophone Literature/Anthologie de littérature francophone contemporaine (Volume 75) (Ohio RIS Africa Series) 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
54.
Paradise
Paradise 3.60 avg rating — 12,591 ratings
60.
The Fortunes of Wangrin
The Fortunes of Wangrin 4.01 avg rating — 366 ratings
61.
Secret Son
Secret Son 3.51 avg rating — 1,696 ratings
61.
Sleepwalking Land
Sleepwalking Land
by: Mia Couto
4.01 avg rating — 5,931 ratings
61.
Smile As They Bow
Smile As They Bow 3.57 avg rating — 375 ratings
61.
Arresting God In Kathmandu
Arresting God In Kathmandu 3.30 avg rating — 1,301 ratings
65.
The Epic of Askia Mohammed
The Epic of Askia Mohammed 2.89 avg rating — 83 ratings
66.
Conversation in the Cathedral
Conversation in the Cathedral 4.38 avg rating — 11,140 ratings
66.
State of War
State of War 4.04 avg rating — 744 ratings
68.
Links
Links 3.37 avg rating — 582 ratings
68.
The Conservationist
The Conservationist 3.31 avg rating — 3,269 ratings
68.
The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women
The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women 3.82 avg rating — 141 ratings
68.
God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir
God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir 4.15 avg rating — 3,041 ratings
72.
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew 4.16 avg rating — 2,518 ratings
72.
Sabriya: Damascus Bitter Sweet
Sabriya: Damascus Bitter Sweet 4.14 avg rating — 643 ratings
72.
Notes of a Desolate Man
Notes of a Desolate Man 3.68 avg rating — 226 ratings
75.
Four Reigns
Four Reigns 4.19 avg rating — 924 ratings
76.
Wave of Terror
Wave of Terror 4.08 avg rating — 142 ratings
77.
Doña Bárbara
Doña Bárbara 3.81 avg rating — 5,873 ratings
78.
A Collection of Uzbek Short Stories
A Collection of Uzbek Short Stories 3.19 avg rating — 37 ratings
78.
Bitterness (An African Novel from Zambia)
Bitterness (An African Novel from Zambia) 2.96 avg rating — 28 ratings
78.
Without a Name and Under the Tongue
Without a Name and Under the Tongue 3.81 avg rating — 104 ratings