Reading the World Challenge / Tracker

[Lu]

Reading the World is for those of us:

* That want to see how diverse we read
* Track all the places we read about
* See the stats - "Who reads books mostly set in fictional locations? Do some of us mostly read books set in a specific country (most likely the USA or England)? Who is the most diverse? How does genre influence it? eg. paranormal romance and YA readers vs. historical fiction vs. science fiction vs fantasy. What cities or towns come up the most?"

Everything goes. You can track however you want it and this never ends!

[Lu]

Tracking from the 1st September 2012

My Map: http://www.zeemaps.com/pub?group=410560

Real Places:

North America
The USA
- Illinois, Decatur - The Ghost and the Goth
- Manhattan, New York City, New York - Blue Bloods, City of Ashes,The Tragedy Paper
- Roanoke Island - Blackwood
- Chicago - The Eternity Code, One Pink Line, Storm Front, The Shining Girls
- Auston, Texas - Tantalize
- Las Vegas - Undeadly
- Washington, Seattle - Fifty Shades of Grey
- Palm Springs, California - The Golden Lily, The Indigo Spell
- California - The Sky Is Everywhere, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
- Virginia - The Darkest Minds
- Gatlin, South Carolina - Beautiful Creatures
- Minnesota - Undead and Unemployed

Europe
England
- London - Shift by Kim Curran, A Spy in the House, Soulless, Changeless, Heartless
- Pagford - The Casual Vacancy
- Swindon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Spain
- The Power of Six
Prague
- Daughter of Smoke & Bone
England Made Up Places
- Sorry-In-The-Vale

Asia
Russia
- Russia (need to find out specific still) - The Arctic Incident
India
- Pondicherry - Life of Pi

South Africa
Western Cape
- Cape Town - Unbreakables
Eastern Cape
- East London - The Kennaway Woman

Australia
The Dead of Night

Fictional Places:
Discworld
- Mort
Narnia
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Pelimburg
- When the Sea is Rising Red
Caledonia
- Enemy of the Fae
Heaven/Hell
- Breaking the Devil's Heart

To find out where they are set:
Quarantine
Uglies Trilogy
Pushing the Limits
The Adoration Of Jenna Fox
What's Left of Me
The Hallowed Ones
Death and the Girl Next Door
Stolen Nights
Scent of Magic
Warm Bodies
Uses for Boys
Finding Claire Fletcher
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Carrie
A Natural History of Dragons

To do:
Cinder
Lover Avenged
The Night Circus
ScarletBlameless,The Oathbreaker's Shadow, The Sea of Tranquility, The Liar Society, Existence, Darkest Hour, Druid Lords, The 5th Wave, Across the Universe, Steel Wind Rising, Notes from Ghost Town, The Cuckoo's Calling, The Eternity Cure, Rogue, Forbidden, 144, These Broken Stars, Oryx and Crake, Looking for Alaska, Wild Cards, The 100, Magic Bites, Joyland, The Troop, Taylor Swift: The Unofficial Story: Platinum Edition, Immortal Beloved, Apocalypse Now Now, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, The Forever Song, Uncharted, Darkness Falls, Witch & Wizard, Betrayed, Ender's Game, Elder Druid, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line, The Three, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Chicken Thief, The Pegasus Project, Prince Caspian, And Then There Were None, Chosen,Tokoloshe Song,Untamed, Sharp Edges,Banished,The Year of the Flood,Outlander,Innerone,Speechless,Broken Monsters, To Catch a Star, Age of Druids, Umbilicus: An autobiographical novel

[Lauren]

My Spot! Just have to decide if I start tracking from now or if I should try and include previous reads.

