2023 The Places We'll Go Challenge

[Carolien]

The goal of the challenge is to read books written by authors from countries around the world from 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023. The challenge includes diaspora authors, so you may read a book set in one country although the author was born or raised in a different one. Some authors like Aminatta Forna has parents from different countries - in her case British and Sierra Leone. You may use your judgement to allocate such authors to a specific country.

You may use books you read for other challenges. Any format is acceptable - paper, audio and ebooks.

Total books to be read is determined by the level you choose below. You may not use the same book twice.

Please remember that only books with 120 pages or more counts.

You can keep track of your challenge in this thread.

Choose your level for 2023:

(You may change your level at any point. You may also customise the challenge by choosing levels for specific regions in the world)

Level 1: The Armchair Traveler - Read books by authors from 1 - 5 different countries
Level 2: I'm going places - Read books by authors from 6 - 10 different countries
Level 3: I'm expanding my horizons - Read books by authors from 11 - 15 different countries
Level 4: I'm using planes, trains and automobiles - Read books by authors from 16 - 20 different countries
Level 5: World Traveler - Read books by authors from more than 20 different countries

[Monique]

Level 3: I'm expanding my horizons
1: America: Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister
2: England: Going Underground by Michael Leese
3: Australia: The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer
4: India: The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

[Carolien]

Level 4: World Traveller

1. England: Diary of a Provincial Lady

[Diane]

Level 4:
Ukraine - Atoms and Ashes: From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima by Serhii Plokhy
Sri Lanka - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Malaysia - The Night Tiger by Yangzse Choo
Scotland - See Them Run [D.I. Clare Mackay #1] by Marion Todd
USA - The Queen's Rival by Brandy Purdy
France - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas translated by Robin Buss
Britain - Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist by Richard Shepherd
South Africa - Fruit of a Poisoned Tree: A True Story of Murder & the Miscarriage of Justice by Antony Altbeke
Australia - The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding by Robert Hughes
Ghana - William Boyd, The Romantic
China - We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
Sweden: The Flood by Kristina Ohlsson, Marlaine Delargy [translator] - Frederika Bergman and Alex Recht #6
Canada: Menopause Manifesto by Dr Jen Gunter
Wales: Caution Death at Work by Rhys Dylan [DCI Evan Warlow #2]
Singapore: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jess Q. Sutanto
Nigeria: Kehinde Fadipe - The Sun Sets in Singapore