Around the World One Book from Each Country

The goal of this list is to identify one amazing book from any genre that takes place in each country around the world. Please add books you loved from (or about) countries not already on the list. Under "Why you added this book" you can indicate the country where the book takes place.

Here are the countries we still need books from:

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Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ecuador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Namibia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Palau, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Samoa, Serbia, The Gambia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Timor-Lestea, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Zambia.

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Andorra, Brunei, Burundi, Comoros, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Holy See, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe and Solomon Islands

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1	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 1,419,547 ratings score: 12,187, and 123 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 4.14 avg rating — 1,924,146 ratings score: 9,787, and 99 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 2,349,469 ratings score: 8,591, and 88 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 4.29 avg rating — 585,849 ratings score: 7,144, and 73 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.18 avg rating — 3,469,780 ratings score: 6,735, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.11 avg rating — 906,361 ratings score: 6,590, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.88 avg rating — 1,674,528 ratings score: 6,316, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.93 avg rating — 1,546,173 ratings score: 5,889, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.01 avg rating — 1,167,928 ratings score: 5,306, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.25 avg rating — 813,766 ratings score: 5,294, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.27 avg rating — 5,659,754 ratings score: 5,155, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery 4.30 avg rating — 913,237 ratings score: 4,736, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson 4.16 avg rating — 3,019,548 ratings score: 4,556, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 4.13 avg rating — 346,590 ratings score: 4,301, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4.09 avg rating — 714,942 ratings score: 3,590, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 4.02 avg rating — 526,968 ratings score: 3,450, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 282,104 ratings score: 3,361, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.70 avg rating — 310,574 ratings score: 3,088, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 2,589,277 ratings score: 3,007, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.33 avg rating — 144,458 ratings score: 2,915, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,771,676 ratings score: 2,810, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 4.17 avg rating — 183,907 ratings score: 2,796, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 576,752 ratings score: 2,720, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang 4.27 avg rating — 107,510 ratings score: 2,663, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis 4.05 avg rating — 47,148 ratings score: 2,569, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.08 avg rating — 795,863 ratings score: 2,309, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Cho tôi xin một vé đi tuổi thơ by Nguyễn Nhật Ánh 4.19 avg rating — 6,533 ratings score: 2,295, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 3.79 avg rating — 258,733 ratings score: 2,273, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie 3.98 avg rating — 117,765 ratings score: 2,250, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 242,036 ratings score: 2,224, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg 3.74 avg rating — 47,411 ratings score: 2,158, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 484,072 ratings score: 2,121, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 3.95 avg rating — 353,228 ratings score: 2,075, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne 3.86 avg rating — 185,367 ratings score: 1,939, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 3.87 avg rating — 141,485 ratings score: 1,831, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil 4.19 avg rating — 6,414 ratings score: 1,777, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.36 avg rating — 302,609 ratings score: 1,634, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 256,932 ratings score: 1,629, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 3.89 avg rating — 79,731 ratings score: 1,577, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Tin Drum by Günter Grass 3.95 avg rating — 42,403 ratings score: 1,388, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell 4.09 avg rating — 80,502 ratings score: 1,384, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann 4.13 avg rating — 45,413 ratings score: 1,355, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 4.49 avg rating — 613,800 ratings score: 1,353, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 3,064,014 ratings score: 1,316, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Castle by Franz Kafka 3.94 avg rating — 56,543 ratings score: 1,259, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 4.24 avg rating — 959,883 ratings score: 1,258, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah 4.15 avg rating — 181,714 ratings score: 1,240, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	