Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Africa:

* The Plague by Albert Camus / Algeria
* Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston / Benin (Bantè)
* White Dog Fell from the Sky / Botswana
* heart of darkness - Belgian Congo - today Democratic...
* Little Pa / Cameroon
* Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi/ Egypt
* Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi / Ghana
* Fairytales for Lost Children by Diriye Osman / Somalia / Kenya
* Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America / Liberia
* Cress / Libya
* Clap Back by Nalo Hopkinson/ Malawi
* The Black Pages by Nnedi Okorafor / Mali
* The Alchemist / Morocco
* Binti by Nnedi Okorafor / Namibia
* My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite / Nigeria
* [TBR] So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ / Senegal
* The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna / Sierra Leone
* The Babylon Eye by Masha du Toit / South Africa
* Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor / Sudan
* The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell / Zambia
* The Wife's Tale: A Personal History / Ethiopia

Asia:

* Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie; The Kite Runner / Afghanistan
* Three Apples Fell From the Sky by Narine Agbaryan / Armenia
* Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang / China
* Noble House; Tai-Pan by James Clavell / Hong Kong
* The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy / India
* Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto / Indonesia
* The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi / Iran
* מחר ניסע ללונה פארק / Israel
* Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata / Japan
* The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz / Jordan
* Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa / Lebanon
* Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw / Malaysia (author)
* She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan / Mongolia
* Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie / Pakistan
* Haifa Fragments by Khulud Khamis / Palestine
* The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco / Philippines
* The Autobiography of Malcolm X / Saudi Arabia
* The Black Tides of Heaven / The Red Threads of Fortune / The Descent of Monsters / The Ascent to Godhood by Neon Yang / Singapore
* Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo / South Korea
* The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker / Syria
* (the wedding story I don't remember the name of) / Taiwan
* Chonburi International Hotel & Butterfly Club by Shakina Nayfack / Thailand
* The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker / Troy/present-day Turkey
* The Bride Test by Helen Hoang / Vietnam

Europe:

* Setting Free the Bears by John Irving / Austria
* Slaughterhouse Five / The Sugared Game (KJ Charles) / Belgium (Flanders)
Belgium | Better Never than Late
* Murder on the Orient Express / Croatia/Yugoslavia
* Metamorphosis/The Trial (Kafka); Kavalier & Clay / Czechia
* The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak / Cyprus
* Hans Christian Anderson / Denmark
* Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles / England
* The Summer Book / Finland
* The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani / France
* Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi / Germany
* Circe by Madeline Miller / Greece
* The Door by Magda Szabo / Hungary
* Collection of Legends / Iceland
* The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue / Ireland
* Still Life by Sarah Winman / Italy
* The Power by Naomi Alderman / Moldova
* The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton / Netherlands
* The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave / Norway
* Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels;The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiński / Poland
* Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk / Poland/ Czech Republic
* Blindness / Portugal
* Night / Romania
* Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips / Russia/Siberia
* The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue / Spain
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson / Sweden
* Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner / Switzerland
* Da Vinci Code / Vatican
* UK:
** The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer / Guernsey/Channel Islands
** The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark / Scotland
** Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones / Spear (Nicola Griffith) / Wales

North America:

* Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid / Antigua
* Hell Cats / Bahamas
* How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House / Barbados
* Little Fish by Casey Plett / Canada
* The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love; Assata: An Autobiography / Cuba
* Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys / Dominica
* In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez / Dominican Republic
* The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson / Haiti
* The Mosquito Coast / Honduras
* Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson / Jamaica
* House of Rougeaux / Martinique
* When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo / Trinidad & Tobago

United States (per state):
* Alabama: Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
* Alaska: Call of the Wild
* Arizona: Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
* Arkansas: With by Donald Harrington
* California: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
* Colorado: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
* Connecticut: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
* Delaware: [TBR] Beloved, The Book of Unknown Americans; And Never Let Her Go (true crime)
* Florida: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
* Georgia: Sister of Mine by Sabra Waldfogel, Cold Sassy Tree
* Hawaii: Hawaii, Still Life with Woodpecker
* Idaho: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson; Angle of Repose; educ
* Illinois: The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton; Time Traveler's Wife
* Indiana: [TBR] We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
* Iowa: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
* Kansas: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
* Kentucky: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson
* Louisiana: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
* Maine: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
* Maryland: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Six of One)
* Massachusetts: Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman
* Michigan: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
* Minnesota: Poisoned Pearls by Leah R. Cutter
[TBR] Monkeewrench, The Bohemian Flats, The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir; War for the Oaks
* Mississippi: The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty; Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
* Missouri: Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Glass Menagerie; [TBR] Betsey Brown by Ntozake Shange, Fifth Born
* Montana: English Creek by Ivan Doig
* Nebraska: My Ántonia by Willa Cather; The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
* Nevada: Nevada by Imogen Binnie
* New Hampshire: A Separate Peace by John Knowles
* New Jersey: The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
* New Mexico: The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols
* New York: Passing by Nella Larsen; Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin; Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
* North Carolina: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
* North Dakota: Priceless by Shannon Mayer
* Ohio: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
* Oklahoma: An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo
* Oregon: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
* Pennsylvania: The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards, The Gambler's Grimoire by BR Kingsolver
* Rhode Island: She's Come Undone
* South Carolina: Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
* South Dakota: [TBR] Deadwood mystery series. 1st book on Kindle (2.99) the rest free on Audible.
* Tennessee: In the Miro District, Before We Were Yours
* Texas: All the Pretty Horses
* Utah: Educated by Tara Westover
* Vermont: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
* Virginia: Cold Mountain
* Washington: Snow Falling on Cedars; Dora: A Head Case
* West Virginia: Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina
* Wisconsin: A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton
* Wyoming: Contact by Carl Sagan

* Washington DC: Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by Linda R. Hirshman
* Puerto Rico: Children of God / Mary Doria Russell

* Canada
** Quebec: With a Closed Fist: Growing Up in Canada's Toughest Neighborhood by Kathy Dobson
** Alberta: Prairie Ostrich by Tamai Kobayashi
** Ontario: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
** Newfoundland: The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
** Nunavut: Split Tooth / Tanya Tagaq
** Yukon: White Fang
** Prince Edward Island: Anne of Green Gables

Oceania:
* The Cuckoo's Cry by Caroline Overington / Australia
* Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower / Tamsyn Muir / New Zealand

Latin America:

* Our Share of Night / Argentina
* The Actual Star by Monica Byrne / Belize
* Lost in Darkness and Distance / Clara Madrigano / Brazil
* The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende / Chile
* Love in the Time of Choleraby Gabriel García Márquez / Colombia
* The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova / Ecuador
* Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia / Mexico
* Chariots of the Gods / Peru
* Cantoras / Uruguay

Antarctica:
* Chariots of the Gods

My map:

https://map1.maploco.com/visited-coun...