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Thank you Therese for this awesome challenge!

Duration: open -ended

Rules: Read a fiction or nonfiction book in which the setting takes place in one of the 194 countries across the world. There will be three levels of play.

Level I
The Casual Traveler's Challenge:
Vacationer
Read one book from each continent. It can be in set in any country you want. (6 books in all)

Tourist
Read three books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (18 books in all).

Backpacker
Read five books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (30 books in all)

Level II
Continental Experts Challenge:
Middle School Level
Pick one continent. Read five books set in five different countries in that continent. (5 books in all)

High School Level
Pick one continent. Read ten books set in ten different countries in that continent. (10 books in all)

College Level
Pick one continent. Read fifteen books set in fifteen countries in that continent. (15 books in all)

Professor.
Pick one continent. Read one or more book(s) about EVERY country in that continent. (12 - 54 books in all)

Level III
The Ultimate International Reading Challenge:
Read one book set in each country in the entire world ( a minimum of 55 books (194 in total)

List of countries by Continents:
(view spoiler)[
AFRICA (54)
o Algeria
o Angola
o Benin
o Botswana
o Burkina
o Burundi
o Cameroon
o Cape Verde
o Central African Republic
o Chad
o Comoros
o Congo
o Congo, Democratic Republic of
o Djibouti
o Egypt
o Equatorial Guinea
o Eritrea
o Ethiopia
o Gabon
o Gambia
o Ghana
o Guinea
o Guinea-Bissau
o Ivory Coast
o Kenya
o Lesotho
o Liberia
o Libya
o Madagascar
o Malawi
o Mali
o Mauritania
o Mauritius
o Morocco
o Mozambique
o Namibia
o Niger
o Nigeria
o Rwanda
o Sao Tome and Principe
o Senegal
o Seychelles
o Sierra Leone
o Somalia
o South Africa
o South Sudan
o Sudan
o Swaziland
o Tanzania
o Togo
o Tunisia
o Uganda
o Zambia
o Zimbabwe

ASIA (44)
o Afghanistan
o Bahrain
o Bangladesh
o Bhutan
o Brunei
o Burma (Myanmar)
o Cambodia
o China
o East Timor
o India
o Indonesia
o Iran
o Iraq
o Israel
o Japan
o Jordan
o Kazakhstan
o Korea, North
o Korea, South
o Kuwait
o Kyrgyzstan
o Laos
o Lebanon
o Malaysia
o Maldives
o Mongolia
o Nepal
o Oman
o Pakistan
o Philippines
o Qatar
o Russian Federation
o Saudi Arabia
o Singapore
o Sri Lanka
o Syria
o Tajikistan
o Thailand
o Turkey
o Turkmenistan
o United Arab Emirates
o Uzbekistan
o Vietnam
o Yemen

EUROPE (47)
o Albania
o Andorra
o Armenia
o Austria
o Azerbaijan
o Belarus
o Belgium
o Bosnia and Herzegovina
o Bulgaria
o Croatia
o Cyprus
o Czech Republic
o Denmark
o Estonia
o Finland
o France
o Georgia
o Germany
o Greece
o Hungary
o Iceland
o Ireland
o Italy
o Latvia
o Liechtenstein
o Lithuania
o Luxembourg
o Macedonia
o Malta
o Moldova
o Monaco
o Montenegro
o Netherlands
o Norway
o Poland
o Portugal
o Romania
o San Marino
o Serbia
o Slovakia
o Slovenia
o Spain
o Sweden
o Switzerland
o Ukraine
o United Kingdom
o Vatican City

NORTH AMERICA (23)
o Antigua and Barbuda
o Bahamas
o Barbados
o Belize
o Canada
o Costa Rica
o Cuba
o Dominica
o Dominican Republic
o El Salvador
o Grenada
o Guatemala
o Haiti
o Honduras
o Jamaica
o Mexico
o Nicaragua
o Panama
o Saint Kitts and Nevis
o Saint Lucia
o Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
o Trinidad and Tobago
o United States

OCEANIA (14)
o Australia
o Fiji
o Kiribati
o Marshall Islands
o Micronesia
o Nauru
o New Zealand
o Palau
o Papua New Guinea
o Samoa
o Solomon Islands
o Tonga
o Tuvalu
o Vanuatu

SOUTH AMERICA (12)
o Argentina
o Bolivia
o Brazil
o Chile
o Colombia
o Ecuador
o Guyana
o Paraguay
o Peru
o Suriname
o Uruguay
o Venezuela
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Reading Challenges ~ Emerald Coin

Earn your Emerald Coins with Reading Challenges joined on or after April 1, 2016.

To Earn an Emerald Coin:
One Coin upon reaching the Backpacker level
One Coin upon reaching the Professor level ( must be more than 25 books)
Two Coins upon reaching the Ultimate Internationl Level ( minimum 55 books)

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Participants

Allegra

Barbara ★
Beth

Cai
Catherine
Christina
Claire

Jill

Keli

Lauri
Linda C

Melanie

Sammy
Srividya
Suzanne

Teri-K


Viji

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I am in.

Level III
The Ultimate International Reading Challenge:
Read one book set in each country in the entire world ( a minimum of 55 books (194 in total)

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Welcome Viji! Good luck.

Starting Jan 8, 2018

Level I
The Casual Traveler's Challenge:
Backpacker
Read five books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (30 books in all)
books read: 10/30
update 3/24/2018 - read 5/5 for Europe!

Africa - 0/5 read
undecided

Asia - 4/5 read
One Woman's War: Da (Mother) the Memoirs of Seyyedeh Zahra Hoseyni Paperback (Syria) 6/11/2018
Tao Te Ching (China) 7/14/2018
Tales of Moonlight and Rain 11/3/2018
The Snow Leopard (Tibet) 12/6/2018

planned:

The Conference of the Birds (Iran)

Europe - 5/5 read
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore 1/12/2018 (Ireland)
Chocolat 1/14/2018 (France)
Njal's Saga 2/1/2018 (Iceland)
The Story of Kullervo 2/20/2018 (Finland)
Henry V 3/5/2018 (England)

N America - 1/5 read
Alias Grace 1/11/2018 (Canada)
something set in the United States
something set in Mexico
2 undecided

Oceania - 0/5 read
undecided

S. America - 0/5 read
Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was
(Argentina)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Columbia)
3 undecided

January 9th, and I'm more than halfway to Vacationer in Level I. But I know it's not that easy. I need to assess my commitment when I'm not watching football, but consider me in.

Level I

Africa:

Asia:
----Japan: Standing Woman
----Ukraine: The Night Before Christmas

Europe:
----England: Never Let Me Go

North America:
----U.S.A.: American Gods

Oceania:

South America:
----Chile: By Night in Chile

Welcome Beth & Allegra!

