Around the World in 80 Books discussion

I hope to complete a ATWi80 Trek someday but travelling as a circumnavigator, because I sometimes can't stick to a reading plan and read what strikes my fancy instead.

I will not include the books read for this category in my Frequent Flyer country count, but they will be added to my Circumnavigator thread.

Start date: 1 August 2013
End date:

Regions: 3
Countries: 51

Leg 1
Pacific Island-hopping





Asia
1. Singapore - Confrontation [09/08/13]
2. Indonesia - The Ten Thousand Things [25/09/13]
3. East Timor - The Crossing: A Story of East Timor [27/10/13]

Oceania
4. Australia - In a Sunburned Country [28/01/14]
5. New Zealand - The Colour [27/04/14]
6. Pitcairn Island - Coconut Chaos Pitcairn, Mutiny And A Seduction At Sea [30/04/14]
7. French Polynesia - Frangipani [22/05/14]
8. Niue - Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before [18/07/14]
9. Kiribati - The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific [25/10/15]
10. Samoa - The Mango's Kiss [08/11/15]
11. Fiji - Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific [20/02/16]
12. Vanuatu - Fishing for Stars [03/04/16]
13. Solomon Islands - Solomon Time: Adventures In The South Pacific [06/06/16]
14. Micronesia - Island of the Sequined Love Nun [26/08/16]
15. Papua New Guinea - The White Mary [03/10/16]
16. Guam & Wake - Keeper of the Night [09/10/16]

Leg 2
Exploring Asia



Asia
17. Philippines - When the Elephants Dance [06/11/16]
18. Brunei - Some Girls: My Life in a Harem [13/11/16]
19. Malaysia - The Garden of Evening Mists [27/11/16]
20. Thailand - Ladyboys: The Secret World Of Thailand's Third Gender [29/04/17]
21. Myanmar - Burmese Days [08/05/17]
22. Bangladesh - The Good Muslim [17/05/17]
23. India - Life of Pi [01/06/17]
24. Bhutan - Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan [16/06/17]
25. Tibet - To a Mountain in Tibet [27/07/17]
26. Nepal - Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal [22/09/17]
via India - The Hungry Tide [05/11/17]
27. Sri Lanka - A Disobedient Girl [15/11/17]
28. Maldives - On the Island [23/11/17]
29. Pakistan - The Wish Maker [29/12/17]

Leg 3
Exotic Asia and the Middle East




Middle East
30. Afghanistan - The Kite Runner [30/01/18]

Asia
31. Tajikistan - Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia [28/02/18]
32. Kyrgyzstan - This Is Bishkek Baby [12/03/18]
33. Kazakhstan - Once in Kazakhstan: The Snow Leopard Emerges [27/03/18]
34. Uzbekistan - The Dancer from Khiva: One Muslim Woman's Quest for Freedom [25/05/18]
35. Turkmenistan - Joe & Azat [16/06/18]

Middle East
36. Iran - Pomegranate Soup [16/06/18]
37. Iraq - Late for Tea at the Deer Palace: The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family [01/07/18]
38. Kuwait - Suitcase Filled with Nails: Lessons Learned from Teaching Art in Kuwait [24/07/18]
39. Saudi Arabia - The Consequences of Love [13/08/18]
40. Bahrain - The Meeting Point [28/08/18]
41. Qatar - Love Comes Later [09/09/18]
42. United Arab Emirates - One Year in Wonderland: A True Tale of Expat Life in Dubai [21/10/18]
43. Oman - The Turtle of Oman [29/10/18]
44. Yemen - I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced [04/11/18]
via Saudi Arabia - Girls of Riyadh [21/02/19]
45. Jordan - The Language of Baklava [18/03/19]
46. Israel - A Pigeon and a Boy [08/04/19]
47. Palestine - Fast Times in Palestine: A Love Affair with a Homeless Homeland [19/06/19]
via Israel - Daughters of Iraq [10/07/19]
48. Lebanon - The Hakawati [07/11/19]
49. Syria - The Bread of Angels: A Memoir of Love and Faith [01/12/19]
50. Cyprus - Bitter Lemons of Cyprus [15/02/20]
51. Turkey - Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey [12/05/22]

Asia
52. Armenia - Full Moon over Noah's Ark: An Odyssey to Mount Ararat and Beyond
53. Azerbaijan - Gentlemen of the Road
54. Georgia - A Time of Miracles