White Fang by Jack London 4.01 avg rating — 179,533 ratings score: 1,215, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Shack by William Paul Young 3.81 avg rating — 617,109 ratings score: 1,214, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 139,552 ratings score: 1,188, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières 4.01 avg rating — 83,890 ratings score: 1,172, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,879,527 ratings score: 1,114, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 368,811 ratings score: 1,110, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Cánh Đồng Bất Tận by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư 4.27 avg rating — 2,945 ratings score: 1,074, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 4.18 avg rating — 88,491 ratings score: 1,052, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Sorrow Of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bảo Ninh 4.05 avg rating — 8,106 ratings score: 1,037, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 4.37 avg rating — 143,487 ratings score: 1,034, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Os Maias by Eça de Queirós really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22,310 ratings score: 1,022, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 80,584 ratings score: 1,010, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 496,200 ratings score: 1,005, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1) by Jonas Jonasson 3.82 avg rating — 259,959 ratings score: 981, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung 4.32 avg rating — 43,334 ratings score: 915, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Broken April by Ismail Kadare 4.02 avg rating — 5,573 ratings score: 911, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson 4.06 avg rating — 390,887 ratings score: 904, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 10,204 ratings score: 901, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz 3.86 avg rating — 11,202 ratings score: 898, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 3.79 avg rating — 90,581 ratings score: 895, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 472,360 ratings score: 890, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 30,497 ratings score: 889, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 3.89 avg rating — 180,748 ratings score: 864, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Matilda by Roald Dahl 4.33 avg rating — 866,626 ratings score: 848, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Not Without My Daughter: The Harrowing True Story of a Mother's Courage by Betty Mahmoody 4.14 avg rating — 32,348 ratings score: 845, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine by Somaly Mam 4.19 avg rating — 8,332 ratings score: 833, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson 4.06 avg rating — 97,627 ratings score: 833, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson 3.80 avg rating — 33,933 ratings score: 824, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee 3.85 avg rating — 100,272 ratings score: 824, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 4.14 avg rating — 420,887 ratings score: 823, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski 3.63 avg rating — 96,851 ratings score: 774, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook 3.87 avg rating — 36,566 ratings score: 768, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 3.83 avg rating — 21,889 ratings score: 745, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.30 avg rating — 93,050 ratings score: 707, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 66,780 ratings score: 704, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Not Just Yet. Egypt 2011: News - Incidents - Causes by Mohamed Abdel-Maksoud (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 700, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Daughter Of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind by Widad Akreyi (Goodreads Author) 4.72 avg rating — 87 ratings score: 700, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Flip Flop Flamenco by Mark Shearman (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 696, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Hangman's Daughter (The Hangman's Daughter, #1) by Oliver Pötzsch (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 76,618 ratings score: 695, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo 3.98 avg rating — 106,972 ratings score: 659, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 28,369 ratings score: 639, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculée Ilibagiza 4.42 avg rating — 42,958 ratings score: 636, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 4.15 avg rating — 263,534 ratings score: 624, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones 3.67 avg rating — 22,146 ratings score: 618, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 5,679 ratings score: 612, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1) by Tom Rob Smith 4.10 avg rating — 82,591 ratings score: 577, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali 3.81 avg rating — 22,206 ratings score: 571, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 1,094,971 ratings score: 566, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili 4.52 avg rating — 16,400 ratings score: 532, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf 3.67 avg rating — 4,858 ratings score: 527, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk 3.86 avg rating — 53,606 ratings score: 526, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 163,249 ratings score: 514, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 1,542 ratings score: 495, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Jessie (new)