Am in. :)

The Ultimate International Reading Challenge
Level: Level III
Duration: Set your pace
Date started: 1/1/18 - ??
Books read:

Rules and Details:
(view spoiler)[Read one book set in each country in the entire world ( a minimum of 55 books (194 in total)

List of countries by Continents:
[
AFRICA (54)
o Algeria
o Angola
o Benin
o Botswana
o Burkina
o Burundi
o Cameroon
o Cape Verde
o Central African Republic
o Chad
o Comoros
o Congo
o Congo, Democratic Republic of
o Djibouti
o Egypt
o Equatorial Guinea
o Eritrea
o Ethiopia
o Gabon
o Gambia
o Ghana
o Guinea
o Guinea-Bissau
o Ivory Coast
o Kenya
o Lesotho
o Liberia
o Libya
o Madagascar
o Malawi
o Mali
o Mauritania
o Mauritius
o Morocco
o Mozambique
o Namibia
o Niger
o Nigeria
o Rwanda
o Sao Tome and Principe
o Senegal
o Seychelles
o Sierra Leone
o Somalia
o South Africa
o South Sudan
o Sudan
o Swaziland
o Tanzania
o Togo
o Tunisia
o Uganda
o Zambia
o Zimbabwe

ASIA (44)
o Afghanistan
o Bahrain
o Bangladesh
o Bhutan
o Brunei
o Burma (Myanmar)
o Cambodia
o China
o East Timor
o India
o Indonesia
o Iran
o Iraq
o Israel
o Japan
o Jordan
o Kazakhstan
o Korea, North
o Korea, South
o Kuwait
o Kyrgyzstan
o Laos
o Lebanon
o Malaysia
o Maldives
o Mongolia
o Nepal
o Oman
o Pakistan
o Philippines
o Qatar
o Russian Federation
o Saudi Arabia
o Singapore
o Sri Lanka
o Syria
o Tajikistan
o Thailand
o Turkey
o Turkmenistan
o United Arab Emirates
o Uzbekistan
o Vietnam
o Yemen

EUROPE (47)
o Albania
o Andorra
o Armenia
o Austria
o Azerbaijan
o Belarus
o Belgium
o Bosnia and Herzegovina
o Bulgaria
o Croatia
o Cyprus
o Czech Republic
o Denmark
o Estonia
o Finland
o France
o Georgia
o Germany
o Greece
o Hungary
o Iceland
o Ireland
o Italy
o Latvia
o Liechtenstein
o Lithuania
o Luxembourg
o Macedonia
o Malta
o Moldova
o Monaco
o Montenegro
o Netherlands
o Norway
o Poland
o Portugal
o Romania
o San Marino
o Serbia
o Slovakia
o Slovenia
o Spain
o Sweden
o Switzerland
o Ukraine
o United Kingdom
o Vatican City

NORTH AMERICA (23)
o Antigua and Barbuda
o Bahamas
o Barbados
o Belize
o Canada
o Costa Rica
o Cuba
o Dominica
o Dominican Republic
o El Salvador
o Grenada
o Guatemala
o Haiti
o Honduras
o Jamaica
o Mexico
o Nicaragua
o Panama
o Saint Kitts and Nevis
o Saint Lucia
o Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
o Trinidad and Tobago
o United States

OCEANIA (14)
o Australia
o Fiji
o Kiribati
o Marshall Islands
o Micronesia
o Nauru
o New Zealand
o Palau
o Papua New Guinea
o Samoa
o Solomon Islands
o Tonga
o Tuvalu
o Vanuatu

SOUTH AMERICA (12)
o Argentina
o Bolivia
o Brazil
o Chile
o Colombia
o Ecuador
o Guyana
o Paraguay
o Peru
o Suriname
o Uruguay
o Venezuela (hide spoiler)]

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Res

Welcome Srividya!

Duration: 01/02/18-?
Level One

Africa
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3.

Asia
1. 23/02/18
2.
3.

Australia
1. 25/03/18
2. 10/08/18
3. 17/08/18

Europe
1. 16/02/18
2. 04/03/18
3. 23/03/18

North America
1. 24/02/18
2. 25/03/18
3. 02/04/18

South America
1.
2.
3.

I think I'll try this :)

I’m in

Level III
The Ultimate International Reading Challenge:
Read one book set in each country in the entire world ( a minimum of 55 books (194 in total)

Res.

I'm going to try Backpacker:
Read five books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (30 books in all)

Completed: 3/30

Africa:
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Asia:
1.: Russia - My Sergei: A Love Story by Ekaterina Gordeeva...★★★★★...Finished 2/3/18
2.: South Korea - The Vegetarian by Han Kang...★★★★★...Finished 2/7/18
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Europe:
1.: United Kingdom - The Picture of Dorian Gray...★★★★★...Finished 2/3/18
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North America:
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Oceana:
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South America:
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Level I : The Casual Traveler's Challenge:

Backpacker: Read five books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (30 books in all)
Begun: Feb. 2018
Completed:5/30

Africa:
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Asia:
1. Lebanon Dead Sea Cipher by Elizabeth Peters 3/15
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Europe:
1. United Kingdom Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse 2/5
2. Austria The Salzburg Connection by Helen MacInnes 3/19
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5.

North America:
1. Mexico The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla by Stuart Palmer 2/22
2. US Backfire by Catherine Coulter 2/21
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Oceana:
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South America:
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I am going to try Tourist, but backtracking to Jan 1, 2018 and try to make it a year long challenge-if I don't make it I'll go until I finish

Level I : The Casual Traveler's Challenge:

Tourist
Read three books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (18 books in all)
Begun: Jan. 2018


Africa:
1. Egypt -- The Water Wolf – Thomas Sullivan (3 stars) 3/25/18
2. Botswana -- Blue Shoes and Happiness (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, 7) – Alexander McCall Smith (4 stars) 4/3/18
3. Rwanda - The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After – Clemantine Wamariya & Elizabeth Weil (4 stars) 11/13/18

Asia:
1. North & South Korea -- The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story - Hyeonseo Lee with David John (5 stars) 1/27/18
2. Tibet -- Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet – Xinran (4 stars) 2/2/18
3. Vietnam -- Daughters of the River Huong - Uyen Nicole Duong (3 stars) 2/28/18

Europe:
1. Ireland -- The Misremembered Man – Christina McKenna (4 stars) 1/21/18
2. England -- Cider with Rosie: A Memoir (Autobiographical trilogy, #1) – Laurie Lee (3 stars) 2/9/18
3. Sweden -- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry – Fredrick Backman (4 stars) 3/15/18

North America:
1. Alaska, USA -- The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah (4 stars) 10/9/18
2. Canada -- Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) – Margaret Atwood (2 stars) 11/2/18
3. Dominican Republic -- Before We Were Free – Julia Alvarez (4 stars) 12/18/19

Oceania:
1. Australia -- A Fraction of the Whole – Steve Toltz (3 stars) 6/10/18
2. New Zealand -- Tempting the Negotiator – Zana Bell (3 stars) 7/20/19
3. American Samoa -- Blood Jungle Ballet (Jungle Beat, #4) – John Enright (4 stars) 12/15/19

South America:
1. Chile -- The 33: Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free - Hector Tobar (5 stars) 9/16/18
2. Colombia -- The Darkest Hour (KGI, #1) – Maya Banks (4 stars) 9/18/18
3. Brazil -- Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad Ends (a Happy Hoofers Mystery, #4) – Mary McHugh (2 stars) 5/25/19

Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

Challenge posts are linked above

Lauri's Spot!
The Ultimate International Reading Challenge

Duration: Open-ended
Start Date: 2/2/18

1.

Level I - The Casual Traveler's Challenge
Read five books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country

Africa:
1. [Egypt] Ancient Spirits - Alice Duncan 5/14
2. [S Africa] Pale Horses - Jassy Mackenzie 6/15
3. [Zambia] Mrs. Pollifax on Safari - Dorothy Gilman 3/14
4. [Cameroon] The Marco Effect - Jussi Adler-Olsen 4/10
5.


