Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Progress so far: 52/60

My initial list of 20:

Turkmenistan
Togo
Trinidad & Tobago
Czech Republic
Mauritius
Wales
San Marino
Cameroon
Oman
Samoa
Lithuania
Tonga
Hungary
Ghana
France
Pakistan
Syria
Virgin Islands (USVI)
Monaco
St. Lucia

My second list (40):

Afghanistan
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Central African Republic
Chad
Cote d'Ivoire
Cyprus
Ecuador
Equatorial Guinea
Gambia
Grenada
Guatemala
Iraq
Jamaica
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malta
Nauru
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Qatar
Romania
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Zimbabwe

Here are my plans for my second list:

Cyprus: Census
Guatemala: The President
Central African Republic: Song from the Forest: My Life Among the Ba-Benjelle Pygmies
Saudi Arabia: Wolves of the Crescent Moon
Ecuador: A Taste of Ecuador: The Collected Stories of Eugenia Viteri
Bangladesh: The Good Muslim
Antigua and Barbuda: My Brother
Senegal: Three Strong Women
Equatorial Guinea: Shadows of Your Black Memory
Zimbabwe: The Hairdresser of Harare
Madagascar: The Aye-Aye and I or Beyond the Rice Fields
Afghanistan: The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
Qatar: Love Comes Later
Cote d'Ivoire: As the Crow Flies
Belize: The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw
Iraq: Frankenstein in Baghdad
Nicaragua: Riverbed of Memory
Bhutan: Dawa: The Story of a Stray Dog in Bhutan
Jamaica: John Crow's Devil
Sri Lanka: Love Marriage
Nauru: I Have Seen the Moon: Reflections on Nauru
Latvia: Bearslayer
Kyrgyzstan: Farewell Gul'sary
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Night Diver
Grenada: An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
São Tomé and Príncipe: Island Moors: Two African Short Stories
Malawi: I Will Try
Chad: A Teenager in the Chad Civil War: A Memoir of Survival, 1982-1986
Thailand: The Sad Part Was
Malta: Jasmine Blossoms for All Time: A Novel
Benin: Snares Without End
South Korea: Human Acts
Turkey: Life Is a Caravanserai
Gambia: Reading the Ceiling
Bahrain: Sad Man Dancing
Romania: Forest Of The Hanged
Barbados: Fire in the Canes
Tajikistan: The Disobedient Wife
Armenia: Retreat Without Song
Nigeria: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Such a wonderful list of books Diane! I'll be reading Homegoing, Père Goriot, and Exit West next year, so I will follow your reviews!

Visited Lithuania with Promise at Dawn by Romain Gary.

Visited St. Lucia with Midsummer by Derek Walcott.

Visited Ghana with Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

and

Trinidad and Tobago with The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon.

Visited Syria with Tigers on the Tenth Day and Other Stories by Zakaria Tamer.

Visited Hungary with The Case Worker by George Konrád.

Visited France with Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola

and

Tonga with We Are the Ocean: Selected Works by Epeli Hauʻofa

Visited San Marino with The Republic of San Marino: The Oldest and Smallest Republic of the World by Giuseppe Rossi.

Visited Pakistan with Shame by Salman Rushdie.

Visited Czech Republic with Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal.

Visited Samoa with Freelove by Sia Figiel.

Visited Wales with Evans Above by Rhys Bowen.

Visited Cameroon with The Poor Christ of Bomba by Mongo Beti.

Visited Turkmenistan with The Tale of Aypi by Ak Welsapar.

Visited Togo with Dirty Feet by Edem Awumey.

Visited Mauritius with Eve out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi.

Visited Oman with Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs by Abdulaziz Al Farsi.

Visited US Virgin Islands with Tales of St. John and the Caribbean by Gerald Singer.

Completed my initial list by visiting Monaco with Your Father's Room by Michel Déon.

Finished my first country from the new list with The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe).

Visited Madagascar with Beyond the Rice Fields by Naivo.

Visited Ecuador with A Taste of Ecuador: The Collected Stories of Eugenia Viteri by Eugenia Viteri.

Visited Jamaica with John Crow's Devil by Marlon James

Visited Bhutan with Dawa: The Story of a Stray dog in Bhutan

Visited Antigua and Barbuda with Mr. Potter by Jamaica Kincaid.

Visited Cyprus with Magnette: A Cyprus Odyssey by Elmos Konis. This book was a pleasant surprise.

Visited Nicaragua with Riverbed of Memory by Daisy Zamora.

Visited Qatar with The Dohmestics by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar.

Visited Iraq with Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi.

Visited South Korea with Human Acts by Han Kang.

Visited The Gambia with Reading the Ceiling by Dayo Forster.

Visited Senegal with Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye.

Visited Turkey with Life Is a Caravanserai by Emine Sevgi Özdamar.

Visited Saudi Arabia with The Green Bicycle by Haifaa al Mansour.

Visited Cote d'Ivoire with As the Crow Flies by Véronique Tadjo.

Visited Nauru with I Have Seen the Moon: Reflections on Nauru by Bron Williams.

Visited Kyrgyzstan with Farewell, Gul'sary! by Chingiz Aitmatov.

Visited Sao Tome & Principe with Island Moors: Two African Short Stories by Gervásio Kaiser.

and

Romania with Forest Of The Hanged by Liviu Rebreanu.

Visited Latvia with Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena.

Visited Malawi with soft magic. by Upile Chisala.

Visited Afghanistan with Selected Poems of Rumi
and Bahrain with Sad Man Dancing.

Visited Barbados with The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson.

Visited Sri Lanka with The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam.

Visited Thailand with The Sad Part Was by Prabda Yoon.

Visited Benin with Snares Without End by Olympe Bhêly-Quenum.

Visited Nigeria with The Spider King's Daughter by Chibundu Onuzo.

Visited Chad with A Teenager in the Chad Civil War: A Memoir of Survival, 1982-1986 by Esaie Toingar.