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Jan 05, 2022 01:50AM
I’m new to this challenge. I’m going to start with a list of books I read in 2022 from countries around the world. I will also keep an ongoing circumnavigator list for the past few years, but I have posted this one under the personal list section (not sure if this is correct).
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2022 Around the World ReadingAFRICA
Algeria:
A Bookshop in Algiers by Kaouther Adimi* 19 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Côte d’Ivoire:
Aya: Life in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet* 16 Jul 2022⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Democratic Republic of Congo:
The Witch Doctor's Wife by Tamar Myers* 6 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Eritrea: My Fathers' Daughter by Hannah Azieb Pool* 28 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Eswatini (Swaziland):
When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn* 23 Aug 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Kenya:
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen* 2 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Shadows on the Grass by Isak Dinesen 3 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Liberia:
She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore* 15 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Libya:
The Bleeding of the Stone by Ibrahim al-Koni* 14 Nov 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Malawi:
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba* 3 Oct 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Nigeria:
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré* 13 Apr 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Rwanda:
Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin 20 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Sierra Leone:
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna* 5 Oct 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
South Sudan:
Beneath the Darkening Sky by Majok Tulba* 20 Sep 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Tunisia:
The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai* 10 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Uganda:
Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide* 25 Apr 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Western Sahara:
Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao (Chinese author) 19 Sep 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Zambia:
Patchwork by Ellen Banda-Aaku* 10 Aug 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Zanzibar:
Admiring Silence by Abdulrazak Gurnah* 5 Aug 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Zimbabwe:
House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma* 10 Oct 2022⭐⭐⭐ my review
ASIA and EURASIA
Bangladesh:
I Remember Abbu by Humayun Azad* 15 Aug 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Cambodia:
Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung 21 Aug 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Hong Kong:
Room for a Stranger by Melanie Cheng* 4 Oct 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
India:
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 13 Nov 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Love Marriage by Monica Ali 14 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review (India/ England)
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra* (India) 8 Nov2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Indonesia:
The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata* 11 Sep 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Japan:
The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon* 31 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Kyrgyzstan:
The First Teacher by Chingiz Aitmatov* 8 Aug 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Myanmar:
The Missing Sister by Dinah Jefferies 4 Apr 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Mongolia:
On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads by Tim Cope 14 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Pakistan:
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie* 8 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Philippines:
Banana Heart Summer by Merlinda Bobis* 28 Aug 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Singapore:
Singapore Sapphire by A.M. Stuart 24 Apr 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
South Korea:
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang (South Korea) 11 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See 17 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee* (South Korea) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Sri Lanka:
Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran 5 Feb 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Taiwan:
A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin* 1 Sep 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Thailand:
The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Veeraporn Nitiprapha* 25 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Vietnam:
The Boat by Nam Le* 29 Aug 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
MIDDLE EAST
Cyprus:
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak (Turkish author) 27 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Iran:
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi* 15 Oct 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Iraq:
The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi* 5 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Israel:
My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir by Meir Shalev* 31 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Kurdistan:
Daughters of Smoke and Fire by Ava Homa* 2 Oct 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Lebanon:
One Thousand and One Nights by Hanan Al-Shaykh* (Lebanese author, book is set in multiple locations) 25 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine* 26 Oct 2022⭐⭐⭐ my review
Oman:
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi* 8 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Qatar:
Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali 17 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Syria:
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri 28 Apr 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
United Arab Emirates:
The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi* 2 Sep 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Yemen:
A Land without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal* 1 Aug 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
…AROUND THE WORLD READING 2022 NORTHERN AMERICA
Canada:
The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery* 17 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Greenland:
Dream Weaver by Penina Keen Spinka 3 Aug 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Mexico:
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 26 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
USA:
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley 22 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince by Robin Hobb
OCEANIA
Antarctica:
How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior 29 Jun 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Australia:
The Angry Women's Choir by Meg Bignell* (Australia) 1 Nov 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Banksia House Breakout by James Roxburgh* 26 Sep 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Cartographer's Secret by Tea Cooper* 5 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Christmas at Coorah Creek by Janet Gover* 24 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Christmas at Remarkable Bay by Victoria Purman* 11 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison by Meredith Jaffe* 26 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson by Leah Purcell* 13 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Eucalyptus by Murray Bail* 1 Jun 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
