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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.76 — 125,182 ratings — published -1800
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,297,567 ratings — published -800
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.75 — 428,480 ratings — published 1958
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,627,390 ratings — published 2003
The God of Small Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.96 — 344,488 ratings — published 1997
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,899,814 ratings — published 1590
Cry, the Beloved Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.93 — 81,551 ratings — published 1948
Inside Out & Back Again (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 69,106 ratings — published 2011
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.48 — 854,888 ratings — published 2016
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,159,217 ratings — published 1967
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 428,287 ratings — published 2013
The House of the Spirits (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 351,819 ratings — published 1982
Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.59 — 113,271 ratings — published 1966
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.22 — 868,620 ratings — published 1862
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 816,615 ratings — published 1998
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.46 — 432,295 ratings — published 2016
White Teeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 181,778 ratings — published 2000
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 242,988 ratings — published 2003
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,992,875 ratings — published 2005
A Tale for the Time Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.06 — 140,965 ratings — published 2013
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,831,848 ratings — published 2007
The Garden of Evening Mists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 31,874 ratings — published 2011
Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.34 — 194,030 ratings — published 2006
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,409,394 ratings — published 2012
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,639,450 ratings — published 2003
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.66 — 473,812 ratings — published 2020
Transcendent Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.09 — 169,091 ratings — published 2020
The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.41 — 218,690 ratings — published 2007
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,350,247 ratings — published 1947
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 590,874 ratings — published 1985
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.51 — 358,719 ratings — published 950
The Long Ships (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.27 — 13,967 ratings — published 1941
Snow Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.55 — 44,998 ratings — published 1948
Pedro Páramo (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 113,495 ratings — published 1955
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.65 — 469,112 ratings — published 2007
A Golden Age (Bangla Desh, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.80 — 6,192 ratings — published 2007
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.94 — 602,030 ratings — published -500
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,546,713 ratings — published 1942
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 83,765 ratings — published 800
Tales of the Tikongs (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.64 — 396 ratings — published 1988
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,778,520 ratings — published 1988
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 719,983 ratings — published 1989
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,170,483 ratings — published 1866
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,578,604 ratings — published 1915
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,580,135 ratings — published 1985
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.98 — 31,148 ratings — published 2008
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.65 — 34,596 ratings — published 1967
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 559,607 ratings — published 2018
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 3.71 — 73,853 ratings — published 1988
A Place for Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as global-lit)
avg rating 4.17 — 69,155 ratings — published 2018