devyn
So as a continuation of this post I made in frustration about how anglo-centric most “must-read” book lists are, I went and found a few lists with a focus on non-English speaking authors (sorted by number of books listed):
- 8 Must-Read Foreign Books Translated Into English (Babbel)
- The non-western books that every student should read (The Guardian)
- 10 best translated fiction (Independent - has suggestions regarding editions + prices)
- 49 Incredible Books From 49 Different Countries (Huffpost - has amazon links to all the books, which is great to find the editions but please please please support your local bookstores!!!!)
- 100 Must-Read Classics in Translation (BookRead - Amazon links again. Most bookstores will offer to order books for you if they don’t have them, please utilise their services and support local shops whenever possible!)
All these lists have reviews and feature books from a wide range of countries. I haven’t read every single review but I browsed the lists to make sure they wouldn’t all just name the same books and they don’t!!
I hope you’ll find inspiring new reads on those lists! :)
Why must my feelings be “rational”? Is it not enough to sit quietly in my hawaiian shirt, deranged?
If someone tried proposing to me in public i would have them arrested
the only two real emotions are the desire to be loved and embarrassment