Anita's Read Around the World Challenge

[Anita]

Read Women Around the World

[Anita]

Goal: 34/80

2015

1. Cambodia - First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, by Loung Ung
2. China (Tibet) - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet, by Xinran
3. United Kingdom - How to Build a Girl, by Caitlin Moran
4. Finland - The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson
5. Democratic Republic of the Congo (The Belgian Congo) - The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
6. The United States - The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
7. The Czech Republic - The Small Backs of Children, by Lidia Yuknavitch

2016

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8. Pakistan - I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, by Malala Yousafzai
9. Virgin Islands, U.S. (St. Thomas) - The Marriage of Opposites, by Alice Hoffman
10. France - The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
11. Nigeria (Biafra) - Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
12. Japan - Kitchen, by Banana Yoshimoto
13. Iran - Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi
14. Ireland - Asking For It, byLouise O'Neill

2017

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15. Guernsey - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer
16. India - The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
17. Russia - The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden
18. North Korea - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park
19. Argentina - Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez

2018

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20. Norway - Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
21. Brazil - The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
22. Syria - We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman
23. Poland - The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman *updated with native author @33.

2019

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23. Mexico - Umami by Laia Jufresa
24. New Zealand - The Bone People by Keri Hulme
25. Sudan - A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
26. Sri Lanka - Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera
27. South Korea - Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook

2020

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28. Dominican Republic - Tentacle by Rita Indiana
29. Germany - Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug
30. Thailand - Bright by Duanwad Pimwana
31. Oman - Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
32. Poland - Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
33. Canada - Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
34. Chile - Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

[Alwynne]

That's an impressive array Anita, wonderful range of books includes some personal favourites and a lot I'd like to try, thanks for posting!

[Anita]

Thank you Alwynne. It's nice to see my progress over the years. This is definitely a great long term challenge for me, and even just having it in the back of my mind I manage to do alright over time.

[Anita]

2021

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35. Ghana - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
36. Bulgaria - Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić

[〰️Beth〰️]

Love how you set up your goals. You have definitely inspired me to add some books to my TBR.

[Anita]

〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "Love how you set up your goals. You have definitely inspired me to add some books to my TBR."

Thank you, Beth. I do hope you find some good reads. If you're curious about any specific books just ask and I'd be happy to share my thoughts/review.

[Anita]

Now we can't post outside links anymore, so I can't update my map!

37. British Columbia - The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
38. Italy - Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
39. Barbados - How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
40. Latvia - Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena

[Alwynne]

Have you tried Anita? They've been working for me again.

[Anita]

Alwynne wrote: "Have you tried Anita? They've been working for me again."

Yeah I was just trying right now to update this post. Maybe soon they'll work for me again too then. *fingers crossed*

[Alwynne]

This site is so weird!