A World SF Reading List

I’ve been collecting recommendations from Twitter using the #worldsfbooks hashtag for this list.  Since this year’s theme is all about World SF, it makes sense that we’d celebrate that with a massive list of stuff you should read.  If you’d like to add anything to the list, leave a comment on this page OR use the #worldsfbooks hashtag on Twitter!

So, without further ado, here’s the list (below the fold):

Argentina

• Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

Asia (for anthologies)

• Eastern Heathens:  An Anthology of Subverted Asian Folklore edited by Amanda Lee Koe and Ng Yi-Sheng

Australia

• The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
• Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham
• Axiomatic by Greg Egan
• Permutation City by Greg Egan
• Diaspora by Greg Egan
• Dagger of Dresnia by Satima Flavell
• The Aurora Series by Amanda Bridgeman
• Vixen by Hoa Pham (of Vietnamese descent)

Barbados

• Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
• The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord

Canada

• The Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
• The MaddAddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood
• Vn by Madeline Ashby
• iD by Madeline Ashby
• Major Karnage by Gord Zajac
• Filaria by Brent Hayward
• Rasputin’s Bastards by David Nickle
• Rapture of the Nerds by Cory Doctorow
• Ninja Versus Pirate Featuring Zombies by James Marshall
• Elements by Suzzanne Church
• Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer

The Caribbean (for anthologies)

• Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root:  Caribbean Fabulist Fiction edited by Nalo Hopkinson

Chile

• Distant Star by Robert Bolaño

China

• The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Cuba

• The Assault by Reinaldo Arenas

Dominican Republic

• The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

Finland

• The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
• Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta
• Not Before Sundown by Johanna Sinisalo
• The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen

France

• The Cardinal’s Blades by Pierre Pevel
• The Alchemist in the Shadows by Pierre Pevel
• The Dragon Arcana by Pierre Pevel
• The Path of Anger by Antoine Rouaud

Germany

• The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach
• The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
• Momo by Michael Ende
• The Mirror and the Mirror by Michael Ende
• Jim Button and Luke the Train Engine Driver by Michael Ende
• The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
• The Alchemaster’s Apprentice by Walter Moers
• The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
• The Thirteen and a Half Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
• The Cusanus Game by Wolgang Jeschke
• The Last Days of Creation by Wolgang Jeschke
• Land of Osiris by Wolgang Jeschke
• The Swarm by Frank Schätzing
• Limit by Frank Schätzing
• Breaking News by Frank Schätzing
• Dark Matter (Free Fall) by Juli Zeh
• The Method by Juli Zeh
• The Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke
• Lord of the Thieves by Cornelia Funke
• The Mirror World Trilogy by Cornelia Funke
• Krabat by Ottfried Preußler
• The Little Witch by Ottfried Preußler
• The Little Vampire by Ottfried Preußler
• The Little Ghost by Ottfried Preußler
• The Ruby Red Trilogy by Kerstin Gier
• The Dwarves by Markus Heitz
• Perry Rhodan (originally created by Clark Dalton)
• Ghost Hunter John Sinclair by Jason Dark (Helmut Rellergerd)
• Professor Zamorra by Jason Dark
• Maddrex by Jason Dark
• Atlan by Jason Dark
• The Magical Amulet by Jason Dark
• The Adventures of Jessica Bannister by Jason Dark
• The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
• Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass
• The Rat by Günter Grass

Grenada

• Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell
• Ragamuffin by Tobias Buckell
• Sly Mongoos by Tobias Buckell
• Arctic Rising by Tobias Buckell

Guatemala

• The President by Miguel Ángel Asturias
• Ink by Sabrina Vourvoulias

Hong Kong

• Atlas:  the Archaeology of an Imaginary City by Kai-cheung Dung

Israel

• Osama by Lavie Tidhar
• The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar

Jamaica

• Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson (may also fit under Canada)
• The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
• Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
• Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter
• Myal by Erna Brodber

Japan

• All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
• Slum Online by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
• The Spice and Wolf Series by Isuna Hasekura
• The Haruhi Suzumiya Series by Nagaru Tanigawa
• Apparitions by Miyuki Miyabe
• The Book of Heroes by Miyuki Miyabe
• Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe
• ICO:  Castle in the Mist by Miyuki Miyabe
• The Lord of he Sands of Time by Issui Ogawa
• The Next Continent by Issui Ogawa
• The Cage of Zeus by Sayuri Ueda
• Asura Girl by Otaro Maijo
• The Ouroboros Wave by Jyouji Hayashi
• Loups-Garous by Natsuhiko Kyogoku
• Mardock Scramble by Tow Ubukata
• Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
• Belka, Why Don’t You Bark? by Hideo Furukawa
• Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara
• Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince by Noriko Ogiwara
• The Navidad Incident:  The Downfall of Matias Guili by Natsuki Ikezawa
• MM9 by Hiroshi Yamamoto
• The Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi Yamamoto
• Good Luck, Yukikaze by Chōhei Kambayashi
• Yukikaze by Chōhei Kambayashi
• Harmony by Project Itoh
• Rocket Girls by Housuke Nojiri
• Rocket Girls:  The Last Planet by Housuke Nojiri
• Usurper of the Sun by Housuke Nojiri
• Self-Reference ENGINE by Toh EnJoe
• Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse by Otsuichi
• Zoo by Otsuichi
• Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights by Ryu Mitsuse
• VIRUS by Sakyo Komatsu

Kenya

• Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Latin America (for anthologies)

• Hammock Beneath the Mangoes:  Stories from Latin America (contains some sf/f works)

Malaysia

• The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by Zen Cho

New Zealand

• Genesis by Bernard Beckett
• Hang Wire by Adam Christopher

Netherlands

• Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
• Other Bound by Corinne Duyvis

Nigeria

• Songs of Enchantment by Ben Okri
• The Famished Road by Ben Okri
• Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor (Nigerian-American)
• The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola

The Philippines

• The Girl in the Well by Rin Chupeco

Poland

• The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem
• Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
• The Last Witch by Andrzej Sapkowski
• Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
• Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski
• Baptism by Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

Russia

• Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
• Metro 2033 by Dmitri Glukhovsky
• The Bull’s Hour by Ivan Yefremov

Singapore

• Crown of Earth’s Desire by Terry Ho
• Fish Eats Lion:  New Singaporean Speculative Fiction edited by Jason Erik Lundberg
• Ayam Curtain edited by June Yang and Joyce Chng

South Africa

• The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
• Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
• July’s People by Nadine Gordimer
• The Three by Sarah Lotz

Spain

• Terra Nova edited by Mariana Villarreal
• The Map of Time by Félix J. Palma

Sweden

• Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck

The Ukraine

• The Scar by Sergei and Marina’s Dyachenko
• Vita Nostra by Sergei and Marina’s Dyachenko

Zimbabwe

• The Hangman’s Replacement by Taona Dumisani Chiveneko