✔️Asia:
1. [Indonesia] The Heist - Janet Evanovich 7/5
2. [Hong Kong] The Astonishing Color of After - Emily X.R. Pan 7/28
3. [Philippines] Somewhere in the Shallow Sea - Dennis Macaraeg 11/8
4. [China] The Risk Agent - Ridley Pearson 11/13
5. [Japan] Suicide Forest - Jeremy Bates 10/13


✔️Europe:
1. [Denmark] Where Monsters Dwell - Jørgen Brekke 1/15
2. [Russia] Relocating MIA - Rebecca Lerwill 3/4
3. [Sweden] The Drowning - Camilla Läckberg 4/7
4. [France] Paris Match - Stuart Woods 2/19
5. [Romania] Blood on Silk - Marie Treanor 2/22


✔️North America:
1. [Hawaii] Murder on the Aloha Express - Sally J. Smith 1/11
2. [Ohio] Mind Magic - Eileen Wilks 1/23
3. [Massachusetts] On Turpentine Lane - Elinor Lipman 1/20
4. [Pennsylvania] The Hike - Drew Magary 1/16
5. [Virginia] Charming - Elliott James 1/10


Oceana:
1. [Papua New Guinea] The White Mary - Kira Salak 1/18
2. [Australia] Last Gasp - Karen Chester 7/15
3. [Bora Bora] Something in the Water - Catherine Steadman 4/17
4. [New Zealand] The Big Kahuna - Janet & Peter Evanovich 6/1
5.


✔️South America:
1. [Peru] Little Tiny Teeth - Aaron Elkins 7/1
2. [Venezuela] Hot Ice - Cherry Adair 10/5
3. [Brazil] Rook - Miranda Lynn 1/30
4. [Argentina] Who Is Vera Kelly? - Rosalie Knecht 3/16
5. [Chile] Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende 7/31

Welcome to the challenge; Lauri & Barbara!


Your challenge posts are linked above

I'm in for the long haul.
✔️Level I 30/30
The Casual Traveler's Challenge:
Backpacker
Read five books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (30 books in all)
✔️Africa 5/5
✔Asia 5/5
✔Europe 5/5
✔North America 5/5
✔️Oceania 5/5
✔️South America 5/5

Level II 7/12
Continental Experts Challenge: - South America
Professor.
Pick one continent. Read one or more book(s) about EVERY country in that continent. (12 - 54 books in all)

Level III <>73/194
The Ultimate International Reading Challenge:
Read one book set in each country in the entire world ( a minimum of 55 books (194 in total)

AFRICA (12/54)
o Algeria
o Angola
o Benin
o Botswana
o Burkina
o Burundi
o Cameroon
o Cape Verde
o Central African Republic
o Chad
o Comoros
🇨🇬 Congo - Level III - Heart of Darkness - 29/10/23
Congo, Democratic Republic of - The Poisonwood Bible
o Djibouti
🇪🇬Egypt - Level I & III - The Red Tent - 23/05/18
o Equatorial Guinea
o Eritrea
o Ethiopia
o Gabon
o Gambia
🇬🇭 Ghana - Level I & IIIAn Unattractive Vampire - 10/01/20
o Guinea
o Guinea-Bissau
o Ivory Coast
🇰🇪Kenya - Level I & III - Pandemic - 30/06/19
o Lesotho
o Liberia
o Libya
🇲🇬 Madagascar - Level I & III - Red Island House - 14/08/22
🇲🇼 Malawi- Level III- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope - 08/01/25
o Mali
o Mauritania
o Mauritius
o
🇲🇦 Morocco - In the Country of Others Level III - 24/01/25
o Mozambique
o Namibia
o Niger
🇳🇬Nigeria - Level I &III - My Sister, the Serial Killer - 13/04/21
o Rwanda
o Sao Tome and Principe
o Senegal
o Seychelles
o Sierra Leone
🇸🇴 Somalia - Level III - The Orchard of Lost Souls - 26/07/25
🇿🇦 Africa - Level III - Zoo City -15/10/23
🇸🇸 South Sudan - Level III - What Is the What - 17/06/25
o Sudan
🇸🇿 Swaziland - Level III - The Wah-Wah Diaries: The Making of a Film - 14/02/25
o Tanzania
o Togo
o Tunisia
o Uganda
o Zambia
o Zimbabwe

ASIA (16/44)
🇦🇫 Afghanistan - Level III - A Thousand Splendid Suns - 27/07/24
o Bahrain
o Bangladesh
o Bhutan
🇲🇲 Burma (Myanmar) - Saving Fish from Drowning 07/04/25
o Cambodia
🇨🇳 China - Level I & III - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - 21/01/19
o East Timor
🇮🇳 India - Level I & III - The White Tiger - 24/03/20
🇮🇩Indonesia- Level III- The Heist - 27/07/21
o Iran
o Iraq
o Israel
🇯🇵Japan - Level I & III - Tokyo Black - 14/05719_
o Jordan
o Kazakhstan
🇰🇵 Korea, North - Level III - Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea - 05/08/18
🇰🇷Korea, South - LevelIII - The Hole - 10/01/24
o Kuwait
o Kyrgyzstan
o Laos
o Lebanon -
🇲🇾 Malaysia - Level III - Black Water Sister - 14/08/24
o Maldives
o Mongolia
o Nepal
o Oman
o Pakistan
o Philippines
o Qatar
🇷🇺 Russian Federation -Level I & III - Metro 2033 - 11/03/18
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Level III - The End of October - 14/11/23
o Singapore
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Level I & III - A Passage North - 22/08/22
🇸🇾 Syria - The Golem and the Djinni - 20/01/24
o Tajikistan
🇹🇭 Thailand - Level III - The Beach - 19/08/20
🇹🇷 Turkey- Level I & III - The Historian - 11/05/19
o Turkmenistan
o United Arab Emirates
o Uzbekistan
🇻🇳 Vietnam - Level III - The Mountains Sing - 07/08/22
o Yemen

EUROPE (21/47)
🇦🇱 Albania - Level I & Level III - The Traitor's Niche - 13/03/20
o Andorra
o Armenia
o Austria
o Azerbaijan
o Belarus
o Belgium
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Level III - People of the Book - 14/06/25
o Bulgaria
o Croatia
o Cyprus
🇨🇿 Czech Republic - Level I & III Shadow of Night - 24/10/19
🇩🇰 Denmark - Level III - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow - 17/01/22
o Estonia
o Finland
🇫🇷 France - Level I & III - Down and Out in Paris and London - 07/01/19
🇬🇪 Georgia - Level I & III- Magic Rises - 01/04/18
🇩🇪 Germany - Level III - Your Perfect Year - 21/08/20
o Greece
o Hungary
🇮🇸 Iceland - Level I & III - The Sealwoman's Gift - 23/07/18
🇮🇪 Ireland - Level I & Level III - In the Woods - 16/02/20
🇮🇹 Italy - Level III - From Sand and Ash - 05/02/21
o Latvia
o Liechtenstein
o Lithuania
🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Level III - The Expats - 17/06/24
o Macedonia
o Malta
o Moldova
🇲🇨 Monaco - Level III - Rebecca - 09/10/21
o Montenegro
🇳🇱 Netherlands - Level I & Level III - The Arnhem Lift - 05/06/18
🇳🇴 Norway - Level III - The Singer - 04/07/21
o Poland
o Portugal
🇷🇴 Romania - Level III - And I Darken - 14/01/20
o San Marino
o Serbia
o Slovakia
o Slovenia
🇪🇸 Spain - Level III - The Muse - 12/08/20
🇸🇪 Sweden - Level III - Normal People - 29/10/20
🇨🇭 Switzerland - Level I & III Frankenstein - 25/12/18
🇺🇦 Ukraine - Grey Bees
🇬🇧 United Kingdom - Level I & III - Beyond the Highland Mist - 16/04/17
🇻🇦 Vatican City - Level III - Summoned to Thirteenth Grave

