Around the World in Books Challenge - 2016

[Charity]

I will try for 10 to start.


Goal 12/10

1. USA: North America - The Martian by Andy Weir 1/9/16
2. New Zealand: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 1/12/16
3. Sweden: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren 1/30/16
4. France: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1/31/16
5. Austrailia: The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty 2/3/16
6. England: Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers 2/4/16
7. Israel: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 6/15/16
8. South Africa: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 7/1/16
9. Spain: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 7/26/16
10. Canada: Anne of Avonlea 9/15/16
11. Norway: The Bat 9/23/16
12. Peru: Daughter of Fortune 11/20/16

[Mary Pat]

Count me in for 10!

[[deleted user]]

I'm in! I'll probably fail, but it's better to start and not finish than not start at all...right?

I'm going to go for a feeble 5.

1. Spain
2. Japan
3. Norway
4. Costa Rica
5. England

[Claire]

I think I'll go for 10 in this challenge.

1. Afghanistan A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
2. Canada The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
3. Czech Republic The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
4. Jamaica Elysium (Jennifer Marie Brissett)
5. IndiaThe Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
6. New Zealand The Whale Rider (Witi Ihimaera)
7. Nigeria Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe
8. Peru Island Beneath the Sea (Isabel Allende)
9. Sweden The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
10. Saudi Arabia East of MeccaSheila Flaherty

Sybil, that's such a great way to track this challenge! Thanks for sharing....I had no idea you could do that!

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

Sara - no amount of books is too small, and if the challenge ends up not being fun for you, feel free to drop it at any time. Do whatever makes you happy and helps you read more. :)

[Stephanie (Chinchillita)]

I would like to participate and would like to go for 10. Thanks!

1. India Prudence
2. Soulless - England 1/20/2016
3. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America - Chicago, IL, USA
4. Leviathan 2/1/2016 - Austria
5. Behemoth - 2/5/2016 - Ottoman Empire
6. Boxers - 2/6/2016 - China
7. If You Could See Me Now - 2/28/2016 - Ireland
8. And the Mountains Echoed - 3/17/2016 - Afghanistan

8/10

Updated 1/15/2016

[Susan]

I would like to aim for 20. Thanks.

[Leslie Ann]

I am in I will start with 5


1. Australia - Illuminae
2. England - The Girl With All the Gifts: Extended Free Preview
3. Ireland - Room
4. USA - Hush Hush
5. Scotland -One Good Turn

[GailW]

I'm in! Please sign me up for 5 to start. Thanks!
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[Sam F]

1. USA - South Carolina - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Senegal - Scarlet Song by Mariama Bâ
3. Afghanistan - And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
4. Canada - Vinyl Cafe Turns the Page by Stuart McLean
5. Scotland - At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen
6. Chile - Paula by Isabel Allende
7. Sri Lanka - Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
8. Mexico - The Pearl by John Steinbeck
9. Japan - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
10. England - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
11. Pakistan - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
12. China - Frog by Mo Yan
13. Togo - Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja
14. Zambia - Traversa by Fran Sandham
15. Nigeria - And After Many Days by Jowhor Ile
16. France - French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle
17. Sweden - The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz
18. Indonesia - Map Of The Invisible World by Tash Aw
19. Norway - A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
20. Mauritania - Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
21. Switzerland - Heidi by Johanna Spyri
22. St. Thomas - The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
23. North Korea - A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea by Eunsun Kim
24. Italy - The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper
25. Poland - Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie
26. Wales - Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
27. Greece - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
28. Antarctica - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
29. Australia - I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
30. Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) - Looking for Lovedu: Days and Nights in Africa by Ann Jones
31. Israel - Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
32. Portugal - Candide by Voltaire
33. Czech Republic - Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
34. Russia - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
35. Brazil - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

[Lynn]

I'm going to try for 15 since it's the whole year, but there is less diversity on my to-read list than I would have thought. Time to stretch :-)

Around the World in Books Challenge
January 1 - December 31, 2016
Progress/Goal: 25/25 (15) *COMPLETE*

