| World Issues | Reading List | F/NF | ||
| AUTHOR | TITLE | THEME/ COUNTRY | F | |
| Achebe, Chinua | Things Fall Apart | Culture- Africa | F | |
| Achebe, Chinua | Arrow of God | Black White Relations- Africa | F | |
| Achebe, Chinua | A Man of the People | Colonialism- Africa | NF | |
| Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi | Purple Hibiscus | Culture- Nigeria | NF | |
| Ahmed,Leila | A Border Passage | Women's Issues- Egypt | 305.42092 AHM | F |
| Ali, Monica | Brick Lane | Culture Clash -Bangladesh/ UK | F | |
| Allende, I | Of Love and Shadows | Politics- South America | F | |
| Allende, I | Eva Luna | Politics- South America | F | |
| Alvarez, J | In the Time of Butterflies | Politics | F | |
| Antoni, Robert | Blessed is the Fruit | Class- Caribbean | F | |
| Aswany, Alaa | The Yacoubian Building | Egypt/Africa | F | |
| Atasü, Erendiz | The Other Side of the Mountain | Culture Politics -Turkey | F | |
| Ba, Mariama | So Long a Letter | Women's Issues- West Africa | F | |
| Badami, Anita Rau | Tamarind Mem | Culture India | F | |
| Badami, Anita Rau | The Hero's Walk | Culture India | F | |
| Badami, Anita Rau | Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? | India - Canada | NF | |
| Barber, Benjamin | Jihad vs McWorld | Globalization | 909.829 BAR | F |
| Bates, H.E. | The Jacaranda Tree | Colonialism- India | NF | |
| Beah, Ismael | A Long Way Gone - memoirs of a boy solider | Politics/Sierra Leone/Africa | 966.404 BEA | F |
| Benitez, Sandra | Bitter Grounds | Politics-El Salvador | F | |
| Benitez, Sandra | The Weight of All Things | El Salvador | F | |
| Blake, Phillipa | Heat of the Moment | Class - Africa | F | |
| Briley, John | Cry Freedom | Black White Relations- Africa | F | |
| Cadell, Elizabeth | Lion in the Way | Class- India | NF | |
| Campbell, Deborah | This Heated Place | Politics- Middle East | 915.69404 CAM | F |
| Chamoiseau, Patrick | Texaco | Slavery- Caribbean | F | |
| Chaudhuri, Amit | A New World | Culture clash -India/USA | F | |
| Chaudri, Amit | Freedom Song | Culture-India | NF | |
| Chong, Denise | The Girl in the Picture | Politics | 959.704 PHA CHO | NF |
| Clark, Austin | Pig Tails 'n Breadfruit | Culture-Caribbean | 828 CLA | F |
| Clark, Austin | The Prime Minister | Culture-Caribbean | F | |
| Coetzee, J.M. | Disgrace | Black White Relations- Africa | F | |
| Conde, Maryse | I, Tituba | Slavery -US/ Caribbean | F | |
| Courtemanche, Gil | Sunday at the Pool in Kigali | Politics- Rwanda | NF | |
| Dallaire, Roméo | Shake hands with the Devil | Politics- Rwanda | 967.5704 DAL | F |
| Dangaremba, Tsitsi | Nervous Condition | Women's Issues- Caribbean | F | |
| Danticat, Edwidge | Dew Breakers | Culture -Haiti/USA | F | |
| Danticat, Edwidge | Farming of Bones | Culture-Haiti/Dominican Rep. | F | |
| Davidar, David | House of Blue Mangoes | Class- India | F | |
| Desai, Anita | Esmond in India | Culture-India | F | |
| Desai, Anita | Fire on the Mountain | Culture-India | F | |
| Desai, Anita | Clear Light of Day | Culture-India/ Women's Issues | F | |
| Desai, Kiran | The Inheritance of Loss | India | F | |
| Desai, Kiran | The Inheritance of Loss | India | F | |
| Desai, Kiran | Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard | India | F | |
| DeSoto, Lewis | A Blade of Grass | Culture/Politics- South Africa | NF | |
