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Around the world in 188 works

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CountriesWorkAuthorlanguage of writing
AfghanistanLiteratureدشت قابیل1988 · Short storiesSpozhmai ZaryabPersian
AlbaniaLiteratureThe General of the Dead Army1963 · NovelIsmail KadareTosk Albanian
AlgeriaLiteratureThe Poor Man's Son1950 · NovelMouloud FeraounFrench
AngolaLiteratureMayombe1980 · NovelPepetelaPortuguese
Antigua and BarbudaLiteratureAnnie John1985 · NovelJamaica KincaidEnglish
ArgentinaLiteratureFictions1944 · Short storiesJorge Luis BorgesSpanish
ArmeniaLiteratureBook of Lamentations1002 · PoetryGregory of NarekArmenian
AustraliaCinemaMy Brilliant Career1979 · CinemaGillian ArmstrongEnglish
AustriaLiteratureTwenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman1927 · NarrativeStefan ZweigGerman
AzerbaijanLiteratureAli and Nino1937 · NovelKurban SaidGerman
BahamasLiteratureWoman Take Two1994 · TheatreTelcine TurnerEnglish
BahrainLiteratureالبشارة1970 · PoetryQassim HaddadArabic
BangladeshLiteratureTree Without Roots1948 · NovelSyed WaliullahBengali
BarbadosLiteratureRights of Passage1967 · PoetryKamau BrathwaiteEnglish
BelarusLiteratureThe Unwomanly Face of War1985 · NarrativeSvetlana AlexievichRussian
BelgiumLiteratureThe Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel1867 · EpicCharles de CosterFrench
BelizeLiteratureBeka Lamb1982 · NovelZee EdgellEnglish
BeninLiteratureSnares Without End1960 · NovelOlympe Bhêly-QuénumFrench
BhutanCinemaThe Cup1999 · CinemaKhyentse NorbuDzongkha
BoliviaLiteratureConfidences1913 · NovelAdela ZamudioSpanish
Bosnia and HerzegovinaLiteratureThe Bridge on the Drina1945 · NovelIvo AndrićBosnian
BotswanaLiteratureLove on the Rocks1981 · NovelAndrew SesinyiEnglish
BrazilLiteratureThe Alienist1881 · NovelJoaquim Maria Machado de AssisPortuguese
BruneiLiteratureMahkota Berdarah1951 · NovelYura HalimMalay
BulgariaLiteratureUnder the Yoke1889 · NovelIvan VazovBulgarian
Burkina FasoLiteratureCrépuscule des temps anciens1962 · NovelNazi BoniFrench
Burma (Myanmar)LiteratureNot Out of Hate1955 · NovelJournal Kyaw Ma Ma LayBurmese
BurundiCinemaGito the Ungrateful1992 · CinemaLéonce NgaboFrench and Kirundi
CambodiaLiteratureសូផាត1941 · NovelRim KinKhmer
CameroonLiteratureAgatha Moudio's Son1968 · NovelFrancis BebeyFrench
CanadaLiteratureMaria Chapdelaine1914 · NovelLouis HémonFrench
Cape VerdeLiteratureChiquinho1947 · NovelBaltasar Lopes da SilvaPortuguese
Central African RepublicLiteratureLe Silence de la forêt1984 · NovelÉtienne GoyémidéFrench
ChadLiteratureTold by Starlight in Chad1962 · TaleJoseph Brahim SeïdFrench
ChileLiteratureThe House of the Spirits1982 · NovelIsabel AllendeSpanish
ChinaLiteratureDiary of a Madman1918 · Short storiesLu XunChinese
ColombiaLiteratureChronicle of a Death Foretold1981 · NovelGabriel García MárquezSpanish
ComorosLiteratureLa République des imberbes1985 · NovelMohamed ToihiriFrench
Costa RicaLiteratureCuentos de mi tía Panchita1920 · TaleCarmen LyraSpanish
CroatiaLiteratureThe Return of Philip Latinowicz1932 · NovelMiroslav KrležaCroatian
CubaLiteratureThe Kingdom of This World1949 · NovelAlejo CarpentierSpanish
CyprusLiteratureMoments1958 · PoetryCostas MontisGreek
CzechiaLiteratureThe Grandmother1855 · NovelBožena NěmcováCzech
Democratic Republic of the CongoCinemaLife Is Rosy1987 · CinemaDieudonné Mweze Ngangura and Benoît LamyFrench
DenmarkLiteratureThe Little Mermaid1837 · TaleHans Christian AndersenDanish
