Around the World in 80 Books discussion

I will be logging the books from my 2016 Tourist Challenge and adding any new books from my 2017 Tourist Challenge.

2016 to now
30 countries 9 regions

Africa

Algeria The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles (2018)
Angola Transparent City by Ondjaki (2020)
Benin
Botswana The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (2020)
Burkina Faso
Burundi Petit pays (Small Country) by Gaël Faye (2018)
Cameroon
Canary Islands (Tenerife) More Ketchup Than Salsa by Joe Cawley (2021)
Cape Verde The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida (2022)
Central African Republic
Chad Exils croisés by Priscille Mékoulnodji (2018)
Comoros Anguille sous roche by Ali Zamir (2021)
Congo (Republic)
Congo (DRC) Dans le ventre du Congo by Blaise Ndala (2023)
Code d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt terre des hommes by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (2017)
Equatorial Guinea La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono (2021)
Eritrea Coeur de feu by Senait G. Mehari (2018)
Ethiopia Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (2016)
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (2017)
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya West with the Night by Beryl Markham (2017)
Lesotho
Liberia She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore (2019)
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (2019)
Mali Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo (2022)
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique Children of the Moon by Anthony De Sa (2021)
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta (2016)
Réunion
Rwanda Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey (2021)
Sāo Tome & Principe
Senegal So Long a Letter (Une si longue lettre) by Mariama Bâ (2018)
Seychelles The Edge of Eden by Helen Benedict
Sierra Leone The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna (2022)
Somalia Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed (2021)
South Africa - Flat Water Tuesday: A Novel by Ron Irwin (2016)
South Sudan
Sudan Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (2017)
Swaziland When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn (2023)
Tanzania Hard Rain by Irma Venter (2021)
Togo An African in Greenland ( L’Africain du Groenland) by Tété-Michel Kpomassie (2021)
Tunisia
Uganda La petite fille à la kalashnikov : Ma vie d'enfant-soldat (Child Soldier) China Keitetsi (2019)
Zambia The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (2019)
Zimbabwe House of Stone: A Novel by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (2020)

Antartica

Antartica Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (2016)

Asia

Bangladesh
Bhutan Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa (2020)
Brunei Written in Black by K.H. Lim (2018)
Cambodia Holiday in Cambodia by Laura Jean McKay (2017)
China The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu (2016)
Hong Kong Le Tour du monde en 80 jours (Around the World in Eighty Days ) by Jules Verne (2017)
India - Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (2016)
Indonesia Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (2017)
Japan Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2016)
Korea The Vegetarian by Han Kang (2017)
Laos The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill (2021)
Macao
Malaysia The Tiger and the Leopardess be Ho Khong Ming (2017)
Maldives
Mongolia Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford (2020)
Myanmar Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig (2022)
Nepal Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (2018)
North Korea The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson (2017)
Pakistan How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid (2017)
Philippines When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe (2018)
Singapore How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee (2021)
Sri Lanka Running in the Family by Ondaatje Michael. (2018)
Thailand The Beach by Alex Garland (2017)
Timor-Leste
Taiwan Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past by Jessica J. Lee (2021)
Viet Nam The Sympathizer byViet Thanh Nguyen (2018)

Central America and the Caribbean

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda Mr. Potter by Jamaica Kincaid (2018)
Antilles
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (2018)
Belize
Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
Cayman Islands
Costa Rica
Cuba A Planet for Rent by Yoss (2020)
Curaçao
Dampier Cay
Dominica Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography by Jean Rhys (2021)
Dominican Republic The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2016)
El Salvador
Grenada The Spice Necklace: A Food-Lover's Caribbean Adventure by Ann Vanderhoof (2016)
Guadeloupe Le Cœur à rire et à pleurer by Maryse Condé (2021)
Guatemala
Haiti Ayiti by Roxane Gay (2019)Island Queen by Vanessa Riley (2024)
Honduras
Jamaica A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (2016)
Martinique
Nicaragua
Montserrat Island Queen by Vanessa Riley (2024)
Netherland Antilles
Panama Sea Wife by Amity Gaige (2022)
Puerto Rico
Saba Meet Me in Paradise by Libby Hubscher (2023)
Saint Barts
Saint Kitts and Nevis A State of Independence by Caryl Phillips (2021)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin Vers Saba by Micheline Lévesque (2023)
Trinidad and Tobago 'Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma (2018)
Turks and Caicos
Virgin Islands (British)
Virgin Islands (US) Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique (2016)