NORTH AMERICA (11/23)
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda - The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative - 14/02/24
🇧🇸Bahamas - Level I & III On Stranger Tides - 25/10/18
🇧🇧 Barbados - Level III River Sing Me Home ' 13/03/24
o Belize
🇨🇦 Canada - Level I & Level III - Him - 03/03/20
o Costa Rica
🇨🇺 Cuba - The Old Man and the Sea
o Dominica
o Dominican Republic
o El Salvador
🇬🇩 Grenada - Sugar Money 18/05/23
🇬🇹 Guatemala - Level I & III - The Mulatta And Mister Fly - 08/05/19
o Haiti
o Honduras
🇯🇲 Jamaica - Level III - The Book of Night Women: From the Man Booker prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings - 14/04/21
🇲🇽 Mexico - Level I & Level III - Blood and Sand - 20/02/20
o Nicaragua
o Panama
o Saint Kitts and Nevis
o Saint Lucia
o Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - Level III - The Bread the Devil Knead - 28/10/22
🇺🇸 United States - Level I & III - The Long Earth - 27/02/18

OCEANIA (06/14)
🇦🇺 Australia - Level I & III Blood Kissed - 18/07/21, Level II Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country - 11/11/21
🇫🇯 Fiji - A Disappearance in Fiji - 12/01/25
🇰🇮 Kiribati - Level I & III- The Sex Lives Of Cannibals - 24/05/18
o Marshall Islands
o Micronesia
o Nauru
🇳🇿 New Zealand - Level I & III - Kiwi Rules - 19/09/22
o Palau
o Papua New Guinea
o Samoa
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands - Level I & III - Devil-Devil - 28/02/22
o Tonga
o Tuvalu
🇻🇺 Vanuatu - Level I & III - Man Belong Mrs Queen: Adventures with the Philip Worshippers - 19/03/24

SOUTH AMERICA (07/12)
🇦🇷 Argentina - Level I, II & III- Polo - 10/03/18
🇧🇴 Bolivia - Level II & III Purity - 29/02/24
🇧🇷 Brazil - Level II & III State of Wonder - 11/07/24
🇨🇱 Chile - Level I, II & III The Wager Disaster: Mayhem, Mutiny and Murder in the South Seas - 11/01/21
🇨🇴 Colombia - Level I, II & III One Hundred Years of Solitude - 19/08/22
o Ecuador
o Guyana
o Paraguay
🇵🇪 Peru - Level I, II & III Shady Lady - 12/09/19
o Suriname
o Uruguay
🇻🇪 Venezuela - Level I, II & III To Hell and Back - 29/07/19

Welcome Keli!

Your challenge post is linked above

Nothing But Reading Challenges
The Ultimate International Reading Challenge
Duration: 2/1/2018 - Til Done!

Progress: 0 out of 54

Thank you Therese for this awesome challenge!

Rules: Read a fiction or nonfiction book in which the setting takes place in one of the 194 countries across the world. There will be three levels of play.

Level I
The Casual Traveler's Challenge:
Vacationer
Read one book from each continent. It can be in set in any country you want. (6 books in all)

Tourist
Read three books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (18 books in all).

Backpacker
Read five books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (30 books in all)

Level II
Continental Experts Challenge:
Middle School Level
Pick one continent. Read five books set in five different countries in that continent. (5 books in all)

High School Level
Pick one continent. Read ten books set in ten different countries in that continent. (10 books in all)

College Level
Pick one continent. Read fifteen books set in fifteen countries in that continent. (15 books in all)

Professor.
Pick one continent. Read one or more book(s) about EVERY country in that continent. (12 - 54 books in all)

AFRICA (54)
o Algeria
o Angola
o Benin
o Botswana
o Burkina
o Burundi
o Cameroon
o Cape Verde
o Central African Republic
o Chad
o Comoros
o Congo
o Congo, Democratic Republic of
o Djibouti
o Egypt
o Equatorial Guinea
o Eritrea
o Ethiopia
o Gabon
o Gambia
o Ghana
o Guinea
o Guinea-Bissau
o Ivory Coast
o Kenya
o Lesotho
o Liberia
o Libya
o Madagascar
o Malawi
o Mali
o Mauritania
o Mauritius
o Morocco
o Mozambique
o Namibia
o Niger
o Nigeria
o Rwanda
o Sao Tome and Principe
o Senegal
o Seychelles
o Sierra Leone
o Somalia
o South Africa
o South Sudan
o Sudan
o Swaziland
o Tanzania
o Togo
o Tunisia
o Uganda
o Zambia
o Zimbabwe

ASIA (44)
o Afghanistan
o Bahrain
o Bangladesh
o Bhutan
o Brunei
o Burma (Myanmar)
o Cambodia
o China
o East Timor
o India
o Indonesia
o Iran
o Iraq
o Israel
o Japan
o Jordan
o Kazakhstan
o Korea, North
o Korea, South
o Kuwait
o Kyrgyzstan
o Laos
o Lebanon
o Malaysia
o Maldives
o Mongolia
o Nepal
o Oman
o Pakistan
o Philippines
o Qatar
o Russian Federation
o Saudi Arabia
o Singapore
o Sri Lanka
o Syria
o Tajikistan
o Thailand
o Turkey
o Turkmenistan
o United Arab Emirates
o Uzbekistan
o Vietnam
o Yemen

EUROPE (47)
o Albania
o Andorra
o Armenia
o Austria
o Azerbaijan
o Belarus
o Belgium
o Bosnia and Herzegovina
o Bulgaria
o Croatia
o Cyprus
o Czech Republic
o Denmark
o Estonia
o Finland
o France
o Georgia
o Germany
o Greece
o Hungary
o Iceland
o Ireland
o Italy
o Latvia
o Liechtenstein
o Lithuania
o Luxembourg
o Macedonia
o Malta
o Moldova
o Monaco
o Montenegro
o Netherlands
o Norway
o Poland
o Portugal
o Romania
o San Marino
o Serbia
o Slovakia
o Slovenia
o Spain
o Sweden
o Switzerland
o Ukraine
o United Kingdom
o Vatican City

NORTH AMERICA (23)
o Antigua and Barbuda
o Bahamas
o Barbados
o Belize
o Canada
o Costa Rica
o Cuba
o Dominica
o Dominican Republic
o El Salvador
o Grenada
o Guatemala
o Haiti
o Honduras
o Jamaica
o Mexico
o Nicaragua
o Panama
o Saint Kitts and Nevis
o Saint Lucia
o Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
o Trinidad and Tobago
o United States

OCEANIA (14)
o Australia
o Fiji
o Kiribati
o Marshall Islands
o Micronesia
o Nauru
o New Zealand
o Palau
o Papua New Guinea
o Samoa
o Solomon Islands
o Tonga
o Tuvalu
o Vanuatu

SOUTH AMERICA (12)
o Argentina
o Bolivia
o Brazil
o Chile
o Colombia
o Ecuador
o Guyana
o Paraguay
o Peru
o Suriname
o Uruguay
o Venezuela

I would like to join.

