Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Goal: Read at least 24 books in settings around the world and hit all 7 continents.

Book 1: Russia (Siberia)
Region: Asia

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys - 3* - My Review

Book #2: Ireland
Region: Europe

What Willow Says by Lynn Buckle - 4* - My Review

Book #3: UK (England)
Region: Europe

Learwife: A Novel by J.R. Thorpe - 4* - My Review

Book #4: Vietnam
Region: Asia

If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien - 4* - My Review

Book #5: United States (this is my home country)
Region: North America

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 3* - My Review

Book #6: UK (Scotland)
Region: Europe

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - 2* - My Review

Book #7: Austria
Region: Europe

A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler - 4* - My Review

Book #8: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa

The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing - 4* - My Review

Book #9: Afghanistan
Region: Asia

The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria by Edmund Richardson - 4* - My Review

Book #10: Samoa
Region: Oceania

Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt - 2* - My Review

Book #11: UK (Wales)
Region: Europe

The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis - 1* - My Review

Book #12: India
Region: Asia

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai - 4* - My Review

Book #13: Australia
Region: Oceania

The Secret River by Kate Grenville - 4* - My Review

Book #14: Egypt
Region: Africa

Miramar by Naguib Mahfouz - 4* - My Review

Book #15: Mexico
Region: North America

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver - 4* - My Review

Book #16: Germany
Region: Europe

Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck - 4* - My Review

Book #17: Brazil
Region: South America

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard - 5* - My Review

Book #18: Japan
Region: Asia

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro - 3* - My Review

Book #19: France
Region: Europe

The Girl Who Reads on the Métro by Christine Féret-Fleury - 3* - My Review

Book #20: Italy
Region: Europe

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante - 3* - My Review

Book #21: China
Region: Asia

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See - 2* - My Review

Book #22: Canada
Region: North America

Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood - 4* - My Review

Book #23: Norway
Region: Europe

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman - 3* - My Review

Book #24: Dominican Republic
Region: Caribbean

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat - 5* - My Review

Book #25: South Africa
Region: Africa

July's People by Nadine Gordimer- 4* - My Review

Book #26: Iceland
Region: Europe

Independent People by Halldór Laxness - 4* - My Review

Book #27: Greece
Region: Europe

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood - 4* - My Review

Book #28: Spain
Region: Europe

Sepharad: A Novel by Antonio Muñoz Molina - 5* - My Review

Book #29: Ukraine
Region: Europe

Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky - 4* - My Review

Book #30: Israel
Region: Asia

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman - 5* - My Review

Book #31: Antarctica
Region: Antarctica

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton - 5* - My Review

Book #32: North Korea
Region: Asia

The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story by Hyeonseo Lee - 4* - My Review

Book #33: Venezuela
Region: South America

It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo - 4* - My Review

Book #34: Kazakhstan
Region: Asia

The Dead Wander in the Desert by Rollan Seisenbayev - 4* - My Review

Book #35: Sweden
Region: Europe

Things My Son Needs to Know about the World by Fredrik Backman - 3* - My Review

book #36: Nigeria
Region: Africa

The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma - 2* - My Review

Book #37: Colombia
Region: South America

News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel García Márquez - 4* - My Review

Book #38: Croata
Region: Europe

The Telling Time by P.J. McKay - 3* - My Review

Book #39: Armenia
Region: Asia

Black Dog of Fate: A Memoir by Peter Balakian - 4* - My Review

Book #40: Iraq
Region: Asia

War and Me by Faleeha Hassan - 4* - My Review

Book #41: Nepal
Region: Asia

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama - 5* - My Review

Book #42: Bhutan
Region: Asia

Walking the Himalayas by Levison Wood - 4* - My Review

Countries visited so far: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Russia, Samoa, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales), United States, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Book #43: Sri Lanka
Region: Asia

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka - 5* - My Review

Book #44: Morocco
Region: Africa

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami - 3* - My Review

Book #45: Malaysia
Region: Asia

The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng - 5* - My Review

Book #46: Tanzania
Region: Africa

Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah - 4* - My Review

Book #47: Uganda
Region: Africa

A Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - 4* - My Review

Book #48: Netherlands
Region: Europe

Intimacies by Katie Kitamura - 5* - My Review

Book #49: Czechia
Region: Europe

HHhH by Laurent Binet - 4* - My Review