Reading Challenge

I loved that a good book has the ability to carry you away to far away places without leaving your house.  I decided to challenge myself to read a book that is set in every country on the planet.  I have a long way to go.

Afghanistan: The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns,  Khaled Hosseini

Albania:

Algeria:
Anartica: Where'd You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple

Andorra:

Angola:

Anguilla:

Antigua & Barbuda:

            Armenia:

Australia: A Town Called Alice, Shute, Nevil everything by Liane Moriarty

Austria: Leviathan (Leviathan, #1), Scott Westerfeld

Azerbaijan:

Bahamas:

Bahrain:

Bangladesh:

Barbados:

Belarus:

Belgium:

Belize:

Benin:

Bermuda:

Bhutan:

Bolivia:

Bosnia & Herzegovina:

Botswana:

Brazil: State of Wonder Ann Patchett

Brunei Darussalam:

Bulgaria:

Burkina Faso:

Myanmar/Burma:

Burundi:

Cambodia: The Rent Collector Camron Wright

Cameroon:

Canada: Anne of Green Gables

Cape Verde:

Cayman Islands:

Central African Republic:

Chad:

Chile:

China: The Painter From Shanghai, Jennifer Cody Epstein, The Tea Girl of Humingbird Lane Lisa See

Colombia: Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw, Mark Bowden

Comoros:

Congo: The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver

Costa Rica:

Croatia:

Cuba: Refugee Alan Gratz

Cyprus: The Exodus, Leon Uris

Czech Republic: Daughter of Smoke & Bone,  Laini Taylor

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad

Denmark: Number the Stars, Lois Lowry

Djibouti:

Dominica:

Dominican Republic:

Ecuador:

Egypt: The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

El Salvador:

Equatorial Guinea:

Eritrea:

Estonia:

Ethiopia: Black Dove, White Raven,  Elizabeth E. Wein

Fiji:

Finland:

France: The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah

French Guiana:

Gabon:

Gambia:

Georgia

Germany: Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi

Ghana:

Great Britain: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

Grenada:

Greece: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares

Guadeloupe:

Guatemala:

Guinea:

Guinea-Bissau:

Guyana:

Haiti:

Honduras:

Hungary: Refugee Alan Gratz

Iceland:

India: Keeping Corner, Kashmira Sheth, The Orphan Keeper Camron Wright

Indonesia:

Iran: Not Without My Daughter, Betty Mahmoody

Iraq:

Ireland: Circle of Friends MaeveBinchy, Ireland,  Frank Delaney Trinity Leon Uris

Israel and the Occupied Territories:The Source, James Michener

Italy: A Room with a View, E.M. Forster 

Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire):

Jamaica:

Japan:  Memoirs of a Geisha

Jordan:

Kazakhstan:

Kenya: The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus, Richard Preston

Kosovo:

Kuwait:

Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan):

Laos:

Latvia:

Lebanon:

Lesotho:

Liberia:

Libya:

Liechtenstein:

Lithuania: Between Shades of Gray , Ruta Sepetys

Luxembourg:

Republic of Macedonia:

Madagascar:

Malawi:

Malaysia:

Maldives:

Mali:

Malta:

Martinique:

Mauritania:

Mauritius:

Mayotte:

Mexico:

Moldova, Republic of:

Monaco:

Mongolia:

Montenegro:

Montserrat:

Morocco:

Mozambique:

Namibia:

Nepal: Peak, Roland Smith

Netherlands: Girl in Hyacinth Blue,  Susan Vreeland

New Zealand:

Nicaragua:

Niger

Nigeria: Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
Korea:
Korea, Democratic Republic of (North Korea):

Norway:

Oman:

Pacific Islands:

Pakistan: My Name is Malala Malala Yousafzai

Panama:

Papua New Guinea:

Paraguay:
Peru:  Battle of the Ampere (Michael Vey #3), Richard Paul Evans

Philippines: Falling Together,  Marisa de los Santos

Poland: A Zookeeper’s Wife

Portugal:

Puerto Rico:

Qatar:

Reunion:

Romania:

Russian Federation:  A Gentleman in Moscow

Rwanda:

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

Saint Lucia:

Saint Vincent's & Grenadines:

Samoa:

Sao Tome and Principe:

Saudi Arabia: Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia, Carmen Binladin

Senegal:

Serbia:

Seychelles:

Sierra Leone:

Singapore: Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan

Slovak Republic (Slovakia):

Slovenia:

Solomon Islands:

Somalia:

South Africa: Born a Crime, Trevor Noah

South Sudan

Spain:

Sri Lanka:

Sudan:

Suriname:

Swaziland:

Sweden: A Man Called Ove

Switzerland: And Both Were Young, Madeleine L'Engle 

Syria: Refugee Alan Gratz

Tajikistan:

Tanzania:

Thailand: Anna and the King of Siam,  Margaret Landon

Timor Leste:

Togo:

Trinidad & Tobago:

Tunisia:

Turkey: Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story, Sue Monk Kidd

Turkministan:           

Turks & Caicos Islands:

Uganda:

Ukraine: Enchantment: Orson Scott Card

United Arab Emirates:

United States of America: (USA) To Kill a Mockingbird

Uruguay:

Uzbekistan:

Vatican City: Angels and Demons, Dan Brown

Venezuela:

Vietnam:

Virgin Islands (UK):

Virgin Islands (US):

Yemen:

Zambia:

Zimbabwe: The White Giraffe: Lauren St. John

 

 

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