Bookguide ATW Circumnavigator - going round and round

[Bookguide]

I've been challenging myself to read books from around the world for several years now. I'd love to go back and record them all on Goodreads, so it will be an ongoing project that may take some time to add all the books I've read in the past.

The countries of the world:
Asia
Bangladesh - Bhutan - Brunei - Cambodia - China - Georgia - Hong Kong - India - Indonesia - Japan - Kazakhstan - Korea, North - Korea, South - Kyrgyzstan - Laos - Macau - Malaysia - Maldives - Mongolia - Myanmar - Nepal - Pakistan - Philippines - Singapore - Sri Lanka - Taiwan - Tajikistan - Thailand - Tibet - Timor Leste - Turkey - Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Vietnam

Caribbean
Anguilla - Antigua & Barbuda - Aruba - Bahamas - Barbados - Bermuda - Bonaire - Cayman Islands - Curacao - Dominica - Dominican Republic - Grenada - Guadeloupe - Haiti - Jamaica - Martinique - Montserrat - Puerto Rico - Saba - St. Barth's - St. Eustatius - St. Kitts & Nevis - St. Lucia - St. Maarten - St. Vincent & the Grenadines - Trinidad & Tobago - Turks & Caicos - Virgin Islands

Europe
Albania - Andorra -Armenia - Austria - Azerbaijan - Azores - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia & Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey) - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Estonia - Faeroe Islands - Finland - France - Germany - Gibraltar - Greece - Greenland - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Italy - Kosovo - Latvia - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Macedonia - Madeira - Malta - Moldova - Monaco - Montenegro - Netherlands - Northern Ireland - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - San Marino - Scotland - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Ukraine - Vatican City - Wales

Latin America
Argentina - Bolivia - Brazil - Chile - Colombia - Easter Island - Ecuador - Falkland Islands - French Guiana - Galapagos Islands - Guyana - Paraguay - Peru - Suriname - Uruguay - Venezuela

Middle East
Afghanistan - Bahrain - Egypt - Iran - Iraq - Israel - Jordan - Kuwait - Lebanon - Oman - Palestine - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Syria - United Arab Emirates - Yemen

North America
Belize - Canada - Costa Rica - Cuba - El Salvador - Guatemala - Honduras - Mexico - Nicaragua - Panama - USA

[Bookguide]

Summary of all books & countries so far (2012 onwards)

Africa
Botswana - The Kalahari Typing School for Men 2014
Kenya - De bavianenkoning (The Baboon King) 2014 | West with the Night 2013
Nigeria - The Spider King's Daughter 2014 |Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2012
Zimbabwe - The Golden Notebook 2014 | The Grass is Singing - Doris Lessing 2012

Asia
Afghanistan - The Bookseller of Kabul 2014China - Marco Polo (outdated Dutch children's book) 2013
China - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See 2012
India - The Life You Want 2014 | No Full Stops in India 2013 | The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga 2012
Japan - The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance 2014 | Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids - Kenzaburo Oe 2012
Malaya - A Town Like Alice 2014
Pakistan - Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time 2013
Singapore - King Rat 2014
Sri Lanka - Brixton Beach 2014
Tibet - The Hotel on the Roof of the World: From Miss Tibet to Shangri La 2013
Turkey - Weg van Nederland [Away from the Netherlands] 2014

Caribbean
Jamaica - Small Island - Andrea Levy 2012

Europe
Paraguay - Measuring The World - Daniel Kehlmann 2012
Belgium - Inside the Gestapo 2013Bosnia - The Bridge on the Drina 2014
England - Last Orders 2014 | The Room of Lost Things - Stella Duffy 2012
France - Five Photos of My Wife 2014 |
Jeanne d’Arc - De maagd van Orleans [Joan of Arc: the Maid of Orleans) - M.J. Krueck von Poturzyn 2012
East Germany - [book:Stasiland|921136] 2013
Greece - The Potter's House - Rosie Thomas 2012
Ireland - Carry Me Down 2013 | The Woman Who Walked Into Doors - Roddy Doyle 2012
Italy - Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental Journey 2014 | De eenzaamheid van de priemgetallen (The Solitude of Prime Numbers) 2013
Netherlands - Letterhonger [Letter Hunger] 2014 | Het leven is vurrukkulluk [Life is Vundahfool] 2013 | De koperen tuin (The Garden Where the Brass Band Plays) - Simon Vestdijk 2012
Russia - Nights at the Circus (only part of the book is set here, but it's my favourite bit) 2014
Spain - The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2012
Sweden - Hanna's Daughters 2014

Latin America
Paraguay - Measuring The World - Daniel Kehlmann 2012

Middle East
Egypt - The Seven Days of Man - Abdel-Hakim Hassem 2012
Iraq - Baghdad Diaries: A Woman's Chronicle of War and Exile - Nuha al-Radi 2012
Israel - An End To Running
Yemen - Nog eenmaal mijn moeder zien: als slavinnen verkocht door hun vader (Sold) - Zana Muhsen, Andrew Croft 2012

North America
Canada - The Bear 2014 | In Search of April Raintree - Beatrice Culleton Mosionier 2012
Guatemala - I, Rigoberto Menchu - Rigoberto Menchu 2012
Mexico - The Adventures of Augie March 2014
USA - The Chosen 2014 | A Little Twist of Texas: Raven's Roads 2013 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West - Dee Brown 2012

Oceania
Australia - The Songlines (+Tracks) 2014 | Feet of Clay: On Foot Through Australia - Ffyona Campbell 2012
Papua New Guinea - Mister Pip 2013
Sailing past Taiwan, Japan & out into the open seas - China Voyage, the - Tim Severin 2012

