Zach's votes on the list Around the World in 80 Books: A Global Reading List

Listopia > Zach's votes on the list Around the World in 80 Books: A Global Reading List (80 Books)

1	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 3,585,891 ratings "Afghanistan"	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	Algerian White by Assia Djebar 3.81 avg rating — 298 ratings "Algeria"	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	Good Morning Comrades by Ondjaki 3.85 avg rating — 1,275 ratings "Angola"	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	He Who Searches by Luisa Valenzuela 3.46 avg rating — 116 ratings "Argentina"	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 Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 4.25 avg rating — 369,235 ratings "Australia"	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	A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 6,087 ratings "Bangladesh"	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	Wonder by Hugo Claus 3.35 avg rating — 688 ratings "Belgium"	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	Symphony in White by Adriana Lisboa 3.85 avg rating — 650 ratings "Brazil"	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	The Parachute Drop by Norbert Zongo 3.52 avg rating — 156 ratings "Burkina Faso"	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	First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung 4.36 avg rating — 56,157 ratings "Cambodia"	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	Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono 3.74 avg rating — 2,448 ratings "Cameroon"	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	The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 166,596 ratings "Canada"	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	Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid 3.10 avg rating — 204 ratings "Chad"	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	Ten Women by Marcela Serrano 3.72 avg rating — 11,648 ratings "Chile"	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	Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1) by Anchee Min 3.90 avg rating — 26,257 ratings "China"	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	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.12 avg rating — 1,139,731 ratings "Colombia" Zach added it to to-read See Review	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	Full Circle by Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie (Goodreads Author) 2.74 avg rating — 38 ratings "Congo"	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	Farewell to the Sea: A Novel of Cuba by Reinaldo Arenas 4.08 avg rating — 350 ratings "Cuba"	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	Cumanda: The Novel of the Ecuadorian Jungle by Juan León Mera 3.63 avg rating — 494 ratings "Ecuador"	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	Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1) by Naguib Mahfouz 4.20 avg rating — 23,353 ratings "Egypt"	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	Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 436,802 ratings "Ethiopia" Zach added it to to-read See Review	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	Gigi by Colette 3.60 avg rating — 2,641 ratings "France"	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 Quest for Christa T. by Christa Wolf 3.72 avg rating — 1,315 ratings "Germany"	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	Changes: A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo 3.79 avg rating — 2,168 ratings "Ghana"	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	The President by Miguel Ángel Asturias 3.97 avg rating — 7,190 ratings "Guatemala"	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	The Dark Child by Camara Laye 3.70 avg rating — 2,673 ratings "Guinea"	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	Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat 3.68 avg rating — 11,455 ratings "Haiti"	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 Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 69,693 ratings "India"	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	Saman by Ayu Utami 3.69 avg rating — 7,742 ratings "Indonesia"	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	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi 3.67 avg rating — 143,240 ratings "Iran"	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	Dreaming of Baghdad by Haifa Zangana 3.70 avg rating — 174 ratings "Iraq"	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	The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 4.14 avg rating — 404,555 ratings "Italy" Zach added it to to-read See Review	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	Allah Is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma 3.67 avg rating — 2,568 ratings "Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)"	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	Woman on the Other Shore by Mitsuyo Kakuta 3.66 avg rating — 1,438 ratings "Japan"	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 Silent Steppe: The Memoir of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin by Mukhamet Shayakhmetov 4.08 avg rating — 215 ratings "Kazakhstan"	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 River and the Source by Margaret A. Ogola 4.26 avg rating — 941 ratings "Kenya"	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	Voices from Madagascar Voix de Madagascar: An Anthology of Contemporary Francophone Literature/Anthologie de littérature francophone contemporaine (Volume 75) (Ohio RIS Africa Series) by Jacques Bourgeacq 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings "Madagascar"	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 Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 12,320 ratings "Malawi"	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	The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng 4.15 avg rating — 31,310 ratings "Malaysia"	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 Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampâté Bâ really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 412 ratings "Mali"	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	Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 3.95 avg rating — 403,661 ratings "Mexico"	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	Secret Son by Laila Lalami (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 1,797 ratings "Morocco"	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	Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,464 ratings "Mozambique"	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	Smile As They Bow by နုနုရည်အင်းဝ 3.59 avg rating — 396 ratings "Myanmar"	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	Arresting God In Kathmandu: Groundbreaking Short Stories – Desire, Spirituality, and Identity in Nepal by Samrat Upadhyay 3.30 avg rating — 1,357 ratings "Nepal"	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	The Dinner by Herman Koch 3.22 avg rating — 178,889 ratings "Netherlands"	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	The Epic of Askia Mohammed by Nouhou Malio (Narrator) 2.93 avg rating — 96 ratings "Niger"	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	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.75 avg rating — 423,676 ratings "Nigeria" Zach rated it 4 stars See Review	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	In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park 4.48 avg rating — 109,367 ratings "North Korea"	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	I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 636,223 ratings "Pakistan"	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	Conversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa 4.39 avg rating — 12,320 ratings "Peru"	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	State of War by Ninotchka Rosca 4.04 avg rating — 762 ratings "Phillippines"	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	House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk 4.01 avg rating — 10,762 ratings "Poland"	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	The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller 3.67 avg rating — 6,532 ratings "Romania"	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	The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.28 avg rating — 443,156 ratings "Russia" Zach added it to to-read See Review	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	Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga 3.76 avg rating — 3,839 ratings "Rwanda"	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	Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea 3.28 avg rating — 21,441 ratings "Saudi Arabia"	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	So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13,322 ratings "Senegal"	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	Links by Nuruddin Farah 3.37 avg rating — 590 ratings "Somalia"	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	The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer 3.31 avg rating — 3,441 ratings "South Africa"	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 Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women by Oh Jung-hee 3.81 avg rating — 144 ratings "South Korea"	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	God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir by John Bul Dau (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 3,054 ratings "South Sudan"	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	The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 4.31 avg rating — 745,238 ratings "Spain"	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	Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 2,772 ratings "Sri Lanka"	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	Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih 3.72 avg rating — 34,997 ratings "Sudan"	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	Sabriya: Damascus Bitter Sweet by Ulfat Idilbi 4.14 avg rating — 669 ratings "Syria"	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	Notes of a Desolate Man by Chu Tienwen 3.67 avg rating — 240 ratings "Taiwan"	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	Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah 3.59 avg rating — 14,573 ratings "Tanzania"	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	Four Reigns by Kukrit Pramoj 4.19 avg rating — 1,010 ratings "Thailand"	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	My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk 3.87 avg rating — 62,855 ratings "Turkey"	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	Abyssinian Chronicles by Moses Isegawa 3.54 avg rating — 914 ratings "Uganda"	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	Wave of Terror by Theodore Odrach 4.08 avg rating — 143 ratings "Ukraine"	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	White Teeth by Zadie Smith 3.79 avg rating — 179,495 ratings "United Kingdom"	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
74	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 7,075,565 ratings "United States" Zach rated it 4 stars See Review	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	A Collection of Uzbek Short Stories by Mahmuda Saydumarova 3.28 avg rating — 40 ratings "Uzbekistan"	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
76	Doña Bárbara by Rómulo Gallegos 3.82 avg rating — 6,322 ratings "Venezuela"	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	The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 143,328 ratings "Vietnam" Zach added it to to-read See Review	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	I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali 3.84 avg rating — 24,510 ratings "Yemen"	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	Bitterness (An African Novel from Zambia) by Malama Katulwende (Goodreads Author) 2.97 avg rating — 29 ratings "Zambia"	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	Without a Name and Under the Tongue by Yvonne Vera 3.81 avg rating — 108 ratings "Zimbabwe"	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