I bought, borrowed from the library, or got books free in exchange for an honest review.

Books Around The World

 Hello, it is my goal to read books from authors all over the world. These are books I have found in a library, not knowing anything about the authors. Some of these books I liked, and some, not so much. So far, I have read:

Afghanistan: The Honey Thief by Najaf Mazari (short stories of a people enduring difficulties)

Albania: Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Lea Ypi (the end of Communism in the Balkans)

Algeria (French): The Stranger by Albert Camus (a man drawn into murder)

American Samoa (U.S.A.)(Tutuila, Tau, Olosega, Ofu, Aunuu, Manu'a Islands, Rose Atoll, Swains Island):

Andorra:

Angola:

Anguilla:

Antigua and Barbuda: At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid (short stories, memories of childhood in the Caribbean)

Argentina:

Armenia:

Aruba:

Australia: The Big History of Civilizations by Craig G. Benjamin (migration, innovation, social development)

Australia: Uses of Heritage by Laurajane Smith (case studies of Australia, U.S.A., Asia, and New Zealand--explores heritage use)

Austria: Night Duty by Melitta Breznik (a female doctor does an autopsy then looks at her dysfunctional family through the same type of detachment)

Azerbaijan:

Bahamas:

Bahrain:

Bangladesh: A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam (About a mother's love for her children, 1971, war)

Barbados:

Belarus:

Belgium: Brussels by André de Vries (culture, history, arts, and literature of Brussels, Belgium)

Belize:

Benin:

Bermuda (U.K.)

Bhutan:

Bolivia:

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Botswana:

Brazil: The Air You Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles (An orphan from a sugar plantation in the 1930s and her wealthy friend find themselves alone. Music is a theme)

British Virgin Islands:

Brunel:

Bulgaria: Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov 

Burkina Faso.

Burundi:

Cabo Verde:

Cambodia:

Cameroon:

Canada (First Nations): Dreaming in Indian by various authors, edited by Lisa Charleyboy (Tsilhquo'in)

Canada: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Canada: The Piano by Kate Pulling and Jane Campion (a woman and her young daughter, and her piano go from Scotland to a remote place in New Zealand in the 19th century)

Cape Verde:

Caribbean Netherlands:

Cayman Islands:

Central African Republic:

Chad:

Channel Islands (U.K.):

Chile: Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende (events surrounding the founding of Chile)

China: Waiting by Ha Jin

Colombia: I'm Not Here to Give a Speech by Gabriel García Márquez

Comoros:

Congo:

Cook Islands (Partly New Zealand):

Côte d'Ivoire:

Costa Rica: Costa Rica by various authors, edited by Barbara Ras

Croatia:

Cuba:

Curaçao:

Cyprus:

Czech Republic (Czechia):

Denmark:

Djibouti: Transit by Abdourahman A. Waberi

Dominica:

Dominican Republic:

DR Congo:

Ecuador: The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes. (historical family saga)

Egypt: A Certain Woman by Hala El Badry

El Salvador:

England: If These Walls Could Talk by Lucy Worsley

Equatorial Guinea:

Eritrea:

Estonia:

Eswatini:

Ethiopia: Notes from the Hyena's Belly by Nega Mezlekia (Life in Ethiopia in the 1970s and 1980s)

Faeroe Islands (Denmark):

Falkland Islands (U.K.):

Fiji:

Finland:

France: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

French Guiana:

French Polynesia:

Gabon:

Gambia:

Georgia:

Germany: The Little French Bistro by Nina George (A German woman finds herself in Brittany, France)

Ghana: Tuesday's Child by Mary Ashun

Gibraltar (U.K.):

Greece:

Greenland (Denmark): Last Night in Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussen

Grenada:

Guadeloupe:

Guam (U.S.A.):

Guatemala:

Guinea: L'Enfant Noir by Camera Laye

Guinea-Bissau:

Guyana: Day Zero by Muneef Ahmad (A water crisis novel)

Haiti: Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Holy See:

Honduras:

Hong Kong (China):

Hungary:

Iceland: A Fist or a Heart by Kristin Eiriksdottir

Isle of Man (U.K.):

India: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda

India: The Apple by Devashish Sardana

Indonesia:

Iran: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (She defies convention. She teaches literature and relates it to events around her.)

