Around the World discussion

How can it be almost half way through December already?

Has anyone started making plans for next year's reading? Your plans, or even just ideas, could help to inspire someone else, so please let us know in the comments.

I don't have any firm plans yet, but I do know I'll be continuing with the Group challenge and the Eurovision book list. It's also been a few years since I've concentrated on my ongoing series, so that's another area where I could end up with some ATW titles.

Series
India - A Necessary Evil
Laos - Slash and Burn
Spain - The Labyrinth of the Spirits
Israel - Cross Bones
China - The Wild Beasts of Wuhan
China - Flood of Fire
Czech Republic - Death On Duty
Sri Lanka - Dark Clouds Over Nuala
Libya - To the Lions
Namibia - An Empty Coast
Turkey - The Honourable Thief

Eurovision Book List
Netherlands - The Discomfort of Evening
Iceland - The Legacy

Slow Reads
France - A Place of Greater Safety (Re-read)
India - The Siege of Krishnapur

I just rolled my 5 random countries for 2025:
Equatorial Guinea
China
Bulgaria
Nepal
Eritrea

3 repeats with both African countries new destinations for me

I’ll be rambling as usual in 2025 - no set countries on my list yet, but I know I’ll be returning for sure to Türkiye as I have a few books I own that are waiting to be read.

IN A LAND FAR FAR AWAY 2025

Goodreads List of Settings
Mappit - https://www.mappit.net/bookmap/countr...

United States of America

Northern Africa-Morocco
✔️ Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish 13 Feb

Southern Africa-Botswana
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
✔️The Miracle at Speedy Motors 25 May

Kenya
✔️One Day I Will Write About This Place 11 Jun
✔️Empty Theatre:... 11 Jun

Congo
✔️The Villain's Dance 27 Jun

Zimbabwe, Africa
✔️Glory 10 May

South Africa

Argentina Iguazu Falls
Patagonia (Argentina)
✔️The Tourist Trail 3 Apr

Armenia
✔️Three Apples Fell from the Sky 7 May

Australia
Moonlight Downs aka (Diamond Dove)
Queensland,
✔️ Brisbane 18 Jun
✔️Opal 30 Jul

Western Australia

Belgium
✔️The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin 15 Feb
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By Georges Simenon
✔️Lady and the Unicorn 26 Apr

Cambodia
✔️Slow Noodles: Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, & Family Recipes 4 May

Canada
British Columbia
✔️ In the Shadow of the Glacier 10 Jun

China

✔️Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station 7 Apr

✔️The Firemaker 14 Mar

Columbia
Linda Barnes Heart of the World (A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery #11 )

Costa Rica
✔️ Angel in the Full Moon 4 Mar

Egypt

✔️The Egyptian 5 Jun

England
A Murder of Quality written by Poole, Dorset, England born John le Carré
The Looking Glass War written by Poole, Dorset, England born John le Carré

France
✔️The Second-Worst Restaurant in France 10 Jun
✔️The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar 25 Mar
✔️Bruno, Chief of Police 29 Mar
✔️Dark Vineyard 29 Jul
✔️The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin 15 Feb
Maigret and the Killer
✔️The Invention of Hugo Cabret 22 Aug
✔️Three Hours in Paris 25 Aug
✔️The Paris Bookseller 24 Aug
✔️A Murder Most French 25 Aug
✔️Mastering the Art of French Murder 27 Aug
✔️Black Diamond 23 Aug
✔️The Devil's Cave 26 Aug
✔️Last Twilight in Paris 23 Aug
✔️The Silent Boy 23 Aug
✔️Leaving Van Gogh 24 Aug
✔️The Paris Hours 24 Aug
✔️The Lost Manuscript 27 Aug
✔️Love & Death in Burgundy 22 Aug
✔️The Little Provence Book Shop 27 Aug
✔️The Lost Carousel of Provence 21 Aug

Germany
Bavria
✔️ Empty Theatre:... 11 Jun

Greece
🎧🎧Blind Eye Marilyn Todd

Iceland
✔️The Darkness 3 Jun

India
✔️The Perfect Murder 12 Mar
✔️The Covenant of Water 10 Feb
✔️Choice Neel Mukherjee 9 Aug
✔️A House for Mr Biswas, VS Naipaul 29 Aug
✔️The Hungry Tide 4 Sep
✔️The Mission House, 6 Sep
✔️ Narcopolis 6 Sep
✔️The Bangalore Detectives Club, 2 Sep
✔️Fury 6 Seo
✔️Beneath a Marble Sky 3 Sep

Ireland
✔️Hide the Elephant 6 May
✔️The Final Game 31 May
✔️History of the Rain 31 Jul

Israel
✔️ The Same Sea 30 Mar

Italy
✔️Death in a Strange Country 30 May
✔️The Marriage Portrait 13 Jan
✔️Good Blood 29 Apr
✔️Earthly Remains 2 Mar
✔️The Glassmaker 20 Apr
✔️The Savage Garden 9 May
✔️The Silver Pigs 19 Jun
🎧🎧The Wings of the Sphinx
✔️The Malice of Fortune 6 Jul

Tuscany
✔️My Italian Bulldozer 21 Jun

Venice
✔️ Mermaid of Venice 23 Jun

Jamaica
✔️Dead Fast 11 Jun

Japan
✔️Norwegian Wood 20 Jun

Morocco
🎧Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish

New Zealand
Vintage Murder

Nigeria
credit Famished Road Ben Okri

Norway

✔️The Night House 13 Jun
✔️Medusa 16 Jun
✔️Blood Ties 9 Mar

Pakistan
✔️In Other Rooms, Other Wonders 8 Jun

Peru
The Storyteller Jodi Picoult

Philippines
credit pretty? Alexander Yates Moondogs

Puerto Rico
✔️The Rum Diary: The Long Lost Novel 21 Jul

Rock of Gibraltar
✔️Uneasy Relations ( 1 Mar

Russia/USSR
✔️Polar Star 19 Mar
✔️The Gentle Axe 18 Mar
✔️Muppets in Moscow 14 Jun

Forth Rail Bridge Scotland
✔️ The Inheritance 29 Jan

Solomon Islands, Oceania

The Big Hole
Spain

✔️Maze of Cadiz 20 Jun

Sri Lanka
🔥 Noontide Toll: Stories Romesh Gunesekera

Sweden
✔️My Friends 14 May

Switzerland
Zurich
✔️Beating Ruby 17 Jun

Thailand
Bangkok 8 John Burdett
✔️Grandad, There's A Head On The Beach 3 Feb
✔️Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle 1 Feb
A Nail Through the Heart Timothy Hallinan, 1

Ukraine
✔️The Fight of Our Lives: My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine's Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the World 22 Jun

United Kingdom
✔️Sacred Hunger 22 Mar

Viet Nam
✔️ The Women 22 Apr
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I've set a modest goal for this challenge of 10 books. I am very impulsive about what I read and can rarely stick to prepared lists. Books I have read or currently have to read include
Japan - The Housekeeper and the Professor
Soviet Union, Austria and US - The Huntress
Iceland - Butterflies in November
Hotel Silence
I'll see what else I pick up throughout the year.

Almeta - wow, you are going to be very busy!🤣 have to check out many on your list. Good luck with your 2025 reading!

Diana - lol, I gave up on making a list of Around the World books I want to read. I am easily distracted or places are too inviting so I end up not having a set schedule. I too like it that way. Good luck with your 2025 reading!