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Books by Pakistani Authors

Literary Fiction: Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

Graphic Novel: The Roles We Play by Sabba Khan

Mystery: Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid

Fantasy: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Historical Fiction: Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa

Horror: Ibil by Adeerus Ghayan

Romance: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Science Fiction: The Light Blue Jumper by Sidra F. Sheikh

Short Stories: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin

Thriller: Bullets and Train by Adeerus Ghayan

Auto/Biographies: I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

History: Descent into Chaos: The United States & the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan & Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid

Poetry: Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie

I’d also recommend, The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State by Declan Walsh (History/Journalism). Declan Walsh isn’t from Pakistan however his book is around his experience and those he met in Pakistan.

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Books by Greek Authors

Literary Fiction: The Trojan Women and Other Plays by Euripides

Graphic Novel: Ο Μπλεκ και οι... άλλοι: Οι χάρτινοι ήρωες του Στέλιου Ανεμοδουρά by Giorgos Pol. Papadakis

Mystery: Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis

Fantasy: Ενυδρία by Βάγια Ψευτάκη (Aquarium by Vagia Pseftaki)

Historical Fiction: Freedom or Death by Nikos Kazantzakis

Horror: The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis

Romance: Mauthausen by Iakovos Kambanellis (true story)

Science Fiction: Αγέννητοι Αδελφοί by Μιχάλης Μανωλιός (Unborn Brothers by Michalis Manolios)

Short Stories: Something Will Happen, You’ll See by Christos Ikonomou

Thriller: Z by Vasslis Vassilikos

Auto/Biographies: Dandelions for Dinner: Greece at War and a Family's Dreams of America by Sam P. Stamatis and Peter S. Stamatis

History: The Histories by Herodotus

Poetry: If Not Winter by Sappho

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Books by Japanese Authors

Literary Fiction: The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

Graphic Novel: Shiver by Junji Ito

Mystery: The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

Fantasy: Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

Historical Fiction: An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

Horror: Another by Yukito Ayatsuji

Romance: At the End of the Matinee by Keiichiro Hirano

Science Fiction: The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

Short Stories: Death in Midsummer and Other Stories by Yukio Mishima

Thriller: Out by Natsuo Kirino

Auto/Biographies: An I-Novel by Minae Mizumura

History: Japan Rising by Kume Kunitake

Poetry: The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Bashō

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Books by Ukrainian Authors

Literary Fiction: The House with the Stained-Glass Window by Zanna Sloniowska

Graphic Novel: Makhno: Ukrainian Freedom Fighter by Philippe Thirault.

The publisher Humanoids will use proceeds from the graphic novel to benefit freedom fighters via the organization Razom. Razom is providing supplies and medical aid to Ukrainian fighters on the front lines of the Russian invasion

Mystery: The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko

Fantasy: Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko

Historical Fiction: Sweet Darusya by Maria Matios

Horror: Культ by Lyubko Deresh

Romance: Love & Vodka: My Surreal Adventures in Ukraine

the author himself isn't Ukrainian, however it's a true story of how he met his wife and stayed in Ukraine in order to get her families blessing to get married

Science Fiction: Kaharlyk by Oleh Shynkarenko

Short Stories: Life Went on Anyway: Stories by Oleh Sentsov

Thriller: Maiden Mountain by Sergej Golovachov

Auto/Biographies: Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets, by Svetlana Alexievich

History: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich

Poetry: Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex by Oksana Zabuzhko

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Books by Pacific Islander Authors

(Included in the list are authors from: Fiji, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, New Zealand, and the Marshall Islands)

Literary Fiction: Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt (Samoa)

Graphic Novel: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott (Hawaii)

Mystery: Isle of Blood and Stone by Makiia Lucier (Guam)

Fantasy: The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad (Fiji)

Historical Fiction: Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings by Tina Makereti (New Zealand)

Horror: Mansfield with Monsters by Katherine Mansfield (New Zealand)

Romance: Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport (Hawaii)

Science Fiction: The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig (Hawaii)

Short Stories: Afakasi Woman by Lani Wendt Young (Samoa/ New Zealand)

Thriller: White Lies by Witi Ihimaera (New Zealand)

Auto/Biographies: Hawaii's Story by Hawaii’s Queen by Lili'uokalani (Hawaii)

History: Captured: The Forgotten Men of Guam by Roger Mansell, Linda Holmes (Guam)

Poetry: Iep Jaltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter by Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner (Marshall Islands)

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Books by Mexican Authors

Literary Fiction: Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

Graphic Novel: Suncatcher by Jose Pimienta

Mystery: Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fantasy: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Historical Fiction: Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue

Horror: Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

Romance: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Science Fiction: We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Short Stories: Living Beyond Borders by Margarita Longoria

