Around the World in 80 Books discussion

I am continuing this challenge in 2021

PROGRESS
84 countries
9 regions

AFRICA
18. Angola: Band-Aid for a Broken Leg by Damien Brown (Read 2017)
34. Botswana: The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith (Read 10 Jan 2018)
65. Cameroon: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (Read 22 Jan 2020)
47. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Congo Dawn by Katherine Scholes (Read 15 Aug 2018)
39. Equatorial Guinea: Palm Trees in the Snow by Luz Gabás (Read 3 Mar 2018)
67. Gambia: Swing Time by Zadie Smith (Read 5 Mar 2020)
37. Ghana: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Read 29 Jan 2018)
53. Morocco: The Salt Road by Jane Johnson (Read 7 Oct 2018)
17. Nigeria : Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo (Read 2017)
48. Rwanda : In The Shadow of 10,000 Hills by Jennifer Haupt (Read 27 Aug 2018)
21. South Africa: A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn (Read 2017)
75. Tanzania: The Beautiful Mother by Katherine Scholes (Read 12 Oct 2020)
40. Zimbabwe: Child Of Africa by T.M. Clark (Read 18 Mar 2018)

ASIA
56. Chechnya: Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy (Read 27 Oct 2018)
12. China: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (Read 2017)
59. Hong Kong: Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang (Read 19 Nov 2019)
29. India: The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar (Read 2017)
5. Indonesia: Fearless by Fiona Higgins (Read 2017)
14. Japan: The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw (Read 2017)
83. Malaysia: The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (10 Mar 2022)
69. North Korea: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa (Read 16 Mar 2020)
84. South Korea: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (Read 13 Feb 2022)
63. Sri Lanka: The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies (Read 4 Jan 2020)
66. Tajikistan: The Disobedient Wife by Annika Milisic-Stanley (Read Feb 2020)
6. Vietnam: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Read 2017)

CARIBBEAN
55. Barbados: The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson (Read 24 Oct 2018)
77. Cuba: The Price of Paradise by Susana López Rubio (Read 14 Feb 2021)
68. Dominica: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (Read 10 Mar 2020)
32. Grenada: Sugar Money by Jane Harris (Read 3 Jan 2018)
43. Jamaica: Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn (Read 19 Apr 2018)

EUROPE
82. Albania: Chronicle in Stone by Ismail Kadare (Read 20 July 2022)
51. Andorra: Death Has a Thousand Doors by Patricia W. Grey (Read 16 Sep 2018)
52. Austria: Hotel Sacher by Rodica Doehnert (Read 26 Sep 2018)
23. Belarus: Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future by Svetlana Alexievich (Read 2017)
60. Czech Republic: The Pearl Thief by Fiona McIntosh (Read 29 Oct 2019)
78. Denmark: Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Read 17 Apr 2021)
4. England: Dark Place to Hide by A.J. Waines (Hampshire) (Read 2017)
41. EstoniaThe Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater (Read 22 Mar 2018)
30. France: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (Read 2017)
10. Germany: Time Heals No Wounds by Hendrik Falkenberg (Read 2017)
27. Greece: The Six by Anni Taylor (Read 2017)
20. Iceland: The Flatey Enigma by Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson (Read 2017)
7. Ireland: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (Read 2017)
24. Italy: The Florentine Bridge by Vanessa Carnevale (Read 2017)
81. Jersey: The Girl from the Channel Islands by Jenny Lecoat (Read 5 Dec 2022)
42. Lithuania: Baltic Lenin: A Journey Into Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania's Soviet Past by Keith Ruffles (Read 12 April 2018)
35. Malta: Letters from Malta: A secret kept for 50 years by Mary Rensten (Read 21 Jan 2018)
45. Monaco: The Emperor's Revenge by Clive Cussler (Read 3 Jul 2018)
71. Netherlands: Death in Delft by Graham Brack (Read 15 Apr 2020)
16. Northern Ireland: The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty (Read 2017)
22. Norway: The Caveman by Jørn Lier Horst (Read 2017)
25. Poland: The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman (Read 2017)
58. Romania: Follow You Home by Mark Edwards (Read 15 Dec 2018)
8. Russia: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol (Read 2017)
19. Scotland: Against a Dark Sky by Katherine Pathak (Read 2017)
62. Shetland Islands: White Nights by Ann Cleeves (Read 2 May 2019)
3. Spain: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Read 2017)
28. Sweden: The Ice Beneath Her by Camilla Grebe (Read 2017)
26. Switzerland: The Swiss Spy by Alex Gerlis (Read 2017)
15. Ukraine: Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol (Read 2017)
79. Vatican City: Conclave by Robert Harris (Read 20 May 2021)
64. Wales: Hide by S.J. Morgan (Read Jan 2020)

