Monday, February 24, 2020

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

ItalyA Room with a View, E.M. Forster 

Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire):
Jamaica:
Japan:  Memoirs of a Geisha
Jordan:
Kazakhstan:
KenyaThe 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:

LithuaniaBetween 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:
NepalPeak, Roland Smith

NetherlandsGirl 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:
PakistanMy Name is Malala Malala Yousafzai
Panama:
Papua New Guinea:
Paraguay:
Peru Battle of the Ampere (Michael Vey #3), Richard Paul Evans

PhilippinesFalling Together,  Marisa de los Santos

PolandA 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 ArabiaInside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia, Carmen Binladin
Senegal:
Serbia:
Seychelles:
Sierra Leone:
SingaporeCrazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan
Slovak Republic (Slovakia):
Slovenia:
Solomon Islands:
Somalia:
South AfricaBorn a Crime, Trevor Noah
South Sudan
Spain:
Sri Lanka:
Sudan:
Suriname:
Swaziland:
SwedenA Man Called Ove
SwitzerlandAnd Both Were Young, Madeleine L'Engle 
SyriaRefugee Alan Gratz
Tajikistan:
Tanzania:

ThailandAnna 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