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England (UK) - Maisie Dobbs
Virginia, USA - You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
New York, USA - Andrea Vernon and the Corporation for UltraHuman Protection
India - The Marriage Code

The book is in 3 parts, with each part taking place predominantly in the one country


France - Limited Edition
Scotland - Cold Granite
Qatar - Love From A to Z
New York, USA - Another Brooklyn
Mexico - Mexican Gothic

Although this book begins in Greece, the real action is at the ten year battle at the city of Troy.

I would say that although this book jumps from state to state, Macon, Georgia is where the author most experienced the intersection of racism and religion that would later lead to him writing this book.

Spain and Chile (mostly Chile) - A Long Petal of the Sea
Syria (mostly) - The Girl from Aleppo: Nujeen's Escape from War to Freedom

United States: Tennessee - The Sentinel
West Germany, East Germany, England/UK - The Looking Glass War
Paris, France - Old Man Goriot: Le Père Goriot (Old Goriot or Father Goriot)
England/UK (Chelsea) - The Family Upstairs
United States: California (sorta!) - Interior Chinatown
Iceland (Reykjavík) - Jar City
US: California - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
Germany (Wetzlar ) - The Sorrows of Young Werther
Soviet Union (not Russia; it's a travelogue from 1947) - A Russian Journal
Turkey (Istanbul); United Kingdom (London) - A Colder War
United States: New York; England; Italy - The Portrait of a Lady

Egypt - The Curse of the Pharaohs (sorry - couldn't link this because of Goodreads problems)

Texas - Wanted: The Texan: The Texan
Australia - Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga

Service and Slumber: A Historical Tale Inspired by Sleeping Beauty
USA:
Fanny's Hope Chest
The Namesake
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
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The Idiot (other topics)
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Craig Johnson (other topics)
Isabel Allende (other topics)
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Cuba - Next Year in Havana
India - A Burning