The World

[close] Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or exploring the world through books, you have come to the right place! ATW80 began in 2009 as a challenge on TNBBC. The separate group was established in 2011. Anyone can join and participate in the challenges or readings at any time. Challenge participation is not a requirement of joining. Anyone who loves reading books from around the world is welcome here. The main purpose of this group is to travel the world through books, experiencing new authors and cultures along the way. Want to read about the world? We have close to 50,000 books cataloged by setting and more are added each week. I personally started reading around the world in 2008. This venture has introduced me to far off lands, fresh viewpoints, and many new authors I might not have discovered otherwise. Here is a record of my travels since 2009: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18478768-diane-s-world-travels-by-book I have worked very hard gathering resources for others to use and coming up with new activities. Please ask permission before copying and please give appropriate credit. The copycatting is getting ridiculous and tiresome. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” - Dr. Suess “There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.” ― Irwin Shaw Globe Stand Photo: Daniel Loiselle/Getty Images

[close] This group is based on book selections discussed in the podcast "Around the World in 6 Books" (available in Spotify; Episode summaries are available at https://sixbookspodcastxyz.wordpress.com). The project is aimed at learning about the cultures, history, and conflicts of other countries. To get to learn about that a little reading [more than one book], that does not feel like homework [thus the limit on six books], is necessary. And why learn about this stuff? Because is fun... to some of us. So, if you are like me, and you like these topics and would like to travel around the world (on a book budget), then you may enjoy the books listed here. I hope you have fun!

[close] This group is about connecting with all kinds of people that like to read. Also, you discuss about yourselves and the books that you are reading.

[close] Ann Morgan considered herself very well read until she took a look at her bookshelf and realised she is a “book xenophobe”. Most of her books were limited to a small selection of countries, which triggered her plan to read a book from every UN recognised country. Her plan was to read one hundred and ninety-six books in a year, although this group exists to spread horizons without the time limit. This group exists to keep track of your progress in reading books from around the world, along with existing as a means to help other readers find interesting books to complete their challenge. Give the challenge a try – you’ll be surprised by how many countries you still need to read!