Trying to broaden my literary horizon with Reading the world - inspired by Ann Morgan whose journey of reading one book from every (UN recognized) country of the world is documented on her website "A year of reading the world". She also has a list of reading suggestions.
I won't set a deadline for this challenge, I just think it's interesting to document if you can boost the variety of authors and literatures you read by simply paying attention on where they are from. Books I have on my to-read-pile are marked blue.
With the challenge set bei the Mitlesezentrale on goodreads (started in 2024, continued in 2025) I change the rules from "the author's country" to "the book is mainly set in that country" which of course is not the same.
progress: 27 / 192
✅ Afghanistan: Atiq Rahimi - Erde und Asche (April 2024)
Albania: Lea Ypi - Frei
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
✅Argentina: Jorge Bukay - Komm, ich erzähl dir eine Geschichte (Oktober 2024)
Armenia
✅Australia: Charlotte Wood - Ein Wochenende (Juni 2024)
✅Austria: Marlen Haushofer - Die Wand (August 2023)
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus: Svetlana A. Aleksievič - Der Krieg hat kein weibliches Gesicht
Belgium:
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Saša Stanišić - Der Fallensteller
Botswana
Brazil: Paulo Coelho - Die Spionin / Rachel de Queiroz - Die drei Marias
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
✅Canada: Louise Penny - Das Dorf in den roten Wäldern (July 2023)
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia: Gabriel García Márquez
Comoros
Congo: Fiston Mwanza Mujila - Tram 83
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia: Ivana Bodrožić - Hotel Nirgendwo
✅Cuba: Chanel Cleeton - Nächstes Jahr in Havanna (May 2022)
Cyprus
✅Czechia: Milan Kundera - Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins (July 2022)
✅Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Axie Oh - XOXO (Mai 2024)
✅Denmark: Jussi Adler-Olsen - Natrium Chlorid (July 2023)
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
✅Finland: Tove Jansson - Die Tochter des Bildhauers (Mai 2023)
✅France: Michel Houellebecq - Elementarteilchen (Mai 2024)
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia: Temur Babluani - Sonne, Mond und Kornfeld
✅ Germany: Andreas Föhr - Totholz (November 2024)
Ghana: Yasmin Angoe - Echo der Gewalt
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
✅Iceland: Arnaldur Indridason - Das Mädchen an der Brücke (July 2023)
✅India: Karan Mahajan - In Gesellschaft kleiner Bomben (July 2022)
Indonesia
Islamic Republic of Iran
✅Iraq: Agatha Christie - Mord in Mesopotamien (Januar 2022)
✅Ireland: Donal Ryan - Die Stille des Meeres (April 2024)
✅Israel: Frank Schätzing - Breaking News (February 2021)
✅ Italy: Isabel Abedi - Die längste Nacht (August 2024)
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
✅Lao People's Democratic Republic: Colin Cotterill - Dr. Siri und das sitzende Skelett (August 2024)
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Federated States of Micronesia
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
✅Netherlands: Simone van der Vlugt - Nachtblau (February 2024)
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
✅Nigeria: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Americanah (December 2023)
North Macedonia
Norway: Maja Lunde - Der Traum von einem Baum
Oman
Pakistan: Jamil Ahmad - Der Weg des Falken
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland: Olga Tokarczuk (Nobelpreisträgerin) / Stanislaw Lem
Portugal: António Lobo Antunes
Qatar
Republic of Korea: Gang Han - Die Vegetarierin
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
✅Somalia: Waris Dirie - Wüstenblume (November 2024)
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
✅Sweden: Tove Alsterdahl - Erdschwarz (August 2024)
Switzerland: Sarah Pearse - Das Sanatorium (Januar 2025)
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
✅Türkiye: Fatma Aydemir - Dschinns (November 2024)
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
✅United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Sarah Hall - Wie wir brennen (July 2023)
✅United Republic of Tanzania: Abdulrazak Gurnah - Das verlorene Paradies (July 2023)
✅United States of America: James Baldwin - Go Tell It on the Mountain (July 2023)
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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