Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Well I did better in 2022 than I did in 2021, but I have plenty of room for improvement! I'm using 2022's list as my jumping off point.

1) Unspecified South America - Bel Canto
2) Austria - The World of Yesterday
3) Burundi - Small Country
4) Dominican Republic - In the Time of the Butterflies
5) East Africa - Afterlives
6) Turkey - The Architect's Apprentice
7) Germany - Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich
8) Hungary - Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
9) Korea - If I Had Your Face
10) Japan - The Easy Life in Kamusari
11) Kenya - Weep Not, Child
12) Spain - Captain Alatriste
13) Greece - The Penelopiad
14) Malaya - The Garden of Evening Mists
15) Poland - The King of Warsaw
16) China - Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China
17) Saudi Arabia - The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
18) Russia - Ten Days that Shook the World
19) France - Matrix
20) Middle East - Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
21) India - Black Narcissus
22) Sweden - After the Fire
23) Tibet - Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet
24) Haiti - Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Life

January's book was Captain Alatriste (which I finished just in time!). This was an entertaining, albeit skimpy, swashbuckler. I like the title character and could probably be persuaded to continue the series.