Setting out on a journey around the world by reading books from each country. Click on the title of each book to go to the review page. If there is no link then the review is coming…… Reviews are added each Monday. Consider subscribing on the home page, scroll down to the bottom of the page and add your email address or click like on the Facebook link.
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- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (Japan)
- Huasipungo by Jorge Icaza (Ecuador)
- Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason (Iceland)
- The Sand Fish by Maha Gargash (United Arab Emirates)
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)
- The Evenings by Gerard Reve. (Netherlands)
- Tierra del Fuego by Syliva Ipaguirre (Argentina)
- The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak (Turkey)
- Cloudstreet by Tim Winton (Australia)
- Tail of the Blue Bird Nii Ayikwei Parkes (Ghana)
- Doña Bárbara by Rómula Gallegos (Venezuela)
- The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad (Pakistan)
- Pedro Páramo by Juan Rolfo (México)
- Augustown by Kei Miller (Jamaica)
- Life on a Rock by KA Albury (Bahamas)
- The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi (Afghanistan)
- Mother by Maxim Gorky (Russia) (Soviet Union)
- Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera (Sri Lanka)
- The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah (Zimbabwe)
- The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis (Denmark)
- The Circle of Karma by Kunzang Choden (Bhutan)
- Antes Que Anochezca de Reinaldo Arenas (Cuba)
- The Murder of Roger Ackryod by Agatha Christie (UK)
- Night by Elie Wiesel (Romania)
- Mema by Daniel M. Mengara (Gabon)
- The River’s Song by Suchen Christine Lim (Singapore)
- Morning’s in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa (Palestine)
- Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell (Belize)
- Captains of the Sand by Jorge Amado (Brazil)
- Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Italy)
- The Cost of Sugar by Cynthia McLeod (Suriname)
- Friend: A Novel from North Korea by Paek Nam-Nyong (North Korea)
- Human Acts by Han Kang (South Korea)
- The Grimoire of Kensington Market by Lauren B Davis (Canada)
- Girl at War by Sara Novic (Croatia)
- The Last Friend by Tahar Ben Jelloun (Morocco)
- The Book of Clouds by Chloe Aridjis (Germany)
- Wild Swans by Jung Chang (China)
- House of Jasmin by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (Egypt)
- Blue Sky by Galsan Tschinag (Mongolia).
- So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ (Senegal)
- El Libro de los Abrazos Eduardo Galeano (Uruguay)
- El Maestro del Prado Javier Sierra (España)
- The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler (Austria)
- Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania)
- The Orphan Sky by Ella Leya (Azerbaijan)
- Bruges-La-Morte by Georges Rodenbach (Belgium)
- In The Time of Butterflies Julia Alvarez (Republica Dominicana)
- Chronicle in Stone Ismael Kadere (Albania)
- The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi (India)
- The No1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana)
- Caballo de Oro Juan David Morgan (Panama)
- Bright by Duanwad Pimwana (Thailand)
- Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese (Ethiopia)
- Los Ejércitos de Evelio Rosero (Colombia)
- The Woman on the Green Bicycle Monique Roffey (Trinidad and Tobago)
- King Stakh’s Wild Hunt – Karatkevich, Uladzimir (Belarus)
- The House on Prague Street by Hana Demetz (Czech Republic)
- The Witch Doctor’s Wife (Belgian Congo Mystery #1) by Tamar Myers (Congo)
- The Good Life Elsewhere by Vladimir Lorchenkov (Moldova)
- The Scapegoat by Sophia Nikolaidou (Greece)
- The Glass Palace – Amritav Ghosh (Myanmar)
- Transparent City – Ondjaki (Angola)
- A Girl Called Eel – Ali Zamir (Comoros)
- Hadriana in my Dreams – René Depestre (Haiti)
- Seven Stones – Vénus Khoury-Ghata (Lebanon)
- The Help – Kathryn Stockett (USA)
- The Man who spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk, Christopher Moseley (Translator) (Estonia)
- Little Suns – Zakes Mda (South Africa)
- In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner (Cambodia)
- Through The Leopards Gaze -Njambi McGrath (Kenya)
- Treasure of the World – Tara Sullivan (Bolivia)
- Rooftops of Tehran – Mahbod Seraji (Iran)
- Harmattan by Gavin Weston (Niger)
- City of Shadows by John Naudi (Malta)
- I Remember Abbu by Humayun Azad (Bangladesh)
- Skylight by José Saramago (Portugal)
- Moon Bear by Gill Lewis (Laos)
- Violeta – Isabel Allende (Chile)
- What the Day Owes the Night – Yasmina Khadra (Algeria)
- The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiński (Poland)
- Potiki – Patricia Grace (New Zealand)
- Hurricane – Terry Trueman (Honduras)
- Carretera de Plata – Stina Jackson (Sweden)
- The Tale of Aypi – Ak Welsapar (Turkmenistan)
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