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Welcome to the challenge, Mary-Ann and Lisa!

Count me in with 10 to start. 1/10 as of 1/3/16

�� 1: USA - You by Caroline Kepnes 1/1/16

I accept this challenge and I will read atleast 12 books from, about or set in 12 different countries.

I'm going big with 1/36.

DONE 1. RUSSIA Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
2. Afghanistan Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
3. Australia Markus Zusak, The Book Thief, or Tim Winton, Cloudstreet
4. South Africa J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
5. Dominican Republic Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
6.Norway Knut Hamsun, Hunger
7. Columbia Laura Restrepo, Delirium
8. Mexico Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate
9. Finland Arto Paasilinna, The Year Of The Hare
10. Iraq Hassan Blasim, The Madman of Freedom Square
11. Austria Heinrich Harrer,Seven Years in Tibet
12. Albania Ismail Kadare, Broken April
13. Cambodia Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
14. Mongolia Galsan Tschinag The Blue Sky
15. Morocco Tahar Ben Jelloun, The Sand Child
16. Andorra Albert Salvadó, The Teacher of Cheops
17. Angola Ondjaki, The Whistler
18. Nambia Neshani Andreas, The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
19.Armenia Grigoris Balakian, Armenian Golgotha
20. Nepal Ajit Baral, The Lazy Conman and Other Stories: Folktales from Nepal
21. Netherlands Gerbrand Bakker,The Twin
22. Bolivia Giovanna Rivero, Sangre Dulce / Sweet Blood
23. New Zealand Alan Duff, Once Were Warriors
24. Central African Republic, Ouadda Makombo Bamboté, Daba's Travels from Ouadda to Bangui
25. Ukraine Kurban Said, Ali and Nino: A Love Story
26. Nicaragua Gioconda Belli, Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand: A Novel of Adam and Eve
27. Cailaco, Timor-leste Luís Cardoso, The Crossing: A Story of East Timor
28. Bahrain Ali Al Saeed, QuixotiQ
29. Nigeria Lola Shoneyin, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
30. Bangladesh Tahmima Anam, The Good Muslim
31. India Jamil Ahmad, The Wandering Falcon
32. Moldova Ion Druță, The story of an ant
33. Isreal Mahmoud Shukair, Mordechai's Mustache and His Wife's Cats: And Other Stories
34. Belize Zoila Ellis, On heroes, lizards and passion
35. Montenegro Ksenija Popović, A Lullaby for No Man's Wolf
36. Thailand ชาติ กอบจิตติ Chart Korbjitti, Time: A Thai novel

I'd like to sign up for this challenge. I'll start with a goal of 5 books.
Edit (11/2): Goal raised to 10

1. USA: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
2. Afghanistan: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
3. Ireland: Room by Emma Donoghue
4. UK: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
5. Brazil: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
6. Australia: The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth
7. Iran: The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
8. France: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
9. Japan: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
10. The Netherlands: Pogingen iets van het leven te maken by Hendrik Groen

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I love the sound of this one and am hoping to just read books waiting patiently on my shelves. Sign me up for 40. I'm going to choose books either from or set in a certain country. I'm from Australia so let me know if you'd like any Aussie recommendations.

