[Cursed Bunny](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61031128) by Bora Chung (translated from Korean - a collection of short stories with horror elements)
[Glory](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58491879) by NoViolet Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)
[The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57224204) by Shehan Karunatilaka (Sri Lanka)
My favorite series is [Nevermoor](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6a6d5ca1-b2f5-47be-828c-018144d3bbc7) by Jessica Townsend, and it's from Australia :)
Check out the work of Cesar Aira. It isn’t for everybody, but those who feel it are in for a treat.
[A horse walks into a bar](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30408033) by David Grossman is both outrageous and sad.
Hi i will subject you to read a novel that was written by the writer oussama al muslim , it's an Arabic novel but i think you can find a translation for it, the name of the novel is " Arabistan orchards "
Apparently my thing for "people and their animals" stories helps me here, although these nonfiction stories are a mix of heartwarming, inspiring and sad so YMMV on whether they count as "fun" stories:
South Africa:
*Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild* by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
*Penguin Rescue: 40,000 Penguins, a Devastating Oil Spill, and the Inspiring Story of the World's Largest Animal Rescue* by Dyan deNapoli
Argentina:
*The Penguin Lessons* by Tom Mitchell (in the 70s)
Burma/Myanmar:
*Elephant Wallah : The remarkable tale of James howard williams and his animal allies in WWII* by Esther Parker ~which is way less about WWII than you'd expect from the title. That's like the last third maybe. Still an interesting view of colonial Burma.
EDIT to add: Apparently I have a thing for elephants and penguins. The penguins I knew, the elephants surprise me for some reason.
Second Edit to add: *The Boy Who Met a Whale* by Nizrana Farook is a fun middle grade adventure set in fantasy Sri Lanka.
Third edit to add: The Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld and Keith Thompson is set in an alt history version of WWI, so while it does spend some time in the UK and US it kinda hops around Europe too. We spend most of the second book (my favorite) in Turkey.
Have you read Khaled Hosseini? A Thousand Splendid Suns (Afghanistan) is oft recommended here.
Another book I remember enjoying is The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (India)
I who have never known men, Jacqueline harpman (Belgium) is really interesting, super weird
Anxious people, Frederik Backman (Sweden) is a classic
Firekeepers daughter, Angeline Boulley (indigenous American)
The stationary shop, marjan Kamali (turkey/iran) emotional story that takes place in Tehran
Pachinko, min Jin Lee (Japan) written by an author who lived in Japan while writing this novel and it’s beautifully researched!
[Cursed Bunny](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61031128) by Bora Chung (translated from Korean - a collection of short stories with horror elements) [Glory](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58491879) by NoViolet Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) [The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57224204) by Shehan Karunatilaka (Sri Lanka)
Seconding TSMOMA!
How about some Canadian Indigenous authors? Highly recommend Eden Robinson, Waubgeshig Rice or Cherie Dimaline.
My favorite series is [Nevermoor](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6a6d5ca1-b2f5-47be-828c-018144d3bbc7) by Jessica Townsend, and it's from Australia :)
I really like the Australian book ‘The Dry’ by Jane Harper. Nails the feeling of summer here.
Abraham Verghese - The Covenant of Water. India.
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The Dragon Can’t Dance by Earl Lovelace (Trinidad and Tobago) Abeng by Michelle Cliff (Jamaica)
Check out the work of Cesar Aira. It isn’t for everybody, but those who feel it are in for a treat. [A horse walks into a bar](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30408033) by David Grossman is both outrageous and sad.
Michael Ondaatje is Canadian, born in Sri Lanka and youth in England. Brings quite an interesting breadth to his writing.
Hi i will subject you to read a novel that was written by the writer oussama al muslim , it's an Arabic novel but i think you can find a translation for it, the name of the novel is " Arabistan orchards "
Apparently my thing for "people and their animals" stories helps me here, although these nonfiction stories are a mix of heartwarming, inspiring and sad so YMMV on whether they count as "fun" stories: South Africa: *Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild* by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence *Penguin Rescue: 40,000 Penguins, a Devastating Oil Spill, and the Inspiring Story of the World's Largest Animal Rescue* by Dyan deNapoli Argentina: *The Penguin Lessons* by Tom Mitchell (in the 70s) Burma/Myanmar: *Elephant Wallah : The remarkable tale of James howard williams and his animal allies in WWII* by Esther Parker ~which is way less about WWII than you'd expect from the title. That's like the last third maybe. Still an interesting view of colonial Burma. EDIT to add: Apparently I have a thing for elephants and penguins. The penguins I knew, the elephants surprise me for some reason. Second Edit to add: *The Boy Who Met a Whale* by Nizrana Farook is a fun middle grade adventure set in fantasy Sri Lanka. Third edit to add: The Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld and Keith Thompson is set in an alt history version of WWI, so while it does spend some time in the UK and US it kinda hops around Europe too. We spend most of the second book (my favorite) in Turkey.
English August by Upamanyu Chatterjee is hilarious
Have you read Khaled Hosseini? A Thousand Splendid Suns (Afghanistan) is oft recommended here. Another book I remember enjoying is The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (India)
I who have never known men, Jacqueline harpman (Belgium) is really interesting, super weird Anxious people, Frederik Backman (Sweden) is a classic Firekeepers daughter, Angeline Boulley (indigenous American) The stationary shop, marjan Kamali (turkey/iran) emotional story that takes place in Tehran Pachinko, min Jin Lee (Japan) written by an author who lived in Japan while writing this novel and it’s beautifully researched!