Iraq: Chaldeans in Detroit by Jacob Bacall

Ireland: The Guardian Angel's Journal by Carolyn Jess-Cooke

Ireland: The Judge's House by Bram Stoker

Israel: Suddenly, a Knock on the Door by Etgar Keret (short stories about daily life)

Italy:

Jamaica: These Ghosts are Family by Maisy Card

Japan: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Japan: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

Jerusalem: Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Jordan:

Kazakhstan:

Kenya: Lwanda Magere and the Cave of Wonders by Fidel Namisi

Kiribati:

Korea: The Story of Hong Gildong translated by Minsoo Kang

Kuwait: Mama Hissa's Mice by Said Alsanousi

Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia): Jamila (a love story) by Chingiz Aitmatov

Laos:

Latvia:

Lebanon: The Story of Zahra by Hanan Al-Shaykh

Lesotho:

Liberia:

Libya:

Liechtenstein:

Lithuania:

Luxembourg:

Macao (China):

Madagascar:

Malawi: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (and Bryan Mealer)

Malaysia:

Maldives:

Mali:

Malta:

Marshall Islands:

Martinique:

Mauritania:

Mauritius:

Mayotte (France):

Mexico: Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea

Micronesia:

Moldova:

Monaco:

Mongolia:

Montenegro:

Montserrat:

Morocco:

Mozambique:

Myanmar:

Namibia:

Nauru:

Nepal:

Netherlands:

New Caledonia (France):

New Zealand: The Piano by Jane Campion and Kate Pullinger

Nicaragua:

Niger:

Nigeria: Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe

Niue (Partly New Zealand):

Northern Ireland:

Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.A.):

North Korea:

North Macedonia:

Norway: Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder

Oman: Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

Pakistan:

Palau (Micronesia):

Palestine: Palestinian Walks by Raja Shehadeh (A lawyer walks in his home of Ramallah, on the Palestinian West Bank and reflects on the land, family, and the Israeli settlers)

Panama:

Papua New Guinea (Melanesia):

Paraguay:

Peru: The Mystery of Capital by Hernando De Soto

Philippines: Fairest by Meredith Talusan (A Filipino man with Albinism moves to the U.S., goes to Harvard, and transitions into womanhood.)

Poland:

Portugal:

Puerto Rico: Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez

Qatar: The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Sophia Al-Maria

Réunion (France):

Roma:

Romania: Adventures in Immediate Irreality by Max Blecher

Russia: Shadows and Light by Anton Chekhov

Rwanda:

Saint Helena (U.K.):

Saint Kitts & Nevis:

Saint Lucia:

Saint Pierre & Miquelon (France):

Samoa (Polynesia):

San Marino:

São Tomé & Principe:

Saudi Arabia:

Scotland: Across the Sea Beyond Skye, and But For Freedom, Book 2: Rebellious Echo of the White Cockade, by Elizabeth Rodger

Scotland: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

Senegal:

Serbia:

Seychelles:

Sierra Leone:

Singapore:

Sint Maarten (Netherlands)

Slovakia: The Hot Summer of 1968 by Viliam Klimáček 

Slovenia:

Solomon Islands (Melanesia):

Somalia, Somaliland: Black Mama Boy by Nadia Mohamed (1930s Somalia, over a decade. War and its results, through the point of view of an orphan boy)

South Africa:

South Korea: Table for One by Yun Ko-eun

South Sudan:

Spain:

Sri Lanka:

State of Palestine:

St. Vincent & Grenadines:

Sudan:

Suriname:

Sweden: The Secret Language Of Cats by Susanne Schotz

Switzerland: Psychology by Rolf Reber

Switzerland: Siddhartha by Hermann Karl Hesse

Syria: Death is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa 

Taiwan:

Tajikistan:

Tanzania:

Thailand:

Tibet:

Timor-Leste:

Togo:

Tokelau (New Zealand):

Tonga (Polynesia):

Trinidad and Tobago:

Tunisia:

Turkey: The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak

Turkmenistan:

Turks and Caicos:

Tuvalu (Polynesia):

Uzbekistan:

Uganda: Snakepit by Moses Isegawa 

Ukraine: Doctor on Call: Chernobyl Responder, Jewish Refugee, Radiation Expert by Alla Shapiro, MD

United Arab Emirates:

United Kingdom:

United States: John Adams by David McCullough

Uruguay: 

U.S. Virgin Islands:

Uzbekistan:

Vanuatu (Melanesia):

Venezuela:

Vietnam: The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế

Wales: Longing by Mary Baloch

Wallis & Futuna (France):

Western Sahara:

Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico: Polvos de Arroz by Sergio Galindo

Yemen: Suslov's Daughter by Habib Abdulrab Sarori (Re-introduce believers to Jesus)

Zambia: On Leopard Rock by Wilbur Smith (a writer's adventurous life)

Zimbabwe: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (politics of decolonization, women's rights)


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