"Book from Every Country" Challenge
I'm a little late, as my friends have already been doing this for two years, but better late than never. ;)"Book from Every Country" Challenge
Old rules:
I'm going to read a book from or about every United Nations member state. Books I have read since the 1st of January 2007 are counted. Wikipedia has a list of UN member states. In principle, only sovereign states can become UN members, and today all UN members are fully sovereign states. This is why I have added a few non-sovereign countries/areas to my list, for example Tibet (belongs to China), Greenland and Faroe Islands (both belong to Denmark).
New rules 2009: I'm going to read a book from every sovereign state.
Maantieteellinen haaste haasteista pitäville
As of 2007, there are 192 United Nations (UN) member states:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina Paperitalo by Carlos María Domínguez
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire)
Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
*Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France Äidin pikku pyöveli by Claire Castillon
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
*Greenland
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (i.e. North Korea)
Republic of Korea (i.e. South Korea)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Republic of Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria Minä, Safiya by Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu and Raffaele Masto
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
*Tibet
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom The Bad Mother's Handbook by Kate Long
United States Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
*Signifies a country/area not a member in UN
As Finland is my country, I will add an additional rule concerning Finland: The book must be recognised as a classic in Finnish literature.
Below is a visual map, which shows the countries I have read books from: (2007 ->)
create your own visited countries map
Old rules:
I'm going to read a book from or about every United Nations member state. Books I have read since the 1st of January 2007 are counted. Wikipedia has a list of UN member states. In principle, only sovereign states can become UN members, and today all UN members are fully sovereign states. This is why I have added a few non-sovereign countries/areas to my list, for example Tibet (belongs to China), Greenland and Faroe Islands (both belong to Denmark).
New rules 2009: I'm going to read a book from every sovereign state.
Maantieteellinen haaste haasteista pitäville
As of 2007, there are 192 United Nations (UN) member states:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina Paperitalo by Carlos María Domínguez
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire)
Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
*Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France Äidin pikku pyöveli by Claire Castillon
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
*Greenland
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (i.e. North Korea)
Republic of Korea (i.e. South Korea)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Republic of Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria Minä, Safiya by Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu and Raffaele Masto
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
*Tibet
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom The Bad Mother's Handbook by Kate Long
United States Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
*Signifies a country/area not a member in UN
As Finland is my country, I will add an additional rule concerning Finland: The book must be recognised as a classic in Finnish literature.
Below is a visual map, which shows the countries I have read books from: (2007 ->)
create your own visited countries map