Around the World in 80 Books discussion
ATW in 80 Books World Challenge
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Joy D's Tourist Plus 2020
Book 1: United States, my home countryRegion: North America
White Tears by Hari Kunzru - completed 1/3/20 - 3 stars - My Review
Book 2: St. Thomas, Virgin IslandsRegion: the Caribbean
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman - completed 1/11/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book 3: IrelandRegion: Europe
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt - completed 1/16/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
Normal People by Sally Rooney - completed 9/26/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book 4: JapanRegion: Asia
The Translator by Nina Schuyler - completed 1/17/20 - 5 stars - My Review
and
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - completed 9/16/20 - 5 stars - My Review
and
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden - completed 11/21/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book 5: Algeciras, SpainRegion: Europe
Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry - completed 1/19/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book 6: United KingdomRegion: Europe
Autumn by Ali Smith - completed 1/29/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson - completed 4/15/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
The Untouchable by John Banville - completed 4/19/20 - 3 stars - My Review
and
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - completed 5/3/20 - 5 stars - My Review
and
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel - completed 5/9/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
Coming Up for Air by George Orwell - completed 5/10/20 - 3 stars - My Review
and
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier - completed 5/13/20 - 5 stars - My Review
and
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan - completed 5/16/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - completed 5/24/20 - 5 stars - My Review
and
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark - completed 5/27/20 - 3 stars - My Review
and
Regeneration by Pat Barker - completed 7/5/20 - 5 stars - My Review
and
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes - completed 9/14/20 - 5 stars - My Review
and
The Accidental by Ali Smith - completed 10/8/20 - 3 stars - My Review
and
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell - completed 12/13/20 - 5 stars - My Full Review
and
The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur by Bernard Cornwell - 5 stars - My Review
Book 7: FranceRegion: Europe
Seasons of the Moon by Julien Aranda - completed 2/5/20 - 5 stars - My Review
Book 8: Bay of Naples Region set in the Roman Empire of 79 A.D, which is located in current-day ItalyRegion: Europe
Pompeii by Robert Harris - completed 2/14/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and another for Italy:
The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner - completed 4/16/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
The Girl from Venice by Martin Cruz Smith - completed 7/19/20 - 3 stars - My Review
Book 9: Berlin, Germany Region: Europe
The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy - completed 2/23/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book 10: Shanghai, ChinaRegion: Asia
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See - completed 3/4/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
Hunan Province, China:
The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna - completed 5/21/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and another for China:
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - 5 stars - My Review
Mija, China:
Waiting by Ha Jin - completed 12/28/20 - 3 stars - My Review
Book 11: MexicoRegion: Latin America/North America
The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea - completed 3/7/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel - completed 4/5/20 - 3 stars - My Review
Book 12: PortugalRegion: Europe
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by José Saramago - completed 3/16/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
The History of the Siege of Lisbon by José Saramago - completed 4/11/20 - 3 stars - My Review
Book 13: JamaicaRegion: the Caribbean
Small Island by Andrea Levy - completed 3/19/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and another one set in Jamaica about 275 years earlier:
Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign by Stephan Talty - completed 3/21/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book 14: Reykjavík, IcelandRegion: Europe
Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland by Sarah Moss - completed 4/5/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #15: NigeriaRegion: Africa
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - completed 4/13/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #16: Czechia (at that time called Czechoslovakia)Region: Europe
The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis byElizabeth Letts - completed 4/21/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera - completed 8/6/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal - completed 12/1/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #17: Malta Region: Europe
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave - completed 4/21/20 - 3 stars - My Review
Book #18: NorwayRegion: Europe
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson - completed 4/22/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Visited so far: China, Czechia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands
Book #19: KwaZulu Natal, South AfricaRegion: Africa
An Elephant in My Kitchen by Francoise Malby Anthony - completed 5/2/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #20: AustraliaRegion: Oceania
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - completed 5/6/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth - completed 8/20/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
Fled by Meg Keneally - completed 9/24/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey - completed 11/6/20 - 3 stars - My Review
Book #21: Port-au-Prince, HaitiRegion: the Caribbean
The Comedians by Graham Greene - completed 5/12/20 - My Review
Book #22: CanadaRegion: North America
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - completed 5/15/20 - 5 stars - My Review
and
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx - completed 6/6/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky - completed 6/18/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews - completed 7/24/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
Galore by Michael Crummey - completed 10/23/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #23: IndonesiaRegion: Asia
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester - completed 5/22/20 - 5 stars - My Review
Book #24: AntarcticaRegion: Antarctica
The Comet Seekers by Helen Sedgwick - completed 5/25/20 - 3 stars - My Review
and
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and The Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong - 4 stars - My Review
Book #25: Democratic Republic of CongoRegion: Africa
Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher - completed 5/30/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #26: GreenlandRegion: North America
Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff - completed 6/1/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #27: IndiaRegion: Asia
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie - completed 6/14/20 - 3 stars - My Review
and
A Burning by Megha Majumdar - completed 12/5/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #28: Dominican RepublicRegion: the Caribbean
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson - completed 6/20/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #29: RussiaRegion: Europe or Asia
A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum - completed 6/26/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #30: Tripoli - current day LibyaRegion: Africa
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History by Brian Kilmeade - completed 6/24/20 - 3 stars - My Review
Book #31: Athens, GreeceRegion: Europe
Outline by Rachel Cusk - completed 6/29/20 - 3 stars - My Review
Book #32: Island of Martinique (not a separate country but aligned with France)Region: the Caribbean
The Day the World Ended: The Mount Pelée Disaster: May 7, 1902 by Gordon Thomas - completed 7/8/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #33: UkraineRegion: Europe
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham - 4 stars - My Review
Book #34: EstoniaRegion: Europe
The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk - completed 7/28/20 - 3 stars - My Review
Book #35: BrazilRegion: Latin America/South America
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett - completed 8/25/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #36: ChileRegion: Latin America/South America
Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende - completed 8/26/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende - completed 12/6/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #37: SwedenRegion: Europe
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman - completed 9/3/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #38: KenyaRegion: Africa
West with the Night by Beryl Markham - completed 9/4/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain - completed 9/6/20 - 2 stars - My Review
Book #39: PakistanRegion: Asia
Kartography: A Novel by Kamila Shamsie - completed 9/13/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - completed 10/24/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #40: Sierra LeoneRegion: Africa
Ancestor Stones: A Novel by Aminatta Forna - completed 9/27/20 - 4 stars - My Review
and
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna - completed 11/26/20 - 5 stars - My Review
Book #41: BoliviaRegion: Latin America/South America
Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios by Holly Conklin FitzGerald - completed 10/1/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #42: GhanaRegion: Africa
The Temporary Gentleman by Sebastian Barry - completed 10/28/20 - 4.5 stars - My Review
Book #43: IranRegion: Middle East/Asia
Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History by Antonio J. Méndez - completed 11/2/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #44: BahamasRegion: the Caribbean/North America
The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down by Colin Woodard - completed 11/3/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #45: ColombiaRegion: Latin America/South America
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez - completed 11/12/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #46: PolandRegion: Europe
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne - completed 11/18/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #47: MaliRegion: Africa
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer - completed 11/23/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Book #48: The NetherlandsRegion: Europe
The Dinner by Herman Koch - completed 11/27/20 - 4 stars - My Review
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8 regions: North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania/Australia. You are welcome to visit Antarctica during your travels, but this is not required