(Full Bibliographical information can be found in the “Detailed List”)

Notes

Country 26: “The proofs for the existence of God in the light of modern natural science” and “Humani Generis”

Country 44: In "Best European Fiction 2010" edited by Aleksandar Hemon

Country 59b: stories published online: "The Great President and an Artist" and "The Little Girl Selling Sunflower seeds" http://www.annagurban.com/en/short-stories/

Country 62a: short story published online http://www.new-asian-writing.com/?p=141

Country 62b: In “Madinah: City Stories from the Middle East’ edited by Joumana Haddad

Country 69: Includes “Palace Walk”, “Palace of Desire”, and “Sugar Street”

Country 70: Two short stories, novel excerpt, 1 poem in “"Literature from the 'Axis of Evil': Writing from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Other Enemy States"

Country 74a: “The Home and the World” (1916) was written before both the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan and the 1971 independence of Bangladesh (where the book is set)

Literary form: Unless listed below, the work is a novel. Others are:

Short story collections: 5, 39, 47ip, 53, 59a, 78b, 80b, 87b, 88ab, 89, 91

Single (or two) short stories: 44, 59b, 62a, 62b, 70

Plays: 13, 29, 55b

Poetry: 47ip, 55a, 70, 78a

Children's book: 59a, 87a

Epic poem or oral narrative: 27, 84. 90. 97

Fictionalized memoir: 23, 101

Essays: 26