LATIN AMERICA
61. Argentina: The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell (Read 20 Dec 2019)
1. Brazil: The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley (Read 2017)
76. Chile: A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende (Read 3 Jan 2021)
13. Peru: Chasing the Sun by Natalia Sylvester (Read 2017)
50. Uruguay The Uruguay Amethyst by J.A. Jernay (Read 9 Sep 2018)

MIDDLE EAST
74. Afghanistan: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Read 24 May 2020)
80. Egypt: Salvation in the Sun by Lauren Lee Merewether (Read 26 May 2023)
31. Iran: The Afghan Wife by Cindy Davies (Read 7 May 2018)
57. Iraq: They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie (Read 8 Dec 2018)
31. Saudi Arabia: Daring to Drive: The Young Saudi Woman Who Stood Up to a Kingdom of Men by Manal Al-Sharif (Read 2017)
2. Turkey: Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin (Read 2017)
70. Yemen: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday (Read 12 Apr 2020)

NORTH AMERICA
33. Canada: Still Life by Louise Penny (Read 9 Jan 2018)
73. Greenland: The Girl Without Skin by Mads Peder Nordbo (Read 19 May 2020)
49. Mexico: The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai (Read 28 Aug 2018)
11. United States: Home by Harlan Coben (Read 2017)

OCEANIA
54. Antarctica: Out of the Ice by Ann Turner (Read 22 Oct 2018)
9. Australia: Hades by Candice Fox (Read 2017)
36. Fiji: Pieces of Happiness: A Novel of Friendship, Hope and Chocolate by Anne Østby (Read 24 Jan 2018)
46. Micronesia: The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara (Read 12 Aug 2018)
38. New Zealand: Marlborough Man by Alan Carter (Read 18 Feb 2018)
72. Papua New Guinea: Midwife in the Jungle by Fiona McArthur (Read May 2020)

Read book from 32nd country, and 1st for the Caribbean Region.

CARIBBEAN
32. Grenada
Sugar Money by Jane Harris

Read book from 33rd country.

NORTH AMERICA
33. Canada

Still Life by Louise Penny

Read book from 34th country:

AFRICA
34. Botswana

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith

Completed book from 35th country:

EUROPE
35. Malta

Letters from Malta: A secret kept for 50 years by Mary Rensten

Completed book from 36th country:

OCEANIA
36. Fiji:

Pieces of Happiness: A Novel of Friendship, Hope and Chocolate by Anne Østby

Completed book from 37th country

AFRICA
37. Ghana:

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Completed book from 38th country

OCEANIA
38. New Zealand:

Marlborough Man by Alan Carter

Completed book from 39th country

AFRICA
39. Equatorial Guinea:

Palm Trees in the Snow by Luz Gabás

Completed book from 40th country

AFRICA
40. Zimbabwe:

Child Of Africa by T.M. Clark

Completed book from 41st country

EUROPE
41. Estonia

The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater

Completed book from 42nd country

EUROPE
42. Lithuania

Baltic Lenin: A Journey Into Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania's Soviet Past by Keith Ruffles

Completed book from 43rd country

CARIBBEAN
43. Jamaica:

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn

Completed book from 44th country. Although the title of this book is the Afghan Wife, it is set in Iran just after the Revolution of 1979.