DjiboutiLiteratureThe Land without Shadows1994 · Short storiesAbdourahman A. WaberiFrench
Dominican RepublicLiteratureCuentos frágiles1908 · TaleFabio FialloSpanish
East TimorLiteratureA Voz Fagueira de Oan Tímor1993 · PoetryFernando SylvanPortuguese
EcuadorLiteratureThe Villagers1934 · NovelJorge IcazaSpanish
EgyptLiteratureMidaq Alley1947 · NovelNaguib MahfouzArabic
El SalvadorLiteratureCuentos de barro1933 · Short storiesSalvador Salazar Arrué (Salarrué)Spanish
EnglandLiteraturePride and Prejudice1813 · NovelJane AustenEnglish
Equatorial GuineaLiteratureShadows of Your Black Memory1987 · NovelDonato Ndongo-BidyogoSpanish
EritreaLiteratureThe Conscript1950 · NovelGhebreyesus HailuTigrinya
EstoniaLiteratureKalevipoeg1861 · EpicFriedrich Reinhold KreutzwaldEstonian
EthiopiaLiteratureአዲስ አለም1932 · NovelHeruy Wäldä SellasieAmharic
FijiLiteratureTales of the Tikongs1983 · Short storiesEpeli HauʻofaEnglish
FinlandLiteratureSeven Brothers1870 · NovelAleksis KiviFinnish
FranceLiteratureCandide1759 · NovelVoltaireFrench
French Guiana (France)LiteraturePigments1937 · PoetryLéon-Gontran DamasFrench
GabonLiteratureLe Mvett1970 · EpicTsira Ndong NdoutoumeFrench
GambiaLiteratureThe Second Round1965 · NovelLenrie PetersEnglish
GeorgiaLiteratureThe Knight in the Panther's Skin1200 · PoetryShota RustaveliGeorgian
GermanyLiteratureThe Sorrows of Young Werther1774 · NovelJohann Wolfgang von GoetheGerman
GhanaLiteratureThe Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born1968 · NovelAyi Kwei ArmahEnglish
GreeceLiteratureZorba the Greek1946 · NovelNikos KazantzakisGreek
Greenland (Denmark)LiteratureA Greenlander's Dream1914 · NovelMathias StorchGreenlandic
GrenadaLiteratureAngel1987 · NovelMerle CollinsEnglish
Guadeloupe (France)LiteratureThe Bridge of Beyond1972 · NovelSimone Schwarz-BartFrench
GuatemalaLiteratureThe President1946 · NovelMiguel Ángel AsturiasSpanish
Guinea (Conakry)LiteratureThe Dark Child1953 · NovelCamara LayeFrench
Guinea-BissauCinemaThose Whom Death Refused1988 · Feature filmFlora GomesGuinea-Bissau Creole
GuyanaLiteratureTo Sir, With Love1959 · NovelE. R. BraithwaiteEnglish
HaitiLiteratureMasters of the Dew1944 · NovelJacques RoumainFrench
HondurasLiteraturePrisión verde1945 · NovelRamón Amaya AmadorSpanish
HungaryLiteratureThe Paul Street Boys1907 · NovelFerenc MolnárHungarian
IcelandLiteratureIceland's Bell1946 · NovelHalldór LaxnessIcelandic
IndiaLiteratureGitanjali1910 · PoetryRabindranath TagoreBengali
IndonesiaLiteratureThis Earth of Mankind1980 · NovelPramoedya Ananta ToerIndonesian
IranLiteratureThe Blind Owl1936 · NovelSadegh HedayatPersian
IraqLiteratureأنشودة المطر1960 · PoetryBadr Shakir al-SayyabArabic
IrelandLiteraturePygmalion1912 · TheatreGeorge Bernard ShawEnglish
IsraelLiteratureMy Michael1968 · NovelAmos OzHebrew
ItalyLiteratureThe Leopard1958 · NovelGiuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaItalian
Ivory CoastLiteratureThe Suns of Independence1968 · NovelAhmadou KouroumaFrench
JamaicaLiteratureSongs of Jamaica1912 · PoetryClaude McKayJamaican Patois
JapanLiteratureKokoro1914 · NovelNatsume SosekiJapanese
JordanLiteratureYou as of Today My Homeland1968 · NovelTayseer SboulArabic
KazakhstanLiteratureBook of Words1898 · EssayAbai KunanbaiulyKazakh
KenyaLiteratureWeep Not, Child1964 · NovelNgũgĩ wa Thiong'oEnglish
KosovoLiteratureLum Lumi1982 · PoetryAli PodrimjaAlbanian
KuwaitCinemaThe Cruel Sea1972 · CinemaKhalid Al-SiddiqArabic
