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  1. 11-14-2011, 10:41 AM #46
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    1. England - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
    2. Australia - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    3. South Africa - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
    4. France - Trois Femmes puissantes by Marie NDiaye
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    If you are ever gonna read something from the Philippines, I would recommend Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal or any book by F. Sionil Jose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thelastmelon View Post
    1. England - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
    2. Australia - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    3. South Africa - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
    4. France - Trois Femmes puissantes by Marie NDiaye
    5. Sweden - Välkommen till den här världen by Amanda Svensson
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    5. Sweden - Välkommen till den här världen by Amanda Svensson
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  6. 11-30-2011, 10:50 AM #51
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    Quote Originally Posted by thelastmelon View Post
    1. England - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
    2. Australia - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    3. South Africa - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
    4. France - Trois Femmes puissantes by Marie NDiaye
    5. Sweden - Välkommen till den här världen by Amanda Svensson
    6. USA - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
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    Quote Originally Posted by thelastmelon View Post
    1. England - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
    2. Australia - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    3. South Africa - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
    4. France - Trois Femmes puissantes by Marie NDiaye
    5. Sweden - Välkommen till den här världen by Amanda Svensson
    6. USA - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
    7. China - The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China by Lu Hsün
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    1. Japan - Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami

    2. Russia - Demons by Dostoevsky
    3. France - The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Dumas

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    1. Greece - The Collected Poems of Cavafy
    2. Japan - The Essential Akutagawa
    3. France - Alcools by Guillaume Apollinaire
    4. Syria - The Pages of Day and Night by Adunis
    5. Russia - The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
    6. India - Tagore's Selected Poems
    7. Peru - The Black Heralds by Cesar Vallejo
    8. China - Three Hundred Tang Poems by Various
    9. Vietnam - A Thousand Years of Vietnamese Poetry by Various
    10. Saudi Arabia/Iran/Turkey - Anthology of Islamic Literature by Various
    11. USA - A Dance With Dragons by G.R.R. Martin
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Muse View Post
    1. Japan - Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami

    2. Russia - Demons by Dostoevsky

    3. France - The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Dumas
    4. England - Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

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  11. 12-26-2011, 08:16 AM #56
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    Quote Originally Posted by thelastmelon View Post
    1. England - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
    2. Australia - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    3. South Africa - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
    4. France - Trois Femmes puissantes by Marie NDiaye
    5. Sweden - Välkommen till den här världen by Amanda Svensson
    6. USA - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
    7. China - The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China by Lu Hsün
    8. Cameroon - Les Honneurs perdus by Calixthe Beyala
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    Quote Originally Posted by thelastmelon View Post
    1. England - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
    2. Australia - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    3. South Africa - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
    4. France - Trois Femmes puissantes by Marie NDiaye
    5. Sweden - Välkommen till den här världen by Amanda Svensson
    6. USA - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
    7. China - The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China by Lu Hsün
    8. Cameroon - Les Honneurs perdus by Calixthe Beyala
    9. Mozambique - Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto
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    Quote Originally Posted by thelastmelon View Post
    1. England - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
    2. Australia - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    3. South Africa - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
    4. France - Trois Femmes puissantes by Marie NDiaye
    5. Sweden - Välkommen till den här världen by Amanda Svensson
    6. USA - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
    7. China - The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China by Lu Hsün
    8. Cameroon - Les Honneurs perdus by Calixthe Beyala
    9. Mozambique - Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto
    10. Norway - The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I am by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
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