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January 1 – December 31, 2009

I am very carefully choosing my time-limited challenges for 2009. Frances from Nonsuch Book is hosting Lost in Translation – a challenge designed for participants to read six (6) books in translation. Frances has created a dedicated page for this challenge here.

I found a couple of interesting articles with ideas for books:

I will be posting my book list as I go – I have learned that to be successful I must be flexible! Below is a sampling of some books in translation already on my TBR shelf:

  1. Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson (translated from the Norwegian by Anne Born) – COMPLETED January 6, 2009; rated 5/5; read my review.
  2. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery (translated from the French by Alison Anderson) – COMPLETED July 18, 2009; rated 4.5/5; read my review.
  3. The Passport, by Herta Muller (translated from the German by Martin Chalmers) – COMPLETED November 24, 2009; rated 5/5; read my review.
  4. Kristin Lavransdatter, by Sigrid Undset (translated from the Norwegian by Tina Nunnally) – COMPLETED December 20, 2009; rated 4.5/5; read my review of The Wreath, The Wife, and The Cross.
  5. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi (translated from the French) – COMPLETED December 27, 2009; rated 4/5; read my review.
  6. Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, by Marjane Satrapi (translated from the French) – COMPLETED December 28, 2009; rated 4.5/5; read my review.
  7. Fire in the Blood, by Irene Nemirovsky (translated from the French by Sandra Smith) – COMPLETED December 29, 2009; rated 5/5; read my review.
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SOUTH AMERICAN Countries
(Bolded Blue Indicates Books Read)

Potential books to be read for each country are identified in red script.
Asterisk (*) indicates books I already own, but have yet to read.

1.   Argentina (Buenos Aires)
2.   Bolivia (Sucre)
3.   Brazil (Brasilia)
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coehlo (finished  15 June 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
War of the End of the World, by Mario Vargas Llosa
4.   Chile (Santiago)
Memoirs, by Pablo Neruda
5.   Colombia (Bogota)
One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez*
6.   Ecuador (Quito)
The Amnesia Clinic, by James Scudamore
7.   Guyana (Georgetown)
8.   Parguay (Asuncion)
9.   Peru (Lima)
Conversation in the Cathedral, by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder (finished 23 December 2007; rated 3/5; read my review)
10. Suriname (Paramaribo)
11. Uruguay (Montevideo)
12. Venezuela (Caracas)
The Lady, The Chef and The Courtesan, by Marisol
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South America
Countries read are in bold blue

Potential books to be read are listed below each country. Books read are in red. An asterisk (*) indicates books I own but have not read yet.

1. Argentina (Buenos Aires)

  • A Secret for Julia, by Patricia Sagastizabal

2. Bolivia (Sucre)

  • The Fat Man From La Paz: Contemporary Fiction from Bolivia, by Rosario Santos

3. Brazil (Brasilia)

  • The Alchemist, by Paulo Coehlo (finished 15 June 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
  • The War of the End of the World, by Mario Vargas Llosa

4. Chile (Santiago)

  • Memoirs, by Pablo Neruda
  • The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende

5. Colombia (Bogota)

  • One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez*

6. Ecuador (Quito)

  • The Amnesia Clinic, by James Scudamore
  • Huasipungo (aka: The Villagers), by Jorge Icaza

7. Guyana (Georgetown)

8. Paraguay (Asuncion)

  • At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, by John Gimlette

9. Peru (Lima)

  • Conversation in the Cathedral, by Mario Vargas Llosa*
  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder (finished 23 December 2007; rated 3/5; read my review)

10. Suriname (Paramaribo)

  • Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice, by Mark Plotkin

11. Uruguay (Montevideo)

  • Let the Wind Speak, by Juan Carlos Onetti

12. Venezuela (Caracas)

  • The Lady, The Chef, and The Courtesan, by Marisol
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NORTH AMERICAN Countries
(Bolded Blue Indicates Books Read)

