This challenge involves reading at least one book set in or written by an author from each country in the world. (Since some countries simply do not have authors with works in english, I also include books set in certain countries by authors from other countries.)
Thats about about 4 years minimum worth of reading. It is, for me, not a hugely active challenge, I'm going to include 5-10 books each year on my 'Intended' Reading Lists. I don't know how long it will take me to finish it (at 5-10 books a year, that 20-40 years!) but thats the hardest part of the challenge.
The link below leads to my ever-explanding list of books and countries, noting how many books I have, have read, need to get, what years they were read and what countries have books or don't.
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Green - Read
Orange - Owned
Black - Not owned
* Planned for this year
Total Read: 5/230
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1. Afghanistan - ["The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini] *
2. Albania - ["Chronical in Stone" by Ismail Kadare]
3. Algeria - [ "The Attack" - Yasmina Khadra]
4. Andorra
5. Angola - ["The Return of the Water Spirit" - Pepetela]
6. Antigua - [" Annie John" - Jamaica Kincaid]
7. Argentina - ["The Tango Singer" - Tomas Eloy Martinez]
8. Armenia - ["The Long Haul" - A.I. Bezzerides]
9. Australia - ["The Book Thief" - Markus Zusak] (2009)
10. Austria
11. Azerbaijan - ["Ali And Nino: A Love Story" - Kurban Said]
12. Bahamas
13. Bahrain
14. Bangladesh - ["Brick Lane" - Monica Ali]
15. Barbados - ["The Emigrants" - George Lamming]
16. Belarus
17. Belgium - ["The Sorrow of Belgium" - Hugo Claus]
18. Belize
19. Benin
20. Bhutan
21. Bolivia
22. Bosnia - ["The Bridge on the Drina" - Ivo Andric]
23. Botswana - ["Maru, a Novel" - Bessie Head]
24. Brazil - ["The Alchemist" - Paulo Coelho] *
25. Brunei
26. Bulgaria - ["Under the Yoke" - Ivan Vazov]
27. Burkina Faso
28. Burma
29. Burundi
30. Cambodia
31. Cameroon
32. Canada - [" The Girls" - Lori Lansens] *
33. Cape Verde
34. Central African Republic
35. Chad
36. Chile - ["The Savage Detectives" - Roberto Bolaño]
37. China - ["Falling Leaves Return To Their Roots" - Adeline Yen Mah]*
38. Colombia - ["Love In The Time Of Cholera" - Gabriel García Márquez] *
39. Comoros
40. Congo - ["Little Boys Come from the Stars" - Dongala Emmanuel Boundz]
41. Costa Rica
42. Cote d'ivoire - ["Allah Is Not Obliged" - Ahmadou Kourouma]
43. Croatia
44. Cuba - ["Adios Hemingway" - Leonardo Padura Fuentes]
45. Cyprus
46. Czech Republic - ["The Little Town Where Time Stood Still" - Bohumil Hrabal]
47. Denmark - ["The Quiet Girl" - Peter Hoeg]
48. Djibouti
49. Dominica - ["Drown" - Junot Díaz]
50. Dominican Republic - ["In The Time Of The Butterflies" - Julia Alvarez]
51. Ecuador
52. East Timor -
53. Egypt - [" The Yacoubian Building" - Alaa Al Aswany]
54. El Salvador - ["One Day Of Life" - Manilo Argueta]
55. England []
56. Equatorial Guinea
57. Eritrea ["My Father's Daughter" - Hannah Pool]
58. Estonia ["Brecht At Night" - Mati Unt]
59. Ethiopia - ["The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears" - Dinaw Mengestu]
60. Fiji
61. Finland - ["Wonderful Women by the Water" - Monika Fagerholm]
62. France - [" Angelina's Children" - Alice Ferney] 2009
63. Gabon - ["Mema" - Daniel Mengara]
64. (The) Gambia
65. Georgia –
66. Germany - ["The Reader" - Bernhard Schlink]
67. Ghana - ["The Seasons Of Beento Blackbird" - Akosua Busia]
68. Greece - ["The Last Temptation of Christ "] - Nikos Kazantzakis
69. Grenada
70. Guatemala - ["Men of Maize" - Miguel Angel Asturias]
71. Guinea
72. Guinea-Bissau
73. Guyana - ["Whole Of A Morning Sky" - Grace Nichols]
74. Haiti - ["So Spoke the Uncle" - Jean Price-Mars]
75. Honduras
76. Hungary - ["The Scarlet Pimpernel" - Baroness Orczy]
77. Iceland - ["The Pets" - Bragi Olafsson]
78. India - ["Q&A" - Vikas Swarup]
79. Indonesia - ["All That Is Gone" - Pramoedya Ananta Toer]