Europe

Åland Islands Ice by Ulla-Lena Lundberg (2020)
Albania Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismael Kadare (2018)
Armenia As the Poppies Bloomed by Maral Boyadjian (2016)
Andorra
Austria The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta von Trapp (2020)
Azores Barnacle Love by Anthony De Sa (2017)
Basque Country Meanwhile Take My Hand by Kirmen Uribe (2017)
Belarus The Singing Forest by Judith McCormack
Belgium Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History by Scott Andrew Selby (2023)
Bosnia and Herzegovina The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway (2019)
Bulgaria Street Without a Name: Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria by Kapka Kassabova (2020)
Croatia Girl at War by Sara Nović (2018)
Czech Republic Indians on Vacation by Thomas King (2020)
Denmark Rock, Paper, Scissors by Naja Marie Aidt (2017)
England - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (2016)
Estonia The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk (2020)
Faroe Islands Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? by Johan Harstad (2020)
Finland The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life by Anu Partanen (2017)
France - No et moi by Delphine de Vigan (2016)
Germany The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2016)
Gibraltar
Greece Kassandra and the Wolf by Margarita Karapanou (2016)
Guernsey The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (2018)
Hungary
Iceland - From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón (2016)
Ireland Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson(2016)
Isle of Man
Italy - Children of God by Mary Doria Russell(2016)
Jersey

Kosovo Bolla by Pajtim Statovci (2023)
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (2018)
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madeira
Malta A Death in Malta: An Assassination and a Family's Quest for Justice by Paul Caruana Galizia (2023)
Moldova The Good Life Elsewhere by Vladimir Lorchenkov (2021)
Monaco Born in Monaco by Patrick R. Faure (2023)
Montenegro Catherine the Great and the Small by Olja Knezevic (2022)
The Netherlands House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon (2023)
Northern Ireland Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe (2020)
Norway Doppler by Erlend Loe (2017)
Poland Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit (2017)
Portugal All the Names by José Saramago (2017)
Romania Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn (2022)
Russia - The Kill Switch by James Rollins(2016)
San Marino
Sark
Scotland Closed Doors by Lisa O'Donnell (2018)
Serbia
Slovenia
Slovakia
Spain Death in Spring by Mercè Rodoreda (2016)
Svalbard Dark Matter by Michelle Paver (2022)
Sweden - The Room by Jonas Karlsson(2016)
Switzerland Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (2019)
Ukraine Good Citizens Need Not Fear: Stories by Maria Reva (2020)
The Vatican When in Rome: A Journal of Life in the Vatican City by Robert J. Hutchinson (2019)
Wales

South America

Argentina Cuentos de la selva by Horacio Quiroga (2019)
Bolivia
Brazil Heliopolis by James Scudamore (2016)
Chile La Casa de Los Espiritus by Isabel Allende (2019)
Colombia Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (2019)
Ecuador Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee (2018)
Falkland Island
French Guiana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis (2023)
Venezuela

West Central Asia and the Middle East

AfghanistanThe Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi (2018)
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Cyprus
Georgia Ureka: Finding the line between desire and contentment. Then riding it. by Graham Field (2021)
Iran Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi (2018)
Iraq Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi (2023)
Israel Waking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (2019)
Jordan The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber (2023)
Kazakhstan
Kuwait The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi (2019)
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hage (2019)
Oman Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (2020)
Palestine À Toi by Kim Thúy and Pascal Janovjak (2016)
Qatar The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Sophia Al-Maria (2018)
Saudi Arabia Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea (2023)
Syria Sarmada by Fadi Azzam (2019)
Tajikistan
Turkey The Time of Mute Swans: A Novel by Ece Temelkuran (2019)
Turmenistan
United Arab Emirate Temporary People by Deepak Unnikrishnan (2023)
Uzbekistan
Yemen The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers (2020)

North America COMPLETE
Canada Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood (2016)

Canada Challenge (2019)
Newfoundland and Labrador Sweetland by Michael Crummey (6/10/2019)
Nova Scotia Be Prepared!: The Frankie MacDonald Guide to Life, the Weather, and Everything by Frankie MacDonald (31/03/19)
New Brunswick Les chemins de ma vie by Rolande Doucet O’Connell (12/04/19)
Prince Edward Island Bannock, Beans and Black Tea: Memories of a Prince Edward Island Childhood in the Great Depression by John Gallant (06/07/2019)
Quebec Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel (20/04/19)
Ontario The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (24/01/19)
Manitoba A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews (05/06/19)
Saskatchewan Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butala (15/08/19)
Alberta Medicine River by Thomas King (17/11/2019)
British Columbia The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family by Lindsay Wong (19/05/19)
Nunavut Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq (28/01/19)
North West Territories Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp (5/9/19)
Yukon The Call of the Wild by Jack London (14/11/2019)