Dec 26, 2012 07:22AM

I added Anne of Green Gables which is set in Canada.

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message 2: by Nicole (new)

Jan 28, 2013 07:42PM

Jessie wrote: "I added Anne of Green Gables which is set in Canada."

Jessie,
I finally added Canada to the list of countries that this list has a book from!

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message 3: by Penny (new)

Mar 29, 2013 01:44AM

I've added 'Under the Mountain' by Maurice Gee for New Zealand :)

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message 4: by Danna (new)

Apr 12, 2013 10:33AM

I don't think THE HUNGER GAMES is supposed to be here! It's dystopian!

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message 5: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Apr 25, 2013 12:35PM) (new)

Apr 21, 2013 06:25AM

You can now add both the Netherlands and Belgium to the 'from anywhere except' list, as I've added a book from each country (Eline Vere by Louis Couperus for the Netherlands and Godenslaap by Erwin Mortier for Belgium).

I also noticed a German book by the way, The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, so Germany is now listed as well, I guess? Or does this book count as Switzerland, as a large part of the book is set in this country (if I remember correctly)?
More questions, I'm afraid... Would Life of Pi be seen as Canadian, as the author is (now) Canadian, or as Indian, as the book starts in India? I noticed the book on the list and as most of the story is set at sea and only part of it on land, I wondered which country it would represent...
Also, The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx; The author is American but the book is set in Canada. So again, I wondered which country this book represents...

I noticed two Russian ones on the list by the way; Crime and Punishment and later on Life and fate

I do apologize fot these questions because I don't mean to be critical, as I think the subject of this list is a very original one, but when I browsed the list, some of the titles on it did raise questions :-)

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message 6: by Nicole (new)

Apr 24, 2013 03:45PM

The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Russia have been added to the list! I also added a suggestion in the description that anyone nominating a book put the country they had in mind under "Why you added this book". I have yet to read The Magic Mountain so I'm not sure if it should count for Switzerland or not but if you recall it taking place there or if the person who nominated it writes Switzerland under why they added the book than I'll add Switzerland to the list. I also have not read The Shipping News and there is not a comment to let me know why it was added so I'm not sure what the intended country was. It looks like either Judith or Ruth nominated it so maybe one of them can comment as to what they think. I had setting in mind rather than authorship so I'd lean towards Canada. I would consider Life of Pi as more India based on cultural references but I think it could count as Canada as well. I guess it would depend on the intentions of whomever nominated it. Either way both countries are already represented so I guess Life of Pi is just a bonus book! I nominated Interpreter of Maladies for India and Jessie nominated Anne of Green Gables for a Canadian setting. No worries re: all the questions! It's fun to see all the books that have been added to the list.

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message 7: by José (new)

Apr 30, 2013 07:58AM

I've added 'Os Maias' by Eça de Queirós for Portugal :)

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message 8: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Apr 30, 2013 09:36AM) (new)

Apr 30, 2013 09:09AM

Nicole wrote: "The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Russia have been added to the list! I also added a suggestion in the description that anyone nominating a book put the country they had in mind under "Why you ..."

I've added a couple more books: One from South Korea (Een huis in Seoul by Pak Wansŏ), one from Bhutan (Tsomo's karma by Kunzang Choden), one from Vietnam (De hemel boven Vietnam by Dương Thu Hương) and one from Finland (De weg van een man by Nobel prize winner Frans Eemil Sillanpää).

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message 9: by Biblionorth (last edited Jun 03, 2013 06:30PM) (new)

Jun 03, 2013 06:29PM

Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris is a mystery novel set in Saudi Arabia, a rare treat.
(sorry not sure how to tag it)

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message 10: by Biblionorth (last edited Jun 03, 2013 06:51PM) (new)

Jun 03, 2013 06:50PM

A few more titles;
Prague by Arthur Philips, actually set in Hungary.
Coming from Wa, Audrey Thomas for Ghana.
For bread alone, Choukri for Morocco.

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message 11: by Nicole (new)

Jun 20, 2013 10:42PM

Lots of new votes! Portugal, South Korea, Bhutan, Vietnam, Finland, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, Ghana, Morocco, Fiji, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Chile, Bangladesh, Turkey, Poland, Dubai, Qatar all added to the list.

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message 12: by Nicole (new)

Jul 25, 2013 04:26PM

The Pirate by Abdul Aziz Al Mahmoud. On this list the book appears in Arabic but there is an English edition.

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message 13: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 31, 2013 04:50AM) (new)

Jul 31, 2013 04:42AM

Tess wrote: "Great, thanks! Also, do you know which books are for Honduras, Singapore, South Korea, France, Ecuador, Armenia, and Mexico?"

South Korea is Een huis in Seoul by Park Wan-Suh (see also message 8). No editions in English on GR at the moment but that doesn't mean there might not be an English edition...

For France it is Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

I think Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano is meant for Mexico, although the author is British.

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message 14: by Nicole (new)

Aug 16, 2013 06:48PM

From Ecuador there is The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner, From Korea (if you don't mind generalizing) there is Please Look After Mom. From Mexico there is also Crónicas mexicanas... y alguna otra más. I am not aware of any books on the list from Honduras, Singapore or Armenia. Maybe you can find some!

