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Antigua and Barbuda
✔✔✔✔✔✔Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
✔✔✔Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
✔✔Bolivia
✔Brazil
✘✘✘✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Canada
Cayman Islands
✔✔✔Chile
✔✔✔✔Colombia
✔✔Costa Rica
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Cuba
Curaçao
✔Dominica
✔Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Falkland Islands
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
✔Guyana
✔✔Haiti
Honduras
✔✔✔✔Jamaica
✔Martinique
✔✔✔✔Mexico
Montserrat
Nicaragua
✔Panama
✔Paraguay
✔✔✔Peru
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
✔Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos
✔Uruguay
Venezuela
Virgin Islands
Autonomous:
✔Greenland
✔✔✔✔✔Antarctica
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✔✔✔Albania
Andorra
Armenia
✔Austria
✔Belarus
✔✔Belgium
✔Bosnia and Herzegovina
✔✔✔Bulgaria
✔✔Croatia
✔Cyprus
✔✔✔✔✔Czech Republic
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Denmark
Estonia
✔Faroe Islands
✔✔Finland
✘✘✘✘✔✔✔✔✔France
Georgia
✘✔✔✔✔✔Germany
✘✘✔✔✔✔Greece
✔✔Hungary
✔✔✔Iceland
✘✘✔✔✔✔✔Ireland
✘✘✘✘✔✔Italy
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Latvia
Liechtenstein
✔Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
✔Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
✔✔Netherlands
North Macedonia (FYROM on map)
✘Norway
✘✔✔✔✔Poland
✔Portugal
Romania
✘✘✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
✔Slovenia
✘✔✔✔✔✔Spain
✘✔✔✔Sweden
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Switzerland
✔✔Ukraine
Vatican City
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✔✔Afghanistan
Armenia
✔✔Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
✔Cambodia
✘✘✔✔✔China
Georgia
Hong Kong
✘✔✔✔✔India
✔✔Indonesia
✔✔✔Iran
✔Iraq
✔✔✔✔Israel
✘✘✘Japan
✔Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
✔Kyrgyzstan
✔Laos
✔Lebanon
✔✔✔✔✔✔Malaysia
Maldives
✔Mongolia
✔Myanmar
✔Nepal
✔✔✔✔✔✔North Korea
Oman
✔✔✔Pakistan
✔Palestine
✔✔✔✔Philippines
Qatar
✔Saudi Arabia
✔✔✔✔Singapore
✔✔✔✔✔South Korea
✔Sri Lanka
✔✔✔✔Syria
✔Taiwan
Tajikistan
✔✔✔✔Thailand
Timor-Leste
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Uzbekistan
✔✔✔✔Vietnam
Yemen
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✘✘✘✘✘✔Australia
Fiji
✔Kiribati
✔Marshall Islands
Micronesia
✔✔✔New Zealand
Nauru
Palau
✔Papua New Guinea
✔Samoa
✔Soloman Islands
✔Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
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✔✔General
✔✔✔Algeria
Angola
✔Benin
✔✔✔Botswana
✔✔Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
✔✔Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
✔Cote d'Ivoire
Djibouti
✔✔✔✔✔Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
✔Ethiopia
Gabon
✔Gambia
✔✔✔Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
✔✔✔✔Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
✔Libya
✔Madagascar
Malawi
✔Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
✔✔✔Morocco
✔Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
✘✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Nigeria
Reunion
✔✔✔Rwanda
✔Senegal
Seychelles
✔Sierra Leone
✔Somalia
✔✔✔✔✔✔South Africa
South Sudan
St. Helena
✔✔✔Sudan
Swaziland
São Tomé and Príncipe
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
✔✔Uganda
Western Sahara
✔Zambia
Zimbabwe
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✘✔✔✔✔General
✘✔Alabama
✘✔✔✔Alaska
✔✔✔Arizona
✔✔✔Arkansas
✦✘✔✔✔California
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Colorado
✘Connecticut
✔✔✔Delaware
✘Florida
✘✔✔✔✔✔Georgia
✔✔✔✔✔Hawaii
✔✔✔✔✔Idaho
✘✘Illinois
✔✔✔✔✔Indiana
✔✔✔✔✔✔Iowa
✔✔✔✔Kansas
✔✔✔✔Kentucky
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Louisiana
✘✔✔✔✔✔✔Maine
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Maryland
✘✘✘✔✔Massachusetts
✘✔✔✔Michigan
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Minnesota
✔✔✔✔Mississippi
✔✔✔✔✔✔Missouri
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Montana
✔✔✔✔✔Nebraska
✔✔✔✔Nevada
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔New Hampshire
✘✔New Jersey
✔✔✔✔New Mexico
✦✔✔✔New York
✘✘North Carolina
✔✔✔North Dakota
✘✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Ohio
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Oklahoma
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Oregon
✔✔✔✔✔✔Pennsylvania
✔✔Rhode Island
✔✔✔✔South Carolina
✔✔✔South Dakota
✘✔✔Tennessee
✘✔✔Texas
✔✔Utah
✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔Vermont
✘✔✔✔✔Virginia
✘✔✔✔✔Washington
✘Washington DC
✔✔✔✔✔West Virginia
✔✔✔Wisconsin
✔Wyoming
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✘✘✘✔✔✔✔General
✦✦✘✔✔✔✔England
✔✔✔✔✔Northern Ireland
✘✘✘✔✔✔✔✔✔Scotland
✔✔Wales
Autonomous
✔Isle of Mann
✔Jersey (Channel Islands)
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1. https://mapchart.net/world.html
2. Click - 'Save - Upload Map Configuration'
3. Copy and Paste the text in the Google link below
4. Under "More Options', click the following sliders:
- Show USA States
- Show Country Names
- Split UK
5. To zoom in and out, click 'Zoom Mode' in the left side of map
Notes:
- Zoom mode is sensitive. You can click 'Reset Zoom' to quickly return to original
- Don't worry if you make a change to the map. Others will still see the original when they input the text file
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how do we submit the book titles?