Welcome Suzanne!

Your challenge post is linked HERE

Tiffany wrote: "How do I join?"

HI Tiffany! Use your original post ( post #33).. edit it and say you would like to join.

International Reading Challenge
Duration: open-ended
Level 1: Casual Traveler's Challenge
Completed: 10/30 books

Africa:
Mozambique - Woman of the Ashes by Mia Couto
South Africa - The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie


Asia:
Russian Federation - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Singapore - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Taiwan - The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan



Europe:
France - The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
Italy - Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman
United Kingdom - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters


North America
United States - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead


South America
Brazil - State of Wonder by Ann Patchet

Welcome Melanie!

Your challenge post is updated HERE

I'm going to start off trying for smaller goals but my long term is one from every country.

Level I
The Casual Traveler's Challenge:
Vacationer
Read one book from each continent. It can be in set in any country you want. (6 books in all)

Tourist
Read three books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (18 books in all).

Backpacker
Read five books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (30 books in all)

Level II
Continental Experts Challenge:
Middle School Level
Pick one continent. Read five books set in five different countries in that continent. (5 books in all)

High School Level
Pick one continent. Read ten books set in ten different countries in that continent. (10 books in all)

College Level
Pick one continent. Read fifteen books set in fifteen countries in that continent. (15 books in all)

Professor.
Pick one continent. Read one or more book(s) about EVERY country in that continent. (12 - 54 books in all)

Level III
The Ultimate International Reading Challenge:
Read one book set in each country in the entire world ( a minimum of 55 books (194 in total)

List of countries by Continents:
[
AFRICA (54)
o Algeria
o Angola
o Benin
o Botswana
o Burkina
o Burundi
o Cameroon
o Cape Verde
o Central African Republic
o Chad
o Comoros
o Congo
o Congo, Democratic Republic of
o Djibouti
o Egypt - [book:The Alchemist|18144590] 1/22/20
o Equatorial Guinea
o Eritrea
o Ethiopia
o Gabon
o Gambia
o Ghana
o Guinea
o Guinea-Bissau
o Ivory Coast
o Kenya
o Lesotho
o Liberia
o Libya
o Madagascar
o Malawi
o Mali
o Mauritania
o Mauritius
o Morocco
o Mozambique
o Namibia
o Niger
o Nigeria
o Rwanda
o Sao Tome and Principe
o Senegal
o Seychelles
o Sierra Leone
o Somalia
o South Africa
o South Sudan
o Sudan
o Swaziland
o Tanzania
o Togo
o Tunisia
o Uganda
o Zambia
o Zimbabwe

ASIA (44)
o Afghanistan
o Bahrain
o Bangladesh
o Bhutan
o Brunei
o Burma (Myanmar)
o Cambodia
o China - Cinder 1/17/20
o East Timor
o India
o Indonesia
o Iran
o Iraq
o Israel - War 10/2/19
o Japan - Memoirs of a Geisha 1/11/22
o Jordan
o Kazakhstan
o Korea, North
o Korea, South
o Kuwait
o Kyrgyzstan
o Laos
o Lebanon
o Malaysia
o Maldives
o Mongolia
o Nepal - Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster 7/19/21
o Oman
o Pakistan
o Philippines
o Qatar
o Russian Federation
o Saudi Arabia
o Singapore
o Sri Lanka
o Syria
o Tajikistan
o Thailand
o Turkey - Rapture 5/22/21
o Turkmenistan
o United Arab Emirates
o Uzbekistan
o Vietnam
o Yemen

EUROPE (47)
o Albania
o Andorra
o Armenia
o Austria
o Azerbaijan
o Belarus
o Belgium
o Bosnia and Herzegovina
o Bulgaria
o Croatia
o Cyprus
o Czech Republic - Daughter of Smoke & Bone 6/19/19
o Denmark - The Diary of a Young Girl 3/24/20
o Estonia
o Finland
o France - Scarlet 3/23/21
o Georgia
o Germany - The Book Thief 7/26/21
o Greece - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2/21/21
o Hungary - The Darkest Touch 1/28/20
o Iceland
o Ireland - Burned 1/31/20
o Italy
o Latvia
o Liechtenstein
o Lithuania
o Luxembourg
o Macedonia
o Malta
o Moldova
o Monaco
o Montenegro
o Netherlands
o Norway
o Poland - Schindler's List 1/31/22
o Portugal
o Romania - Interview with the Vampire 5/15/21
o San Marino
o Serbia
o Slovakia
o Slovenia
o Spain - Wallbanger 7/14/20
o Sweden
o Switzerland
o Ukraine
o United Kingdom 1984 1/31/19
o Vatican City

NORTH AMERICA (23)
o Antigua and Barbuda
o Bahamas
o Barbados
o Belize
o Canada Taming Demons for Beginners 10/16/20
o Costa Rica
o Cuba The Old Man and the Sea 2/11/20
o Dominica
o Dominican Republic
o El Salvador
o Grenada
o Guatemala
o Haiti
o Honduras
o Jamaica
o Mexico Esperanza Rising 4/1/19
o Nicaragua
o Panama
o Saint Kitts and Nevis
o Saint Lucia
o Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
o Trinidad and Tobago
o United States

OCEANIA (14)
o Australia - Just a Number 7/29/20
o Fiji
o Kiribati
o Marshall Islands
o Micronesia
o Nauru
o New Zealand
o Palau
o Papua New Guinea
o Samoa
o Solomon Islands
o Tonga
o Tuvalu
o Vanuatu

SOUTH AMERICA (12)
o Argentina
o Bolivia
o Brazil - Famine 6/30/21
o Chile
o Colombia - One Hundred Years of Solitude 4/19/21
o Ecuador
o Guyana
o Paraguay
o Peru
o Suriname
o Uruguay
o Venezuela

Because I'm a glutton for punishment...

Level III
The Ultimate International Reading Challenge:
Read one book set in each country in the entire world ( a minimum of 55 books (194 in total)

73/194

AFRICA (54)
o Algeria The Plague
o Angola
o Benin
o Botswana Morality for Beautiful Girls
o Burkina
o Burundi
o Cameroon
o Cape Verde
o Central African Republic
o Chad
o Comoros
o Congo Heart of Darkness
o Congo, Democratic Republic of
o Djibouti
o Egypt Paper and Fire
o Equatorial Guinea
o Eritrea
o Ethiopia The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
o Gabon
o Gambia
o Ghana Homegoing
o Guinea
o Guinea-Bissau
o Ivory Coast
o Kenya Pandemic
o Lesotho
o Liberia
o Libya
o Madagascar
o Malawi
o Mali Pillar of Darkness
o Mauritania
o Mauritius
o Morocco - Tangerine
o Mozambique
o Namibia
o Niger
o Nigeria - Half of a Yellow Sun
o Rwanda
o Sao Tome and Principe
o Senegal
o Seychelles For Your Eyes Only
o Sierra Leone
o Somalia Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
o South Africa Private Tucker's Boer War Diary
o South Sudan
o Sudan
o Swaziland
o Tanzania
o Togo
o Tunisia
o Uganda - All the Glimmering Stars
o Zambia
o Zimbabwe