1.   Antigua and Barbuda (St. Johns)
2.   Bahamas (Nassau)
3.   Barbados (Bridgetown)
4.   Belize (Belmopan)
5.   Canada (Ottawa)
Fall On Your Knees, by Ann-Marie MacDonald (finished 26 April 2007; rated 4/5; read my review)
Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood (finished 13 May 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
The Outlander, by Gil Adamson (finished 27 December 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
The Way The Crow Flies, by Ann-Marie MacDonald*
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, by Wayne Johnston (Newfoundland)
Mercy Among the Children, by David Adams Richards (New Brunswick)
6.   Costa Rica (San Jose)
7.   Cuba (Havana)
Dreaming in Cuba, by Christina Garcia
8.   Dominica (Roseau)
9.   Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)
Feast of the Goat, by Mario Vargas Llosa*
10. El Salvador (San Salvador)
11. Grenada (St. George's)
12. Guatemala (Guatemala City)
13. Haiti (Port-au-Prince)
The Dew Breaker, by Edwidge Danticat
Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat
14. Honduras (Tegucigaipa)
15. Jamaica (Kingston)
16. Mexico (Mexico City)
Mexico, by James Michener*
Frida: A Biography  of Frida Kahlo, by Hayden Herrera
Consider This, Senora, by Harriet Doerr
17. Nicaragua (Managua)
18. Panama (Panama City)
19. Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre)
20. Saint Lucia (Castries)
21. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown)
22. Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain)
Chutney Power, by Willi Chen
The Lonely Londoners, by Sam Selvon
23. United States (Washington D.C.)
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck (finished 18 January 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (finished 21 March 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
Travels With Charley in Search of America, by John Steinbeck (finished 29 March 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
Summer Crossing, by Truman Capote (finished 21 July 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)


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North America

Countries read are in bold blue

Potential books to be read are listed below each country. Books read are in red. An asterisk (*) indicates books I own but have not read yet.

1. Antigua and Barbuda (St. Johns)

  • Annie John, by Jamaica Kincaid

2. Bahamas (Nassau)

3. Barbados (Bridgetown)

  • In The Castle of My Skin, by George Lamming

4. Belize (Belmopan)

5. Canada (Ottawa)

  • Fall on Your Knees, by Ann-Marie MacDonald (Finished 26 April 2007; set in Cape Breton Island; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood (finished 13 May 2007; rated 4.5/5; set in Toronto; read my review)
  • The Outlander, by Gil Adamson (finished 27 December 2007; rated 5/5; set in Western Canada; read my review)
  • The Tenderness of Wolves, by Stef Penney (finished 5 April 2008; rated 5/5; set in Ontario Canada; read my review)
  • The Way the Crow Flies, by Ann-Marie MacDonald*
  • The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, by Wayne Johnston (set in Newfoundland)
  • Mercy Among the Children, by David Adams Richards (set in New Brunswick)

6. Costa Rica (San Jose)

7. Cuba (Havana)

  • Dreaming in Cuba, by Christina Garcia

8. Dominica (Roseau)

  • The Orchid House, by Phyllis Shad Allfrey

9. Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)

  • Feast of the Goat, by Mario Vargas Llosa*
  • In The Time of Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez

10. El Salvador (San Salvador)

11. Grenada (St. George’s)

  • Under the Silk Cotton Tree, by Jean Buffong

12. Guatemala (Guatemala City)

13. Haiti (Port-au-Prince)

  • The Dew Breaker, by Edwidge Danticat
  • Krik?Krak! by Edwidge Danticat

14. Honduras (Tegucigaipa)

  • The Soccer War, by Ryszard Kapuscinski

15. Jamaica (Kingston)

  • Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys

16. Mexico (Mexico City)

  • The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, by C.M. Mayo (finished 01 May 2009; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
  • Mexico, by James Michener*
  • Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, by Hayden Herrera
  • Consider This, Senora, by Harriet Doerr

17. Nicaragua (Managua)

  • The Jaguar Smile, by Salman Rushdie
  • The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War, by Gioconda Belli

18. Panama (Panama City)

19. Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre)

20. Saint Lucia (Castries)

21. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown)

22. Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain)

  • Chutney Power, by Willi Chen
  • The Lonely Londoners, by Sam Selvon

23. United States (Washington D.C.)

  • The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck (finished 18 January 2007; rated 5/5; set in California; read my review)
  • To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (finished 21 March 2007; rated 5/5; set in Alabama; read my review)
  • Travels With Charley in Search of America, by John Steinbeck (finished 29 March 2007; rated 5/5; set in 1960s America; read my review)
  • Summer Crossing, by Truman Capote (finished 21 July 2007; rated 4.5/5; set in New York City; read my review)

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Australia - Oceania Countries
(Bolded Blue Indicates Books Read)

