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Overview
Do you find yourself reading mainly American or British authors? Do you shy away from translated works of literature? How many of these books from international authors have you read?
https://www.listchallenges.com/are-you-well-read-in-world-literature
(Now, I personally think this list could be better, and I have made some changes and suggestions (bonus books). For example, there are several books by the same author, which to me feels excessive. I'd rather represent a country with different authors. Some countries, like Russia, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, are also overrepresented, while others are underrepresented. There are 195 countries in the world, meaning there shouldn't be more than 6 books from each country. Considering that some smaller countries have a smaller footprint in the World Literature, I can look pass that, but there are 5 continents (I count North and South America as one continent, as there are so few countries there. Even together there are fewer countries in Americas than other continents. There shouldn't be more or less than 200 books from each continent.)
https://www.listchallenges.com/are-you-well-read-in-world-literature
(Now, I personally think this list could be better, and I have made some changes and suggestions (bonus books). For example, there are several books by the same author, which to me feels excessive. I'd rather represent a country with different authors. Some countries, like Russia, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, are also overrepresented, while others are underrepresented. There are 195 countries in the world, meaning there shouldn't be more than 6 books from each country. Considering that some smaller countries have a smaller footprint in the World Literature, I can look pass that, but there are 5 continents (I count North and South America as one continent, as there are so few countries there. Even together there are fewer countries in Americas than other continents. There shouldn't be more or less than 200 books from each continent.)
Are You Well-Read in World Literature? 1/3
1 participant (337 books)
Overview
Do you find yourself reading mainly American or British authors? Do you shy away from translated works of literature? How many of these books from international authors have you read?
https://www.listchallenges.com/are-you-well-read-in-world-literature
(Now, I personally think this list could be better, and I have made some changes and suggestions (bonus books). For example, there are several books by the same author, which to me feels excessive. I'd rather represent a country with different authors. Some countries, like Russia, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, are also overrepresented, while others are underrepresented. There are 195 countries in the world, meaning there shouldn't be more than 6 books from each country. Considering that some smaller countries have a smaller footprint in the World Literature, I can look pass that, but there are 5 continents (I count North and South America as one continent, as there are so few countries there. Even together there are fewer countries in Americas than other continents. There shouldn't be more or less than 200 books from each continent.)
https://www.listchallenges.com/are-you-well-read-in-world-literature
(Now, I personally think this list could be better, and I have made some changes and suggestions (bonus books). For example, there are several books by the same author, which to me feels excessive. I'd rather represent a country with different authors. Some countries, like Russia, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, are also overrepresented, while others are underrepresented. There are 195 countries in the world, meaning there shouldn't be more than 6 books from each country. Considering that some smaller countries have a smaller footprint in the World Literature, I can look pass that, but there are 5 continents (I count North and South America as one continent, as there are so few countries there. Even together there are fewer countries in Americas than other continents. There shouldn't be more or less than 200 books from each continent.)
Challenge Books
209
Call Me By Your Name
André Aciman
Italian-American
You might want to replace this with
Lie With Me by Philippe Besson
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
You might want to replace this with
Lie With Me by Philippe Besson
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
210
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Italian (Sicilian)
215
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo
French
A couple of books inspired by this one are A Court of Miracles by Kester Grant and Cosette ou le temps des illusions and Marius ou le fugitif by François Cérésa
A couple of books inspired by this one are A Court of Miracles by Kester Grant and Cosette ou le temps des illusions and Marius ou le fugitif by François Cérésa
215
(bonus)
The Court of Miracles
Kester Grant
Mauritian
215
(bonus)
Cosette or The Time of Illusions: The Sequel to Les Miserables
Howard Curtis, François Cérésa
French