At sea
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel - The Pacific Ocean

North America (21)
The USA (19)
- The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle - Queens, New York
- Blackwood by Gwenda Bond - Roanoke Island, North Carolina
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - ?
- Unearthly by Cynthia Hand - ?
- Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas - ?
- The Passage by Justin Cronin - Texas, California, Colorado, Las Vegas, and others.
- Breed by Chase Novak - New York city
- Switched by Amanda Hocking - USA, Forening (fictional town)
- Terminal Island by Walter Greatshell - Santa Catalina, off the coast of LA
- vN by Madeline Ashby - various places
- Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill - various
- Me and the Devil by Nick Tosches - New York
- A Killer in the Wind by andrew Klavan - New York, Gilead, and various other towns in the USA
- Six-Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher - Golgotha, USA
- Carrie by Stephen King - Chamberlain, USA
- The Office of Mercy by Ariel Djanikian - unspecified, future USA
- Light by M. John Harrison - New York
- The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes - Chicago
- The Execution of Noa P. Singleton by Elizabeth L. Silver - Philidelphia

Canada (1)
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel


Mexico (1)
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel


Europe (19)
- Painting by Numbers by Tom Gillespie - Glasgow, Barcelona, Madrid
- Breed by Chase Novak - Lubljana, Slovenia
- The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte - Spain, Paris


England (13)
- Shift by Kim Curran - London (doublecheck)
- John Saturnall's Feast - Buckland
- Advent by James Treadwell - ?
- God Save the Queen by Kate Locke - London
- The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes - London
- Kraken by China Mieville - London
- The Constantine Affliction by T. Aaron Payton - London
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - unnamed countryside
- Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt - Taunton and Combe in Somerset
 - Light by M. John Harrison - London
- Empty Space by M. John Harrison - Wyndlesham and other suburbs in London
- Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell - London
- Poppet by Mo Hayder - Bristol

Italy (1)
- Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice - Venice, Naples, Rome

Germany (1)
- Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye - Hemmersmore, Germany

Ireland (1)
- Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht - Belfast and Derry


Africa (4)
South Africa (4)
- Cape of Slaves by Sam Roth - Cape Town
- Inkarna by Nerine Dorman - Cape Town
- Stolen Lives by Jassy Mackenzie - Johannesburg
- The Cutting Room by Mary Watson - Cape Town, Heuwelhoek

Zimbabwe
- The White Shadow by Andrea Eames - unnamed village and town


Asia (3)
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel - Pondicherry, India
 - UFO In Her Eyes by Xiaolu Guo - Silver Hill, rural China
- The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino - Tokyo


South America (1)
- Earth Thirst by Mark Teppo - Easter Island, mainland Chile


Australia (1)
- Earth Thirst by Mark Teppo


Antarctica


Fictional Places (7)
Alternate/Far-future Earth (4)
- Railsea by China Mieville
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
- Pure by Julianna Baggott - USA, unspecified
- Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgings - Mirgorod, the Vlast (alternate Soviet Russia)

Sci Fi Worlds (9)
- God's War by Kameron Hurley - Nasheen & Chenja, on the planet Umayma
- Infidel by Kameron Hurley - Nasheen & Tirhan, on the planet Umayma
- Contact by Carl Sagan - Vega
- The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord - Cygnus Beta
- Light by M. John Harrison - The Kefahuchi Tract; New Venusport, Perkin's Rent
- Empty Space by M. John Harrison - the Kefahuchi tract, New Venusport, Saudade, Kunene, Funene, Perkin's Rent
- Doughnut by Tom Holt - YouSpace
- Excession by Iain M. Banks - the Upper Leaf Swirl, the Sleeper Service, Tier. General Culture and various other ships.
- Twin-Bred by Karen A. Wyle - Tofarn

Fantasy Worlds (4)
- Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett - Lancre, Ankh-Morpork, the Discworld
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - Narnia
- Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt - Valhalla
- A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan\


Unspecified (3)
- Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
- Farewell Waltz by Milan Kundera
- Sea Change by S.M. Wheeler

[Barbara]

I will be tracking from 1 September 2012 untill I get really bored and start backtracking :)

For real places I will keep track of places in general, historical sites, capitals and first cities in all 50 states of the US. I will also keep track of fictional or alternate reality cities on earth, Science Fiction planets and fantasy worlds. I will mention places only the first time (book) I visit them.

my map can be found here: https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=414550

