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 46 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
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
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
- Salt Houses
Asia
India
- Salman Rushdie
- Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Japan
- Yōko Ogawa
- The Memory Police
- The Housekeeper and the Professor
Malaya
- Tan Twan Eng
- The House of Doors
- The Garden of Evening Mists
Sri Lanka
- Anuk Arudpragasam
- A Passage North
Africa
Ghana
- Peace Adzo Medie
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
Ladislara 
Let me know what you think!