1 Afganistan - The Little coffee shop in Kabul Deborah Rodriguez
2 Arctic - Frankenstein Mary Shelley
3 Australia - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
4 Bali - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
5 Canada - Water for elephants by Sara Gruen
6 Chile - Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
7 China - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
8 Colombia - Love in the time of cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
9 Czech Republic - The trial byFranz Kafka
10 Denmark - Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
11 England - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
12 Egypt - The Alexandria Connection by Adrian d'Hage
13 France - The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris
14 Germany - Two caravans by Marina Lewycka
15 Greece - Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
16 Hong Kong - The Painted Veil by W Womerset Maugham
17 Iceland - Journey to the centre of the earth by Jules Verne
18 India - The inheritance of loss by Kiran Desai
19 Iran - City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
20 Iraq - Zobeide by Anonymous
21 Ireland - Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
22 Italy - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
23 Japan - Never let me go byKazuo Ishiguru
24 Luxembourg - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
25 Morocco - The Bride Stripped Bare by Anonymous
26 Mexico - The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
27 Myanmar (Burma) - Glow by Ned Beauman
28 New Zealand - The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
29 Polynesia - Mrs Eglantine by HE Bates
30 Rhodesia - The no 1 detective agency by Alexander McCall Smith
31 Russia - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
32 Scotland - The thirty nine steps by John Buchan
33 South Africa - The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
34 Spain - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
35 Sweden - The girl who kicked the hornets' nest by Steig Larsson
36 Switzerland - The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann R Wyss
37 The Netherlands - Tamar by Mal Peet
38 USA - Throne of glass by Sarah J Maas
39 Vietnam - The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do
40 Wales - Mrs Peregrin's home for peculiar children by Ransom Riggs

Welcome aboard Yvette!

Netanella wrote: "This sounds like fun! I'd like to start easy with 5, please.

I'm also participating in a similar personal challenge, reading around the world with characters, not authors. I've been tracking my pr..."

The map! I love it!

Julie wrote: "I'm going big with 36.
Wow Julie!

Cassandra, could you please update my goal to 12? When sorting through what I'm reading for other challenges, I found that I'm reading 12 that fit for this challenge, too, so I might as well count them. ;)

Sign me up for 10 countries- have been planning to read books set in different countries around the world for a personal challenge so hopefully can link together

10/10 COMPLETED

1 Australia: Hush, Little Bird Nicole Trope
2 Wales: The Girl in the Red Coat Kate Hamer
3 USA: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan
4 Finland: The Summer Book Tove Jansson
5 England: The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow Katherine Woodfine
6 India: The White Tiger Aravind Adiga
7 Pakistan: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Malala Yousafzai
8 Italy: The Mentor Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli
9: France: Around the World in 80 Days Jules Verne
10 Russia Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy

Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

Candiss, I've updated your goal.

I'd like to try for 10 :)

Sounds great, Tricia! I added you to the list.

Put me down for 15 :)

AROUND THE WORLD IN BOOKS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016

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I'll try for 30

1) Macedonia: Freud's Sister by Goce Smilevski
2) India: River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
3) New Zealand: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
4) Lesotho: Chaka Zulu by Thomas Mofolo
5) Singapore: Wind And Water by Ang Chin Geok
6) Mauritius: Blue Bay Palace by Nathacha Appanah
7) Turkey: Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin
8) Bolivia: Río Fugitivo by Edmundo Paz Soldan
9) Japan: Pioggia sul viso by Natsuo Kirino
10) Guinea: La luna che mi seguiva by Aminata Fofana
11) Guyana: Palace of the Peacock by Wilson Harris
12) Slovenja: Necropolis by Boris Pahor
13) Israel: Infiltration: A Novel by Yehoshua Kenaz
14) Cameroon: The Sun Hath Looked Upon Me, Calixthe Beyala
15) Algeria: 2084: The End of the World, Boualem Sansal
16) Ukraine: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Marina Lewycka
17) Albania: Sworn Virgin, Elvira Dones
18) Belarus: War's Unwomanly Face, Svetlana Alexievich
19) Kirghizistan: The White Steamship, Chingiz Aimatov
20) Botswana: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
21) Iceland: Butterflies in November, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

This sounds like fun! I didn't really want to participate in any challenges, other than just trying to read a certain number of books. Looking at my to-read shelf though, I think I'll be reading books from at least 10 different countries. To make this a bit more of an actual challenge for me, please sign me up for 15 books/countries.

