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The Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo NerudaSelected Poems by Jorge Luis BorgesTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo NerudaOdes to Common Things by Pablo NerudaA Sor Juana Anthology by Juana Inés de la Cruz
Latin American Poets
94 books — 18 voters
Lost in Yaba by Walt GleesonThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngThe Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasThe Beach by Alex Garland
Best for Backpacking through Southeast Asia
318 books — 340 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySiddhartha by Hermann HesseLord of the Flies by William Golding
Nobel Laureates
674 books — 572 voters
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyOld Filth by Jane GardamA Novel Bookstore by Laurence CosséMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
Europa Edition Books
129 books — 143 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)
1,832 books — 1,714 voters
Quiet by Susan CainEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertDaring Greatly by Brené BrownThe Last Lecture by Randy PauschThe Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
books from TED
95 books — 366 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
989 books — 965 voters