MIDDLE EAST
44. Iran

The Afghan Wife by Cindy Davies

Completed book from 45th country

EUROPE
45. Monaco:

The Emperor's Revenge by Clive Cussler

Completed book from 46th country


OCEANIA
46. Micronesia:

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

Completed book from 47th country

AFRICA
47. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Congo Dawn by Katherine Scholes

Completed book from 48th country

AFRICA
48. Rwanda : In The Shadow of 10,000 Hills by Jennifer Haupt

Completed book from 49th country

NORTH AMERICA
49. Mexico: The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai

Completed book from 50th country

LATIN AMERICA
50. Uruguay: The Uruguay Amethyst by J.A. Jernay

Completed book from 51st country

EUROPE
51. Andorra: Death Has a Thousand Doors by Patricia W. Grey

Completed book from 52nd country for Circumnavigator Challenge 2018.

EUROPE
52. Austria: Hotel Sacher by Rodica Doehnert

Completed book from 53rd country for Circumnavigator Challenge 2018

AFRICA
53. Morocco: The Salt Road by Jane Johnson

Completed book from 54th country for Circumnavigator Challenge 2018

OCEANIA
54. Antarctica: Out of the Ice by Ann Turner

Completed book from 55th country for Circumnavigator Challenge:

CARIBBEAN
55. Barbados: The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson

Completed book from 56th country for Circumnavigator Challenge:

ASIA
56. Chechnya: Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy

Completed book from 57th country for Circumnavigator Challenge:

MIDDLE EAST
57. Iraq: They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie

Completed book from 58th country for Circumnavigator Challenge:

EUROPE
58. Romania: Follow You Home by Mark Edwards (Read 15 Dec 2018)

Completed book from 59th country for Circumnavigator Challenge:

ASIA
59. Hong Kong: Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang (Read 19 Nov 2019)

Completed book from 60th country. The Pearl Thief is set in war time Prague, France and 1960s London. The Prague sections are the foundation of book with some detailed descriptions of the city and surrounding country.

EUROPE
60. Czech Republic: The Pearl Thief by Fiona McIntosh (Read 29 Oct 2019)

Completed book from 61st country:

LATIN AMERICA
61. Argentina: The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell (Read 20 Dec 2019)

Completed book from 62nd country:

EUROPE
62. Shetland Islands: White Nights by Ann Cleeves (Read 2 May 2019)

Completed book from 63rd country:

ASIA
63. Sri Lanka: The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies (Read 4 Jan 2020)

Completed book from 64th country:
This suspense/mysery book is set mainly in Cardiff and Swansea with a small portion in Australia.

EUROPE
64. Wales: Hide by S.J. Morgan (Read Jan 2020)

Completed book from 65th country:

AFRICA
65. Cameroon: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (Read 22 Jan 2020)

Completed book from 66th country

ASIA
66. Tajikistan: The Disobedient Wife by Annika Milisic-Stanley

Completed book from 67th country.

AFRICA

Gambia: Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Set between London and a country in West Africa, which is no doubt Gambia due to place names. Told in multiple time lines, between the two countries it is the story of two girls who grew up in 1980s London.

68th country:

CARIBBEAN
68. Dominica: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

69th country:

ASIA
69. North Korea: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa

70th country:

MIDDLE EAST
70. Yemen: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday

71st country:

EUROPE

71. Netherlands: Death in Delft by Graham Brack

72nd country:

OCEANIA

72. Papua New Guinea: Midwife in the Jungle by Fiona McArthur

73rd country:

NORTH AMERICA
73. Greenland: The Girl Without Skin by Mads Peder Nordbo

by Mads Peder Nordbo

74th country:

MIDDLE EAST
74. Afghanistan: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

75th country

AFRICA
75. Tanzania: The Beautiful Mother by Katherine Scholes

76th country

LATIN AMERICA
76. Chile: A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende

77th country

CARRIBEAN
77. Cuba: The Price of Paradise by Susana López Rubio

78th country

EUROPE
78. Denmark: Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen

79th country

EUROPE
79. Vatican City: Conclave by Robert Harris