KyrgyzstanLiteratureJamilia1958 · Short storyChinghiz AitmatovKyrgyz
LaosLiteratureສິນໄຊ1650 · EpicPang KhamLao
LatviaLiteratureBearslayer1888 · PoetryAndrejs PumpursLatvian
LebanonLiteratureThe Prophet1923 · PoetryKahlil GibranEnglish
LesothoLiteratureChaka1925 · NovelThomas MofoloSesotho
LiberiaLiteratureMurder in the Cassava Patch1968 · NovelBai T. MooreEnglish
LibyaLiteratureGold Dust1990 · NovelIbrahim al-KoniArabic
LithuaniaLiteratureThe Seasons1765 · PoetryKristijonas DonelaitisLithuanian
LuxembourgLiteratureReenert1872 · PoetryMichel RodangeLuxembourgish
MadagascarLiteratureTranslated from the Night1935 · PoetryJean-Joseph RabeariveloFrench
MalawiLiteratureOf Chameleons and Gods1981 · PoetryJack MapanjeEnglish
MalaysiaLiteratureIakah Salmah?1928 · NovelAhmad bin Haji Muhammad Rashid TaluMalay
MaliLiteratureThe Fortunes of Wangrin1973 · NovelAmadou Hampâté BâFrench
MaltaLiteratureIneż Farruġ1889 · NovelAnton Manwel CaruanaMaltese
Martinique (France)LiteratureJournal of a Homecoming1939 · PoetryAimé CésaireFrench
MauritaniaLiteratureL'Amour impossible1990 · NovelMoussa Ould EbnouFrench
MauritiusLiteratureRue la Poudrière1989 · NovelAnanda DeviFrench
MexicoLiteraturePedro Páramo1955 · NovelJuan RulfoSpanish
MoldovaLiteratureOur Language1917 · PoetryAlexei MateeviciRomanian
MongoliaLiteratureThe Blue Sky1994 · NovelGalsan TschinagGerman
MontenegroLiteratureThe Mountain Wreath1847 · PoetryPetar II Petrović-NjegošMontenegrin
MoroccoLiteratureThe Simple Past1954 · NovelDriss ChraïbiFrench
MozambiqueLiteratureVoices Made Night1986 · Short storiesMia CoutoPortuguese
NamibiaLiteratureBorn of the Sun1988 · NovelJoseph DieschoEnglish
NepalLiteratureतीन घुम्ती1968 · NovelBishweshwar Prasad KoiralaNepali
NetherlandsLiteratureMax Havelaar1860 · NovelMultatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker)Dutch
New Caledonia (France)LiteratureTo Tell the Truth1999 · PoetryDéwé Gorodé and Nicolas KurtovitchFrench
New ZealandLiteratureThe Garden Party and Other Stories1922 · Short storiesKatherine MansfieldEnglish
NicaraguaLiteratureAzul…1888 · TaleRubén DaríoSpanish
NigerLiteratureSarraounia1980 · NovelAbdoulaye MamaniFrench
NigeriaLiteratureThings Fall Apart1958 · NovelChinua AchebeEnglish
North KoreaCinemaThe Flower Girl1972 · Feature filmChoe Ik-kyu and Pak HakKorean
North MacedoniaLiteratureThe Sirdar1860 · PoetryGrigor PrličevGreek
NorwayLiteratureHunger1890 · NovelKnut HamsunNorwegian
OmanLiteratureA Man from the Empty Quarter1994 · PoetrySaif al-RahbiArabic
PakistanLiteratureآتش پارے1936 · Short storiesSaadat Hasan MantoUrdu
PalestineCinemaChronicle of a Disappearance1996 · CinemaElia SuleimanArabic
PanamaLiteratureMy Country1909 · PoetryRicardo MiróSpanish
Papua New GuineaCinemaTinpis Run1991 · CinemaPengau NengoTok Pisin
ParaguayLiteratureI the Supreme1974 · NovelAugusto Roa BastosSpanish
PeruLiteratureAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter1977 · NovelMario Vargas LlosaSpanish
PhilippinesLiteratureNoli Me Tangere1887 · NovelJosé RizalSpanish
PolandLiteratureQuo Vadis1896 · NovelHenryk SienkiewiczPolish
PortugalLiteratureBaltasar and Blimunda1982 · NovelJosé SaramagoPortuguese
Puerto Rico (United States)LiteratureThe Oxcart1953 · TheatreRené MarquésSpanish
Republic of the CongoLiteratureThe Laughing Cry1982 · NovelHenri LopesFrench
RomaniaLiteratureLuceafărul1883 · PoetryMihai EminescuRomanian
RussiaLiteratureDead Souls1842 · NovelNikolai GogolRussian
RwandaLiteratureLa Divine Pastorale1952 · PoetryAlexis KagameKinyarwanda and French