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message 15: by Tytti (last edited Dec 07, 2013 02:24PM) (new)

Dec 07, 2013 01:53PM

I noticed Child 44 on the list but there is at least one Russian and probably more British books on the list already.

Also I would suggest something else from Finland, maybe The Maid Silja: The History of the Last Offshoot of an Old Family Tree which was probably the main reason for Sillanpää's Nobel and is considered to be his best and most well known novel.

If you want the best Finnish book about Finland, then I'd suggest either Seven Brothers or Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1-3. But anyway, preferably something that at least most Finns would have heard about (and is more available to people around the world). The Way Of A Man doesn't even have a Finnish edition here.

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message 16: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Dec 08, 2013 03:43AM) (new)

Dec 08, 2013 03:32AM

@Tytti
This Listopia says: "Around the World One Book from Each Country. The goal of this list is to identify one amazing book from any genre that takes place in each country around the world."

I haven't read The Maid Silja yet, although a Dutch edition (Silja, de dienstmaagd) is on my shelves, but De weg van een man / The Way Of A Man (Miehen Tie) to me was an amazing novel to read and that is, after all, what this Listopia is all about, isn't it, when you read the intro...? De weg van een man isn't published here in the Netherlands anymore either by the way, but that goes for all of Sillanpää's books, unfortunately.

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message 17: by Tytti (new)

Dec 08, 2013 06:07AM

As a Finn I just think it's a shame that the only Finnish book on the list is then something that most people won't ever be able to read, as there are several out there that are. It sort of spoils the challenge for me. (And it isn't known even in Finland as exceptionally great or a "must read", so I probably won't read it myself.)

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message 18: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Dec 08, 2013 10:21AM) (new)

Dec 08, 2013 09:57AM

@Tytti
I do agree with you up to a point :-) But there are many books on this list which I personally would not consider a good representative for a particular country. But that doesn't really matter, does it, as the aim of this Listopia is "to identify one amazing book from any genre that takes place in each country around the world." And that, of course, is very personal, so there are bound to be books on this list you and I, and probably several others, would never have picked as a representative for a certain country :-)

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message 19: by Dani (new)

Dec 10, 2013 12:39PM

Awesome list! Very Creative!

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message 20: by Leajk (new)

Jan 08, 2014 09:07AM

Great list filled with inspiration! It's a shame Goodreads have made lists so inflexible though, for example it would have been great if there could be a small note attached to each book name/post saying which country it's from.

Anyways I've added Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf from Sweden!

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message 21: by Tytti (new)

Jan 08, 2014 09:30AM

Leajk wrote: "Great list filled with inspiration! It's a shame Goodreads have made lists so inflexible though, for example it would have been great if there could be a small note attached to each book name/post ..."

You can add the country to "Notes" or whatever it's called when you vote for the book.

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message 22: by Nicole (new)

Jan 08, 2014 10:02PM

I just added Sweden to the list of countries that the books on this list are from, thank you Leajk for adding it. I'm going to read the synopsis for Gosta Berlin Saga now. Will be great to read a Swedish book on the flight when I finally get to go to Sweden. Maybe others will be inspired to do the same! Hoping one year to go to Midsummer's eve.

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message 23: by Leajk (new)

Jan 09, 2014 02:30AM

You should definitely go around Midsummer's eve, especially if you go a bit further North where the sun is up forever, it's magical!

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message 24: by Whitney (new)

Jan 21, 2014 03:42PM

Ðɑηηɑ wrote: "I don't think THE HUNGER GAMES is supposed to be here! It's dystopian!"

Agreed. It's set in Panem, which is it's own country. And how is that the best choice for American literature? Plus it says in the book that Panem is located in what used to be North America... that means Canada and Mexico as well... not just the States.

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message 25: by Danna (new)

Jan 22, 2014 03:19AM

Removed: The Hunger Games. Not set in the USA.

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message 26: by Kelly (new)

Jan 23, 2014 11:02AM

I added "Beyond the Reefs" which is set in Seychelles; I'm pretty sure there are no Seychellois books on the list yet.