Leg 4
Backpacking in Europe




Europe
55. Russia - Anna Karenina
56. Estonia - When the Doves Disappeared
57. Latvia - With Dance Shoes in Siberian Snows
58. Lithuania - Between Shades of Gray
59. Belarus - All That Is Solid Melts into Air
60. Ukraine - The Silence of Trees
61. Moldova - Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
62. Romania - The Appointment
63. Bulgaria - Solo
64. Greece - Everything Beautiful Began After
65. Albania - Spring Flowers, Spring Frost
66. Macedonia - Damages
67. Kosovo - Where You Belong
68. Montenegro - Montenegro
69. Serbia - Dictionary of the Khazars
70. Bosnia & Herzegovina - Sarajevo Marlboro
71. Croatia - The Sound of Blue: A Novel
72. Slovenia - Veronika Decides to Die
73. Hungary - The Book of Summers
74. Slovakia - Zoli
75. Poland - 22 Britannia Road
76. Czech Republic - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
77. Austria - A Song for Summer
78. Italy - The Ruby Ring
79. Vatican City
via Italy - Head Over Heel: Seduced by Southern Italy
80. Malta - Like Bees to Honey
via Italy
81. Switzerland - Dreams of Significant Girls
82. Germany - The Baker's Daughter
83. Denmark - Music & Silence
via Germany - The Book Thief
84. Netherlands - The Coffee Trader
85. Belgium - The Lady and the Unicorn
86. France - A Sport and a Pastime
87. Channel Islands (Guernsey) - The Book of Ebenezer Le Page
88. Wales - Fall of Giants
89. Ireland - The Story of Lucy Gault
90. Northern Ireland - The Tavern on Maple Street
91. Scotland - Letters from Skye
92. England - The Pillars of the Earth
via France - As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece
93. Monaco - White Truffles in Winter
via France - A Year in Provence
94. Andorra - Andorra
95. Spain - Guernica
96. Portugal - All the Names
97. Azores - Islands Beyond the Horizon: The Life of Twenty of the World's Most Remote Places
98. Madeira
99. Canary Islands - More Ketchup Than Salsa
100. Gibraltar - Uneasy Relations

Leg 5
Adventures in Africa

Africa
101. Morocco - Sweetness in the Belly
102. Western Sahara - Sahara
103. Mauritania
104. Cape Verde
105. Senegal - God's Bits of Wood
106. Gambia - Reading the Ceiling
107. Guinea-Bissau - No Fist is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde
108. Guinea - The Dark Child
109. Sierra Leone - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
110. Liberia - The House at Sugar Beach
111. Cote d’Ivoire - Aya
112. Burkina Faso - Outlaw
113. Ghana - Cloth Girl
114. Togo - The Village of Waiting
115. Benin - Why Goats Smell Bad and Other Stories from Benin
116. Nigeria - Purple Hibiscus
117. Cameroon - Mango Elephants in the Sun: How Life in an African Village Let Me Be in My Skin
118. Equatorial Guinea - My Friend the Mercenary
119. Sao Tome & Principe - Equator
120. Gabon
121. Congo
122. Central African Republic
123. Chad
124. Niger
125. Mali
126. Algeria
127. Tunisia
128. Libya
129. Egypt
130. Sudan
131. Eritrea
132. Djibouti
133. Ethiopia
134. Somalia
135. Kenya
136. Uganda
137. South Sudan
138. DR Congo
139. Rwanda
140. Burundi
141. Tanzania
142. Malawi
143. Zambia
144. Angola
145. Namibia
146. Botswana
147. Zimbabwe
148. South Africa
149. Lesotho
via South Africa
150. Swaziland
151. Mozambique
152. Seychelles
153. Mauritius
154. Reunion
155. Madagascar

Leg 6
Freezing Antarctica and Fiery Latin America

Antarctica
156. Antarctica

Latin America
157. Argentina
158. Chile
159. Easter Island
160. Peru
161. Bolivia
162. Paraguay
163. Brazil
164. Uruguay
via Brazil
165. French Guinea
166. Suriname
167. Guyana
168. Venezuela
169. Colombia
170. Ecuador
171. Galapagos Islands
172. Panama
173. Costa Rica
174. Nicaragua
175. Honduras
176. El Salvador
177. Guatemala
178. Belize

Leg 7
Chilling in the Caribbean

Caribbean
179. Cayman Islands
180. Jamaica
181. Curacao
182. Trinidad & Tobago
183. Barbados
184. Martinique
185. Dominica
186. Guadeloupe
187. Antigua & Barbuda
188. St. Kitts and Nevis
189. St. Maarten
190. Puerto Rico
191. Dominican Republic
192. Haiti
193. Bahamas
194. Cuba
Virgin Islands

Leg 8
The Vast Expanse of North America

North America
195. Mexico
196. United States
197. Canada

Leg 9
Back Through Europe

Europe
198. Greenland
199. Iceland
200. Faeroe Islands
201. Norway
202. Sweden
203. Finland
via Russia

Leg 10
The Home Stretch

Asia
204. Mongolia
205. China
206. North Korea
207. South Korea
208. Japan
209. Taiwan
210. Hong Kong
211. Macau
212. China
213. Laos
214. Vietnam
215. Cambodia
Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore

1. Asia: Singapore - Confrontation by Mohamed Latiff Mohamed [09/08/13]



Regions: 1
Countries: 1

I love the maps with the flag markers!

