A new goal for me! I want to read at least one book set in, about or from every country. All the books I’ve already read will count toward this: fiction or nonfiction, juvenile, whatever!
Map from Tabulae Rudolphinae, by by Johannes Kepler (1627)
This page is a living document I’m using to keep track of my international reading. Because this is a living document I’ll be updating it for years to come as I expect it will take that long to get the books read, in case I ever do. It is a long-term ongoing project I’ll be working on.
You are welcome to copy and paste the country list to your own blog, taking out my book titles and replacing with your own.
There are a lot of international books I’ve already read, and it will take a while to get all the titles added to this document.
A
✓ Afghanistan
— A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini – I loved this novel. ★★★★★
Albania – TBR: Chronicle in Stone, by Ismail Kadare
✓ Algeria
— The Stranger, by Albert Camus – A short classic novel about a man who can’t seem to connect well with others. ★★★★★
Andorra
Angola
✓ Antarctica
— The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean – ★★★★★ – my review
Antigua and Barbuda – TBR: Annie John, by Jamaica Kincaid
✓ Argentina
— Candide, by Voltaire – ★★★★★ – my review
Armenia
✓ Australia
— The Thornbirds, by Colleen McCullough – ★★★★★
— On the Beach, by Nevil Shute – ★★★★★
Austria
Azerbaijan
B
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
✓ Belize
— A Distant Shore, by Karen Kingsbury – ★★★★
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
✓ Brazil
— The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon , by David Grann – ★★★★★ – my review
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
C
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
✓ Canada
— By Canoe and Dog Train: The Adventures of Sharing the Gospel with Canadian Indians, by Egerton Ryerson Young – ★★★★★ – my review
Central African Republic (CAR)
Chad
Chile
✓ China
— The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, by Lisa See – ★★★★★
— Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin – ★★★
✓ Colombia
— One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez – ★★★★
Comoros
✓ Congo, Democratic Republic of the (formerly Belgian Congo)
— The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver – ★★★★★
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia
D
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
E
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
F
Fiji
Finland
✓ France
— All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr – ★★★★★
— The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah – ★★★★★
— Thunder on the Right, by Mary Stewart – ★★★★★ – my review
G
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
✓ Greece
— My Brother Michael, by Mary Stewart – ★★★★ – my review
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
H
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
I
✓ Iceland
— Burial Rites, by Hannah Kent – ★★★★ – my review
✓ India
— Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse – ★★★ – my review
— The Far Pavilions, by MM Kaye – ★★★★★
— The City of Joy, by Dominique Lapierre – ★★★★★ – my review
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
✓ Israel
— The Bible
— The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare
✓ Italy
— Beneath a Scarlet Sky, by Mark Sullivan
— My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante – ★★★ – my review
— A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway – ★★★★
— A Voice in the Wind, by Francine Rivers – ★★★ – my review
— Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter – ★★★★★ – my review
J
Jamaica
✓ Japan
— Pachinko, by Lee Min-jin- ★★★★ – my review
Jordan
K
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
L
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
M
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
✓ Mexico
— American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins – ★★★★ – my review
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
N
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
✓ Nigeria
— Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe – ★★★★★ – my review
North Korea
North Macedonia
Norway
O
Oman
P
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
✓ Peru
— Secret of the Andes, by Ann Nolan Clark – Juvenile novel – ★★★
Philippines
✓ Poland
— The Trumpeter of Krakow, by Eric P. Kelly – YA novel – ★★★ – my review
Portugal
✓ Puerto Rico
— American Familia, by David Morales – ★★★★★ – my review
Q
Qatar
R
Romania
✓ Russia
— Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy – ★★★★
Rwanda
S
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
— Wildfire At Midnight, by Mary Stewart – ★★★★★ – my review
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
✓ Singapore
— Crazy Rich Asians, by Kevin Kwan – ★★★★ – my review
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
✓ South Korea
— If I Had Your Face, by Frances Cha – ★★★ – my review
— The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See – ★★ – my review
— The Vegetarian, by Han Kang – ★ – my review
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
✓ Sudan
— Passport through Darkness: A True Story of Danger and Second Chances, by Kimberly L. Smith – ★★★★
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
T
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
✓ Thailand
— A Wish in the Dark, by Christina Soontornvat – ★★★★★ – my review
— All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team, by Christina Soontornvat – ★★★★★ – my review
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
U
Uganda – TBR: A Girl is a Body of Water, by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
✓ United Kingdom (UK)
— I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith – ★★★★★ – my review
✓ United States of America (USA)k
— so many! I’ll list a few later…
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
V
Vanuatu
Vatican City (Holy See)
Venezuela
Vietnam
Y
Yemen
Z
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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