I decided to set myself on a (life long) quest to read one book from each country of the world.
So far I’ve read authors of 52 countries!
More details can be found here.
I’m counting some books I’ve read a kid as well, but here’s a list of some of my current favourite titles, authors, their countries and some reviews:
North America
Canada
- Margaret Atwood
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- Alias Grace
- The Blind Assassin
- Yann Martel
- Life of Pi
United States
- Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Signature of All Things
- Madeline Miller
- Circe
- The Song of Achilles
- Tim Urban
Latin America
Brazil
- Martha Batalha
- The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao
- Itamar Vieira Jr.
- Crooked Plow
Chile
- Isabel Allende
- The House of the Spirits
- A Long Petal of the Sea
- Eva Luna
- Island Beneath the Sea
Colombia
- Gabriel García Marquez
- 100 Years of Solitude
Mexico
- Sofia Segova
- The Murmur of Bees
Peru
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- Aunt Julia and The Scriptwriter
Uruguay
- Eduardo Galeano
- The Open Veins of Latin America
Europe
Czech Republic
- Milan Kundera
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Italy
- Italo Calvino
- The Baron in the Trees
- Invisible Cities
- Elena Ferrante
- The Neapolitan Quartet
Norway
- Jostein Gaarder
- The Solitaire Mystery
Portugal
- José Saramago
- Blindness
- Death with Interruptions
Serbia
- Téa Obreht
- The Tiger’s Wife
Sweden
- Stieg Larsson
- The Millennium Trilogy
- Hans Rosling
- Factfulness
United Kingdom
- Agatha Christie
- Several
- Suzanna Clarke
- Piranesi
- Sophie Hannah
- Closed Casket
- The Monogram Murders
Middle East
Egypt
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Palace Walk
Iran
- Marjane Satrapi
- Persepolis
Israel
- Yuval Noah Harari
Palestine
- Hala Alyan
Asia
China
- R. F. Kuang
India
- Salman Rushdie
- Knife
Japan
- Yōko Ogawa
- The Memory Police
- The Housekeeper and the Professor
Malaysia
- Tan Twan Eng
- The House of Doors
- The Garden of Evening Mists
Pakistan
- Kamila Shamsie
South Korea
- Mirinae Lee
Sri Lanka
- Anuk Arudpragasam
- A Passage North
Africa
Ghana
- Peace Adzo Medie
Kenya
- Beryl Markham
Mozambique
- Mia Couto
- Sleepwalking Land
Nigeria
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Americanah
- Purple Hibiscus
South Africa
- Trevor Noah
- Born a Crime
Uganda
- Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
- A Girl is a Body of Water
Zimbabwe
- NoViolet Bulawayo
- Glory
Oceania
Australia
- Markus Zusak
- The Book Thief
- Mikki Brammer
- The Collected Regrets of Clover
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