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 – Black Foam (Haji Jabir)
  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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