Inspired by a) wonderful books I’ve previously read from other countries and b) the Reading all around the World Club that Jean of Howling Frogs Books is hosting, I’ve decided to make my way through books–mostly novels/novellas, if I can, and contemporary if possible–from at least 50 countries around the world. I’m aiming for five years, while acknowledging that ten is more likely.
I’m picking countries based on people I’ve met/know and where they are from or have been–and in a couple instances on places I’ve been. My current list, subject to change:
- Afghanistan
- Argentina
- Australia
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Wartime Sarajevo, Revised Edition – Zlata Filipovic (1993, 2006 reissue)
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- England
- Estonia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kenya
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Scotland
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Sweden – My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry [Min mormor hälsar och säger förlåt] – Fredrik Backman (Sweden, 2013) [Henning Koch, translator, 2016]
- witzerland
- Syria
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Wales
Last Updated 2022.04.17
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