✔Australia--Garry Disher: Snapshot--01/08/16
✔Belgium--Georges Simenon: The Blue Room--01/31/16
✔Britain--Sharon Bolton: Lost--01/03/16
✔Canada--L.M. Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables--02/25/16
✔China--Malinda Lo: Ash--01/11/16
✔Cuba--Italo Calvino:If on a Winter's Night a Traveler--03/13/16
✔Denmark--Pia Juul: The Murder of Halland--06/18/16
✔Finland--Johanna Sinisalo: Troll: A Love Story--01/20/16
✔France--Jean-Dominique Bauby: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly--05/28/16
✔Germany--Bernhard Schlink: The Reader--03/04/16
✔Iceland--Arnaldur Indriðason: Into Oblivion--05/11/16
✔India--Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Sister of My Heart--05/13/16
✔Iran--Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran--01/18/16
✔Ireland--Oscar Wilde: Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde--01/03/16
✔Japan--Marie Kondō: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up--02/27/16
✔Nigeria--Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Americanah--08/18/16
✔Northern Ireland--Brian McGilloway: The Rising--05/20/16
✔Norway--Jo Nesbø: Midnight Sun--02/26/16
✔Scotland--Denise Mina: Blood Salt Water--06/06/16
✔Sweden--Håkan Nesser: Borkmann's Point--02/10/16
✔Turkey--Akif Pirinçci: Felidae--05/02/16
✔Ukraine--Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita--02/18/16
✔U.S.--Blake Crouch: Pines--01/05/16
✔Wales--Ken Follett: The Pillars of the Earth--06/02/16
✔Zimbabwe--NoViolet Bulawayo: We Need New Names--02/13/16

Edited: 08/18/2016

[Patricia]

kick starting my 2016 challenge! First book is done!

1. Antarctica: The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier (setting)
2. Australia: A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey (setting)
3. Brazil: The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (setting)
4. China: Cinder by Marissa Meyer (setting)
5. England: The Lord of the Rings by Christopher Tolkien (author)
✔ 6. France: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (setting)
7. Georgia: The Color Purple by Alice Walker (setting)
8. Greenland: First Light by Rebecca Stead (setting)
9. Ireland: Into the Woods by Tana French (setting)
10. Madagascar: The Pirate's Son by Geraldine McCaughrean (setting)
11. Peru: Temple by Matthew Reilly (setting)
12. Scotland: Harry Potter: The Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (setting)
13. Spain: Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes (setting)
14. Sweden: The Girl in the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (author)
15. USA: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken (author)

[Lindy-Lane]

Read books written by authors from as many different countries as you can. The authors can have either been born there or lived there.

goal of 10 to start. posting as i read them.

0/10 READ

[Cassandra]

Patricia - I love that you want to get started early! Usually we say that a book has to be finished during the challenge period, but since you're in complete control of what you set your goal at, you can really do whatever you want.

[Winter, Group Reads]

Cassandra wrote: "Patricia - I love that you want to get started early! Usually we say that a book has to be finished during the challenge period, but since you're in complete control of what you set your goal at, y..."

It was my first challenge year, and I overdid with some challenges, now I know I won't be able to finish all, so I'm so looking forward to starting 2016 too. Reading challenges seems to push everyone into reading more. I'm usually about 40 books I guess, this year 90 books now! Or booklength.. and then some short stories and an essay too!

[Jocelyn]

I will join

[Cassandra]

Great, Jocelyn! How many countries do you want to aim for?

[Jocelyn]

10 I am not a fast reader with school in the way

[Cassandra]

Ten is a great number. I'll add you to the list.

[Alison]

I havent done this one yet. Ill try for 10! I might change it as the year goes on

[Kara]

The very first year we did this challenge, I did 20 (the example is my list from the original challenge, haha), but it ended up being a bit of a stretch. I will go for 15 in 2016.

[Erika]

I'll sign up for 12, please :)

[Ragna]

I´m in and will start with 10 countries, have to check my bookshelf (I can add more later?).
And may I recommend reading Icelandic authors? :)

[Nik]

I'm in for 12, for now.

[Cheri]

CHALLENGE COMPLETED!!! 18/18

I'd like to join! I'll say 12 (one per month) for 2016. Edited -- New goal of 18!

By the way, if anyone is interested, Ann Morgan spent a year reading a book from every country. Her book The World Between Two Covers: Reading the Globe documents the incredible process. She also has a blog, which would be a good place to get ideas for this challenge. Her book list is there: http://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/the...