1.   Australia (Canberra)
The True History of the Kelly Gang, by Peter Carey*
The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville*
The Secret River, by Kate Grenville
2.   Fiji (Suva)
3.   Kiribati (Bairiki)
4.   Marshall Islands (Majuro)
5.   Micronesia (Palikir)
6.   Nauru (no official capital)
7.   New Zealand (Wellington)
The Bone People, by Keri Hulme (finished 12 July 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
The Colour, by Rose Tremain
8.   Palau (Koror)
9.   Paua new Guinea (Port Moresby)
10. Samoa (Apia)
11. Solomon Islands (Honiara)
12. Tonga (Nuku'alofa)
13. Tuvalu (Funafuti)
14. Vanuatu (Port-Vila)
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Australia – Oceania
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Countries read are in bold blue

Potential books to be read are listed below each country. Books read are in red. An asterisk (*) indicates books I own but have not read yet.

1. Australia (Canberra)

  • The True History of the Kelly Gang, by Peter Carey*
  • The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville*
  • The Secret River, by Kate Grenville (finished 13 October 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)

2. Fiji (Suva)

3. Kiribati (Bairiki)

4. Marshall Islands (Majuro)

5. Micronesia (Palikir)

6. Nauru (no official capital)

7. New Zealand (Wellington)

  • The Bone People, by Keri Hulme (finished 12 July 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • The Colour, by Rose Tremain (finished 25 August 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)

8. Palau (Koror)

9. Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby)

  • The White Mary, by Kira Salak (finished 16 July 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • Throwim Way Leg, by Tim Flannery

10. Samoa (Apia)

  • Where We Once Belonged, by Sia Figiel

11. Solomon Islands (Honiara)

12. Tonga (Nuku’alofa)

13. Tuvalu (Funafuti)

  • The Happy Isles of Oceania, by Paul Theroux

14. Vanuatu (Port-Vila)

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Asian Countries
(Bolded Blue Indicates Books Read)

Potential books to be read for each country are indicated by red script.
Asterisk (*) indicates books I already own but have yet to read.

1.   Afganaistan (Kabul)
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini (finished 8 December 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini*
2.   Azerbaijan (Baku)
Ali and Nino, by Kurban Said
3.   Bahrain (Manama)
4.   Bangladesh (Dhaka)
5.   Bhutan (Thimphu)
6.   Brune (Bander Seri Begawan)
7.   Burma/Myanmar (Yangon)
The Lizard Cage, by Karen Connelly
The Glass Palace, by Amitav Ghosh
8.   Cambodia (Phnom Penh)
Highways To A War, by Christopher J. Koch
First They Killed My Father, by Loung Ung
9.   China (Beijin)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie (finished 8 January 2007; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
Peony in Love, by Lisa See (finished 18 June 2007; rated 3.75/5; read my review)
The Good Earth, by Pearl Buck (finished 28 November 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
Wild Swans, by Jung Chang
Oracle Bones, by Peter Hessler
10. Cyprus (Nicosia)
11. East Timor (Dili)
12. India (New Delhi)
The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai (finished 16 March 2007; rated 4.25/5; read my review)
The Space Between Us, by Thrity Umrigar (finished 21 April 2007; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
The God of Small Things, by Arundhai Roy (finished 29 September 207; rated 5/5; read my review)
Hullabaloo In The Guava Orchard (finished 21 December 2007; rated 3/5; read my review)
Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts*
13. Indonesia (Jakarta)
This Earth of Mankind, by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
14. Iran (Tehran)
Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi*
My Father's Notebook, by Kader Abdolah
Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora, by Persis M. Karim
The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani
15. Iraq (Baghdad)
16. Israel (Jerusalem)
A Woman in Jerusalem, A.B. Yehoshua*
17. Japan (Tokyo)
The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard (finished 8 August 2007; rated 4/5; read my review)
Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden*
Shipwrecks, by Akira Yoshimura
18. Jordan (Amman)
A Beggar at Damascus Gate, by Yasmine Zahran
Pillars of Salt, by Fadia Faqir
19. Kazakstan (Astana)
20. Korea, North (Pyongyang)
The Guest, by Hwang Sok-Yong
21. Korea, South (Seoul)
22. Kuwait (Kuwait City)
23. Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek)
24. Laos (Vientiane)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman
25. Lebanon (Beirut)
Gate of the Sun, by Elias Khoury*
26. Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
27. Maldivs (Male)
28. Mongolia (Ulan Bator)
29. Nepal (Kathmandu)
30. Oman (Muscat)
31. Pakistan (Islamabad)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid (finished 11 January 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
Maps For Lost Lovers, by Nadeem Aslam
32. Philippines (Manila)
When The Rainbow Goddess Wept, by Cecilia Manquerra Brainard
33. Qatar (Doha)
34. Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
35. Singapore (Singapore City)
36. Sri Lanka (Colombo)
37. Syria (Damascus)
A Lake Beyond the Wind, by Yahya Yakhlif
38. Tajikistan (Dushanbe)
39. Tibet (Lhasa)
The Snow Leopard, by Peter Matthiesson
40. Thailand (Bangkok)
41. Turkey (Ankara)
The Flea Palace, by Eilf Shafak (finished 15 June 2007; rated 2.5/5; read my review)
Birds Without Wings, by Louis De Bernieres (finished 28 July 2007; rated 4/5; read my review)
Bliss, by O.Z. Livaneli*
42. Turkmenistan (Ashgabat)
43. United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)
44. Uzbekistan (Tashkent)
45. Vietnam (Hanoi)
The Sorrow of War, by Bao Ninh
46. Yeman (Sana)
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Asia