This sounds so fun! A most excellent idea. Here are the books I've read so far in 2019 that qualify....
Switzerland - The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain (Week 1. A book that was nominated for an award)
Afghanistan - When the Moon Is Low by Nadia Hashimi (Week 2. A book with one of the 5 Ws in the title)
US/West Virginia - Sugar Run by Mesha Maren (Week 4. A book with a criminal character)
Scotland - Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart (Week 3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, Y)
Scotland - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell (Week 5. A book inspired by Shakespeare)
Scotland - The Last Pearl Fisher of Scotland by Julia Stuart (Week 11. A book related to the Chinese zodiac)
US/Connecticut - Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg (Week 16. A book told from multiple perspectives)
Australia - All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld (Week 7. Two books related to the same topic, genre, or theme)
Norway - The Gradual Disappearance of Jane Ashland by Nicolai Houm (Week 8. Two books related to the same topic, genre, or theme)
US/Florida - Trust Exercise by Susan Choi (Week 37. A book set in a school or university)
Tahiti - The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (Week 10. A book featuring an historical figure)
Ireland - History of the Rain by Niall Williams (Week 11. A book about reading or books)
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This is a cool idea! Here's what I've finished so far for ATY:Italy - The Aeneid
Nigeria - Akata Witch
US/California - There There
US/Mississippi - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Russia - War and Peace
US/New York - Behold the Dreamers
I've read a few others too, but they are fantasy and sci-fi books not set in the real world.
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa - SpainMetro 2033 Moscow, Russia
Lód Warsaw, Poland; Yekaterinburg Omsk, Olkhon, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia (character travels by Transsiberian Railaway most of the book). I guess Russia would be main setting.
Augustus Rome, Apollonia, Brindisi, Mutina, Philippi, Athens, Alexandria, Antioch, Armenia, Ephesus, Pandateria - generally all around Roman Empire, I don't know how classify that, maps changed a lot since then, haha
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - UK
The Twelve Chairs - once again a lot of places -but mostly Russia.
The Magus - Greece
The Collector - UK
Denmark: Planen by Morten PapeAustralia: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Denmark: Den grænseløse by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Russia: Russka by Edward Rutherfurd
Greenland / Denmark: Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden by Kim Leine
US - GeorgiaPretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
UK - England: Kvinden i hvidt by Wilkie Collins
Australia: Tornfuglene by Colleen McCullough
USNY (Harlem) The Real Cool Killers
PA (Pittsburgh) Someone Like Me
MD (Baltimore) Baltimore Blues
MI (Detroit) Broken Monsters
Kenya Circling the Sun
Burkina Faso American Spy
Nigeria My Sister, the Serial Killer
England The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Ireland The Witch Elm
France (an alternative history, but I guess it counts?) The Last Days of New Paris
China The Lotus Palace
India Life of Pi
somewhere un-named in Australia 99 Percent Mine
USA-Illinois -The NixCanada - White Fang
USA - Alaska - A Cold Day For Murder
France - Cooking for Picasso
USA - New Jersey- Unsheltered
Denmark - The Scarred Woman
Vietnam - The Sympathizer
Canada - Still Life
AFRICAAlgeria : The German Mujahid
Nigeria : My Sister, the Serial Killer
Sierra Leone : Someone Knows My Name
AMERICA
Canada : The Beautiful Mystery
USA :
Maryland : The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
New York : The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir
Washington D.C. : Lincoln in the Bardo
ASIA
India : We That Are Young
Iraq : The Calligrapher's Garden
Japan : Le tigre des neiges
EUROPE
France : À son image
Germany : Emil and the Detectives
Great Britain : Lady Susan
+ Le musée imaginaire de Jane Austen
Italy : Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions
Spain : Strange Pilgrims
Sweden : The Saga of Gösta Berling
Ukraine : Un printemps à Tchernobyl
California, USA - The Kiss Quotient Shanghai, China - What We Were Promised
Georgia, USA - Surface Below
New York, USA - An Anonymous Girl
Illinois, USA - If We Were Villains
UK - The Chalk Man
UK- Ghosted
Minnesota, USA - Leave No Trace
UK - One Day in December
Not sure if this is just silly or even possible but maybe for fantasy worlds we could have a pretty shimmery color around the border of the map?