Places in general
Asia - India - Pondicherry: The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Europe - Italy - Napels: Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice
Europe - Italy - Venice: Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice
Europe - The Netherlands - Haarlem: De Aanslag by Harry Mulish
Europe - United Kingdom - Lewes: The Collector by John Fowles
North America –Bahamas - Nassau: The Brethren by John Grisham
North America –Bahamas - Eleuthera: The Brethren by John Grisham
North America – Cayman Islands – Grand Cayman: The Brethren by John Grisham
North America - Canada - Toronto: The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
North America - Mexico - Jalisco - Tomatlan: The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
North America – USA - California - Oakland: I know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
North America – USA - California - San Francisco: I know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
North America – USA - Florida – Atlantic Beach: The Brethren by John Grisham
North America – USA - Florida- Neptune Beach: The Brethren by John Grisham
North America – USA - Michigan - Detroit: The Brethren by John Grisham
North America – USA- Puerto Rico – San Juan: The Brethren by John Grisham
North America – USA - Washington - Longview: Married with Zombies by Jesse Peterson
Pacific Ocean: The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Historical Sites

Capitals
Africa – Egypt - Cairo- : The Brethren by John Grisham
Europe - Italy - Rome: Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice
Europe - The Netherlands - Amsterdam: De Aanslag by Harry Mulish
Europe - United Kingdom - London: Dangerous by Amanda Quick
North America - USA - District of Colombia - Washington : The Brethren by John Grisham

First city in all 50 US States
Arkansas - Stamps: I know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
California - Los Angeles: I know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
North America – USA - District of Colombia - Georgetown: The Brethren by John Grisham
Florida- Jacksonville: The Brethren by John Grisham
Indiana - Gary: The Brethren by John Grisham
Georgia - Atlanta: The Brethren by John Grisham
Maryland – Chevy Chase: The Brethren by John Grisham
Michigan - Dearborn: The Brethren by John Grisham
Minnesota - Edina: Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson
Missouri - St. Louis: I know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Texas - Dallas : The Brethren by John Grisham
Virginia - Langley: The Brethren by John Grisham
North America – USA - Washington - Seattle: Married with Zombies by Jesse Peterson

Fictional or alternate reality cities on Earth
Spain - Santa Teresa: The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
North America – USA- Iowa - Bakers: The Brethren by John Grisham
North America – USA- Florida – Trumble Federal Prison: The Brethren by John Grisham
USA - Maine - Midnight Bay: Moonlight Warrior by Janet Chapman
USA - Maine - Pine Lake: Moonlight Warrior by Janet Chapman
USA- Maine - Spellbound Falls: Spellbound Falls by Janet Chapman
USA- Maine - Turtleback: Spellbound Falls by Janet Chapman
USA - New England - Unnamed city probabely Salem or near Salem: The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
USA - Ohio - Paradise: I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
USA - Tennessee: The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
USA - Virginia: The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
USA - Lake George: The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore

Alternate Earth by Jacqueline Carey
Alba – Bryn Gorrydum: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Alba – Clunderry: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Alba – Innisclan: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Ch’in – Shuntian: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Ch’in – The Grand Canal: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Ch’in – Guangzhou: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Ch’in – Qilu Province – Ludong City: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Ch’in - Stone Forest: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Ch’in – Temple of Guanyin: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Ch'in – White Jade Mountain: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
The Straights: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Terre D’Ange - Bourdes: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Terre D’Ange – City of Elua: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Terre D’Ange - Marsilikos: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Terre D’Ange – Toluard Country Estate: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Terre D’Ange – Temple of Eisheth: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
Terre D’Ange – Namarre – small village on the edge of the Senescine forest: Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey


Science Fiction planets
Star Trek Universe
Domarus IV/Mirrillon: Star Trek The Next Generation Perchance to Dream by Howard Weinstein
The Fazi Homeworld: Enterprise By The Book by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Ishkar/Ashkaar: Star Trek The Next Generation To Storm Heaven by Esther Friesner
Ne'elat: Star Trek The Next Generation To Storm Heaven by Esther Friesner


Shadow Bay - Rainshadow Island - Harmony: The Lost Night by Jayne Castle
The Preserve - Rainshadow Island - Harmony: The Lost Night by Jayne Castle
Frequency City - Harmony: The Lost Night by Jayne Castle

Fantasy Worlds
Discworld
Ankh-Morpork: Snuff by Terry Pratchett
Quirm: Snuff by Terry Pratchett
Ramkin Hall/Crundells: Snuff by Terry Pratchett
The Quire/Old Treachery: Snuff by Terry Pratchett
Howondaland: Snuff by Terry Pratchett

