#animatomyof

[oldshrewsburyian]

Hello :) I'm looking for book recommendations. Can you help? Criteria : - literary quality - which were not written by American, English, Russian, or France French authors (seems like these are all I'm reading recently) - not usually found in the 'top 100 books you absolutely must read' list (I've read a good chunk of these, and I'm looking to read something new) They can be from any time period, on any subject, and I'm OK with genre fiction. Thank you!

Hello! I’d be happy to provide such recommendations. For starters, I have a list of German and Austrian literature I like here. In this list, because you say you’re looking for something new, I’ll focus on contemporary-ish works, rather than classics of, say, Latin American magic realism.

General Works:

Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

Andres Neuman, Traveler of the Century

Olga Tokarchuk, Flights

Raja Alem, The Dove’s Necklace

Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Amit Chaudhuri, Real Time: Stories and a Reminiscence

Jon Kalman Stefansson, Heaven and Hell

Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies

Detective Obsession Special

Seicho Matsumoto, Inspector Imanishi Investigates

Akimitsu Tatagi, The Tattoo Murder Case

Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

This is obviously a very selective list, but I hope you find something to enjoy!