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message 1: by Kelly (last edited Jan 01, 2022 07:25PM) (new)

Kelly Dietz (dietzy) | 14 comments Rather than a 40 by 40, I'm aiming to read a book by an author from every world country about or primarily set in that country before I turn 40.

- The country list will be the UN member states and will updated if they recognize any new countries by the end of the challenge.
- If any country has changed names or split, the rule on a book's setting will apply to any iteration of the country that applies to the author's experience (e.g. a Latvian author writing about growing up in USSR counts for Latvia; a Latvian author writing a fictional story set in current day Russia does not count; a Russian writing about Latvia also does not count).


message 2: by Kelly (last edited Jan 01, 2022 08:46PM) (new)

Kelly Dietz (dietzy) | 14 comments Africa 3/54

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana
Homegoing

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast/Cote d'Ivoire

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria
My Sister, the Serial Killer

Rwanda

Sao Tome & Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe


message 3: by Kelly (last edited Jan 01, 2022 08:43PM) (new)

Kelly Dietz (dietzy) | 14 comments Asia-Pacific States 3/54

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

China

Cyprus

Democratic People's Republic of Korea/North Korea

Fiji

India
A Burning

Indonesia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iraq

Japan
The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kiribati

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Lao People's Democratic Republic/Laos

Lebanon

Malaysia

Maldives

Marshall Islands

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Mongolia

Myanmar/Burma

Nepal

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Qatar

Republic of Korea
The Plotters

Samoa

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

Syrian Arab Republic

Tajikistan

Thailand

Timor-Leste/East Timor

Tonga

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Yemen


message 4: by Kelly (last edited Dec 26, 2022 10:46AM) (new)

Kelly Dietz (dietzy) | 14 comments Eastern Europe 1/23

Albania

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia
Girl at War

Czechia/Czech Republic
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Estonia

Georgia

Hungary

Latvia

Lithuania

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Poland

Republic of Moldova

Romania

Russian Federation

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Ukraine


message 5: by Kelly (last edited Jan 01, 2022 08:45PM) (new)

Kelly Dietz (dietzy) | 14 comments Latin America and Caribbean 3/33

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil
It Is Wood, It Is Stone

Chile
The House of the Spirits

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Grenada

Guatemala

Guayana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico
Mexican Gothic

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay

Venezuela


message 6: by Kelly (last edited Jan 01, 2022 08:37PM) (new)

Kelly Dietz (dietzy) | 14 comments Western Europe and Other States 4/27

Andorra

Australia
Big Little Lies

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece
The Odyssey

Iceland

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malta

Monaco

Netherlands
The Dinner

New Zealand

Norway
A Nearly Normal Family

Portugal

San Marino

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

UK/Great Britain/Northern Ireland


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