| Dettwyler, Katherine A. | Dancing Skeletons-Life and Death in West Africa | Culture/Anthropology- West Africa | 306.461 DET | NF |
| Diawara, Manthia | In Search of Africa | Culture-Africa | 973.0496 DIA | F |
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | Vines of Desire | Culture Clash-India/USA | F | |
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | The Mistress of Spice | Culture- India | F | |
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | Arranged Marriage (short stories) | Culture- India | F | |
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | Sister of my Heart | Culture- India | F | |
| Donoso, Jose | Curfew | Chile | NF | |
| El Saadawi, Nawal | Walking through Fire | Culture- Egypt | 892.736 SAA | NF |
| Esposito, John | Islamic Threat | Politics | NF | |
| Fanon, F. | The Wretched of the Earth | Colonialism/Politics- Africa | F | |
| Farah, Nuruddin | Maps | Africa | F | |
| Feilding, Helen | Cause Celeb | Media | F | |
| Forester, E.M. | A Passage to India | Culture- India | Play | |
| Fugard, Athol | Blood Knot | Black White Relations- Africa | F | |
| Fuguet, Alberto | Bad Vibes | Politics-South America | F | |
| Garcia, Cristina | Dreaming in Cuban | Cuba | NF | |
| Garcia, Gabriel Marquez | News of a Kidnapping | Politics-Columbia | 364.154 GAR | F |
| Garcia, Gabriel Marquez | Of Love and Other Demons | Colonialism/South America | F | |
| Garcia, Gabriel Marquez | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Politics-Columbia | F | |
| Garcia, Gabriel Marquez | Love in the Time of Cholera | Colonialism/South America | F | |
| Ghosh, Amitar | Shadow Lines | Culture- India | F | |
| Ghosh, Amitar | The Hungry Tide | Culture clash India/USA ,Environment | F | |
| Ghosh, Amitar | The Glass Palace | India | NF | |
| Gimbel, Wendy | Havana Dreams | Culture- Cuba | 972.9106 GIM | F |
| Gokhale, Namita | The Book of Shadows | Culture- India | F | |
| Gordimer, Nadine | Conservationist | Culture/Slavery/Africa | F | |
| Gordimer, Nadine | My Son's Story | Black White Relations- Africa | F | |
| Gordimer, Nadine | July's People | Politics- Africa | F | |
| Green, Graham | The Comedians | Politics- Haiti | F | |
| Green, Graham | Our Man in Havana | Politics- Cuba | F | |
| Hamilton, Marsha | Staircase of a Thousand Steps | Culture- Jordan | NF | |
| Harney, Desmond | The Priest and the King | Politics - Iran | 953.053 HAR | F |
| Heng, Liu | Green River Daydreams | Culture- China | F | |
| Hosseini, Khaled | A Thousand Splendid Suns | Culture- Afghanistan | F | |
| Hosseini, Khaled | The Kite Runner | Culture- Afghanistan | F | |
| Hozy, S.P. | Some Comfort Among Us | India | F | |
| Irani, Anosh | The Cripple and His Talismans | India | F | |
| Isegawa, Moses | Abyssinian Chronicles | Uganda, Africa | NF | |
| Jayapal, Pramila | Pilgrimage to India | Culture/Women's Issues- India | F | |
| Jhabvala, R. P. | Heat &Dust | Colonialism- India | F | |
| Jhabvala, R. P. | A Stronger Climate | Culture/Colonialism- India | NF | |
| Kamdar, Mira | Motibas Tattoos (memoir) | Culture/Family India/USA | 973.04914 KAM | F |
| Kang Sok-kyong | Words of Farewell | Korea | F | |
| Kapur, Manju | Difficult Daughters | India | NF | |
| Kapuscinski, Ryszard | The Shadow of the Sun | Politics- Africa | 960.32 KAP | F |