Westeros and surroundig territories
Winterfell: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Castle Black:A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Oldcastle: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Deepwood Motte: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Raventree Hall: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
King's Landing: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Griffin's Roost: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Dorne: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Braavos: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Pentos: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
The river Rhoyne: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Ny Sar: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
The Sorrows: Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Selhorys: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Volantis: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Mereen: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
The Isle of Cedars: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin

Lord Robert: Kenilworth, Kew, Greenwich, Windsor, Hatfield, Norfolk, Cumnor Place, Siderstern, The Hague, Zutphen

[Carolien]

Thanks so much for this one, Lu! I assume we can be as specific as we want to be. I still want to read a book set in each of the US states so this will do nicely. What's the starting date?

[Lauren]

If you're just going to track your reads, I don't think there's a starting date. But not sure how it works if you're actually going to do a challenge and set goals.

[Liezel]

From 1 Sept

Real Places:
North America
The Passage - Colorado, California, Vegas...
The Lightning Thief - Manhattan, St Louis, Vegas, Denver
The Titan's Curse - San Francisco
Interview With a Vampire - Louisiana, New Orleans
Life of Pi - Toronto

Europe
The Clockwork Prince - London
Interview With a Vampire - Paris
The Returners - London
Winter House - Scotland, London
Haunting Violet - London, Hampshire

Asia
Life of Pi - India

Other
Life of Pi - Pacific Ocean


Fictional
The Lightning Thief - Underworld, Olympus
Bitterblue - Monsea (7 Kingdoms)

[Lu]

Anything goes :)

I also want to read each US State.

I am starting my tracking from the 1st of Sept cause it seems like a schlep going back.

[Emma]

My spot will start from August 2012

Only thing is I cant remember where some of the books were set.

EUROPE

Edinburgh - On Dublin Street By Samantha Young
Brittany - Grave Mercy Robin La Fevers

U.S.A

New York - Fall From Grace By Christine Zolendz
Georgia & Maine - Mayfair Moon By J.A Redmerski
Chicago - Pulled By Amy lichentan
Austin Texas - Between the lines By Tammara Webber


EGYPT

The River God By Wilbur Smith

FANTASY WORLDS

Narnia - The lion the witch and the wardrobe
The Nightside - Something from the nigthside

[Nadine]

Ive just finished Songs of Earth and Power by Greg Bear. The story was set in the U.S.A 'in this reality' Greg's powerful story telling skill about multi-dimensional realms was phenomenal. During the reading of this book my inner visions took me to so many alternative realities, they almost merged with my present reality. It's very uncanny how this fantasy novel can awaken the dreamer within me and make me walk between worlds.

[Carolien]

I'm going to include books read from 1 January 2012.

AFRICA
South Africa
Gauteng, Johannesburg - The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War
Western Cape, Cape Town - Like Clockwork
Franschhoek - Franschhoek Memoirs: Life In The French Valley
Limpopo - Onsigbaar
Eastern Cape, Qolorha-by-Sea - The Heart of Redness
KwaZulu-Natal, Umlazi - Young Blood

6/9

Lesotho -Sometimes there is a Void – Memoirs of an Outsider
Madagascar - The Aye-Aye and I: A Rescue Mission in Madagascar
Egypt - The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile
Marrakesh, Morocco - Cinnamon City: Falling for the Magical City of Marrakech
Lake Shiwa, Zambia - The Africa House: The True Story of an English Gentleman and His African Dream
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia - The Garbage King
Gabarone, Botswana - A Carrion Death
Nigeria - Things Fall Apart

EUROPE
Britain
Bournemouth -Whatever Happened To Margo?
London - This Body of Death
Richmond, Yorkshire -Before The Poison
Uffington, Berkshire - A Pale Horse
Cambridge -An Unsuitable Job For A Woman
Aldeburgh, Suffolk Daughters-in-Law
Oxford - The Children of Men
York - The Lost Luggage Porter

Guernsey - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Italy
Perugia - Ratking
Rome - A Season For The Dead
Venice - A Question of Belief
Palermo, Sicily - Escapade
Sardinia -Vendetta
Milan - Cabal


