Around the World in 80 Books discussion

2021 Around the World


Current total: 42 / 40

Africa:
* The Babylon Eye by Masha du Toit / South Africa
* My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite / Nigeria
* A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark / Egypt (short)
* Clap Back by Nalo Hopkinson / Malawi
* The Black Pages by Nnedi Okorafor / Mali
* Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America / Liberia
* Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston / Benin (Bantè)

Asia:
* Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo / South Korea
* A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum / Palestine
* מחר ניסע ללונה פארק / Israel
* Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata / Japan
* Thousand Pieces of Gold by Ruthanne Lum McCunn / China
* A Blessing of Unicorns by Elizabeth Bear / India
* The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan / Afghanistan
* Chonburi International Hotel & Butterfly Club by Shakina Nayfack / Thailand
* Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw / Malaysia (author, not plot)
* She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan / Mongolia
* The Actual Star by Monica Byrne / Iran (Persia)
* Silk Tether by Minal Khan / Pakistan
* The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco / Philippines (author)
* The Black Tides of Heaven / The Red Threads of Fortune / The Descent of Monsters / The Ascent to Godhood by Neon Yang / Singapore

Europe:
* Farthing by Jo Walton / England
* The Lost Queen by Signe Pike / Scotland
* The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue / Ireland
* Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips / Russia/Siberia
* Circe by Madeline Miller / Greece
* The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani / France
* The Power by Naomi Alderman / Moldova
* The Sugared Game by K.J. Charles / Belgium (Flanders)
* Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey / Germany
* The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee / Spain
* We Were Witches by Ariel Gore / Italy
* Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk / Poland / Czech Republic

North America:
* Little Fish by Casey Plett / Canada
* House of Rougeaux / Martinique
* Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson / Jamaica
* United States: So very many, if I begin to run out of countries I'll add here by state :)

Oceania:
* The Cuckoo's Cry by Caroline Overington / Australia
* Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir / New Zealand

South & Latin America:
* Lost in Darkness and Distance by Clara Madrigano / Brazil
* Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia / Mexico
* The Actual Star by Monica Byrne / Belize

2022 Around the World

Total: 36/40

** Africa **
🌍 A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark / Egypt
🌍 Home by Nnedi Okorafor / Namibia
🌍 Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani / Nigeria

** Asia **
🌏 The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey / India
🌏 אקווריום by Yaara Shehori / Israel
🌏 Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang / China
🌏 The Woman from Tantoura by Radwa Ashour / Palestine & Lebanon
🌏 The White Book by Han Kang / Korea
🌏 Black Water Sister by Zen Cho / Malaysia
🌏 Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung / Hong Kong
🌏 The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker / Syria

** Europe **
🌍 An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten / Sweden
🌍 The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon / France
🌍 Ha'penny by Jo Walton / England
🌍 Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie / Yugoslavia (Croatia) (also Istanbul)
🌍 Intimacies by Katie Kitamura / Netherlands
🌍 The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave / Norway
🌍 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman / Scotland
🌍 Still Life by Sarah Winman / Italy
🌍 The Likeness by Tana French / Ireland
🌍 Wild Swan: A Story of Florence Nightingale / Greece
🌍 The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden / Russia
🌍 Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan / Armenia
🌍 Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart / Austria
🌍 The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak / Cyprus
🌍 The Door by Magda Szabó / Hungary

** Latin America **
🌎 Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia / Mexico
🌎 A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende / Chile

** North America **
🌎 The Prynne Viper by Bianca Marais / Canada
🌎 The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson / Haiti
🌎 A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet / United States
🌎 The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid / Dominica
🌎 Popisho by Leone Ross / Jamaica (fantasy setting, based on)
🌎 When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo / Trinidad & Tobago
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** Oceania **
🌏 Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman / Australia
🌏 Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir / New Zealand

2023 Around the World

Total: 37/40 (3 counted as 2)

** Africa **
🌍 The Prey of Gods / South Africa
🌍 Remote Control / Ghana
🌍 Fairytales for Lost Children / Somalia, Kenya
🌍 The Old Drift / Zambia
🌍 Daughters of Nri / Nigeria
🌍 The Haunting of Tram Car 015 / Egypt
🌍 All Your Children, Scattered / Rwanda (&France)
🌍 Little Pa / Cameroon
🌍 Tears of the Giraffe / Botswana

** Asia **
🌏 Earthlings / Japan
🌏 The Genesis of Misery / Singapore
🌏 The Bruising of Qilwa / Iran (Persian-American author)
🌏 Seven / India
🌏 Exciting Times / Hong Kong
🌏 Enter Ghost / Palestine, Israel
🌏 Sorcerer to the Crown / Malaysia (author)
🌍 The Water Outlaws / China
🌍 The Vegetarian / Korea
🌍 Hijab Butch Blues

** Europe **
🌍 The Summer Book / Finland
🌍 Lent / Italy
🌍 A Marvellous Light / England
🌍 The Witch's Heart / Norway
🌍 Spear / Wales
🌍 The Ice Princess / Sweden

** Latin America **
🌎 The Daughter of Doctor Moreau / Mexico
🌎 Bel Canto / Chile
🌍 The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina / Ecuador

** North America **
🌎 The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois / United States
🌎 Five Little Indians / Canada
🌎 Midnight Robber / Haiti
🌎 How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House / Barbados

** Oceania **
🌏 Undercover / New Zealand
🌏 Linesman / Australia

2024 Around the World

Total: 7/40

** Africa **
🌍 Aya: Claws Come Out by Marguerite Abouet / Ivory Coast
🌍 The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai / Egypt
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** Asia **
🌏 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto / Indonesia
🌏 Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan / Malaysia
🌏 The Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye / Palestine
🌏 Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi / Oman

** Europe **

🌍 Among Others by Jo Walton / England & Wales
🌍 Rag & Bone by KJ Charles / England
🌍 A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux / France
🌍 The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden / Belgium
🌍 The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless / Ireland
🌍 Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen / Denmark

** Latin America **
🌎 Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia / Mexico
🌎 Cantoras by Caro di Robertis/ Uruguay
🌎 Our Share of Night / Argentina
🌎 Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda / Ecuador

** North America **
🌎 Thistlefoot / United States
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** Oceania **
🌏 Alliance / Australia + Legacy by Larissa Behrendt
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2025 Around the World

Total: 10/40

** Africa **
🌍 Better Never than Late by Chika Unigwe / Belgium & Nigeria
🌍 Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor / Nigeria
🌍 The Wife's Tale: A Personal History / Ethiopia
🌍 White Dog Fell from the Sky / Botswana
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** Asia **

🌏 The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy / India
🌏 Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi / Japan
🌏 The Last Phi Hunter by Salinee Goldenberg / Thailand
🌏 The Bride Test by Helen Hoang / Vietnam


** Europe **

🌍 The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk / Poland & Germany
🌍 Any Old Diamond by KJ Charles / UK
🌍 In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce / Norway & US
🌍 Better Never than Late / Belgium
🌍 The Alice Network / France

** Latin America **
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** North America **
🌎 Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga / Canada
🌎 Shark Heart by Emily Habeck / United States
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** Oceania **
🌏 Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly / New Zealand