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1.Region: Europe
Country: Serbia
Title: Sitničarnica "Kod srećne ruke"
Author: Goran Petrović
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2.
Region: Europe
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: The Bridge on the Drina
Author: Ivo Andrić
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3.
Region: Europe
Country: Croatia
Title: Ne Dao Bog Veceg Zla
Author: Goran Tribuson
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4.
Region: Europe
Country: Hungary
Title: Odlazak od kuce i povratak kuci
Author: Djerdj Konrad
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5.
Region: Europe
Country: Austria
Title: Marrying Mozart
Author: Stephanie Cowell
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6.
Region: Europe
Country: Italy
Title: The Glassblower of Murano
Author: Marina Fiorato
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7.
Region: Europe
Country: Greece
Title: Ithaka
Author: Adèle Geras
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8.
Region: Europe
Country: France
Book: Hunting and Gathering
Author: Anna Gavalda
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9.
Region: Europe
Country: Spain
Book: Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas
Author:Lucía Etxebarria
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10.
Region: Europe
Country: Portugal
Book: Blindness
Author: José Saramago
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11.Region: Europe
Country: Great Britain
Book: The End of the Affair
Author: Graham Greene
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12.
Region: Europe
Country: Ireland
Book: The Secret Scripture
Author: Sebastian Barry
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13.
Region: Europe
Country: Island
Book: Angels of the Universe
Author: Einar Már Guðmundsson
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14.
Region: Europe
Country: Norway
Book:The Castle in the Pyrenees
Author: Jostein Gaarder
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15.
Region: Europe
Country: Denmark
Book: Music & Silence
Author: Rose Tremain
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16.
Region: Europe
Country: Netherlands
Book: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Author: Tracy Chevalier
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17.
Region: Europe
Country: Belgium
Book: The Lady and the Unicorn
Author: Tracy Chevalier
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18.
Region: Europe
Country: Germany
Book:Billiards at Half-Past Nine
Author: Heinrich Böll
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19.
Region: Europe
Country: Czech Republic
Book: The Trial
Author: Franz Kafka
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20.
Region: Europe
Country: Poland
Book: Privatan posed
Author: Kosmovska Barbara
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Original title is Teren prywatny
by Barbara KosmowskaPrivatan posed
21.Region: Europe
Country: Belarus
Book: Beloruske narodne bajke
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It's the colection of Belarusian folktales
22.
Region: Europe
Country: Russia
Book: The Kitchen Boy
Author: Robert Alexander
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23.
Region: Middle East
Country: Turkey
Book: The Museum of Innocence
Author: Orhan Pamuk
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24.
Region: Middle East
Country: Israel
Book: Ten Thousand Lovers
Author: Edeet Ravel
*
25.
Region: Middle East
Country: Jordan
Book: Mary of Nazareth
Author: Marek Halter
*****
26.
Region: Middle East
Country: Saudi Arabia
Book: Infidel
Author: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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27.
Region: Middle East
Country: Iraq
Book: Complete works of Agatha Christie vol 1
Author: Agatha Christie
*****
28.
Region: Middle East
Country: Iran
Book: The Septembers of Shiraz
Author:Dalia Sofer
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29.
Region: Asia
Country: Afghanistan
Book:The Thousand Rooms of Dreams and Fear
Author: Atiq Rahimi
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30.
Region: Asia
Country: Pakistan
Book: Shame
Author: Salman Rushdie
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31.Region: Asia
Country: India
Book: The Namesake
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
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32.
Region: Asia
Country: China
Book: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Author: Lisa See
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33.
Region: Asia
Country: Korea
Book: The Living Reed
Author: Pearl S. Buck
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34.
Region: Asia
Country: Japan
Book: Norwegian Wood
Author: Haruki Murakami
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35.
Region: Asia
Country: Vietnam
Book: The Quiet American
Author: Graham Greene
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36.
Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Book: The Beach
Author: Alex Garland
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37.
Region: Asia
Country: Sri Lanka
Book: Cinnamon Gardens: A Novel
Author: Shyam Selvadurai
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38.
Region: Oceania/Australia
Country: Fiji
Book: Maya
Author: Jostein Gaarder
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39.
Region: Oceania/Australia
Country: Papua New Guinea
Book: Mister Pip
Author: Lloyd Jones
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40.
Region: Asia
Country: Malaysia
Book: The Harmony Silk FactoryThe Harmony Silk Factory
Author: Tash Aw
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41.
Region: Asia
Country: Bangladesh
Book: A Golden Age
Author: Tahmima Anam
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42.
Region: Asia
Country: Indonesia
Book: Eat, Pray, Love
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
**
43.
Region: Oceania/Australia
Country: Australia
Book: Slow Man
Author: J.M. Coetzee
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44.
Region: Africa
Country: Mozambique
Book: Half a Life
Author: V.S. Naipaul
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45.
Region: Africa
Country: Zimbabwe
Book: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Author: Alexandra Fuller
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46.Region: Africa
Country: Botswana
Book: The Full Cupboard of Life
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
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47.