ASIA (44)
o Afghanistan - The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
o Bahrain
o Bangladesh
o Bhutan
o Brunei
o Burma (Myanmar) Burmese Days
o Cambodia The Noble Path
o China Empire of the Sun
o East Timor
o India Prudence
o Indonesia The Atlantis Gene
o Iran From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran
o Iraq
o Israel Holy Warrior
o Japan 1Q84
o Jordan
o Kazakhstan
o Korea, North
o Korea, South
o Kuwait
o Kyrgyzstan
o Laos
o Lebanon
o Malaysia The Night Tiger
o Maldives
o Mongolia
o Nepal
o Oman - Celestial Bodies
o Pakistan - Midnight's Children
o Philippines - Cryptonomicon
o Qatar
o Russian Federation Rasputin: A Short Life
o Saudi Arabia
o Singapore - Crazy Rich Asians
o Sri Lanka The Pavilion in the Clouds
o Syria As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
o Tajikistan
o Thailand
o Turkey From Russia with Love
o Turkmenistan
o United Arab Emirates - Desert of Southeast Arabia
o Uzbekistan
o Vietnam The Mountains Sing
o Yemen




EUROPE (47)
o Albania
o Andorra
o Armenia
o Austria The Man Without Qualities
o Azerbaijan
o Belarus The Ticket Collector from Belarus
o Belgium The Man With No Face
o Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Chronicle
o Bulgaria ФантАstika: Almanac of Bulgarian Speculative Fiction
o Croatia
o Cyprus
o Czech Republic Daughter of Smoke and Bone
o Denmark Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
o Estonia
o Finland
o France The Count of Monte Cristo
o Georgia
o Germany All Quiet on the Western Front
o Greece The Greek Myths: Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold
o Hungary The Door
o Iceland Reykjavík
o Ireland A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
o Italy The Alchemist's Apprentice
o Latvia
o Liechtenstein
o Lithuania
o Luxembourg
o Macedonia
o Malta
o Moldova
o Monaco - Rebecca
o Montenegro
o Netherlands - The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
o Norway - The Ringmaster's Daughter
o Poland - The Tattooist of Auschwitz
o Portugal
o Romania
o San Marino
o Serbia
o Slovakia The Joke
o Slovenia
o Spain Don Quixote
o Sweden Faceless Killers
o Switzerland - Frankenstein
o Ukraine
o United Kingdom - Trial by Treason
o Vatican City





NORTH AMERICA (23)
o Antigua and Barbuda
o Bahamas
o Barbados
o Belize
o Canada Roadside Picnic
o Costa Rica Jurassic Park
o Cuba Our Man in Havana
o Dominica
o Dominican Republic
o El Salvador
o Grenada
o Guatemala
o Haiti Lieutenant Hornblower
o Honduras
o Jamaica The Man With the Golden Gun
o Mexico The Power and the Glory
o Nicaragua
o Panama The Captain and the Enemy
o Saint Kitts and Nevis
o Saint Lucia
o Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
o Trinidad and Tobago
o United States - Verity



OCEANIA (14)
o Australia For the Term of His Natural Life
o Fiji
o Kiribati
o Marshall Islands
o Micronesia
o Nauru
o New Zealand - Once Were Warriors
o Palau
o Papua New Guinea
o Samoa - Far Eastern Tales
o Solomon Islands
o Tonga
o Tuvalu
o Vanuatu



SOUTH AMERICA (12)
o Argentina - Kiss of the Spider Woman
o Bolivia
o Brazil - The Seven Sisters
o Chile - The Twilight Zone
o Colombia Love in the Time of Cholera
o Ecuador
o Guyana
o Paraguay
o Peru
o Suriname
o Uruguay
o Venezuela

Welcome Sammy & Christina!

Your challenge posts are HERE

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Completed
Took 2 years instead of one but I did it.

Level I : The Casual Traveler's Challenge:
Tourist
Read three books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (18 books in all)
Begun: Jan. 2018


Africa:
1. Egypt -- The Water Wolf – Thomas Sullivan (3 stars) 3/25/18
2. Botswana -- Blue Shoes and Happiness (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, 7) – Alexander McCall Smith (4 stars) 4/3/18
3. Rwanda - The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After – Clemantine Wamariya & Elizabeth Weil (4 stars) 11/13/18

Asia:
1. North & South Korea -- The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story - Hyeonseo Lee with David John (5 stars) 1/27/18
2. Tibet -- Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet – Xinran (4 stars) 2/2/18
3. Vietnam -- Daughters of the River Huong - Uyen Nicole Duong (3 stars) 2/28/18

Europe:
1. Ireland -- The Misremembered Man – Christina McKenna (4 stars) 1/21/18
2. England -- Cider with Rosie: A Memoir (Autobiographical trilogy, #1) – Laurie Lee (3 stars) 2/9/18
3. Sweden -- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry – Fredrick Backman (4 stars) 3/15/18

North America:
1. Alaska, USA -- The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah (4 stars) 10/9/18
2. Canada -- Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) – Margaret Atwood (2 stars) 11/2/18
3. Dominican Republic -- Before We Were Free – Julia Alvarez (4 stars) 12/18/19

Oceania:
1. Australia -- A Fraction of the Whole – Steve Toltz (3 stars) 6/10/18
2. New Zealand -- Tempting the Negotiator – Zana Bell (3 stars) 7/20/19
3. American Samoa -- Blood Jungle Ballet (Jungle Beat, #4) – John Enright (4 stars) 12/15/19

South America:
1. Chile -- The 33: Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free - Hector Tobar (5 stars) 9/16/18
2. Colombia -- The Darkest Hour (KGI, #1) – Maya Banks (4 stars) 9/18/18
3. Brazil -- Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad Ends (a Happy Hoofers Mystery, #4) – Mary McHugh (2 stars) 5/25/19

Congratulations Linda!

I'm in!

THE ULTIMATE INTERNATIONAL READING CHALLENGE

Level 3
All Countries in the World

Starting December 17, 2020
Finished November 10, 2023

99 out of 99

Level III
The Ultimate International Reading Challenge:
Read one book set in each country in the entire world ( a minimum of 55 books (194 in total)



