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I dare say any non-English novel that would appear on such a list, would be available in translation Legolas Send a noteboard - 19/01/2013 10:39:04 PM
I'd not be surprised if some non-English books made the list but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to recommend any, languages have never been a knack of mine. I don't know how my own list would stack up for obscurity, title maybe but not author. I might toss out a long out of print book by a dead author but it's still almost definitely going to be a pretty well known author. Like Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny rather than his more well known Chronicles of Amber or Lord of Light.

So I don't see how languages not being a knack of yours is a reason not to read (originally) non-English books... yikes, there's a lot of negations in that sentence. But you get my point.
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If this board had more activity, I'd propose doing a list similar to this one Larry - 19/01/2013 11:34:41 AM 686 Views
A good list, though some of the choices are surprising. Tom - 19/01/2013 02:36:20 PM 472 Views
That was my general take when I blogged about it a few days ago Larry - 19/01/2013 02:42:33 PM 585 Views
The utter lack of Eliot is a scandal. Legolas - 19/01/2013 11:12:52 PM 446 Views
You could do a list Isaac - 19/01/2013 02:38:12 PM 424 Views
I suppose I could Larry - 19/01/2013 02:46:20 PM 447 Views
Re: I suppose I could Isaac - 19/01/2013 04:25:33 PM 438 Views
Some of those wouldn't be "obvious" for me Larry - 19/01/2013 04:58:15 PM 554 Views
I dare say any non-English novel that would appear on such a list, would be available in translation Legolas - 19/01/2013 10:39:04 PM 437 Views
That seems probable Isaac - 20/01/2013 04:11:22 AM 419 Views
That seems a decent list. Stephen - 20/01/2013 05:26:11 PM 436 Views
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