Thriller: The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado

Auto/Biographies: Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood’s “Mexican Spitfire,” by Michelle Vogel

History: Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend

Poetry: Thirty Talks Weird Love by Alessandra Narváez Varela

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Books by Chinese Authors

Literary Fiction: Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin

Graphic Novel: Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

Mystery: Death Notice by Zhou Haohui

Fantasy: Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

Historical Fiction: Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

Horror: The Shadow Book of Ji Yun: The Chinese Classic of Weird True Tales, Horror Stories, and Occult Knowledge by Yun Ji

Romance: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Science Fiction: Want by Cindy Pon

Short Stories: The Noodle Maker by Ma Jian

Thriller: Second Sister by Chan Ho-Kei

Auto/Biographies: Last Boat Out of Shanghai by Helen Zia

History: The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

Poetry: A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems by Arthur Waley & Qiu Xiaolong

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Books by Czech/ Bohemian Authors

(All are from the modern day Czech Republic Region)

Literary Fiction: I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal

Graphic Novel: Svatá Barbora by Vojtěch Mašek

Mystery: Prague Noir by Pavel Mandys

Fantasy: Cesta Krve Novel by Jiří Kulhánek

Historical Fiction: The Sound of the Sundial by Hana Andronikova

Horror: The Golem by Gustav Meyrink

Romance: The Farewell Waltz by Milan Kundera (English translation is The Farewell Party)

Science Fiction: War with the Newts by Karel Čapek

Short Stories: Aviaries by Zuzana Brabcová

Thriller: Kroky Vraha by Michaela Klevisová

Auto/Biographies: Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague, 1941-1968 by Heda Margolius Kovály

History: Prague in Black and Gold: The History of a City by Peter Demetz

Poetry: A Bouquet: Of Czech Folktales by Karel Jaromír Erben

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Books by New Zealander Authors

Literary Fiction: Auē by Becky Manawatu

Graphic Novel: The Heading Dog Who Split in Half by Mike Brown

Mystery: The Cleaner by Paul Cleave

Fantasy: Scented Gardens for the Blind by Janet Frame

Historical Fiction: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

Horror: Blood Related by William Cook

Romance: The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox

Science Fiction: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Short Stories: The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

Thriller: This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman

Auto/Biographies: Raiment: A Memoir by Jan Kemp

History: Pathway of the Birds: The Voyaging Achievements of Māori and Their Polynesian Ancestors by Andrew Crowe

Poetry: Stonefish by Keri Hulme

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Books by Indian Authors

Literary Fiction: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Graphic Novel: The Sadhu by Gotham Chopra and Jeevan Kang

Mystery: Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra

Fantasy: Dark Things by Sukanya Venkatraghavan

Historical Fiction: Chanakya’s Chant by Ashwin Sanghi

Horror: Patang by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay

Romance: This is Not Your Story by Savi Sharma

Science Fiction: Cult of Chaos by Shweta Taneja

Short Stories: The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet And Other Stories by Vandana Singh

Thriller: Marry Me, Stranger by Novoneel Chakraborty

Auto/Biographies: Wings of Fire: An Autobiography by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

History: India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra

Poetry: A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

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Books by Colombian Authors

Literary Fiction: Las estrellas son negras (Dark Stars) by Arnoldo Palacios

Graphic Novel: Gabo: Memorias de una vida mágica by Óscar Pantoja

Mystery: The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Fantasy: The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez

Historical Fiction: The Armies by Evelio Rosero

Horror: The Divine Boys by Laura Restrepo (true crime based)

Romance: María by Jorge Isaacs

Science Fiction: Perfect Parasites by Luis Carlos Barragán

Short Stories: Voices of Bogotá: A short story collection by Caroline Doherty de Novoa

Thriller: Isle of Passion by Laura Restrepo

Auto/Biographies: The Book of Emma Reyes by Emma Reyes

History: Between Legitimacy and Violence: A History of Colombia, 1875-2002 by Marco Palacios

Poetry: Alvaro Mutis: Selected Poems by Álvaro Mutis

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Books by Nigerian Authors

Literary Fiction: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Graphic Novel: Malika: Warrior Queen by Roye Okupe

Mystery: Carnivorous City by Toni Kan

Fantasy: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Historical Fiction: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Horror: The Sleepless by Nuzo Onoh

Romance: The Spider King’s Daughter by Chibundu Onuzo

Science Fiction: Rosewater by Tade Thompson

Short Stories: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Thriller: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Auto/Biographies: Aké: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka

History: The Great Upheaval: Women and Nation in Postwar Nigeria by Judith A. Byfield

Poetry: Sahara Testaments by Tade Ipadeola

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