1. France - How the World Was: A California Childhood by Emmanuel Guibert (4 stars)
2. England - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (4 stars)
3. Australia - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (5 stars)
4. Sweden - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (3 stars)
5. Canada - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2 stars)
6. Israel - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon (5 stars)
7. Nigeria - We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (4 stars)
8. China - China in Ten Words by Yu Hua (5 stars)
9. Brazil - Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey (5 stars)
10. Morocco - The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami (4 stars)
11. South Korea - The Vegetarian by Han Kang (4 stars)
12. Pakistan - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai (3 stars)
13. Spain - The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel (5 stars)
14. Italy - The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri (3 stars)
15. Portugal - Caim by José Saramago (5 stars)
16. Iran - The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (5 stars)
17. Ireland - Electric Light by Seamus Heaney (4 stars)
18. Ethiopia - Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson (4 stars)

[Chloé]

Will go for ten
0/10

[Katharine]

I'm in for 20, please.




1. England: Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt finished 1/6/16 ★★★★★+
--lives in southwest England
2. Scotland: The Flood by Ian Rankin finished 8/19/16 ★★★★
--born and lives in Scotland
3. Wales: Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde finished 10/30/16 ★★★★
--born in Wales
4. Sweden: Night Rounds by Helene Tursten finished 6/6/16 ★★★
--born and lives in Sweden
5. Finland: Nights of Awe by Harri Nykänen finished 7/15/16 ★★★
--born and lives in Finland
6. Malta: The Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian finished 12/9/16 ★★★
--lives in Malta during the winter
7. Jordan: Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris finished 3/17/16 ★★★★
--lived in Jordan for a few years
8. Turkey: The Architect's Apprentice Elif Shafak finished 5/14/16 ★★★★
--lives in Turkey
9. Kenya: The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve finished 3/3/16 ★★★
--lived in Kenya for a few years
10. Ghana: Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey finished 9/10/16 ★★★★
--born in Ghana
11. Nigeria: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie finished 9/10/16 ★★★★
--born in Nigeria
12. Zimbabwe: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander M. Smith finished 10/6/16 ★★★
--born in Bulawayo/Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe
13. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth by Tamar Myers finished 4/28/16 ★★★★
--born in the Belgian Congo, what is now known as the DRC
14. Iran: The Apple Tree Blossoms in the Fall by Armineh Helen Ohanian ★★★★
--born in Iran
15. India: The Aye Aye And I: A Rescue Mission In Madagascar by Gerald Durrell finished 11/21/16 ★★★★
--born in India
16. China: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck finished 2/18/16 ★★★★
--lived in China for part of her life
17. Vietnam: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh finished 11/27/16 ★★★★
--born in Vietnam
18. Australia: Addition by Toni Jordan finished 2/23/16 ★★★
--born in Brisbane, lives in Melbourne
19. Canada: The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny finished 6/30/16 ★★★★★
--lives in Quebec
20. USA: Sandstorm by James Rollins finished 1/27/16 ★★★★
--born and lives in USA

[Marina]

Cheri wrote: "I'd like to join! I'll say 12 (one per month) for 2016.

By the way, if anyone is interested, Ann Morgan spent a year reading a book from every country. Her book [book:The World Between Two Covers:..."

I know her blog, she's amazing!

[Susan C]

I'm in for 10...



1. Croatia - Girl at War by Sara Nović read 1/16/2016
2. Nigeria - Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi read 1/26/2016 (she was born in Nigeria and lived there until she was 4)
3. Sweden - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman read 1/27/2016
4. Iran - Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan read 2/13/2016
5. Germany - The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George read 2/27/2016
6. South Africa - The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay read 3/12/2016
7. Sierra Leone - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah read 6/9/2016 8. Turkey - The King of Taksim Square by Emrah Serbes read 6/18/2016
9. France - The Other Story by Tatiana de Rosnay read 6/26/2016
10. India - A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry read 7/9/2016

10/10 Challenge completed!

[Marja]

I'll go for 12 countries, one country per month.