Region: Africa
Country: South Africa
Book: Disgrace
Author: J.M. Coetzee
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48.
Region: Africa
Country: Angola
Book: The Book of Chameleons
Author: José Eduardo Agualusa
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49.
Region: Africa
Country: Congo
Book: Heart of Darkness
Author: Joseph Conrad
**
50.
Region: Africa
Country: Tanzania
Book: The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Author: Ernest Hemingway
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51.
Region: Africa
Country: Rwanda
Book: Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
Author: Gil Courtemanche
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52.
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Book: The Last King of Scotland
Author: Giles Foden
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53.
Region: Africa
Country: Kenya
Book: The Constant Gardener
Author: John Le Carré
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54.
Region: Africa
Country: Ethiopia
Book: Sweetness in the Belly
Author: Camilla Gibb
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55.
Region: Africa
Country: Sudan
Book: Season of Migration to the North
Author: الطيب صالح (Tayeb Salih)
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56.
Region: Africa
Country: Egypt
Book: Price iz naseg kvarta
Author: نجيب محفوظ
(Collection of short stories by Naguib Mahfouz)
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57.
Region: Africa
Country: Tunis
Book: Les racines du mandarinier
Author: Cécile Oumhani
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58.
Region: Middle East
Country: Cyprus
Book: Othello
Author: William Shakespeare
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59.
Region: Middle East
Country: Lebanon
Book: Regards from the Dead Princess: Novel of a Life
Author: Kenizé Mourad
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60.Region: Europe
Country: Romania
Book: Atemschaukel Everything I Possess I Carry with Me
Author: herta mueller
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From Lebanon to Romania I passed through Turkey again, so I would not count it. I read The Damned Yard and Other Stories by Ivo Andrić ;)
64.Region: Africa
Country: Moroco
Book: The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
Author: Tahir Shah
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65.Region: Europe
Country: Guernsey
Book: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Author: Annie Barrows
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66.
Region: Africa
Country: Senegal
Book: So Long a Letter
Author: Mariama Bâ
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67.Region: Africa
Country: Nigeria
Book: The Thing Around Your Neck
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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70.Region: Latin America
Country: Chile
Book: The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
Author: Ernesto Che Guevara
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71.
Region: Latin America
Country: Peru
Book: The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto
Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
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72.
Region: Latin America
Country: Colombia
Book: Collected Stories
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
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73.Region: Latin America
Country: Brazil
Book: My Life
Author: Isadora Duncan
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74.
Region: Caribbean
Country: Cuba
Book: La nada cotidiana / The Daily Nothingness
Author: Zoé Valdés
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75.Region: Caribbean
Country: Haiti
Book: Island Beneath the Sea
Author: Isabel Allende
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76.
Region: North America
Country: Mexico
Book: Like Water for Chocolate
Author: Laura Esquivel
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80.Region: Europe
Country: Switzerland
Book: Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
Author: Bill Bryson
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(I read France again in order to reach Switzerland, the book The Elegance of the Hedgehog)
And finally:
~ The end ~ :)))
ilona wrote: "80.Region: Europe
Country: Switzerland
Book: Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
Author: Bill Bryson
*****
(I read France again in order to reach Switzerland, the book The Elegance of the..."
Congratulations, Ilona!
Thanks a lot, Diane!I really enjoyed the trip :)
Btw, can I start from the beginning but as a frequent flyer? Should I open new thread or?
ilona wrote: "Thanks a lot, Diane!I really enjoyed the trip :)
Btw, can I start from the beginning but as a frequent flyer? Should I open new thread or?"
I am so glad you are starting another trip! You can either add to this thread or open a new one. Whichever works best for you.
I think I'll go for the second option :)Thanks for answering, Diane
Around the World in 80 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe (other topics)The Elegance of the Hedgehog (other topics)
Astrid and Veronika (other topics)
The Summer Book (other topics)
Belong to Me (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Bill Bryson (other topics)Linda Olsson (other topics)
Tove Jansson (other topics)
Marisa de los Santos (other topics)
Laura Esquivel (other topics)
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c/p
A - Austria, Afghanistan, Australia, Angola, Algeria, Argentina
B - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil
C - Croatia, Czech Republic, China, Congo, Cyprus, Chile, Colombia, Cuba
D - Denmark
E - Ethiopia, Egypt
F - France, Fiji, Finland
G - Greece, Great Britain, Germany, Guernsey
H - Hungary, Haiti
I - Italy, Ireland, Island, Israel, Iraq, Iran, India, Indonesia
J - Jordan, Japan
K - Korea, Kenya, Kosovo
L - Lebanon
M - Malaysia, Mozambique, Montenegro, Moroco, Mexico
N - Norway, Netherlands, Nigeria
O -
P - Portugal, Poland, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru
Q -
R - Russia, Rwanda, Romania
S - Serbia, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Sudan, Senegal, Sweden, Switzerland
T - Turkey, Thailand, Tanzania, Tunis
U - Uganda, Uruguay, USA
V - Vietnam
W -
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Y -
Z - Zimbabwe
Regions - 8
Countries - 80