Saint LuciaLiteratureOmeros1990 · PoetryDerek WalcottEnglish
SamoaLiteratureLeaves of the Banyan Tree1979 · NovelAlbert WendtEnglish
São Tomé and PríncipeLiteratureÉ nosso o solo sagrado da terra1978 · PoetryAlda do Espírito SantoPortuguese
Saudi ArabiaLiteratureCities of Salt1984 · NovelAbdul Rahman MunifArabic
ScotlandLiteratureStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde1886 · NovelRobert Louis StevensonEnglish
SenegalLiteratureSo Long a Letter1979 · NovelMariama BâFrench
SerbiaLiteratureA Tomb for Boris Davidovich1976 · Short storiesDanilo KišSerbian
SeychellesLiteraturePaille en queue1969 · PoetryAntoine AbelFrench and English
Sierra LeoneLiteratureThe African1960 · NovelWilliam ContonEnglish
SingaporeLiteratureIf We Dream Too Long1972 · NovelGoh Poh SengEnglish
SlovakiaLiteratureDeath Is Called Engelchen1959 · NovelLadislav MňačkoSlovak
SloveniaLiteratureAlamut1938 · NovelVladimir BartolSlovenian
Solomon IslandsLiteratureThe Alternative1980 · NovelJohn SaunanaEnglish
SomaliaLiteratureSweet and Sour Milk1979 · NovelNuruddin FarahSomali
South AfricaCinemaCry, the Beloved Country1952 · CinemaZoltan KordaEnglish
South KoreaLiteratureThe Square1960 · NovelChoe In-hunKorean
South SudanLiteratureThe Last Word1969 · EssayTaban Lo LiyongEnglish
SpainLiteratureDon Quixote1605 · NovelMiguel de CervantesSpanish
Sri LankaLiteratureThe Way of the Lotus1956 · NovelMartin WickramasingheSinhala
SudanLiteratureSeason of Migration to the North1966 · NovelTayeb SalihArabic
SurinameLiteratureZuid-Zuid-West1926 · NovelAlbert HelmanDutch
SwedenLiteratureMiss Julie1889 · TheatreAugust StrindbergSwedish
SwitzerlandCinemaHeidi1952 · Feature filmLuigi ComenciniGerman
SyriaLiteratureقالت لي السمراء1944 · PoetryNizar QabbaniArabic
TaiwanCinemaA City of Sadness1989 · CinemaHou Hsiao-hsienChinese
TajikistanLiteratureДохунда1930 · NovelSadriddin AiniTajik
TanzaniaLiteratureParadise1994 · NovelAbdulrazak GurnahEnglish
ThailandLiteraturePhra Aphai Mani1870 · PoetrySunthorn PhuThai
TogoLiteratureAn African in Greenland1980 · NarrativeTété-Michel KpomassieFrench
TongaLiteratureYou, the Choice of My Parents1974 · PoetryKonai Helu ThamanEnglish
Trinidad and TobagoLiteratureThe Mystic Masseur1957 · NovelV. S. NaipaulEnglish
TunisiaLiteratureThe Pillar of Salt1953 · NovelAlbert MemmiFrench
Turkey (Türkiye)LiteratureMemed, My Hawk1955 · NovelYaşar KemalTurkish
TurkmenistanLiteratureSongs from the Steppes of Central Asia1770 · PoetryMagtymguly PyragyTurkmen
UgandaLiteratureSong of Lawino: A Lament1966 · PoetryOkot p'BitekAcholi and English
UkraineLiteratureKobzar1840 · PoetryTaras ShevchenkoUkrainian
United Arab EmiratesLiteratureديوان سلطان العويس1978 · PoetrySultan al-OwaisArabic
United StatesLiteratureThe Great Gatsby1925 · NovelFrancis Scott FitzgeraldEnglish
UruguayLiteratureTales of Love, Madness and Death1917 · Short storiesHoracio QuirogaSpanish
UzbekistanLiteratureThe Baburnama1530 · NarrativeZahiriddin Muhammad BaburChagatai
VanuatuLiteratureBlack Stone1983 · PoetryGrace Mera MolisaEnglish
VenezuelaLiteratureDoña Barbara1929 · NovelRómulo GallegosSpanish
VietnamLiteratureThe Tale of Kieu1820 · PoetryNguyễn DuVietnamese
WalesLiteratureCollected Poems 1934–19521952 · PoetryDylan ThomasEnglish
YemenLiteratureThe Hostage1984 · NovelZayd Mutee DammajArabic
ZambiaLiteratureThe Tongue of the Dumb1971 · NovelDominic MulaishoEnglish
ZimbabweLiteratureThe House of Hunger1978 · Short storiesDambudzo MarecheraEnglish