Introduction and List!

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Hello all!

I am exited to start a new bookish project here in our little Book Club, which is "Around the world in books".

I would love to learn more of other Country's customs and cultures, and what best way to do that, if not through books?

I really hope you will join me as this will be a Team effort! The plan is:

- There will be a list of the Continents below.
- You lovely people can comment below with your suggestions.
- The list will be gradually updated with all your suggestions and in time, hopefully we will have a list with at least a book for every Country in each Continent (or most of them, anyway!)
- Seperate discussion threads will be created as and when any of us read a book in the list, at our leisure - no timeline!

The books suggested can be of any genre as long as they are mainly based in a specific Country. A book can be suggested even if it is based in more than one country. More than one book can be suggested for the same Country.

Well, here we go:

Asia:
Human Acts,
Pachinko,
Norwegian Wood,
My Uncle Napoleon,
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea,
A Thousand Splendid Sun's
The White Tiger

Africa:
Home going,
Half of a Yellow Sun
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

North America:
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America,
The Invention of Wings

South America:
One Hundred Years of Solitude ,
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Next Year in Havana

Antarctica:

Europe:
Outlander,
All the Light We Cannot See,
The Seagull,
The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956,
Demian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend,
The Metamorphosis

Australasia:
The Bone People,
Once Were Warriors,
Down Under
The Dry

[Kelsey]

Outlander for Europe
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America for North Amercia

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Emma wrote: "Okay, commenting on this so I remember to write my list in the next little while! This is exciting :)"
Great!

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Kelsey wrote: "Outlander for Europe
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America for North Amercia"

Fantastic! Updated :)

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Emma wrote: " I also want to make a little suggestion to changing Australia to Australasia, because I am from New Zealand, I would love to include (and have included) books from my home country! " of course! To be honest I just googled the Continents to be on the safe side haha.

I will update the list tonight :)

Also, you should have the option to create a new thread within this topic, as and when you wish to start reading a book on the list. If the option isn't there, please let me know!

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Emma wrote: "Right! I had to stop before I had too many. I also want to make a little suggestion to changing Australia to Australasia, because I am from New Zealand, I would love to include (and have included) ..."
Updated!

[Amy]

The White Tiger for Asia

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Amy wrote: "The White Tiger for Asia"

Hi Amy! Great, thank you :) I've just added this to the list.

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Joanne wrote: "Sorry Oh never mind I’ve already read it I think I made a mistake" oh it doesn't matter! The list is for everyone to enjoy :)

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Joanne wrote: "Sorry Oh never mind I’ve already read it I think I made a mistake"

Oh its okay, as long as thats where it is based! The list is for everyone to enjoy! 😊

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Joanne wrote: "Hi new to group

Hope this is right

Australiaasia

by Jane Harper" Added! 😊

[Kelsey]

We could add Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood to Africa

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Kelsey wrote: "We could add Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood to Africa"

Oh yes!! I forgot about that one, that's a brilliant book! Added :)

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

I've just added Next Year in Havana in the south amarica section.

I'm thinking of reading Pachiko next month, has anybody else read it?