9/12

1. USA: The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
2. France: Lohduttaja (La Consolante/Consolation) by Anna Gavalda
3. Finland: Hanna by Minna Canth
4. China: Kultapoika, smaragdityttö (Gold Boy, Emerald Girl) by Yiyun Li
5. Iran: Persepolis : Iranilainen lapsuuteni (Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood) by Marjane Satrapi
6. Sweden: Huhtikuun noita (April Witch/Aprilhäxan) by Majgull Axelsson
7. England: The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
8. Canada: Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
9. Ivory Coast: Aya : elämää Yop Cityssä (Aya de Yopougon, Tome 1) by Marguerite Abouet
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As an extra twist to this challenge I only accept books that take place in the country where the author is from.

[Annika]

I'd like to join this challenge! Please sign me up for 10. Thanks!

3/10

1. Canada: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
2. Japan: Out by Natsuo Kirino✔
3. England: The Quiet American by Graham Greene
4. USA: UnDivided by Neal Shusterman✔
5. Australia: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
6. Russia:
7. Jamaica: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
8. France: The First Fingerprint by Xavier-Marie Bonnot
9. Ireland: Longbourn by Jo Baker✔
10. Germany: Self's Punishment by Bernhard Schlink and Walter Popp

[Amy (Other Amy)]

I've talked myself into this. I'll sign on for ten and then go for however many I can get.

[Karina]

I'm in for 15.

(Likely/easy picks sketched in for planning)

1. USA
2. Canada
3. England
4. Scotland
5. Ireland
6. Norway
7. Sweden
8. Finland
9. Iceland
10. China
11. Japan
12. Russia
13.
14.
15.

[Nicole]

I'm going to try for 10.

6/10

1. United States - Last Light 1/2/16
2. England - Crome Yellow 1/4/16
3. Canada - Reamde 1/16/16
4. Russia - Child 44 2/11/16
5. Nigeria - Things Fall Apart 3/16/16
6. New Guinea - Euphoria 3/18/16
7. France - Swann's Way 3/31/16
8. Italy - The New Catacomb 4/7/16
9. Australia - Jam 4/14/16
10. South Africa - The Girl From the Train 7/11/16

[Siewjye]

AROUND THE WORLD IN BOOKS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016

I want to read at least 10 books for this challenge

1. North America
2. South America The Fifth Mountain
3. Japan Kafka on the Shore
4. Nigeria Half of a Yellow Sun
5. Afghanistan And the Mountains Echoed
6. Russia
7. Cambodia First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
8. India The God of Small Things, The Glass Palace
9. Turkey Snow
10.Australia The Rosie Project
11.England Sense and Sensibility
12.

[Ronja]

Count me in for ten countries, please.

✔ 1. Belarus Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
✔ 2. North Korea The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
✔ 3. Australia Women of the Outback
✔ 4. Pakistan I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
5. ✔ Canada The Road to Yesterday
6. ✔ Iran The Peacock Princess: The True-Life Story of an American Woman and Her Daughters, Trapped Among Decadent Iranian Aristocracy in Royal and Revolutionary Iran
✔ 7. Germany: Gone to Ground: One woman's extraordinary account of survival in the heart of Nazi Germany
✔ 8. Finland: Hertta
✔ 9. Romania: The Passport
✔ 10. USA The Lost Symbol

COMPLETED

Anybody interested in Finnish novels? I would like to suggest mystery and thriller stories by Leena Lehtolainen. Like My First Murder and so on. Helsinki Noir is a good collection of Finland-based stories by many authors.

[Sherry]

I'm in for 7!!! I decided on 7 Continents of the World: It seems less than everyone but rather than specific countries I will try for Continents.

Also I saw on Marina H's tracking that she is doing a personal challenge of Map of USA reading challenge. I like that idea and would like to do the same as a personal challenge. Maybe one day I'll do every country in the world (196 countries) which is why I decided on 7 for this challenge so I can do my personal USA map challenge.

I decided on 7 Continents of the World:
1. North America :
2. South America :
3. Africa :
4. Europe :
5. Asia :
6. Middle East :
7. Australia :

[Leah]

This sounds like so much fun! Sign me up for 15. I'm not sure what countries I will do yet aside from a few, but it sounds like a great way to diversify my reading.

[Carrie]

This sounds interesting! Put me down for 5

1. The Postcard Killers - SWEDEN
2: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever - USA
3: At the Water's Edge - CANADA
4: Me Before You - UNITED KINGDOM

[Diane L]

I need to finish a personal challenge on which I've lost momentum. This will help me a lot.