France
Paris - The Chatelet Apprentice
Biarritz - Pardonable Lies

Sweden - The Inspector and Silence

Germany
Berlin - Fatherland
Kiel - Spy's Honour
Danzig - Zoo Station

Denmark
Copenhagen - Number the Stars

Switzerland
Zurich - The English Assassin

Greece - Mykonos - Murder in Mykonos

NORTH AMERICA
USA
California - Santa Teresa V is for Vengeance
Illinois - Chicago Body Work
Massachusetts - Boston Francona: The Red Sox Years
New York - New York Final Jeopardy
New Jersey - Trenton Smokin' Seventeen
Oregon - Portland If I Stay
Missouri - Carthage Gone Girl
Mississippi - Jackson The Help
South Carolina - Tiburon The Secret Life of Bees
Iowa - Painted Mills Sworn to Silence
New Mexico - Albequerque First Grave on the Right
Louisiana - New Orleans The Awakening and Selected Stories
Alhabama - Birmingham Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

13/50

Canada
Quebec - Montreal - Déjà Dead
Prince Edward Island - Anne of Green Gables
Ontario - Toronto - Unravelled: Two Wars. Two Affairs. One Marriage.

ASIA
India
The Great Hedge of India: The Search for the Living Barrier that Divided a People
The Far Pavilions
Calcutta region (Bengal) The Last Kashmiri Rose
Srinigar, Kashmir The Kashmir Shawl
Mumbai, New Delhi, Agra Q & A

China
Shangai - A Case of Two Cities

Japan - The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai

The Yemen, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Uzbekistan, Samarkand - Raiders from the North

SOUTH AMERICA
Guiana - Three Singles To Adventure

AUSTRALIA
South Austrlia: Adelaide - The Singing Line
Northern Territory - Up the track

2/6

ANTARCTICA
Captain Scott

[Lu]

This is a cool post about the United States of YA Map!

http://www.prettyinfiction.com/2013/0...

[Carolien]

I've read a book set on each continent so far. Still some way to go to read 50 US states, but if I can find a book set in Mexico, I will have read a book set in each country on 3 continents.

[Lu]

Nice!

[Lisa]

Ooh! This looks like fun! But my posting is so behind.
Maybe this will improve my geography

Afterlife
The Divine Comedy

Australia
Sidney- How the Light Gets In

Austria
The Metamorphosis

Canada
Nova Scotia- Mercury

England
Mansfield Park
Bath- Northanger Abbey
Cantebury- The Canterbury Tales
Derbyshire- Pride and Prejudice
Essex- Me Before You
Hertfordshire- Pride and Prejudice
Kent- Great Expectations
London- The Uncommon Reader, Oliver Twist, Possession, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Great Expectations, The war of the worlds
Northamptonshire- Mansfield Park
Sussex- The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Wessex- The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Yorkshire- Shirley
York- Robinson Crusoe

France
Birdsong

Germany
Ingolstadt (Germany)- Frankenstein

Holland
Amsterdam- The Fault in our Stars

Iceland
Burial Rites

Ireland
Frankenstein

Japan
Tokyo- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Kenya
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds

Mauritius
Me Before You

Russia
Dead Souls
Siberia- The House of the Dead
St Petersburg- The Idiot

Scotland
Orkney Islands- Frankenstein

South Africa
Cape Town- Kill Mandela

Switzerland
Geneva- Frankenstein
Zurich- Me Before You


USA
Alabama- To Kill a Mockingbird
California- Of Mice and Men, The Beresfords
Chicago - How the Light Gets In, Divergent
Connecticut- Revolutionary Road
Florida- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Indiana- The Fault in Our Stars
Louisiana- 12 Years A Slave
Massachusetts- The Boy Vanishes
New York- Where She Went, Panic, Fanny and Zooey
New England- Lolita
Oregon- If I Stay, One flew over the cuckoos nest
Portland- Delirium

Vietnam
The Quiet American

Wales
Cairnholm Island-Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Fantasy
Ilea- The Selection, The Elite
New Beijing- Cinder
Thunderclan Forest- Into the Wild, Fire and Ice, Forest of Secrets, Rising Storm
Obawok- Vision2
Positron- Choke collar, Erase me, the heart goes last

Discworld
The Color of Magic