These are some of the books I already own, but haven't read yet, that would qualify:

Belgium: Maan en Zon Stefan Brijs
Brazil: The Zahir Paulo Coelho
China: De keizerin Jung Chang
Czech republic: De vuurvliegjes achterna Martin Šimek
Germany: De schaakmachine Robert Löhr
India: The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh
Peru: De stad van de wilde goden Isabel Allende
Spain: Alles onder de hemel Matilde Asensi
Sweden: Het bezoek van de lijfarts Per Olov Enquist

Adding Dutch, British and American authors to that list shouldn't be too hard, so I guess I'll make up the rest of the list as I go.

I'm sorry the list is mostly in Dutch, but for most books I've added links to the Dutch editions, because those are the books I own. Where an English edition is linked, that'll be the one I'll be reading.

I'll try for 10 books. But will it be possible to add up to the numbers later if I could?

Alexxy, I'm not sure if I know exactly what you're asking. If you want to choose countries later, you can do that. If you want to change your goal later, you can do that too! If I've missed the point entirely, please let me know so I can answer your actual question. :)

No, I got my answer. I meant the goal, sorry for the confusion. So, I'll start with 10 books and add up later if I could!

That's perfectly fine! A lot of members do that.

I just found this link for 49 books 49 countries if anyone is interested

Add me please! I'll try 15 countries.

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Finland �� Punainen kuin veri by Salla Simukka
Italy �� Druuna by Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri
Norway �� Sokea jumalatar by Anne Holt
United Kingdom �� Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
USA �� Saga, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan

I'd like to join, please :)

AROUND THE WORLD IN BOOKS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
Goal: 12 (one for each month :))

1.USA|Divergent|Veronica Roth
2.Canada|The Year of the Flood|Margaret Atwood
3.Colombia|Love in the Time of Cholera|Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
4.UK|Northern Lights|Philip Pullman
5.Germany|Buddenbrooks|Thomas Mann
6.South Africa|A Conspiracy of Alchemists|Liesel Schwarz
7.Brazil|The Alchemist|Paulo Coelho
8.Afghanistan|Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter's Memoir|Fatima Bhutto
9.India|Red Leaves|Sita Brahmachari
10.Czech Republic|Ignorance|Milan Kundera
11.Hong Kong|Girl in Translation|Jean Kwok
12.Norway|Satellite People|Hans Olav Lahlum

Sign me up for 12, please.


Around the World in Books, January 1 - December 31
Goal: 17/12, 141.67%

01. France: The Little Prince - 06 Jan 2016, 2/5
02. Ireland: At Swim Two Birds - 08 Jan 2016, 1/5
03. Canada: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - 24 Jan 2016, 3/5
04. China: The Good Earth - 27 Jan 2016, 5/5
05. Australia: The Rook - 22 Mar 2016, 3/5
06. Czech Republic: The Metamorphosis - 03 Apr 2016, 3/5
07. Russia: The Rest of the Robots - 30 Apr 2016, 4/5
08. Germany: Siddhartha - 18 May 2016, 1/5
09. Italy: The Name of the Rose - 30 Jun 2016, 4/5
10. Japan: Revenge - 30 Jun 2016, 4/5
11. South Africa: The Fellowship of the Ring - 12 Jul 2016, 3/5
12. Sweden: The Girl in the Spider's Web - 16 Jul 2016, 2/5
13. Egypt: Nexus - 25 Jul 2016, 2/5
14. Hungary: The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie - 21 Aug 2016, 5/5
15. Pakistan: The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn - 26 Aug 2016, 4/5
16. Peru: The House of the Spirits - 10 Sep 2016, 5/5
17. Portugal: English As She Is Spoke; Or, a Jest in Sober Earnest - 04 Nov 2016, 4/5

Thanks for sharing that, Brenna!

Welcome to Katariina, Mai, and Eggp.

