Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Set in Kenya

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Set in Algeria

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Set in Iran

The Fixer by Bernard Malamud

Set in Russia

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Set in Russia

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Set in America

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

Set in Chile and America

The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx

Set in Canada

Two Lives by Vikram Seth

Set in Britain and Germany

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

Set in India

Smoke and Mirrors : An Experience of China by Pallavi Aiyar

Set in China

Antigone by Sophocles

Set in Greece

The Sicilian by Mario Puzo

Set in Italy

The Worst Desert On Earth: Crossing The Taklamakan by Charles Blackmore

Set in China

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

Set in Spain

The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie

Set in India and Spain

Who Walk Alone by Perry Burgess

Set in Philippines

From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet by Vikram Seth

Set in China and Tibet

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou

Set in Ghana

Countries - 17
Regions - 5 (Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, North America)
Books - 19

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Set in the Caribbean/Cuba

Countries - 18
Books - 20
Regions - 7 (Caribbean)

You're off to a great start!

Thanks! But many of them are re-reads.

Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Set in South China Sea - Malaysia, Borneo, Singapore....

Wonder how many countries I can count since all of them are important to the plot. And what region will it come in? Is Asia right?

Books - 21
Countries - 19 (If I can count only 1 of these three)
Regions - 7

Lit Bug wrote: "Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Set in South China Sea - Malaysia, Borneo, Singapore....

Wonder how many countries I can count since all of them are important to the plot. And what region will it come i..."

1 country per book, but you can pick whichever one you want. Yes, Asia would be the region.

Read three more books - but all academic - research :( Shall I say in regions - the world?

Beloved Friend: The Story of Tchaikowsky and Nadejda Von Meck

Set in Russia, Italy and much of Europe

Books - 22
Countries - 19
Regions - 7

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Mess. #9, you are able to help me :D

River of Smoke

Set in India and China

Books - 23
Countries - 19
Regions - 7

1984 by George Orwell

Set in Oceania (now England)

Books - 24
Countries - 20
Regions - 7

Too bad I read more academic books