| Khadra, Yasmina | The Swallows of Kabul | Afghanistan | NF | |
| Khilnani, Sunil | The Idea of India | Politics-India | 954.04 KHI | F |
| Kincaid, Jamaica | A Small Place | Politics/ Culture- Antigua | F | |
| Kingsolver, B | Poissonwood Bible | Colonialism- Africa | NF | |
| Klein, Naomi | No Logo | Media/Economics | NF | |
| Klein, Naomi | Fences and Windows | Globalization | NF | |
| Krog, Antjie | Country of my Skull | Politics/Culture -South Africa | 968.065 KRO | F |
| Lahiri, Jhumpa | Interpreter of Maladies | Immigration- India/USA | F | |
| Lahiri, Jhumpa | The Namesake | NF | ||
| Lamb, Christina | The Sewing Circle of Herat | Women's Issues- Afghanistan | NF | |
| Latifa | My Forbidden Face- growing up under the Taliban | Culture/Politics- Afghanistan | 958.1046 LAT | F |
| Lim, Catherine | Following the Wrong God Home | Culture-Singapore | F | |
| Lim, Catherine | The Bond Maid | Culture-Singapore | F | |
| Maharaj, Rabindranath | The Book of Ifs andd Buts (short stories) | Culture clash India/USA | F | |
| Mahjoub, Jamal | In the Hour of Signs | Africa | F | |
| Mahjoub, Jamal | In the Hour of Signs | Africa | F | |
| Malladi, Amulya | A Breath of Fresh Air | India - Am | NF | |
| Mandela, Nelson | The Struggle of My Life | Politics - South Africa | 320.56 MAN | F |
| Marshall, Paule | The Chosen Place the Timeless People | Culture/Economic Aid- Caribbean | F | |
| Matar, Hisham | In the Country of Men | Libya | NF | |
| Matas, David | Bloody Words | Politics | NF | |
| McQuaig, Linda | Shooting the Hippo | Economics | NF | |
| McQuaig, Linda | All You Can Eat: Greed, Lust and New Capitalism | Globalization | F | |
| Mda, Zakes | Heart of Redness | Colonialism- Africa | F | |
| Mehta, Gita | Haj | Women's Issues- India | NF | |
| Menchu, Gigoberta | I, Rigoberta Menchu, Indian Woman | Culture- Guatemala | NF | |
| Mezelekia, Nega | Notes From the Hyena's Belly | Culture - Ethiopia | 963.071092 MEZ | F |
| Min, Anchee | Red Azalea | Politics/Culture- China | F | |
| Mistry, Rohinton | Tales from the Firozsha Baag | Culture- India | F | |
| Mistry, Rohinton | Such a Long Journey | Politics- India | F | |
| Mistry, Rohinton | A Fine Balance | Politics/Culture- India | NF | |
| Moore, Michael | Down Size This | Politics/Culture/Economics- USA | F | |
| Mukerjee, B | Tiger's Daughter | Culture- India | F | |
| Mukerjee, B | Toad in My Garden | Culture- India | F | |
| Mukerjee, Ruchira | Toad in my Garden | India | F | |
| Mukherjee, Bharati | Leave It To Me | India | F | |
| Mukherjee, Bharati | The Tiger's Daughter | India | F | |
| Mukherjee, Bharati | Desirable Daughters | India | F | |
| Naipaul, V.S. | Guerillas | Black White Relations-Caribbean | F | |
| Naipaul, V.S. | Flag on the Island | Colonialism- Caribbean | F | |
| Naipaul, V.S. | A Bend in the River | Culture-Caribbean | F | |
| Narayan, R.K. | Vendor of Sweets | Culture-India | F | |
| Okri, Ben | Songs of Enchantment | Poverty- Africa | F | |
| Okri, Ben | Famished Road | Poverty- Africa | F | |
| Ondaatje, Michael | Anil's Ghost | Politics-Sri Lanka | NF | |
| Ondaatje, Michael | Running in The Family | Culture- Sri Lanka | 828 OND | F |
| Orwell. George | Burmese Days | Colonialism- Burma(Myanmar) | F | |
| Ozeki, Ruth | My Year of Meats | Culture/Media- Japan | F | |