A Family of Strangers by Fiona Lowe* 20 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Happiest Little Town by Barbara Hannay* 9 Oct 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Jack and Harry by Tony McKenna* ⭐⭐⭐ 23 Oct 2022 my review
The Jam Queens by Josephine Moon* 9 Jun 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Keeper of the Light by Leanne Lovegrove 27 Nov 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Mallee Girl by Jennifer Scoullar* 1 Jun 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Man From Snowy River by Elyne Mitchell* 10 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
My Tidda, My Sister: Stories of Strength and Resilience from Australia's First Women by Marlee Silva* 13 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Other Side of Beautiful by Kim Lock* 5 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Postmistress by Alison Stuart* 29 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Prodigal Sister by Darry Fraser* 14 Jun 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
River Not Yet Tamed, A by Nancy Cato* 6 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion* 15 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell 6 Nov 2022⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Sisters of Freedom by Mary-Anne O'Connor* 25 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Spring Clean for the Peach Queen by Sasha Wasley* 25 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Snowy Mountains Cattleman by Alissa Callen* 19 Feb 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
This Has Been Absolutely Lovely by Jessica Dettmann* 8 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Time, Flow Softly by Nancy Cato* 3 Apr 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Vet from Snowy River by Stella Quinn* 2 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Wattle Island Book Club by Sandie Docker* 7 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Wild Women: History's Female Rebels, Radicals & Revolutionaries by Pamela Robson* 16 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
You Need to Know by Nicola Moriarty 3 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Fiji:
Kalyana by Rajni Mala Khelawan* 9 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
French Polynesia (Tahiti):
Breadfruit by Célestine Hitiura Vaite* 13 Sep 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
New Caledonia:
Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce 19 Jun 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Samoa:
Illumine Her by Sieni A.M.* 24 Jun 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
…AROUND THE WORLD READING 2022 EUROPE
Finland:
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson* 16 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Greece:
The Invisible by Peter Papathanasiou* 16 Sep 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Hungary:
Abigél by Magda Szabó* 22 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Iceland:
The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea (Jersey island author) 4 Jun 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Odin's Game by Tim Hodkinson (Iceland/ Ireland) 20 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Ireland:
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan* AA 21 Apr 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Italy:
Echoes of War by Tania Blanchard (Australian author) 2 Feb 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Jersey (Channel Islands): When the Sky Fell Apart by Caroline Lea* 28 Sep 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Norway:
The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder* 24 Nov 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Poland:
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk 22 May 2022 ⭐⭐ my review
Romania:
Once, Only the Swallows Were Free by Gabrielle Gouch* (Romania) 29 Nov 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Serbia:
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht* (Serbia) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Spain:
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas* 11 Jan 2022 ⭐ my review
Sweden:
Echoes of the Runes by Christina Courtenay* 15 Nov 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Ukraine:
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn 27 Oct 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Wales:
Among Others by Jo Walton* 28 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Evans Above by Rhys Bowen 18 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Scotland:
The Highland Hens by Judy Leigh 4 Nov 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 22 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy AA 24 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson* 4 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Take Me Home by Karly Lane AA 17 Apr 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley 1 May 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
England:
Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk* 26 Sep 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Date with Death by Julia Chapman 18 Apr 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson (Australian author) 12 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks (Australian author) 15 Feb 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan 2 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 18 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 30 Mar 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Persuasion by Jane Austen 9 Jun 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams 14 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
A Return to Sanditon by Anne Toledo* 18 Oct 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton (Australian author) 6 Feb 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Summer in a Cornish Cove by Kate Ryder 24 Feb 2022 ⭐⭐ my review
The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton 1 Nov 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
…AROUND THE WORLD READING 2022 CARIBBEAN
Antigua & Barbuda:
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid* 27 Feb 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Barbados:
Going Home in Chains by Glenville Obrian Lovell* 11 Feb 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
British Virgin Islands:
Jessamine by Eugenia O'Neal* 23 Apr 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review (set on a fictional island)
Dominican Republic:
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez* 30 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Haiti:
Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat* 10 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Jamaica:
The Same Earth by Kei Miller* 7 Aug 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Saint Lucia:
One Last Day of Summer by Shari Low 17 Jun 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Trinidad & Tobago:
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 9 Sep 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina:
The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara* 29 Nov 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Bolivia:
Treasure of the World by Tara Sullivan* 14 Oct ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Brazil:
Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World by Christina Rickardsson 11 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Chile:
The Botanist's Daughter by Kayte Nunn (Australian author) 23 Jun 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Equador:
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova* 15 Apr 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
Guatemala:
Tree Girl by Ben Mikaelsen 1 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Guyana:
The Girl from the Sugar Plantation by Sharon Maas* 1 Jul 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Venezuela:
Blue Label by Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles* 22 Oct 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
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