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message 27: by Nicole (new)

Jan 23, 2014 04:16PM

Kelly wrote: "I added "Beyond the Reefs" which is set in Seychelles; I'm pretty sure there are no Seychellois books on the list yet."

Seychelles has been added to the list!

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message 28: by M (last edited Jan 25, 2014 12:17AM) (new)

Jan 24, 2014 10:33PM

I added High Tide -Latvia
The Fall of the Stone City - Albania
Red Poppies: A Novel of Tibet
After the Bombs - Guatemala
Ximena at the Crossroads - Peru
Claire of the Sea Light - Haiti

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message 29: by André (new)

Apr 25, 2014 07:11AM

Hi, i am from Portugal and i saw the book for Portugal but although it is a really good book and very important, maybe saramago would not be that bad there.

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message 30: by Quân Khuê (new)

Jun 10, 2014 03:45AM

Hi, The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh may be a better choice for Vietnam.

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message 31: by Christopher (new)

Jul 02, 2014 03:41AM

I have added 'A pattern of islands' by Arthur Grimble for modern day Kiribati and Tuvalu, known in the book as the Gilbert and Ellice islands.

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message 32: by Cinda (last edited Jul 03, 2014 11:21AM) (new)

Jul 02, 2014 10:38PM

I added A PLACE IN THE WORLD because it is set in the foothills of the Andes Mts. of Colombia.

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message 33: by Cinda (last edited Jul 20, 2014 12:04PM) (new)

Jul 02, 2014 10:51PM

Tytti wrote: ...Also I would suggest something else from Finland, maybe [book:T..."

I was going to suggest you post your favorites then I saw you did - Thanks -C

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message 34: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 03, 2014 12:54AM) (new)

Jul 03, 2014 12:20AM

There are several countries mentioned more than once:
For India there is The God of small things as well as Midnight's Children and 走得越远,离自己越近 (which, by the way, could also be seen as Chinese). For Japan: Memoirs of a Geisha and Kitchen. For Russia: Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov and Life and Fate (and I'm not even going into British books, as you are absolutely right there Tytti: there are several of them on this list). Eline Vere: een Haagsche roman is as Dutch as it can get and still someone added The Diary of a Young Girl, which is also set in The Netherlands. And these are just the ones I noticed at first glance...

I'm not disputing the choice of titles in itself, as 'one amazing book from any genre' (that takes place in each country around the world) makes it a very personal preference and that's fine by me (after all, what's amazing to one can be horrible to another, and it has nothing to do with the general popularity of a book either). Nor do I think that whether or not a book is still in print is important because again, a book may still be in print in its own country but not abroad. Assuming it has been translated at all at one time or another, of course, otherwise it might not even have been heard of abroad. Or it may not be in print at all anymore, which is fine too, as far as I'm concerned. But just 'ONE book from each country' seems to have gone amiss and personally I think that's a shame, as the idea behind this list was great...

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message 35: by Cinda (new)

Jul 03, 2014 11:18AM

True.. but then I'd hate to choose between Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov (without even factoring in Dr. Zhivago and War and Peace)! Maybe what we should have done is nominated books and THEN voted on our favorites.

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message 36: by Sasu (new)

Jul 10, 2014 12:32AM

I added Slovenia to the list, choosing Bartol´s Alamut

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message 37: by Ian (new)

Jul 20, 2014 06:51AM

Really nice idea for a list. Albania and Peru weren't mentioned in the introduction as countries already taken so I posted "Broken April" and "Conversation in the Cathedral". Subsequently I noticed from the comments above that another user had already made other suggestions from those countries. I have also posted "The Bridge on the Drina," for Bosnia; "The Rock of Tanios," for Lebanon; "Another Day of Life," for Angola; and "The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency," for Botswana.

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message 38: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 20, 2014 07:11AM) (new)

Jul 20, 2014 07:03AM

As Palestine was not mentioned in the text at the top of this Listopia ("Add a book from anywhere except"), I've added a Ochtend in Jenin (Mornings in Jenin) by Susan Abulhawa.

