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.
Oh, sure, and I can name some like Solaris by Stanislaw Lem but I won't be suggesting any that weren't already popular enough to get translated and appear on one of the lists already.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
If this board had more activity, I'd propose doing a list similar to this one
- 19/01/2013 11:34:41 AM
684 Views
You could do a list
- 19/01/2013 02:38:12 PM
422 Views
I suppose I could
- 19/01/2013 02:46:20 PM
444 Views
Re: I suppose I could
- 19/01/2013 04:25:33 PM
436 Views
I dare say any non-English novel that would appear on such a list, would be available in translation
- 19/01/2013 10:39:04 PM
434 Views
That seems probable
- 20/01/2013 04:11:22 AM
417 Views