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message 1: by Susan (new)
Jan 14, 2013 07:51AM

Susan | 394 comments Books I have read so far since joining this group:

The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield The Nose by Nikolai Gogol Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

1. New Zealand (Oceania)
The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

2. Russia (Europe)
The Nose by Nikolai Gogol

3. India (Asia)
Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand

4. Pakistan (Middle East)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

5. Egypt (Africa)
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

6. Sudan (Africa)
Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih


message 2: by Susan (new)
Jan 21, 2013 09:57AM

Susan | 394 comments 7. Kenya (Africa)
Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
Out of Africa by Karen Blixen


message 3: by Susan (new)
Mar 04, 2013 06:46PM

Susan | 394 comments 8. South Africa
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing


message 4: by Susan (new)
Mar 11, 2013 10:27PM

Susan | 394 comments 9. Botswana
A Question of Power by Bessie Head
A Question of Power by Bessie Head


message 5: by Susan (last edited Apr 21, 2015 11:06PM) (new)
Jul 18, 2013 06:43AM

Susan | 394 comments 10. Tunisia
The Immoralist by Andre Gide
The Immoralist by André Gide

10 countries


message 6: by Susan (last edited Apr 21, 2015 11:06PM) (new)
Aug 11, 2013 12:20AM

Susan | 394 comments 11. Italy (Europe)
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) by Patricia Highsmith

11 countries


message 7: by Susan (last edited Apr 21, 2015 11:06PM) (new)
Jan 17, 2014 08:08PM

Susan | 394 comments 12. France
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes

13. Germany
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood

13 countries


message 8: by Susan (last edited Apr 21, 2015 11:06PM) (new)
Feb 16, 2014 07:01PM

Susan | 394 comments 14. England
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

14 countries


message 9: by Susan (last edited Apr 21, 2015 11:07PM) (new)
Nov 19, 2014 11:20PM

Susan | 394 comments 15. Haiti
The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier
The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier

15 countries


message 10: by Susan (last edited Apr 21, 2015 11:07PM) (new)
Dec 21, 2014 11:50AM

Susan | 394 comments 16. Cuba
Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas
Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas

17. Mexico
Queer by William Burroughs
Queer by William S. Burroughs

17 Countries


message 11: by Susan (new)
Jun 19, 2015 06:50PM

Susan | 394 comments 18. Egypt
Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz

17 Countries/ 18 Books


message 12: by Susan (new)
Aug 05, 2015 12:43PM

Susan | 394 comments 19. Japan
Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata

18 Countries/ 19 Books


message 13: by Susan (new)
Jan 13, 2016 04:25PM

Susan | 394 comments 20. Nigeria
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

19 Countries/20 Books


message 14: by Susan (new)
Jan 23, 2017 10:11PM

Susan | 394 comments 21. Japan- Rashomon and Other Stories by Akutagawa Ryunosuke

Rashomon and Other Stories by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke

22. Argentina- Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig

Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig

20 Countries/ 22 Books


message 15: by Susan (new)
Apr 27, 2017 02:05PM

Susan | 394 comments 23. Iraq- The Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights by Anonymous

21 Countries/ 23 Books


message 16: by Susan (new)
Aug 19, 2017 09:38AM

Susan | 394 comments 24. England- Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh

21 Countries/ 24 Books


message 17: by Susan (new)
Oct 30, 2017 01:10PM

Susan | 394 comments 25. China- Rickshaw Boy by Lao She

Rickshaw Boy by Lao She

26. Finland- The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna

The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna

23 Countries/ 26 Books


message 18: by Susan (new)
Jan 11, 2018 03:18PM

Susan | 394 comments 27. Japan- Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
28. China- Monkey: The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng' en
29. Japan- Some Prefer Nettles by Junichiro Tanizaki

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto Monkey The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en Some Prefer Nettles by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

23 Countries/ 29 Books


message 19: by Susan (new)
Feb 16, 2018 10:44PM

Susan | 394 comments 30. Mexico- Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

31. Sweden- Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

24 Countries/ 31 Books


message 20: by Susan (new)
Mar 27, 2018 12:56PM

Susan | 394 comments 32. France- Bonjour tristesse by Francoise Sagan

Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan

33. Switzerland- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

25 Countries/ 33 Books


message 21: by Susan (new)
Dec 12, 2018 10:44AM

Susan | 394 comments 34. Nigeria- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

25 Countries/ 34 Books


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