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. 🙂
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- Afghanistan – The Bookseller of Kabul (Åsne Seierstad)
- Algeria
- Antarctica – A Polar Affair (Lloyd Spencer Davis)
- Argentina
- Australia – The Artisan Heart (Dean Mayes)
- Austria
- Belgium
- Botswana – Botswana Time (Will Randall)
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Congo
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- England – Persuasion (Jane Austen)
- France – A Different Kind of Lovely (Petra March)
- Egypt – Nefertiti (Michelle Moran)
- Ethiopia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatamala
- Haiti
- Hungary – Memento Park (Mark Sarvas)
- Finland
- Iceland
- India – Little Maryam (Hamid Baig)
- Indonesia
- Ireland – Treading the Uneven Road (L M Brown)
- Italy – Times New Roman (Martha Miller)
- Iran – The Blood of Flowers (Anita Amirrezvani)
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands – Dutch Girl (Robert Matzen)
- New Zealand
- Nigeria – My Sister, The Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
- Northern Ireland
- North Korea – The Girl With Seven Names (Hyeonseo Lee)
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Phillipines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Romania
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland – Never Greener (Ruth Jones)
- Singapore – Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan)
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea – The Bird (Oh Jung-hee)
- Spain – The Muse (Jessie Burton)
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden – A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Turkey
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United States – To The Promised Land (Michael K Honey)
- Vietnam – On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
- Wales – A Cottage by the Sea (Carole Matthews)
- Yemen
- Zambia – Midwinter (Fiona Melrose) the flashbacks are set here