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[Bookguide]

2014 ATW books


Africa
Botswana - The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Kenya - De bavianenkoning (The Baboon King)
Nigeria - The Spider King's Daughter
Zimbabwe - The Golden Notebook

Asia
India - The Life You Want
Afghanistan - The Bookseller of Kabul
Japan - The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
Malaya - A Town Like Alice
Singapore - King Rat
Sri Lanka - Brixton Beach
Turkey - Weg van Nederland [Away from the Netherlands]

Europe
Bosnia - The Bridge on the Drina
France - Five Photos of My Wife
Italy - Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental Journey
Netherlands - Letterhonger [Letter Hunger]
Russia - Nights at the Circus (only part of the book is set here, but it's my favourite bit)
Sweden - Hanna's Daughters
England - Last Orders

North America
Canada - The Bear
Mexico - The Adventures of Augie March
USA - The Chosen

Oceania
Australia - The Songlines (+Tracks)

[Bookguide]

2013 ATW books


Africa
Kenya - West with the Night

Asia
China - Marco Polo (outdated Dutch children's book)
India - No Full Stops in India
Pakistan - Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Tibet - The Hotel on the Roof of the World: From Miss Tibet to Shangri La

Europe
Belgium - Inside the Gestapo
East Germany - Stasiland
Ireland - Carry Me Down
Italy - De eenzaamheid van de priemgetallen (The Solitude of Prime Numbers)
Lithuania - Oostzee Journaal: Een Reis Door Scandinavië, De Baltische Republieken, Kaliningrad, Polen En Noord Duitsland [Baltic Sea Journal: a Journey Through Scandinavia, The Baltic Republics, Kalingrad, Poland and Northern Germany]
Netherlands - Het leven is vurrukkulluk [Life is Vundahfool]

Middle East
Israel - An End To Running


North America
USA - A Little Twist of Texas: Raven's Roads

Oceania
Papua New Guinea - Mister Pip

[Bookguide]

2012 ATW books


Africa
Nigeria - Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Zimbabwe - The Grass is Singing - Doris Lessing

Asia
China - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
India - The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
Japan - Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids - Kenzaburo Oe

Caribbean
Jamaica - Small Island - Andrea Levy

Europe
England - The Room of Lost Things - Stella Duffy
France - Jeanne d’Arc - De maagd van Orleans [Joan of Arc: the Maid of Orleans) - M.J. Krueck von Poturzyn
Greece - [book:The Potter's House|1542132] - Rosie Thomas
Ireland - The Woman Who Walked Into Doors - Roddy Doyle
Netherlands - De koperen tuin (The Garden Where the Brass Band Plays) - Simon Vestdijk
Spain - The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Latin America
Guatemala - I, Rigoberto Menchu - Rigoberto Menchu
Paraguay - Measuring The World - Daniel Kehlmann


Middle East
Albania - Een varken in het paleis [A Pig in the Palace] - Tessa de Loo
Egypt - The Seven Days of Man - Abdel-Hakim Hassem
Iraq - Baghdad Diaries: A Woman's Chronicle of War and Exile - Nuha al-Radi
Yemen - Nog eenmaal mijn moeder zien: als slavinnen verkocht door hun vader (Sold) - Zana Muhsen, Andrew Croft

North America
Canada - In Search of April Raintree - Beatrice Culleton Mosionier
USA - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West - Dee Brown

Oceania
Australia - Feet of Clay: On Foot Through Australia - Ffyona Campbell
Sailing past Taiwan, Japan & out into the open seas - China Voyage, the - Tim Severin

[Bookguide]

2011 ATW books


Africa
Cape Verde - The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo - Germano Almeida
Libya - In the Country of Men - Hisham Matar
Mozambique - Niemand weet waar ik ben - Julia Samuël, Elise G. Lengkeek (also other African countries)

Asia
Bangladesh - Sisyphus in de delta? Ontwikkelingssamenwerking in Bangladesh [Sisyphus in the Delta? Development Cooperation in Bangladesh] - Kees Schaepman
Bhutan - Butter Tea at Sunrise: A Year in the Bhutan Himalaya - Britta Das
China - News From Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmir - Peter Fleming (also into Pakistan and Afghanistan if I remember correctly, but it was confusing as it used old spellings of place names. Also, the author was Ian Fleming's brother)
China 2 - Empire of the Sun - J.G. Ballard
India - White Cargo: A memoir - Felicity Kendall
Japan - Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
Nepal - Tilled Earth : Stories - Manjushree Thapa
Pakistan - The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid

Europe
Austria - Girl in the Cellar: The Natascha Kampusch Story - Allan Hall, Michael Leidig
England - Mr. Rosenblum's List: or Friendly Guidance For The Aspiring Englishman - Natasha Solomons
Germany - The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
Netherlands - De dochter - Jessica Durlacher
Sweden - I Miss You, I Miss You! - Peter Pohl

Latin America
Brazil - Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson
Peru - Het neusje van Peru [The Tip of Peru] - Martine Salomé
Venezuela - In Trouble Again: A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon - Redmond O'Hanlon

Middle East
Iran - Het huis van de moskee (The House of the Mosque) - Kader Abdolah

North America
Canada - Stanley Park - Timothy Taylor
Cuba - The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
USA - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer

Oceania
New Guinea - Naar Het Sneeuwgebergte [To the Snowy Mountains] - Bart Vos
New Zealand - The Whale Rider - Witi Ihimaera
Tasmania - The Sooterkin - Tom Gilling