Countries read are in bold blue

Potential books to be read are listed below each country. Books read are in red. An asterisk (*) indicates books I own but have not read yet.

1. Afghanistan (Kabul)

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini (finished 8 December 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
  • The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (finished 13 June 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)

2. Azerbaijan (Baku)

  • Ali and Nino, by Kurban Said

3. Bahrain (Manama)

4. Bangladesh (Dhaka)

5. Bhutan (Thimphu)

6. Brune (Bander Seri Begawan)

7. Burma/Myanmar (Yangon)

  • The Lizard Cage, by Karen Connelly*
  • The Glass Palace, by Amitav Ghosh

8. Cambodia (Phnom Penh)

  • Highways To A War, by Christopher J. Koch
  • First They Killed My Father, by Loung Ung

9. China (Beijin)

  • Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie (finished 8 January 2007; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
  • Peony in Love, by Lisa See (finished 18 June 2007; rated 3.75/5; read my review)
  • The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck (finished 28 November 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • Wild Swans, by Jung Chang
  • Oracle Bones, by Peter Hessler

10. Cyprus (Nicosia)

11. East Timor (Dili)

12. India (New Delhi)

  • The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai (finished 16 March 2007; rated 4.25/5; read my review)
  • The Space Between Us, by Thrity Umrigar (finished 21 April 2007; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
  • The God of Small Things, by Arundhai Roy (finished 29 September 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
  • Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, by Kiran Desai (finished 21 December 2007; rated 3/5; read my review)
  • The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga (finished 03 January 2009; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts*

13. Indonesia (Jakarta)

  • This Earth of Mankind, by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

14. Iran (Tehran)

  • Laughing Without An Accent, by Firoozeh Dumas (finished 17 May 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi (finished 27 December 2009; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, by Marjane Satrapi (finished 28 December 2009; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi*
  • My Father’s Notebook, by Kader Abdolah
  • Let Me Tell You Where I’ve Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora, by Persis M. Karim
  • The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani

15. Iraq (Baghdad)

  • A Thousand Veils, by D.J. Murphy (finished 13 June 2009; rated 3.5/5; read my review)

16. Israel (Jerusalem)

  • A Woman in Jerusalem, by A.B. Yehoshua*

17. Japan (Tokyo)

  • The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard (finished 8 August 2007; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden*
  • Shipwrecks, by Akira Yoshimura

18. Jordan (Amman)

  • A Beggar at Damascus Gate, by Yasmine Zahran
  • Pillars of Salt, by Fadia Faqir

19. Kazakstan (Astana)

20. Korea, North (Pyongyang)

  • The Guest, by Hwang Sok-Yong

21. Korea, South (Seoul)

22. Kuwait (Kuwait City)

23. Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek)

24. Laos (Vientiane)

  • The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman

25. Lebanon (Beirut)

  • Gate of the Sun, by Elias Khoury*

26. Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

27. Maldivs (Male)

28. Mongolia (Ulan Bator)

29. Nepal (Kathmandu)

30. Oman (Muscat)

31. Pakistan (Islamabad)

  • The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid (finished 11 January 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, by Cecilia Manquerra Brainard
  • Maps For Lost Lovers, by Nadeem Aslam32. Philippines (Manila)

