Around the World in 80 Books discussion

ATW Prize Winners

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America , Gilbert King
Pulitzer Prize, General Non-Fiction, 2013

Unbowed , Wangari Maathai
Nobel Peace Prize, 2004

Freedom from Fear , Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Peace Prize, 1991

For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on the Way of the Bodhisattva, Dalai Lama XIV
Nobel Peace Prize, 1989

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. , Martin Luther King Jr.
Nobel Peace Prize, 1964

Touring the US

1. Alabama
A Redbird Christmas, Fannie Flagg
2. Alaska
The Snow Child , Eowyn Ivey
3. California
The Strange Files of Fremont Jones , Dianne Day
4. Florida
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America , Gilbert King
5. Louisiana
A Lesson Before Dying , Ernest J. Gaines
6. Massachusetts
The Crucible , Arthur Miller
7. Minnesota
A Fireproof Home for the Bride , Amy Scheibe
8. New Jersey
Clockers , Richard Price
9. New York
The Bell Jar , Sylvia Plath
10. North Dakota
85 Years Birding: Adventures and Learning , Kenneth J. Johnson
11. Oklahoma
Pigs in Heaven, Barbara Kingsolver
12. Texas
Big Red Tequila , Rick Riordan
13. Washington
Where'd You Go, Bernadette , Maria Semple
14. West Virginia
The Glass Castle , Jeannette Walls

Exploring England

1. Cambridge and Bristol
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom , Graham Farmelo
2. King's Lynn (Bishop's Lynn or Lynn)
The Book of Margery Kempe Margery Kempe
3. London
The Odd Women , George Gissing
4. Norfolk
At Home: A Short History of Private Life , Bill Bryson
5. Oxford, Oxfordshire
The Daughters of Cain Colin Dexter
6. Sawrey, Furness area of Cumbria, part of Lancashire, located in the Lake District, The Tale of Hill Top Farm , Susan Wittig Albert
7. Swindon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time , Mark Haddon
8. Wales
The Citadel , A.J. Cronin
9. Wessex
Tess of the D'Urbervilles , Thomas Hardy
10. West Country
The Remains of the Day , Kazuo Ishiguro
11. Yorkshire Moors
Wuthering Heights , Emily Brontë

World

AFRICA
1. Botswana
The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café , Alexander McCall Smith
2. Kenya
Unbowed , Wangari Maathai
3. Senegal
Une si longue lettre , Mariama Bâ
4. Zimbabwe
The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales from Africa , Alexander McCall Smith

World

ASIA
5. Afghanistan
The World is a Carpet: Four Seasons in an Afghan Village , Anna Badkhen
6. Burma
Freedom from Fear , Aung San Suu Kyi
7. Indonesia (Java)
Borobudur: Golden Tales of the Buddhas , John N. Miksic
8. India
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity , Katherine Boo
9. Malaysia
Sejarah Melayu: The Malay Annals , John Leyden
10. Maldives
Folk Tales of the Maldives , Xavier Romero-Frias
11. Nepal
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal , Conor Grennan
12. Pakistan
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time , Greg Mortenson
13. Singapore
Crazy Rich Asians , Kevin Kwan
14. Thailand
Sightseeing , Rattawut Lapcharoensap
15. Tibet
Voyage d'une Parisienne à Lhassa , Alexandra David-Néel
16. Vietnam
Bouddha , Jules Clarétie

World

CARIBBEAN

World

EUROPE

17. Armenia
Armenian Poems , Alice Stone Blackwell
18. Austria
Carmilla , J. Sheridan Le Fanu
19. Czech Republic
The Metamorphosis , Franz Kafka
20. Denmark
Beowulf: A New Telling , Robert Nye
21. England
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime , Judith Flanders
22. Finland
The Egyptian , Mika Waltari
23. France
Son Excellence Eugène Rougon , Émile Zola
24. Germany
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
25. Greece
History of the Peloponnesian War , Thucydides
26. Ireland
The Picture of Dorian Gray , Oscar Wilde
27. Italy
The Name of the Rose , Umberto Eco
28. Norway
A Doll's House , Henrik Ibsen
29. Russia
The Master and Margarita , Mikhail Bulgakov
30. Scotland
The 39 Steps , John Buchan
31. Spain
Don Quixote , Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
32. Sweden
Barabbas , Pär Lagerkvist

World

LATIN AMERICA

33. Brazil
The Alchemist , Paulo Coelho
34. Columbia
One Hundred Years of Solitude , Gabriel García Márquez

World

THE MIDDLE EAST

35. Saudi Arabia
Saudi Artists Today , Abdulaziz Ashour
36. Kuwait
Islamic Art & Patronage , Esin Atil

World

NORTH AMERICA

37. Canada
Anne of Green Gables , L.M. Montgomery
38. USA
The Great Gatsby , F. Scott Fitzgerald

World

OCEANIA

39 Australia
The Thornbirds , Colleen McCullough
Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough
40. New Zealand
An Angel at my Table , Janet Frame

Hi, Daisy! Welcome to the challenge! Let me know which books you have already read. Thanks.

Diane,

A few years ago, I was active in this group and it was reorganized. My previous posts seemed a jumble and the reorganization will help me to better keep track of everything. Although, I kept reading and kept track of the books, It is only just now that I am catching up to posting everything.

All of the above books are books that I have read. I am currently working on Burma and Nepal and another peace prize winner.

This is a wonderful group and I look forward to continued recommendations for books from even more geographic locations.

Thank you.

Daisy wrote: "Diane,

A few years ago, I was active in this group and it was reorganized. My previous posts seemed a jumble and the reorganization will help me to better keep track of everything. Although, I kep..."

Got it, thanks. I will update your numbers. Glad to have you back again this year. Happy travels!

ATW Prize Winners

Freedom from Fear , Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Peace Prize, 1991

World

ASIA

Burma
Freedom from Fear , Aung San Suu Kyi

World

ASIA

Nepal
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal, Conor Grennan

Books - World Classics

World Classics - considered classics in the country of origin

1. Armenia
Armenian Poems
Alice Stone Blackwell

2. Indonesia (Bali): "Rajapala & Ken Sulasih", ancient Balinese fable, http://www.silverfishbooks.com/

3. Malaysia
Sejarah Melayu: The Malay Annals John Leyden, trans.

4. Maldives
Folk Tales of the Maldives
Xavier Romero-Frias, collected and trans.

5. Japan
Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu

6. Singapore
Scorpion Orchid
Lloyd Fernando