Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Well a slow start because I picked two tomes to start off with. I actually finished my first book just before the New Year but I will end my 2013 challenge on Christmas day to make it fair. I just did not want to hold off on reading the books.

Europe
1) The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings Who Invented England - Dan Jones The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England
2) Les Miserables - Victor Hugo Les Misérables

Africa
1)

Middle East

1)

Asia

1)

Antipodes

1)

Antarctica

1)

South America

1)

North America

1)

Caribbean

Totals - Regions 1, books 2

Gentian wrote: "Well a slow start because I picked two tomes to start off with. I actually finished my first book just before the New Year but I will end my 2013 challenge on Christmas day to make it fair. I jus..."

You did pick a couple of big books to start with! Have a wonderful journey!

Europe
1) The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings Who Invented England - Dan Jones The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England
2) Les Miserables - Victor Hugo Les Misérables France
3)The Lady and the Unicorn - Belgium The Lady and the Unicorn

4) A View of Delft, Anthony Bailey , The Netherlands
5) Hedda Gabler, Ibsen , Norway
6) The Man Who Smiled, Henning Mankell , Sweden

7) Ace of Spies, The True Story of Sidney Reilly, Russia,

8) With Fire and Sword,Henryk Sienkiewicz, Ukraine With Fire and Sword

9) The Outsider, Albert Camus, Algeria The Outsider

10) Quarantine, Jim Grace, Israel Quarantine

11) Britannia's Wolf, Antoine Vanner Antoine Vanner

sorry should have mentioned that no 11 is set in Turkey.

12) Threes Company, Alfred Duggan, Italy Three's Company

13) The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón Spain

14) The Falcons of Ice and Fire Karen Maitland, Iceland

15). Knight in Armour, Alfred Duggan, Syria
16). Daily Life in Turkmenbashy's Golden Age, Sam Traunum, Turkmenistan
17). Secret History of the Mongol Queens, Jack Weatherford, Mongolia

18). Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt (Anothology) Kazakhstan Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt - Expat Stories from Kazakhstan
19). Tai Pan James Clavell China Tai-Pan
20). Gai- Jin James Clavell Japan Gai-Jin
21). Noble House James Clavell Hong Kong Noble House

22). The Darien Disaster, John Prebble, Panama The Darien Disaster: a Scots Colony in the New World, 1698-1700
23). Batavia's Graveyard, Mike Dash, Australia Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny

Sorry - have not updated for a while and keep on remembering ones to add

24). A passage to India, EM Forster India A Passage to India
25). The Catcher in the Rye, JD Sallinger US The Catcher in the Rye
26). My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell, Greece My Family and Other Animals
27). The Colditz Story, Pat Reid, Germany The Colditz Story

28). Harvesting Stones Paula Lucas, Dubai, Harvesting Stones - An American Woman's International Journey of Survival

29. Sipping From the Nile Jean Naggar . Egypt.

30. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Paul Torday Yemen
31. Love in the time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez Colombia
32. In the time of the butterflies Julia Alvarez
Dominican Republic

33: The Frozen Waterfall The Frozen Waterfall Gaye Hicilmaz. Switzerland

34: The Zahir Paolo Coelho Croatia. The Zahir
35: Veronika Decides To Die Paolo Coelho Slovenia Veronika Decides to Die
36: Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe Nigeria Things Fall Apart

37: The Shipping News The Shipping News Annie Proulx Canada

38: hawk Quest, Robert Lyndon Hawk Quest Greenland

I finished my challenge Christmas Day, got just over half done.

39: Angkor: Cambodia's Wondrous Khmer Temples Dawn Rooney Cambodia
40: The Coroner's Lunch Colin Cotterill Laos
41: The Trader of Saigon Lucy Cruikshank Vietnam
42: Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenstern Pakistan