1.) Kojo Laing, Search Sweet Country (Dt. Die Sonnensucher). 
James Joyce resurfaces in Ghana, a mindboggling exploration of the chaotic urban experience

2.) Augusto Roa Bastos, Yo, el supremo (Dt. Ich der Allmächtige)
Maybe the best novel on dictatorship and the cynical lunacy that is supreme power

3.) Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance (Dt. Das Gleichgewicht der Welt).
Charles Dickens is reborn in 20th century Bombay, a panorama of social urges and cultural aspirations

4.) Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan
One of the greatest German novels, a psychogramm of the "Mitläufer", the most dangerous person in any society.

Cheers Ilija