I will join this challenge, books to be decided. I'll put up 13 for starters but expect to increase it. Authors from each country:

1. USA The World According to Garp
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4. New Zealand Once Were Warriors
5. Germany Christopher and His Kind, 1929-1939
6. England My Family and Other Animals
7. Greece
8. India The Case of the Missing Servant
9. Scotland The Coral Island
10. Nigeria The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
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13. Ireland Borstal Boy
14. Canada The Saxon Shore
15. Australia The October Horse
16. Poland This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
17. China - Rickshaw Boy
18. Italy The Waters of Eternal Youth
19. Brazil Pedagogy of the Oppressed
20. Rwanda Gorillas in the Mist

I will put a line through them once read.

Sounds great! Just let me know if you'd like to change your goal at any time.

well....I already did - added 3 to make 13. I'd just put me down as 13 minimum and I'll see where I go.

I am in for 20

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1.russia-The Last Romanov
2.england-Going Home
3.Scotland-On Dublin Street
4.Singapore-Old Filth
5.Palestine-In the Field of Grace
6.albania-Afterglow
7.Thailand-Bangkok Days
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1. France: Les Misérables
2. Afghanistan : And the Mountains Echoed
3. Canada: A Thousand Nights
4. Jamaica: Everything, Everything
5. Spain: The Angel's Game
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I'd like to join this challenge! Going for 15.

1. Nigera / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun
2. Afghanistan / Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns
3. Azerbaijan / Kurban Said - Ali and Nino: A Love Story
4. China / Lisa See - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
5. Burma/Myanmar / Richard Flanagan - The Narrow Road to the Deep North
6. India / Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses
7. Japan / Haruki Murikami - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
8. North Korea / Yeonmi Park - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
9. Pakistan / Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist
10. Haiti / Dany Laferrière - The Enigma of the Return
11. Dominican Republic / Edwidge Danticat - The Farming of Bones
12. Croatia / Sara Nović - Girl at War
13. Estonia / Sofi Oksanen - Purge
14. Iceland / Hannah Kent - Burial Rites
15. Spain/Egypt: Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist

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I'll start with 5 and add more as I go!
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I'm in... I'm going to start with 7 countries and see what happen.
I'm in a lot of challenge

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Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

Just watched a Ted Talk about this type of challenge and the author posted a map of one book from every country recognized in the UN. Might be useful! :)

Amanda wrote: "Just watched a Ted Talk about this type of challenge and the author posted a map of one book from every country recognized in the UN. Might be useful! :)

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I just watched the same thing! And actually I already started to reading the book that she wrote about it... That is when I realize that I have to explore more the world through books!

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I'll try for 6 to start; see how that goes.

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Australia: Thomas Keneally - Schindler's List
U.S.A: Kristin Hannah - The Nightingale (Oregon)
England: Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train (London)

I'm in! I'd like to start with 10, but may expand as the year goes along.


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Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016

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Also, i found this link via BookRiot that might be helpful:

Cassandra wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

Sara - no amount of books is too small, and if the challenge ends up not being fun for you, feel free to drop it at any time. Do whatever makes you happy and he..."
Cassandra,
I have updated my ŷ������ name to help make it easier to identify myself among all the other Stephanie's. Please note the change from Stephanie to Stephanie (Chinchillita) in message 57 is one and the same. still in for all 10! (I will be making this post in all of the challenges that I have already signed up for in the 2016 challenge lists) Thanks!!

This sounds fun. I think I could read 15. I will update these as I go along, because I haven't planned anything out yet!

Around the World in 365ish days

1. Ireland Dubliners by James Joyce (author)
2. United Kingdom To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (author)
3. Ukraine Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (author)
4. France The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley (setting)
5. India Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee (author)
6. Colombia Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (author)
7. Congo/Africa Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (setting) **
8. New Zealand Potiki by Patricia Grace (author) ****
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Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

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Hey Cassandra! I'd like to sign up for this challenge, please. I'm going to go for 12 books, a different country every month. I thought it'd be great to go to a bookstore and ask for recommendations each month.