Third World Novels… The Top 10
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About this list
New Internationalist, 10 Books
There are many gifted Third World writers who can
help you transcend barriers of language and tradition
but you might find it difficult to know where to start. As a guide,
the NI has chosen its ten best novels - the ones which are both
enjoyable to read and give a vivid impression of life in developing
countries. They are not listed in any significant order.
who voted?
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This list was originally published in 1989 and was added to this site over 9 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 771 | God's Bits of Wood | Ousmane Sembène | 1960 | Senegalese | French | |
| 60 | Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe | 1958 | Nigerian | English | |
| 4262 | Petals of blood | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o | 1977 | Kenyan | English | |
| 5 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel García Márquez | 1967 | Colombian | Spanish | |
| 64 | Midnight's Children | Salman Rushdie | 1981 | Indian | English | |
| 1234 | Woman at Point Zero | Nawal El Saadawi | 1975 | Egyptian | Arabic | |
| 17113 | The Wine of Astonishment | Earl Lovelace | 1982 | Trinidadian | English | |
| 15010 | The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta | Mario Vargas Llosa | 1984 | Peruvian | Spanish | |
| 225 | A House for Mr. Biswas | V. S. Naipaul | 1961 | Trinidadian | English | |
| 3945 | Of Love and Shadows | Isabel Allende | 1984 | Chilean | Spanish |