Bermuda The Drowned Forest by Angela Barry (2023)
Greenland Last Night in Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussen (2019)
Mexico 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin (2016)
Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Retour d'Ulysse à Saint-Pierre by Eugene Nicole (2023)
United States Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi (2016)

Oceania

American Samoa
Australia - The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (2016)
Christmas Islands
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost (2023)
Marshall Islands
Micronesia The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara (2022)
Nauru
New Caledonia Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce (2023)
New Zealand The Bone People by Keri Hulme (2016)
Niue
Norfolk Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Papua New Guinea No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani (2020)
Pitcairn Lost Paradise: From Mutiny on the Bounty to a Modern-Day Legacy of Sexual Mayhem, the Dark Secrets of Pitcairn Island Revealed by Kathy Marks (2020)
Samoa Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt (2019)
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna

Adding:

Egypt terre des hommes by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Korea The Vegetarian by Han Kang

32 countries, 9 regions

Denmark Rock, Paper, Scissors by Naja Marie Aidt

33 countries, 9 regions

Adding:

Pakistan How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid

34 countries, 9 regions

Poland Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit

35 countries, 9 regions

Finland The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life by Anu Partanen
36 countries, 9 regions

Kenya West with the Night by Beryl Markham

37 countries, 9 regions

Hong Kong Le Tour du monde en 80 jours (Around the World in Eighty Days ) by Jules Verne
Azores Barnacle Love by Anthony De Sa
Portugal All the Names by José Saramago
Indonesia Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Basque Country Meanwhile Take My Hand by Kirmen Uribe

42 countries, 9 regions

Norway Doppler by Erlend Loe

43 countries, 9 regions

Malaysia The Tiger and the Leopardess be Ho Khong Ming

44 countries, 9 regions

Ghana Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

45 countries, 9 regions

ThailandThe Beach by Alex Garland

46 countries

Cambodia Holiday in Cambodia by Laura Jean McKay

47 countries

North Korea The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson

48 countries

Adding my first new country in 2018:
Algeria The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

49 countries

Sri Lanka Running in the Family by Ondaatje Michael.

50 countries!

Lisa wrote: "Sri Lanka Running in the Family by Ondaatje Michael.

50 countries!"

Congrats on reaching 50! Great milestone!

Viet Nam The Sympathizer byViet Thanh Nguyen

51 countries

Afghanistan The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi

52 countries

Croatia Girl at War by Sara Nović

53 countries

Scotland Closed Doors by Lisa O'Donnell

54 countries

Albania Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismael Kadare
Eritrea Coeur de feu by Senait G. Mehari (French version of Heart of Fire: From Child Soldier to Soul Singer)

56 countries

Chad Exils croisés by Priscille Mékoulnodji

57 countries

Iran Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi

58 countries

Guernsey The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

59 countries

Senegal So Long a Letter (Une si longue lettre) by Mariama Bâ
Qatar The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Sophia Al-Maria

61 countries

Trinidad and Tobago 'Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma

62 countries

Brunei Written in Black by K.H. Lim

63 countries

Seychelles The Edge of Eden by Helen Benedict

64 countries

Ecuador Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee

65 countries

Antigua and Barbuda Mr. Potter by Jamaica Kincaid
Nepal Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

67 countries

Philippines When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe

68 countries

Burundi Petit pays (Small Country) by Gaël Faye

69 countries

Lithuania Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

70 countries

Barbados Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (2018)
Turkey The Time of Mute Swans: A Novel by Ece Temelkuran

72 countries

Samoa Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt

73 countries

Switzerland Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
Malawi The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Syria Sarmada by Fadi Azzam

76 countries

Argentina Cuentos de la selva by Horacio Quiroga
Lebanon Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hage

78 countries

Uganda La petite fille à la kalashnikov : Ma vie d'enfant-soldat (Child Soldier) China Keitetsi
Haiti Ayiti by Roxane Gay

80 countries

Lisa wrote: "Uganda La petite fille à la kalashnikov : Ma vie d'enfant-soldat (Child Soldier) China Keitetsi
Haiti Ayiti by [author:Roxane Gay|33..."

Congrats on reaching your 80th country, Lisa!

Liberia She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore

81 countries