AFRICA (54)
o Algeria Algeria Is Beautiful Like America Olivia Burton 8-2-22
o Angola The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Benin Myth Atlas Thiago de Moraes 2-25-22 (Yoruba myths)
o Burkina Faso All Aboard for the Bobo Road Stephen Davies 7-29-22
o Burundi The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Cameroon I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon Miranda Paul 7-19-22
o Cape Verde A Kid from Somada by Vovo Pedra 7-10-22
o Cabo Verde The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Central African Republic The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Chad Where The Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics James Cheshire 2-26-22
o Comoros Lemurs Valerie Bodden 7-29-22
o Congo, Democratic Republic of Maison Rouge Leolina Leila Juma 10-7-21
o Djibouti The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Egypt Egypt Rechner, Amy 10-2-21
o Equatorial Guinea The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Eritrea A Doctor's Journey: What I learned about women, healing, and myself in Eritrea Mary Lake Polan 7-29-22
o Ethiopia The Book of Holidays Around the World Alice van Straalen 4-3-22
o Gabon The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Gambia The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Ghana Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale Adam Minter 6-7-21
o Guinea The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Guinea-Bissau The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Ivory Coast The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Kenya Sulwe Lupita Nyong'o 3-5-21
o Lesotho The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Liberia The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Libya The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Madagascar National Geographic Photo Ark Wonders: Celebrating Diversity in the Animal Kingdom Joel Sartore 4-3-22
o Malawi Old Dogs Are the Best Dogs Gene Weingarten 6-29-23
o Mali Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali Kris Holloway 10-21-21 (Nampossela, Mali)
o Mauritania Pressure Brian Keene 9-26-21
o Mauritius The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Morocco The Twelve Million Dollar Note: Strange But True Tales Of Messages Found In Seagoing Bottles Robert Kraske 8-10-22
o Mozambique The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Namibia Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat Sy Montgomery 6-17-21
o Niger The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Nigeria The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Rwanda War Is Never Just David Cn Swanson 7-11-21
o Sao Tome and Principe The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Senegal The Rooster Bar John Grisham 7-25-23
o Seychelles Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower William Blum 8-10-22
o Sierra Leone A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah 5-9-23
o Somalia The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o South Africa Zoo 2 James Patterson 8-22-21 (Johannesburg)
o South Sudan South Sudan Amy Rechner 10-3-21
o Sudan and South Sudan The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Swaziland The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Tanzania Imani's Moon JaNay Brown-Wood 8-30-22
o Togo What's Weird on Earth D.K. Publishing 3-4-22 (p. 54)
o Tunisia The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Uganda The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Zambia The Elephant Keeper: Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia Margriet Ruurs 4-30-21 (Lilayi Elephant Nursery in Lusaka)
o Zimbabwe Talking Walls Margy Burns Knight 6-17-23


ASIA (45)
o Afghanistan The Breadwinner Deborah Ellis 2-6-21
o Bahrain The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Bangladesh The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Bhutan The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Brunei The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Burma (Myanmar) Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories Ben Fountain 5-11-21 (Myanmar)
o Cambodia The Origin of Civilization Scott MacEachern 7-17-23
o China Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem about China Ed Young 6-6-21
o East Timor-Leste The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o India No Ordinary Day Deborah Ellis 2-6-21 (Calcutta, India)
o Indonesia Animals you Never Even Heard Of Patricia Curtis 9-15-21 (Sulawesi Island, Indonesia)
o Iran The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Iraq Art, Culture, and Sports Jon Richards 4-2-22
o Israel The Cat at the Wall Deborah Ellis 1-17-21
o Japan Dave Barry Does Japan Dave Barry 6-7-21
o Jordan Perfect Princess Meg Cabot 5-1-21
o Kazakhstan How I Learned Geography Uri Shulevitz 10-10-21
o Korea, North Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea Guy Delisle 11-15-22
o Korea, South This Is 18 Jessica Bennett 11-5-21 (Socho, S. Korea)
o Kuwait Resistance Barry López 9-21-21
o Kyrgyzstan How Ideas Spread Jonah Berger 10-30-22
o Laos The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Lebanon Interventions Noam Chomsky 1-28-21
o Malaysia The Sacred Banana Leaf Nathan Kumar Scott 2-25-21
o Maldives The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Mongolia The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Nepal Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages Guy Deutscher 4-16-23
o Oman The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World Joni Seager 12-9-21
o Pakistan Mud City Deborah Ellis 2-11-21 (Peshawar, Pakistan)
o Palestine A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them, What They Have Against Foreskins, How Come They Carry Each Other ... Water, and Much More. Maybe Too Much More Dave Barry 6-6-21
o Philippines Heroes: People Who Made a Difference in Our World Harold J. Sala 4-9-21
o Qatar The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Russian Federation The Restless Atom: The Awakening of Nuclear Physics Alfred Romer 2-24-21 (St. Petersburg, Russia)
o Saudi Arabia A Practical Guide to Racism C.H. Dalton 1-23-23
o Singapore - The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Sri Lanka Buddhism Malcolm David Eckel 12-22-22
o Syria The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Tajikistan Camels Melissa Gish 11-25-21
o Thailand The Boys in the Cave: Deep Inside the Impossible Rescue in Thailand Matt Gutman 3-20-21
o Turkey Turkey Golriz Golkar 10-3-21
o Turkmenistan The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o United Arab Emirates Holiday Princess Meg Cabot 5-9-21 (Dubai, UAE)
o Ukraine PEREMOHA: Victory for Ukraine Tokyopop 6-29-23
o Uzbekistan Animals Marco Polo Saw: An Adventure on the Silk Road Sandra Markle 9-15-21 (Bukhara, Uzbekistan)
o Vietnam Military Dogs Frances E. Ruffin 6-21-21
o Yemen Lunatics Dave Barry 6-10-21

Helen, con't.
97 out of 97

EUROPE (47)
o Albania The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Andorra The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Armenia The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Austria The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Azerbaijan The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Belarus The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Belgium Belgium Chris Bowman 10-10-21
o Bosnia and Herzegovina The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Bulgaria The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Croatia The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Cyprus Ancient Empires Before Alexander Robert L. Dise Jr. 7-25-23
o Czech Republic The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Denmark Woman at 1,000 Degrees Hallgrímur Helgason 9-27-22
o Estonia The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Finland The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o France Tiptop Cat C. Roger Mader 12-29-20 (Paris, France)
o Georgia The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Germany Toy Poodle: Oodles of Fun Meish Goldish 5-29-21 (started in Germany)
o Greece Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World Ella Frances Sanders 11-5-22
o Hungary The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Iceland Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island Loree Griffin Burns 7-10-21
o Ireland Best-Loved Short Stories: Flaubert, Chekhov, Kipling, Joyce, Fitzgerald, Poe and Others Evan Bates 3-22-21 (Eveline by James Joyce)
o Italy C Is for Ciao: An Italy Alphabet Elissa D. Grodin 2-6-21
o Latvia The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Liechtenstein The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Lithuania The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Luxembourg The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Macedonia The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Malta The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Moldova The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Monaco The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Montenegro The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Netherlands The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Norway The Polar Bear Wish Lori Evert 2-17-22
o Poland We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast Jonathan Safran Foer 9-11-21
o Portugal The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Romania A World of Love for Animals Ingrid Newkirk 11-11-22
o San Marino The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Serbia Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities Frank Jacobs 12-18-21
o Slovakia The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Slovenia The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Spain Soccer Star Kaka Jeff Burlingame 7-10-21
o Sweden The Travel Book Lonely Planet Kids 11-10-23
o Switzerland -The Willoughbys Lois Lowry 4-8-21
o Ukraine The Forest Song Lesia Ukrainka 5-19-21
o United Kingdom -Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig Deborah Hopkinson 3-13-21 (London, England)
o Vatican City The Knowledge of Good & Evil Glenn Kleier 6-7-21