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California, USA - When Dimple Met Rishi
New York, USA - The Nest
Nevada, USA - Genuine Fraud
France - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
United Kingdom - The Clockmaker's Daughter
New York, USA - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
Massachusetts, USA - Still Alice
New York, USA - Sometimes I Lie
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Malaysia- The Night TigerGreece- Circe, The Song of Achilles
Norway- Hunger
Spain- Lighthouse
Indonesia- War With The Newts
Canada- The Shipping News
Japan- Strange Weather in Tokyo
Italy- Augustus
Israel- Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
Hungary- The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
Australia- Rush Oh!
Poland- Flights
USA
CA- There There
FL- Chomp
MO- Stoner
NY- The Friend, Passing
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I read two other books set in NY for this challenge (that I neglected to list in my first post):Red Hook, Brooklyn: The Ballad of Black Tom
Adirondacks: Full Wolf Moon
Italy: The Taming of the ShrewPoland: Upadłe damy II Rzeczpospolitej
W niebie na agrafce
Matka Wszystkich Lalek
Noelka
UK: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
US/New York Something Borrowed
The Great Gatsby
US/Rhode Island My Sister's Keeper
Cool idea!France: The Three Musketeers
Norway/Germany/USA: The Swarm
South Africa: Long Walk to Freedom
USA (California): East of Eden
USA (Maine) and USA (Texas): 11/22/63
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So far, I have not added specific books next to the countries in the main posts. If people have any feedback with how things are being recorded then please feel free to share.
U.S.Missouri - Stoner
New York - Bellewether
New York - The Female Persuasion
North Carolina - First Frost
Canada - A Trick of the Light
Canada - The Beautiful Mystery
UK - The Bookshop on the Corner
UK - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
UK - Miss Mole
UK - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
UK - The Clockmaker's Daughter
Finland - A Winter Book
Turkey - Snow
Egypt - Balthazar
Italy - The Story of a New Name
Cote d'Ivoire - Aya
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I've also just finished The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café for Botswana, which works for the "top-5 money-making genres" prompt.
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This is fun! UK
My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel
Russia
The Winter of the Witch
France
Les Misérables
Greece
The Song of Achilles
Denmark (at the period it is set in, some of the locations are in different countries now)
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars
USA
Dumplin' (Texas)
Thunderhead (different places but Texas prominently)
Little Women (I think it is Massachusetts?)
U.S.Michigan - What the Eyes Don't See
Minnesota - Evergreen Greetings from the Baumgartners
North Carolina - Where the Crawdads Sing
Kentucky - Hillbilly Elegy
New York - The Sun is Also a Star
New York - Something Borrowed
Louisiana - The Moviegoer
Tennessee - Nashville Songwriter
California - There There
New Mexico - Bless Me, Ultima
Arkansas - Reading with Patrick
District of Columbia Fire and Fury
Canada - A Fatal Grace
France - The Little Paris Bookshop
India - The God of Small Things
Turkey -The Red-Haired Woman
Unite Kingdom - Once Upon a River
Morocco - Tangerine
Argentina - The Penguin Lessons
I have books for Malaysia and Rwanda for the Advanced Prompts which I believe we aren't counting.
Laura wrote: "The map has now been updated through message 28 so check it out! So far, I have not added specific books next to the countries in the main posts. If people have any feedback with how things are b..."
the map looks great!
I’m a little surprised that there are no books for South America yet.
Laura wrote: "Marina H, I would like to stick to one location for each book. Judging by the description, I'm going to go with Greenland. If you think otherwise then just let me know :)"That's super, Laura! I was thinking Greenland as well but couldn't find it on the lists, so was unsure if you had it as a separate location.
