Great Fiction From Around the World

Discover the best fiction books from around the world! Explore captivating stories, acclaimed authors, and must-read novels in this curated global collection.

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Adjusting Sights

by Hayim Sabato

This book brings us inside the deepest thoughts, fears and feelings of a yeshiva student turned soldier.
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Apples from the Desert

by Savyon Liebrecht

Finely wrought stories of private lives that shed light on a terrifying political conflict.--New York Times Book Review
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A Star Called Henry

by Roddy Doyle

Doyle's ambitious new novel is a passionate love story that takes a subversive look behind the legends of Irish republicanism through the eyes of one …
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Borderliners

by Peter Hoeg

Catcher in the Rye meets A Brief History of Time in Peter Hoeg's Borderliners (Glamour)--a tightly-wound, stunningly original psychological drama about a young man at …
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Four Mothers

by Shifra Horn

This beautifully imagined debut novel tells the story of five generations of women in one family against the backdrop of 100 years in Jerusalem. Starting …
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Native Speaker

by Chang-rae Lee

ONE OF THE ATLANTIC’S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS The debut novel from critically acclaimed and New York Times–bestselling author of On …
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On Parole

by Akira Yoshimura

"After sixteen years in prison, Kikutani is released into a world he no longer recognizes. He must adjust to the intensity of Tokyo while living …
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Returning Lost Loves

by Yehoshuʻa Ḳenaz

'...a subtle, dark novel about loneliness and obsessions, but at the same time it is a wonderful comedy about the paradoxes of love and the …
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The Blue Mountain

by Meir Shalev

Focusing on the Jewish pioneer settlers of the Jezreel Valley in Palestine at the turn of the century, The Blue Mountain celebrates the passions and …
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The Case of Dr. Sachs

by Martin Winckler

Bruno Sachs is a country doctor who makes house calls and feels deeply for his patients. There are broken bones, unwanted pregnancies, people without the …
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The Death of Vishnu

by Manil Suri

Suffused with Hindu mythology, this bestselling story of one apartment building becomes a metaphor for the social and religious divisions of contemporary India, and Vishnu's …
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The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this is the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel who try to craft a childhood for …
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The Reader

by Bernhard Schlink

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love …
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The Stranger Next Door

by Amélie Nothomb

When Emile and Juliette Hazel move into their new, secluded home to enjoy retirement, their peace is interrupted by the daily visits of the bizarre …
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

 

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The Zigzag Kid

by David Grossman

The picaresque adventures of Annon Feuerberg, 12, an Israeli policeman's son kidnaped by his father's arch- enemy, a master thief. The thief takes Annon on …
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Ximena at the Crossroads

by Laura Riesco

A girl's world of fantasy, the product of books she reads, is shattered by the reality of a strike in an American-owned factory where her …
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The Piano Tuner

by Daniel Mason

A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year “A gripping …