80. Iran - ["Reading “Lolita” In Tehran" - Azar Nafisi]
81. Iraq
82. Ireland (the Republic of) – [“The Guns Of Easter" – Gerard Whelan] (2011)
83. Israel - ["We Just Want to Live Here" - Amal Rifa'i, Odelia Ainbinde & Sylke Tempel]
84. Italy - ["The Complete Cosmicomics" - Italo Calvino]
85. Jamaica - ["The Same Earth" - Kei Miller]
86. Japan - [" Never Let Me Go" - Kazuo Ishiguro] *
87. Jordan - ["A Leap Of Faith: Memoir Of An Unexpected Life" - Queen Noor]
88. Kazakhstan
89. Kenya - ["Petals Of Blood" - Ngugi Wa Thiong'O]
90. Kiribati
91. Korea (North) ["Land: A Novel" - Kyong-ni Park]
92. Korea (South)
93. Kosovo
94. Kuwait
95. Kyrgyzstan ["Jamilia" - Chingiz Aitmatov]
96. Laos
97. Latvia
98. Lebanon - ["Yalo" - Elias Khoury]
99. Lesotho - ["Chaka" - Thomas Mofolo]
100. Liberia
101. Libya - ["In The Country of Men" - Hisham Matar]
102. Liechtenstein
103. Lithuania
104. Luxembourg
105. Macedonia
106. Madagascar
107. Malawi
108. Malaysia - ["Evening Is The Whole Day" - Preeta Samarasan]
109. Maldives
110. Mali - ["Sundiata: Epic Of Old Mali" - D.T. Niane]
111. Malta - ["South From Granada" - Gerald Brenan]g
112. Marshall Islands
113. Mauritania
114. Mauritius
115. Mexico - [" Like Water For Chocolate" - Laura Esquivel]
116. Micronesia
117. Moldova
118. Monaco
119. Mongolia
120. Montenegro
121. Morocco - ["Hope And Other Dangerous Pursuits" - Laila Lalami]
122. Mozambique - ["A River Called Time" - Mia Couto]
123. Namibia
124. Nauru
125. Nepal
126. Netherlands (The) - ["The Discovery of Heaven: A Novel" - Harry Mulisch]
127. New Zealand - ["Mister Pip" - Lloyd Jones]
128. Nicaragua
129. Niger
130. Nigeria - ["The Famished Road" - Ben Okri] ["Half Of A Yellow Sun" - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]
131. Norway - ["Naive.Super" - Erlend Loe]
132. Northern Ireland
133. Oman
134. Pakistan - ["The Reluctant Fundamentalist" - Mohsin Hamid]
135. Palau
136. Panama
137. Papua New Guinea
138. Paraguay
139. Peru - ["Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" - Mario Vargas Llosa]
140. Philippines (The) - ["Child of Two Worlds" - Norman Reyes]
141. Poland - ["The Girl in the Red Coat" - Roma Ligocka]
142. Portugal - [Anything by José Saramago] *
143. Qatar
144. Romania - ["Night" - Elie Wiesel]
145. Russia - ["Lolita" - Vladimir Nabokov]
146. Rwanda - ["Left to Tell" - Imaculee Ilibigiza]
147. St. Kitts & Nevis
148. St. Lucia
149. St. Vincent & the Grenadines
150. Samoa
151. San Marino
152. Sao Tome & Principe
153. Saudi Arabia - ["Girls of Riyadh" - Rajaa Alsanea]
154. Scotland - [" A Question Of Blood" - Ian Rankin]
155. Senegal - ["So Long A Letter" - Mariama Ba] ["The Belly Of The Atlantic" - Fatou Diome]
156. Serbia - [" The Bridge over the Drina" - Ivo Andric]
157. Seychelles
158. Sierra Leon - ["A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" - Ishmael Beah]
159. Singapore
160. Slovakia
161. Slovenia
162. Solomon Islands
163. Somalia - ["Secrets" - Nuruddin Farah]
164. South Africa - ["Disgrace" - J. M. Coetzee]
165. Spain - ["The Shadow of the Wind" - Carlos Ruiz Zafón]
166. Sri Lanka - ["The English Patient" - Michael Ondaatje] *
197. Sudan ["Season Of Migration To The North" - Tayeb Salih)
198. Suriname
199. Swaziland
200. Sweden
201. Switzerland - ["Heidi" - Johanna Spyri] *
202. Syria
203. Taiwan
204 Tajikistan
205 Tanzania
206. Thailand
207. Togo
208. Tonga
209. Trinidad & Tobago
210. Tunisia
211. Turkey
212. Turkmenistan
213. Turks and Caicos Islands
214. Tuvalu
215. Uganda
216. Ukraine - ["Recreations" - Yuri Andrukhovych]
217. United Arab Emirates
218. US Virgin Islands
219. United States - [" Angels & Demons"- Dan Brown] (2008)
220. Uruguay - ["The Shipyard" - Juan Carlos Onetti]
221. Uzbekistan
222. Vanuatu
223. Vatican City
224. Venezuela
225. Vietnam
226. Wales - ["Resistence" - Owen Sheers] *
227. Yemen - ["I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced" - Nujood Ali]
228. Zaire
229. Zambia
230. Zimbabwe