NORTH AMERICA (23)
o Antigua and Barbuda The West Indies and the Spanish Main Anthony Trollope 7-6-23
o Bahamas Royal Wedding Meg Cabot 7-7-21
o Barbados Teeny Tiny Animals Lexi Ryals 8-6-22
o Belize The Adventurer's Son Roman Dial 9-11-22
o Canada C Is for Canada Michael Ulmer 1-30-21
o Costa Rica Costa Rica Alicia Klepeis 9-5-21
o Cuba The Pocket Guide to the Afterlife: 91 Places Death Might Take You Augusta Moore 1-21-22 (Santeria)
o Dominica Language Families of the World John McWhorter 2-25-23
o Dominican Republic Bodega Cat Louie Chin 8-30-22
o El Salvador The West Indies and the Spanish Main Anthony Trollope 7-6-23
o Grenada The West Indies and the Spanish Main Anthony Trollope 7-6-23
o Guatemala El Rey Colibri: Leyenda Guatemalteca Argentina Palacios Ziegler 12-19-20
o Haiti The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World Joni Seager 12-9-21
o Honduras The West Indies and the Spanish Main Anthony Trollope 7-6-23
o Jamaica Tiger Soup: An Anansi Story from Jamaica Frances Temple 4-10-22
o Mexico Frida Kahlo: The Story of Her Life Vanna Vinci 6-8-21
o Nicaragua The West Indies and the Spanish Main Anthony Trollope 7-6-23
o Panama Conquest of the Americas Marshall C. Eakin 12-4-22
o Saint Kitts and Nevis The West Indies and the Spanish Main Anthony Trollope 7-6-23
o Saint Lucia The West Indies and the Spanish Main Anthony Trollope 7-6-23
o Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The West Indies and the Spanish Main Anthony Trollope 7-6-23
o Trinidad and Tobago Mammal Menu Meish Goldish 6-6-21
o United States Sweeping Up the Heart Kevin Henkes 12-18-20


OCEANIA (14)
o Australia Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World Tyson Yunkaporta 2-21-21
o Fiji Pearls of Wisdom Radha 7-3-23
o Kiribati Kiribati Alice Piciocchi 8-16-23
o Marshall Islands Surf War!: A Folktale from the Marshall Islands Margaret Read MacDonald 7-15-23
o Micronesia Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia Evelyn Flores 8-8-23
o Nauru Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia Evelyn Flores 8-8-23
o New Zealand -New Zealand Rebecca E. Hirsch 8-11-21
o Palau Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia Evelyn Flores 8-8-23
o Papua New Guinea The Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea Sy Montgomery 8-8-21
o Samoa The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Solomon Islands The Paths Men Take: Photographs, journals and reportages Jack London 12-30-22
o Tonga How Tonga Got its Name by David Riley (Pasifika Superheroes) 6-28-23
o Tuvalu The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo 9-25-23
o Vanuatu Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu J. Maarten Troost 9-11-23



SOUTH AMERICA (12)
o Argentina Soccer Star Lionel Messi John A. Torres 7-11-21 (born in Rosario, Argentina)
o Bolivia I Am a Taxi Deborah Ellis 1-15-21 (Cochabamba, Bolivia)
o Brazil Amazonia James Rollins 1-15-21 (Western Amazon area)
o Chile The Dreamer Pam Muñoz Ryan 5-2-21
o Colombia Soccer in South America Mike Kennedy 6-25-21
o Ecuador Daring Dogs: 30 True Tales of Heroic Hounds Kimberlie Hamilton 6-12-21
o Guyana Company Orders David J. Walker 10-4-21
o Paraguay El violín de Ada (Ada's Violin): La historia de la Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados del Paraguay Susan Hood 12-29-20 (Cateura, Paraguay)
o Peru Patterns in Peru: An Adventure in Patterning Cindy Neuschwander 4-24-21 (Lost City of Quwi, Peru)
o Suriname South America Xina Marie Uhl 9-20-21
o Uruguay The World's Poorest President Speaks Out Yoshimi Kusaba 12-18-20
o Venezuela Where The Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics James Cheshire 2-26-22

ANTARCTICA (1)
o How the Penguins Saved Veronica Hazel Prior 2-2-21

So interesting!
Don't know what to go for yet, I kinda want to try everything

AFRICA (54)
o Algeria
o Angola
o Benin
o Botswana
o Burkina
o Burundi
o Cameroon
o Cape Verde
o Central African Republic
o Chad
o Comoros
o Congo
o Congo, Democratic Republic of
o Djibouti
o Egypt
o Equatorial Guinea
o Eritrea
o Ethiopia
o Gabon
o Gambia
o Ghana
o Guinea
o Guinea-Bissau
o Ivory Coast
o Kenya
o Lesotho
o Liberia
o Libya
o Madagascar
o Malawi
o Mali
o Mauritania
o Mauritius
o Morocco
o Mozambique
o Namibia
o Niger
o Nigeria
o Rwanda
o Sao Tome and Principe
o Senegal
o Seychelles
o Sierra Leone
o Somalia
o South Africa
o South Sudan
o Sudan
o Swaziland
o Tanzania
o Togo
o Tunisia
o Uganda
o Zambia
o Zimbabwe

ASIA (44)
o Afghanistan
o Bahrain
o Bangladesh
o Bhutan
o Brunei
o Burma (Myanmar)
o Cambodia
o China
o East Timor
o India
o Indonesia
o Iran
o Iraq
o Israel
o Japan
o Jordan
o Kazakhstan
o Korea, North
o Korea, South
o Kuwait
o Kyrgyzstan
o Laos
o Lebanon
o Malaysia
o Maldives
o Mongolia
o Nepal
o Oman
o Pakistan
o Philippines
o Qatar
o Russian Federation
o Saudi Arabia
o Singapore
o Sri Lanka
o Syria
o Tajikistan
o Thailand
o Turkey
o Turkmenistan
o United Arab Emirates
o Uzbekistan
o Vietnam
o Yemen

EUROPE (47)
o Albania
o Andorra
o Armenia
o Austria
o Azerbaijan
o Belarus
o Belgium
o Bosnia and Herzegovina
o Bulgaria
o Croatia
o Cyprus
o Czech Republic
o Denmark
o Estonia
o Finland
o France
o Georgia
o Germany
o Greece
o Hungary
o Iceland
o Ireland
o Italy
o Latvia
o Liechtenstein
o Lithuania
o Luxembourg
o Macedonia
o Malta
o Moldova
o Monaco
o Montenegro
o Netherlands
o Norway
o Poland
o Portugal
o Romania
o San Marino
o Serbia
o Slovakia
o Slovenia
o Spain
o Sweden
o Switzerland
o Ukraine
o United Kingdom
o Vatican City

NORTH AMERICA (23)
o Antigua and Barbuda
o Bahamas
o Barbados
o Belize
o Canada
o Costa Rica
o Cuba
o Dominica
o Dominican Republic
o El Salvador
o Grenada
o Guatemala
o Haiti
o Honduras
o Jamaica
o Mexico
o Nicaragua
o Panama
o Saint Kitts and Nevis
o Saint Lucia
o Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
o Trinidad and Tobago
o United States

OCEANIA (14)
o Australia
o Fiji
o Kiribati
o Marshall Islands
o Micronesia
o Nauru
o New Zealand
o Palau
o Papua New Guinea
o Samoa
o Solomon Islands
o Tonga
o Tuvalu
o Vanuatu

SOUTH AMERICA (12)
o Argentina
o Bolivia
o Brazil
o Chile
o Colombia
o Ecuador
o Guyana
o Paraguay
o Peru
o Suriname
o Uruguay
o Venezuela

ANTARCTICA (1)

The Ultimate International Reading Challenge
Duration: May 14, 2023 - ??

Level I
Backpacker
Read five books from each continent. Each book has to be set in a different country (30 books in all)

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