Diane, I created them on Scribble Maps, I love the flag markers! Sadly, some flags are missing from the site, I hope more countries get added!

2. Asia: Indonesia - The Ten Thousand Things by Maria Dermoût [25/09/13]



Regions: 1
Countries: 2

3. Asia: East Timor - The Crossing: A Story of East Timor by Luís Cardoso [27/10/13]



Regions: 1
Countries: 3

4. Oceania: Australia - In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson [28/01/14]



Regions: 2
Countries: 4

5. Oceania: New Zealand - The Colour by Rose Tremain [27/04/14]



Regions: 2
Countries: 5

6. Oceania: Pitcairn Island - Coconut Chaos Pitcairn, Mutiny And A Seduction At Sea [30/04/14]



Regions: 2
Countries: 6

7. Oceania: French Polynesia - Frangipani by Célestine Hitiura Vaite [22/05/14]



Regions: 2
Countries: 7

8. Oceania: Niue - Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz [18/07/14]



Regions: 2
Countries: 8

I had to change my travel plans from Cook Islands to Niue since the book only barely mentioned the Cook Islands in passing.

9. Oceania: Kiribati - The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost [25/10/15]



Regions: 2
Countries: 9

10. Oceania: Samoa - The Mango's Kiss by Albert Wendt [08/11/15]



Regions: 2
Countries: 10

11. Oceania: Fiji - Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux [20/02/16]



Regions: 2
Countries: 11

12. Oceania: Vanuatu - Fishing for Stars by Bryce Courtenay [03/04/16]



Regions: 2
Countries: 12

13. Oceania: Solomon Islands - Solomon Time: Adventures In The South Pacific by Will Randall [06/06/16]



Regions: 2
Countries: 13

14. Oceania: Micronesia - Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore [26/08/16]



Regions: 2
Countries: 14

15. Oceania: Papua New Guinea - The White Mary by Kira Salak [03/10/16]



Regions: 2
Countries: 15

16. Oceania: Guam & Wake - Keeper of the Night by Kimberly Willis Holt [09/10/16]



Regions: 2
Countries: 16

17. Asia: Philippines - When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe [06/11/16]



Regions: 2
Countries: 17

18. Asia: Brunei - Some Girls: My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren [13/11/16]



Regions: 2
Countries: 18

19. Asia: Malaysia - The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng [27/11/16]



Regions: 2
Countries: 19

20. Asia: Thailand - Ladyboys: The Secret World Of Thailand's Third Gender by Susan Aldous [29/04/17]



Regions: 2
Countries: 20

21. Asia: Myanmar - Burmese Days by George Orwell [08/05/17]



Regions: 2
Countries: 21

22. Asia: Bangladesh - The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam [17/05/17]



Regions: 2
Countries: 22

23. Asia: India - Life of Pi by Yann Martel [01/06/17]



Regions: 2
Countries: 23

24. Asia: Bhutan - Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa [16/06/17]



Regions: 2
Countries: 24

25. Asia: Tibet - To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron [27/07/17]



Regions: 2
Countries: 25

26. Asia: Nepal - Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan [22/09/17]



Regions: 2
Countries: 26

via Asia: India - The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh [05/11/17]



Regions: 2
Countries: 26

27. Asia: Sri Lanka - A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman [15/11/17]



Regions: 2
Countries: 27

28. Asia: Maldives - On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves [23/11/17]



Regions: 2
Countries: 28

29. Asia: Pakistan - The Wish Maker by Ali Sethi [29/12/17]



Regions: 2
Countries: 29

30. Middle East: Afghanistan - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini [30/01/18]



Regions: 3
Countries: 30

31. Asia: Tajikistan - Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia by David H. Mould [28/04/18]



Regions: 3
Countries: 31

32. Asia: Kyrgyzstan - This Is Bishkek Baby by Fogarty Wells [12/03/18]



Regions: 3
Countries: 32

33. Asia: Kazakhstan - Once in Kazakhstan: The Snow Leopard Emerges by Keith Rosten [27/03/18]



Regions: 3
Countries: 33

34. Asia: Uzbekistan - The Dancer from Khiva: One Muslim Woman's Quest for Freedom by Bibish [25/05/18]



Regions: 3
Countries: 34

35. Asia: Turkmenistan - Joe & Azat by Jesse Lonergan [16/06/18]



Regions: 3
Countries: 35