| Padura, Leonardo | Havan Black | Cuba | F | |
| Pamuk, Orhan | Snow | Turkey | F | |
| Parameswaran, Uma | Mangoes on the Maple Tree | Culture -India/Canada | NF | |
| Paskal, Anna | The Water Gods (World Bank Project) | Culture-Nepal | 915.49604 | F |
| Paton, Alan | Cry, Beloved Country | Black White Relations-Africa | F | |
| Ramirez, Sergio | To Bury Our Fathers | Nicaragua | F | |
| Roberts, Karen | The Flower Boy | Culture- Sri Lanka | F | |
| Ross, Oakland | The Dark Virgin: A Novel of Mexico | Colonialism- Mexico | F | |
| Rotenberg, David | The Golden Mountain Murders | AIDS - China | F | |
| Roy. A | God of Small Things | Culture- India | F | |
| Rushdie, S | Midnight's Children | Colonialism/Culture- India | F | |
| Sahgal, Nayantara | Mistaken Identity | Culture- India | F | |
| Sahgal, Nayantara | Plans for Departure | Culture- India | F | |
| Sahgal, Nayantara | The Day in Shadow | Culture- India | F | |
| Sahgal, Nayantara | A Situation in New Delhi | Culture- India | NF | |
| Sainath, P | Everybody Loves a Good Drought | Culture/Politics- India | 954.052 SAI | F |
| Scott, Paul | Day of the Scorpion | Culture/Colonialism- India | F | |
| Scott, Paul | Jewel in the Crown | Culture/Colonialism- India | F | |
| Scott, Paul | Divisions of the Spoils | Culture/Colonialism- India | F | |
| Scott, Paul | Towers of Silence | Culture/Colonialism- India | F | |
| Selvadurai, Shyam | Cinnamon Gardens | Culture- Sri Lanka | F | |
| Shamsie, Kamila | Salt and Saffron | Culture- Pakistan | F | |
| Shamsie, Kamila | Kartography | Culture/Politics- Pakistan/India | F | |
| Sidhwa, Bapsi | An American Brat | Pakistan | F | |
| Sidhwa, Bapsi | Water | Pakistan + India | F | |
| Sidhwa, Bapsi | The Crow Eaters | Pakistan | F | |
| Sijie, Dai | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | China | F | |
| Sinha, Indra | Animal's People | Politics/Environment - India | F | |
| Suri, Manil | Death of Vishnu | Culture- India | F | |
| Tanuja Desai, Hidier | Born Confused | Culture clash India/USA | F | |
| Thai, H | Behind the Red Mist | Politics- Viet Nam | F | |
| Tharoor, Shashi | Riot | Culture- India | NF | |
| Tharoor, Shashi | India From Midnight to the Millennium | Politics -India | 954.04 THA | F |
| Theroux, Paul | Kowloon Tong | Colonialism- Hong Kong | F | |
| Theroux, Paul | Mosquito Coast | Environment- South America | F | |
| Thiong'o, Ngugi wa | River Between | Black White Relations-Africa | F | |
| Thiong'o, Ngugi wa | Devil on the Cross | Colonialism- Africa | F | |
| Umrigar, Thirty | Bombay Time | Culture -India | NF | |
| Ung, Loung | First They Killed My Father | Politics- Cambodia | 959.6042 UNG | F |
| Upadhyay, Samrat | Arresting God in Kathmandu (short stories) | Culture -Nepal | F | |
| Upadhyay, Samrat | The Royal Ghosts (short stories) | Culture- Nepal | F | |
| Upadhyay, Samrat | The Guru of Love | Culture- Nepal | F | |
| Vakil, Ardashir | Beach Boy | India | F | |
| Vijayarghavan, Vineeta | Motherland | Culture -India | F | |
| Wang, Annie | Lili | China | NF | |
| Wearing, Alison | Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey | Women's Issues- Iran | 955.0543 WEA | NF |
| Wong, Jan | Red China Blues | Politics- China | 951.05 WON | NF |
| Zoya | Zoya's Story- an Afghan woman's story | Culture- Afghanistan | 958.1046 ZOY | NF |