Sounds like fun! Here's what I have so far:Washington State Where'd You Go, Bernadette
England Stormbreaker
Italy Much Ado about Nothing
Australia The Forgotten Garden
Nebraska Fangirl
North Carolina The Best of Me
Alaska Julie of the Wolves
Norway Icefall
New York Naked in Death
California Ghosts
South Carolina Brown Girl Dreaming
As I was compiling this list I realize I have a lot of books set in England, but I didn't write them all. I really should branch out.
This is so fun! Thanks for doing this, Laura. Here is what I have completed for ATY so far:US:
Ohio The Last Place You Look
New York The Masterpiece
California The Proposal
California The Feral Detective
Outside US:
England Neverwhere
Cuba Next Year in Havana
England The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Greece The Iliad
Argentina The Penguin Lessons
Other planets:
Golden Son
I'll add my books later (I'm too restless now to go through them), but I'd like to petition to split up the UK in the different countries it contains: North Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales.
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Here are the 10 books that I have read for AtY so far this year:USA:
Florida - Annihilation
Oregon - Haunted
Minnesota - The Con Before Christmas
Other Countries:
Nigeria - Home
Fictional locations (On earth):
Red Seas Under Red Skies
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
Outer Space (on ships/satellites/etc):
Beacon 23
Mono No Aware
Binti
Fictional locations (other planet):
Prelude to Foundation
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I have been using a site called mapchart.net
It's a bit finnicky but I'm starting to learn all the little quirks.
I was going to suggest the same, Carmen!
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The Death of Mrs. Westaway: UK
A Man Lay Dead: UK
The Woman in Black (by Leslie Ford): Washington DC, USA
Death by Dog Show: Massachusetts, USA
The Secret of Chimneys: UK
The Westing Game: Wisconsin, USA
The House That Pinterest Built: California, USA
I love the idea of seeing at the end of the year how many countries we get and which ones end up surprisingly popular. I'm sure the US and the UK will be well represented, but it will be fun to see where else we "travel".
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There isn't really a great option for me to break down, aside from doing a separate map that breaks down by county. That would be this one: https://mapchart.net/uk.html
I'm thinking that one is the other extreme and a bit too detailed.
But open to others' thoughts, who are more geographically adept or familiar with the area.
This looks like fun! Here's what I have so far:Botswana: When Rain Clouds Gather (week 2)
Ukraine: Y.T. (week 3)
US - California: The Koala of Death (week 4)
US - Vermont: The Broken Girls (week 6)
Argentina: Dog Symphony (week 11)
Spain: The Shadow of the Wind (week 12)
Syria (& lots of other places, but the book starts here and the characters are Syrian): The Map of Salt and Stars (week 15)
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One of the most beautiful things about reading is its ability to take us to new places. A truly great author can really make a setting come to life.
In our first read-a-thon of 2019, our teams focused on this "travel" and comments throughout the years have made it clear that we all love to map out our reading destinations. So our newest group project is going to be an ongoing challenge, focused on conquering the world map
Those of you who have been around for a few years probably remember our group reading map that ended in 2017. This will be a bit different (and simpler).
Object:
Read at least one book set in every country around the world, as a group. We will also be breaking down the United States into each of the 50 states.
Rules:
Only submit the books you've finished reading.
Sure, a lot of us have our reading plans solidified for the whole year but plans have a way of changing even when we don't expect them to. It is for this reason we ask that you only submit books that you're done reading. This way, if that book you thought you'd love ends up in your did-not-finish pile or you take an unexpected hiatus from the group, we won't have to go back and try and figure out what was or wasn't read and we can end the year with a pretty accurate record.
Around the Year Challenge books only, please.
We're going to limit this to books for the main challenge to keep things simpler. But you can include a book that is set in fantasy or space settings, just like in 2016.
Fiction, non-fiction, doesn't matter.
As long as the book is set in or references events that occurred in a location we can include it.
Multiple locations:
We know that there are many books set in multiple locations. If that is the case, pick one as the main setting. If you feel like there is no distinct main setting for the book (like road trip books, time travel books, part fantasy world/part real world, etc.) then feel free to post your situation here and we can troubleshoot as a group.
What do the different colors mean?
If you see that someone else has already mapped a country, submit your book anyway. The map color will get darker as we read more and more books set in a country.
Special requests? (i.e. more specific locations) Post them in the comments! This is a new project and, as always, we're open to feedback.
Notes:
- A country will be ✔'ed off once someone reads a book for that country. Once a country has 10 readers, this will become a ✘, similar to roman numerals (i.e 11 = ✘✔). Once it has 100 then it will become a ♦.
- You may notice that the key is missing numbers. This is simply because there is no country currently with this number of books. This will change as books are added.