Read Around the World
Titles in bold are written by an author who is from the country or whose parents are immigrants from the country.
I am not doing this for the U.S. list, where I will try to read a book set in each of the 50 states.
I am listing each book I read for each country. On the U.S. list, I am listing only one book that I think best fits that state.
Titles followed by (YA) are young adult or teen books.
Lists of novels by country (Wikipedia)
Recommendations are super welcome.
Afghanistan
-Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy (YA)
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antarctica
-At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
-All My Goodbyes by Mariana Dimópulos
-The Disappeared by Gloria Whelan (YA)
Armenia
-The Sandcastle Girls by Christopher Bohjalian
Australia
Austria
-Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
-I Am a Taxi by Deborah Ellis (YA)
-Sacred Leaf by Deborah Ellis (YA)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
-The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
-Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende
China
-The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
-The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
-Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
-The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan (YA)
Croatia
Cuba
-King of Cuba by Cristina García
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
-Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez (YA)
-In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
-When the Doves Disappeared by Sofi Oksanen
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
-A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
-The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
-Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II by Alan Gratz (YA)
-Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy (YA)
-Is It Night or Day? by Fern Schumer Chapman (YA)
Ghana
Greece
-The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Grenada
Guatemala
-Among the Volcanoes by Omar S. Castañeda (YA)
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
-American Street by Ibi Zoboi (YA)
Honduras
Hungary
-Night by Elie Wiesel
Iceland
India
-A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman (YA)
-Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth (YA)
-Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan (YA)
-Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Indonesia
Iran
-It Ain't So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas (YA)
Iraq
Ireland
-The Dubliners by James Joyce
-Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Israel
-The People of Forever Are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
-A Little Piece of Ground by Elizabeth Laird (YA; Palestine)
Italy
-Beneath the Mountain by Luca D'Andrea
Jamaica
Japan
-Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe
-Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
-The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck (YA)
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kosovo
Kuwait
-Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
-The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
-I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez (YA)
-The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
-A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer (YA)
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
-The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
-Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
-Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (YA)
-Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
-Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (YA)
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
-I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
-The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (YA)
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
-Dracula by Bram Stoker
Russia
-Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
-We the Living by Ayn Rand
-The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
-The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
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
-Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
-Now Is the Time for Running by Michael Williams (YA)
-Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
-Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
-Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope by Beverly Naidoo
-Many Stones by Carolyn Coman (YA)
South Sudan
-A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (YA)
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
-Golden Boy by Tara Sullivan (YA)
Thailand
-Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski
-The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
-too many to list
United States
Alabama
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
-The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
-Tangerine by Edward Bloor (YA)
Georgia
-The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
-The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
-In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Kentucky
-Same Sun Here by Silas House and Neela Vaswani (YA)
Louisiana
-The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Maine
Maryland
-The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Massachusetts
-Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Michigan
-The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow
Minnesota
-Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Mississippi
-Mirk and the Midnight Hour by Jane Nickerson (YA)
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
-My Ántonia by Willa Cather
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
-Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
South Dakota
Tennessee
-Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Texas
Utah
Vermont
-Witness by Karen Hesse
Virginia
-March Toward the Thunder by Joseph Bruchac (YA)
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
-The Things We Carried by Tim O'Brien
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
-Diamond Boy by Michael Williams (YA)
This post was originally posted on Dreamwidth and, using my Felagundish Elf magic, crossposted to LiveJournal. You can comment here or there!
https://dawn-felagund.dreamwidth.org/436606.html
I am not doing this for the U.S. list, where I will try to read a book set in each of the 50 states.
I am listing each book I read for each country. On the U.S. list, I am listing only one book that I think best fits that state.
Titles followed by (YA) are young adult or teen books.
Lists of novels by country (Wikipedia)
Recommendations are super welcome.
Afghanistan
-Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy (YA)
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antarctica
-At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
-All My Goodbyes by Mariana Dimópulos
-The Disappeared by Gloria Whelan (YA)
Armenia
-The Sandcastle Girls by Christopher Bohjalian
Australia
Austria
-Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
-I Am a Taxi by Deborah Ellis (YA)
-Sacred Leaf by Deborah Ellis (YA)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
-The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
-Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende
China
-The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
-The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
-Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
-The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan (YA)
Croatia
Cuba
-King of Cuba by Cristina García
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
-Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez (YA)
-In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
-When the Doves Disappeared by Sofi Oksanen
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
-A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
-The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
-Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II by Alan Gratz (YA)
-Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy (YA)
-Is It Night or Day? by Fern Schumer Chapman (YA)
Ghana
Greece
-The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Grenada
Guatemala
-Among the Volcanoes by Omar S. Castañeda (YA)
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
-American Street by Ibi Zoboi (YA)
Honduras
Hungary
-Night by Elie Wiesel
Iceland
India
-A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman (YA)
-Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth (YA)
-Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan (YA)
-Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Indonesia
Iran
-It Ain't So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas (YA)
Iraq
Ireland
-The Dubliners by James Joyce
-Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Israel
-The People of Forever Are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
-A Little Piece of Ground by Elizabeth Laird (YA; Palestine)
Italy
-Beneath the Mountain by Luca D'Andrea
Jamaica
Japan
-Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe
-Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
-The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck (YA)
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kosovo
Kuwait
-Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
-The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
-I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez (YA)
-The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
-A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer (YA)
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
-The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
-Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
-Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (YA)
-Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
-Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (YA)
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
-I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
-The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (YA)
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
-Dracula by Bram Stoker
Russia
-Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
-We the Living by Ayn Rand
-The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
-The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
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
-Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
-Now Is the Time for Running by Michael Williams (YA)
-Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
-Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
-Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope by Beverly Naidoo
-Many Stones by Carolyn Coman (YA)
South Sudan
-A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (YA)
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
-Golden Boy by Tara Sullivan (YA)
Thailand
-Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski
-The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
-too many to list
United States
Alabama
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
-The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
-Tangerine by Edward Bloor (YA)
Georgia
-The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
-The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
-In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Kentucky
-Same Sun Here by Silas House and Neela Vaswani (YA)
Louisiana
-The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Maine
Maryland
-The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Massachusetts
-Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Michigan
-The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow
Minnesota
-Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Mississippi
-Mirk and the Midnight Hour by Jane Nickerson (YA)
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
-My Ántonia by Willa Cather
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
-Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
South Dakota
Tennessee
-Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Texas
Utah
Vermont
-Witness by Karen Hesse
Virginia
-March Toward the Thunder by Joseph Bruchac (YA)
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
-The Things We Carried by Tim O'Brien
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
-Diamond Boy by Michael Williams (YA)
This post was originally posted on Dreamwidth and, using my Felagundish Elf magic, crossposted to LiveJournal. You can comment here or there!
https://dawn-felagund.dreamwidth.org/436606.html