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message 39: by Cinda (new)

Jul 20, 2014 12:02PM

André wrote: "Hi, i am from Portugal and i saw ... maybe saramago would not be that bad there."

(CM):I loved Blindness by Saramago

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message 40: by Vít (new)

Apr 18, 2015 02:42AM

Added "Shame" by Salman Rushdie for Pakistan.

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message 41: by DreamingSpiresBecca (new)

May 06, 2015 04:30AM

I've added books that cover Sri Lanka

The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser

, Martinique, Jamaica, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad

& Haiti

. Enjoy!

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message 42: by Daniela (new)

Jun 09, 2015 02:52PM

I added The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil), Malina (Ingeborg Bachmann), Chess Story (Stefan Zweig), Heldenplatz (Thomas Bernhard), Bunte Steine (Adalbert Stifter), The Radetzky March (Joseph Roth), Das Gemeindekind (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach), The Adventures of Joel Spazierer (Michael Köhlmeier), Selected Poems by Georg Trakl and The Lord Chandos Letter and other Writings by Hugo von Hofmannsthal for Austria. Take a look!

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message 43: by Cecilia (new)

Jun 16, 2015 11:19AM

I added "This Earth of Mankind" by Pramoedya Ananta Toer for Indonesia. It takes place on Java during the late 19th century when Indonesia was still a Dutch colony.
Link to book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

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message 44: by Chrisl (last edited Aug 23, 2015 08:59PM) (new)

Aug 22, 2015 05:29PM

Enjoying the challenge ... will add ...

New Guinea : Dark Brown Is the River, alternate would be Savage Harvest.

Mauritius : Pieternella (Be sure to find an English language copy to read a review)

Indonesia : Indonesia, etc.

Greenland : Ice Brothers

Sunda : Eden In the East (Sunda is now under the ocean, but it's a former thriving civilization site.)

Borneo : Into the Heart ...

Vanuatu : Getting Stoned ...

Peru : Last Days of Incas

Columbia : One River

Panama : Path Between ...

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message 45: by Biblionorth (new)

Aug 22, 2015 07:33PM

Chrisl wrote: "Enjoying the challenge ... will add ...

New Guinea : Dark Brown Is the River, alternate would be Savage Harvest.

Mauritius : Pieternella (Be sure to find an English language copy to read a rev..."

Interestting selection !

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message 46: by Chrisl (last edited Aug 23, 2015 08:59PM) (new)

Aug 23, 2015 08:57PM

Got a little carried away ...

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message 47: by Nicole (new)

Aug 25, 2015 06:06PM

Thank you for all the books from countries not already on the list! I just added them to the list of countries we have books from. Some of you have noticed that people are adding books from countries that have already been added i.e. all the books from Russia and the UK. I originally meant for the list to be just one great book from each country but it has expanded well beyond that. I don't see any option for removing books (except for the ones I personally added) or voting on books. If there is a way for us to all vote on the books from multiple countries to narrow it down to one book from each that would be fun! I'm open to suggestions...

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message 48: by Melanie (new)

Sep 11, 2015 09:12AM

Hi Nicole, I just tried to add The Last Honest Man in Havana. It's set in Cuba. I really enjoy this list! Not sure if the book was added? I'm new to this.

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message 49: by Chrisl (new)

Sep 11, 2015 06:17PM

Cuba ... Looking over the list, I see someone added Martin Cruz Smith's Havana Bay.

For baseball fans, Darryl Brock's Havana Heat could be an enjoyable read. And for an attempt to assassinate Fidel, David Robbin's Betrayal Game might appeal. Both Brock and Robbins have written better books.
Havana Heat
Havana Bay: A Novel
The Betrayal Game

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message 50: by Leajk (new)

Sep 12, 2015 01:36AM

Nicole wrote: "Thank you for all the books from countries not already on the list! I just added them to the list of countries we have books from. Some of you have noticed that people are adding books from countri..."

If you become a Librarian here at the Librarian Manual . This allows you to (responsibly) remove any books from lists when they don't fulfill the requirements.

It seems difficult to do this for this list by now, but perhaps there could be a 'best of' list based on this list, like only the most popular one from each country, no added ones allowed.

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