AROUND THE WORLD IN BOOKS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
20/20

1. The Navigator by Clive Cussler, 2 Jan 2016, born in USA
2. Once upon a Summer by Janette Oke, 3 Jan 2016, born in Canada
3. A.D. 30 by Ted Dekker, 10 Jan 2016, born in Indonesia
4. The Plague by Albert Camus, 15 Jan 2016, born in Algeria
5. Murder on the Leviathan by Boris Akunin, 21 Jan 2016, born in Georgia (the Asian country, not the state)
6. The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill, 26 Jan 2016, born in UK
7. What's So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D'Souza, 31 Jan 2016, born in India
8. Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich, 9 Feb 2016, born in Ukraine
9. Inferno by Dante Alighieri, 22 Feb 2016, born in Italy
10. The Dark Monk by Oliver Pötzsch, 24 Mar 2016, born in Germany
11. The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, 25 Mar 2016, born in Netherlands
12. [[book:One Hundred Names|15732712] by Cecelia Ahern, 20 Apr 2016, born in Ireland
13. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, 26 Apr 2016, bor in Austria-Hungary
14. Paris: A Love Story by Kati Marton, 30 Apr 2016, born in Hungary
15. Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason, 16 May 2016, born in Iceland
16. Your Body's Many Cries for Water: You Are Not Sick, You Are Thirsty! Don't treat thirst with medications; A Preventive and Self-Education Manual for Those Who Prefer to Adhere to the Logic of the Natural and the Simple in Medicine by F. Batmanghelidj, 28 Jun 2016, born in Iran
17. Arcady's Goal by Eugene Yelchin, 2 Jul 2016, born in Soviet Union
18. Angels in the Gloom by Anne Perry, 4 Aug 2016, lived in New Zealand
19. Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley, 10 Aug 2016, Michael Sears who is one of the two authors writing as Michael Stanley lives in South Africa
20. A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty, 13 Aug 2016, born in Australia

[Ronja]

Sorry, I just edited my text. I'll try 10.

[Cassandra]

No need to apologize, Ronja! I've updated your goal.

[Nika]

I love this idea! Please sign me in for 20 books.

[Alex]

USA - The Healing
The Philippines - The Girl from the Well
Spain - The Shadow of the Wind
New Zealand - Phenomena: The Lost and Forgotten Children
England - The Doll's House
China -Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
Scotland - The Mermaids Singing
Vietnam - Inside Out & Back Again
Canada - The Masked Truth
Brazil - The Alchemist
Japan - Never Let Me Go
Russia - Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot
Peru - Kill the Boy Band
Denmark - The Keeper of Lost Causes
Ireland - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

**15/15 completed**

[Kelly]

AROUND THE WORLD IN BOOKS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016

Read books written by authors from as many different countries as you can. The authors can have either been born there or lived there.


1. USA - The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes ✔
2. Ireland - Flawed by Cecelia Ahern ✔
3. England - A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf ✔
4. Canada - All the Rage by Courtney Summers ✔
5. Pakistan - I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai ✔
6. France - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ✔
7. Germany - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank ✔
8. Nigeria - We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ✔
9. Wales - Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas ✔
10. Australia - Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers ✔
11. Slovakia - The Girl In The Ice by Robert Bryndza ✔
12. Israel - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo ✔

COMPLETE: 12/12

[Netanella]

This sounds like fun! I'd like to start easy with 5, please.

I'm also participating in a similar personal challenge, reading around the world with characters, not authors. I've been tracking my progress with an online mapmaker, that you might be interested in. I've got a long way to go before I read all the countries of the world! My personal reading map is below:

Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com

[Ornina]

I am in as well. sign me up for 10 books please :)
This is based on other books i have chose to read in 2016

1-USA: Gone Girl
2-Afghanstan:The Kite Runner
3-Russia:Lolita
4-Lebanon:The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
5-Turkey:The Bastard of Istanbul
6-United Kingdom:Mansfield Park
7-Colombia:Love in the Time of Cholera
8-Pakistan:I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
9-Australia:The Rosie Project
10-Ireland:Room

1/10

[Regina]

Hi, sign me up for 15 countries.
I'll be adding them as go along!

[Cubi]

Sign me up for 5 countries. Start small and raise it later.

[Bücherhörnchen]

I'm also in. I'll start with 12 :)

Do I have to choose the country now?