Around the World in 80 Books discussion

The Books read or nominated to read so far include:

A (12)
Afghanistan “Kite Runner” Khaled Hosseini
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia “The Dry” Jane Harper
Austria “The Hare with the Amber Eyes”* Edmund de Waal
Azerbaijan

B (17)
Bahamas, The
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina “The Cellist of Sarajevo” Steven Galloway
Botswana
Brazil “State of Wonder” Ann Patchett
Brunei
Bulgaria “The Shadow Land” Elizabeth Kostova
Burkina Faso
Burundi "Small Country" Gaël Faye

C (19)
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada “Tenderness of Wolves” Stef Penney
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China “Bones of the Earth”* Eliot Pattison
Colombia “Colombiano” Rusty Young
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the “The Girl Who Smiled Beads”* Clemantine Wamariya
Congo, Republic of the “The Poisonwood Bible”* Barbara Kingsolver
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire “The Memory of Love” Aminatta Forna
Croatia “The Tigers Wife” Tea Obreht
Cuba
Curacao
Cyprus
Czech Republic “The Devil Aspect” Craig Russell

D (4)
Denmark “The Tenant” Katrine Engberg
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” Junot Diaz

E (8)
Ecuador
Egypt “Death on the Nile”* Agatha Christie
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
England “The Last Samurai” Helen de Witt
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia

F (5)
Falklands and South Georgia “The Split” Sharon Bolton
Fiji “Fiji”* Lance Morcan
Finland “Snow Angels” James Thompson
France “A Simple Heart” Gustave Flaubert
French Guiana

G (12)
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Germany “Alone in Berlin” Hans Fellada
Ghana
Greece “The Song of Achilles” Madeline Miller
Greenland (Denmark) “Under a Pole Star” Stef Penney
Grenada "Sugar Money" Jane Harris
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana

H (4)
Haiti “Mr Clarinet” Nick Stone
Honduras
Hong Kong “Nine Dragons” Michael Connelly
Hungary

I (8)
Iceland “Falcons of Fire and Ice” Karen Maitland
India “Sea of Poppies” Amitav Ghosh
Indonesia
Iran “Song of a Captive Bird” Jasmin Darznik
Iraq
Ireland “The Spinning Heart” Donal Ryan
Israel “Exodus” Leon Uris
Italy “The Eight Mountains” Paolo Cognetti

J (3)
Jamaica “The Book of Night Women”* Marlon James
Japan "The Tokyo Zodiac Murders" Soji Shimanda
Jordan

K (6)
Kazakhstan
Kenya “The Constant Gardner”* John le Carre
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan

L (9)
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia “A Burning in the Darkness” A.P. McGrath
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania “Between Shades of Gray” Ruta Sepetys
Luxembourg “Blood Count” Robert Goddard

M (20)
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia “The Separation” Dinah Jefferies
Maldives
Mali
Malta “The Information Officer” Mark Mills
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico “The Hummingbirds Daughter”* Alberto Urrea Luis
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco “Not a Penny More Not a Penny Less”* Jeffery Archer
Mongolia “Genghis: Birth of an Empire” Conn Iggulden
Montenegro
Morocco “Night Boat to Tangier” Kevin Barry
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)

N (11)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands “Girl with the Pearl Earring”* Tracy Chevalier
New Zealand “The Luminaries”* Eleanor Catton
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria “Half of a Yellow Sun” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
North Korea “A River in Darkness” Masaji Ishikawa
Northern Ireland “The Misremembered Man” Christina McKenna
Norway “Out Stealing Horses” Per Petterson

O (1)
Oman

P (10)
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea “Modern Gods” Nick Laird
Paraguay
Peru “Death in the Andes” Mario Varga Llosa
Philippines
Poland “The Zoo Keepers Wife”* Diane Ackerman
Portugal “Night Train to Lisbon”* Pascal Mercier

Q (1)
Qatar

R (3)
Romania “The Historian” Elizabeth Kostova
Russia “A Gentleman in Moscow” Amor Towles
Rwanda “In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills” Jennifer Haupt

S (29)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Scotland “My Bloody Project” Graeme Macrae Burnet
Senegal
Serbia “Murder on the Orient Express”* Agatha Christie
Seychelles
Sierra Leone “The Memory of Love”* Aminatta Forna
Singapore
Saint Maarten
Slovakia “Zoli”* Colum McCann
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa “Disgrace” J.M. Coetzee
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain “Shadow of the Wind” Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sri Lanka “The Tea Planters Wife” Dinah Jefferies
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Stieg Larsson
Switzerland “Frankenstein”* Mary Shelley
Syria

T (12)
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga “Mr Peacock’s Possessions”* Lydia Syson
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey “Museum of Innocence” Pamuk Orhan
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu

U (7)
Uganda “My Ugandan Hill” C.H. Colman
Ukraine “A Short History of Tractors in Ukraninian” Marina Lewycka
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom “Small Island” Andrea Levy
United States of America “The Grapes of Wrath” John Steinbeck
Uruguay
Uzbekistan

V (4)
Vanuatu
Vatican City “Angels and Demons” Dan Brown
Venezuela
Vietnam “A Hundred Suns: A Novel” Karin Tanabe

W (1)
Wales

Y (1)
Yemen “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”* Paul Torday

Z (2)
Zambia
Zimbabwe “When a Crocodile Eats the Sun”* Peter Godwin

The * indicates the book is Owned TBR.

Added the 4 UK countries as separate entries which will bring the total to 207 countries.

Currently reading a great book from Rwanda "In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills" by Jennifer Haupt

Just finished all the countries beginning with "R". Not much but still a milestone to keep me motivated. :)

Romania “The Historian” Elizabeth Kostova
Russia “City of Thieves” David Benioff
Rwanda “In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills” Jennifer Haupt

All these books are excellent but "In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills" is really superb.

41. Europe: Italy The Eight Mountains Paolo Cognetti

Welcome to the challenge, Peter! Happy travels!

Thanks Diane. It's a great group to be part of and a very exciting challenge.

Just finished a great book which is based primarily on an unnamed island in the Tonga region, north of New Zealand.

42 Oceania: Tonga Mr Peacock's Possessions Lydia Syson

43. Africa: Burundi Small Country Gaël Faye

44. Asia: Japan The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada

45. Europe: Switzerland Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

46. South America: Colombia Colombiano by Rusty Young

47. Africa: Liberia A Burning in The Darkness by A P McGrath

48. Africa: Uganda My Ugandan Hill by C.H. Colman

49. Africa: Morocco Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry

50. Asia: China Bones of the Earth by Eliot Pattison

51. Asia: Vietnam A Hundred Suns: A Novel by Karin Tanabe

52. Europe: Denmark The Tenant by Katrine Engberg

53. South America: Falklands and South Georgia The Split by Sharon J. Bolton