Around The World in 80 Books

Finding a book set in Botswana gave me the idea for this challenge. The countries are not fixed, but merely serve as a suggestion. If I end up reading a book set in the Ukraine or Jamaica or some such, I will swap it out for one of the others. I simply like the idea of reading books set across the world. The books can be fiction or non-fiction or even a children’s book. It all counts! (apart from travel guides!)

Let me know if you are travelling around the world in 80 books as well! I would love to see more people doing this. 🙂

    1. Afghanistan – When the Moon is Low (Nadia Hashimi)
    2. Algeria – A Bookshop in Algiers (Kaouther Adimi)
    3. Antarctica – A Polar Affair (Lloyd Spencer Davis)
    4. Argentina – The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (Mariana Enriquez)
    5. Australia – Flames (Robbie Arnott)
    6. Austria
    7. Belgium
    8. Botswana – Botswana Time (Will Randall)
    9. Brazil
    10. Bulgaria
    11. Burundi – Small Country (Gaël Faye)
    12. Canada – Elatsoe (Darcie Little Badger)
    13. Chile – Selected Poems (Pablo Neruda)
    14. China – The Moon in the Palace (Weina Dai Randel)
    15. Croatia
    16. Cyprus – The Island of Missing Trees (Elif Shafak)
    17. Denmark
    18. Dominican Republic – Dominicana (Angie Cruz)
    19. England – Persuasion (Jane Austen)
    20. Egypt – Nefertiti (Michelle Moran)
    21. France – The Summer Queen (Elizabeth Chadwick)
    22. Germany – The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
    23. Ghana – Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
    24. Greece –Corelli’s Mandolin (Louis de Bernieres)
    25. Hungary – Memento Park (Mark Sarvas)
    26. Finland
    27. Iceland – All the Horses of Iceland (Sarah Tolmie)
    28. India – Little Maryam (Hamid Baig)
    29. Indonesia
    30. Iran – The Stationery Shop (Marjan Kamali)
    31. Iraq – A Lullaby in the Desert (Mojgan Azar)
    32. Ireland – Treading the Uneven Road (L M Brown)
    33. Italy – Times New Roman (Martha Miller)
    34. Israel
    35. Japan – Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
    36. Jordan
    37. Kenya
    38. Lebanon
    39. Libya
    40. Malaysia
    41. Malta
    42. Mexico
    43. Mongolia – Rough Magic (Lara Prior-Palmer)
    44. Morocco
    45. Namibia
    46. Nepal
    47. Netherlands – Dutch Girl (Robert Matzen)
    48. New Zealand
    49. Nigeria – My Sister, The Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
    50. Northern Ireland
    51. North Korea – The Girl With Seven Names (Hyeonseo Lee)
    52. Norway
    53. Palestine – In The Presence of Absence (Mahmoud Darwish)
    54. Pakistan
    55. Peru
    56. Poland
    57. Portugal
    58. Russia – Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
    59. Romania
    60. Saudi Arabia
    61. Scotland – Never Greener (Ruth Jones)
    62. Singapore – Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan)
    63. Slovenia
    64. South Africa – Born A Crime (Trevor Noah)
    65. South Korea – The Bird (Oh Jung-hee)
    66. Spain – The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
    67. Sri Lanka
    68. Sweden – A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
    69. Switzerland
    70. Tanzania
    71. Thailand
    72. Turkey – The Architect’s Apprentice (Elif Shafak)
    73. Uganda
    74. Ukraine – The Overcoat and Other Stories (Nikolai Gogol)
    75. United States – To The Promised Land (Michael K Honey)
    76. Uzbekistan – Samarkand (Amin Maalouf)
    77. Vietnam – On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
    78. Wales – A Cottage by the Sea (Carole Matthews)
    79. Yemen
    80. Zambia – Midwinter (Fiona Melrose) the flashbacks are set here
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