33. Quatar (Doha)

34. Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)

  • Finding Nouf, by Zoe Ferraris (finished 24 July 2009; rated 4/5; read my review)

35. Singapore (Singapore City)

36. Sri Lanka (Colombo)

  • A Disobedient Girl, by Ru Freeman (finished 28 September 2009; rated 5/5; read my review)

37. Syria (Damascus)

  • A Lake Beyond the Wind, by Yahya Yakhlif

38. Tajikistan (Dushanbe)

39. Tibet (Lhasa)

  • The Snow Leopard, by Peter Matthiesson

40. Thailand (Bangkok)

41. Turkey (Ankara)

  • The Flea Palace, by Elif Shafak (finished 15 June 2007; rated 2.5/5; read my review)
  • Birds Without Wings, by Louis De Bernieres (finished 28 July 2007; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • Bliss, by O.Z. Livaeli*

42. Turkmenistan (Ashgabat)

43. United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)

44. Uzbekistan (Tashkent)

45. Vietnam (Hanoi)

  • The Sorrow of War, by Bao Ninh

46. Yeman (Sana)

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EUROPEAN Countries
(Bolded Blue Indicates Books Read)

Potential books to be read for each country are indicated in red type.
Asterisk (*) indicates books I already own, but have not read yet.

1.   Albania (Tirane)
2.   Andorra (Andorra la Vella)
3.   Armenia (Yerevan)
4.   Austria (Vienna)
The Fig Eater, by Jody Shield*
The Terror of Ice and Darkness, by Christoph Ransmayr
5.   Belarus (Minsk)
6.   Belgium (Brussels)
Summer in Termuren, by Louis Paul Boon
7.   Bosnia andHerzegovina (Sarajevo)
8.   Bulgaria (Sofia)
9.   Cape Verde (Praia)
10. Coatia (Zagreb)
11.  Czech Republic (Prague)
Giraffe, by J.M. Ledgard
12. Denmark (Copenhagen)
Leeway Cottage, by Beth Gutcheon*
The Royal Physician's Visit, by Per Olov Enquist
13. Estonia (Tallinn)
The Czar's Madman, by Jaan Kross
14. Finland (Helsinki)
Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name, by Vendela Vida (Lapland)
15. France (Paris)
Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky (finished 17 February 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
16. Georgia (Tbilisi)
Ali and Nino, by Kurban Said
17. Germany (Berlin)
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (finished 28 January 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
The Reader, by Berhard Schlink*
Stones From The River, by Ursula Hegi*
Paper Kisses: A True Love Story, by Reinhard Kaiser
18. Greece (Athens)
Corelli's Mandolin, by Louis De Bernieres
19. Hungary (Budapest)
Embers, by Sandor Marai*
20. Iceland (Reykjavik)
Independent People, by Halldor Laxness
The Fish Can Sing, by Halldor Laxness
21. Ireland (Dublin)
Silver Wedding, by Maeve Binchy*
The Blackwater Lightship, by Colm Toibin (finished 09 November 2007; read my review)
The Law of Dreams, by Peter Behrens
22. Italy (Rome)
A Thousand Days in Tuscany, by Marlena De Blasi*
The Almond Picker, by Simonetta Agnello Hornby
23. Latvia (Riga)
24. Liechtenstein (Vaduz)
25. Lithuania (Vilnius)
26. Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
27. Macedonia (Skopje)
28. Malta (Valletta)
29. Moldova (Chisinau)
30. Monaco (Monaco)
31. Montenegro (Podgorica)
32. Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague)
33. Norway (Oslo)
Giants in the Earth, O.E. Rolvaag*
In the Wake, by Per Peterson
Kristin Lavransdatter, by Sigrid Undset
34. Poland (Warsaw)
Anything by the author Ryszard Kapuscinski
Nine, by Andrezej Stasiuk
35. Portugal (Lisbon)
Alentejo Blue, by Monica Ali (finished 22 February 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
36. Romania (Bucharest)
Land of Green Plums, by Herta Muller
37. Russia (Moscow)
The Madonnas Of Leningrad, by Debra Dean (finished 7 May 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
The Brothers Karmazov, by Fyodor Doestoevsky*
Dr. Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak (finished 24 November 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
A Russian Journal, by John Steinbeck
38. San Marino (San Marino)
39. Serbia (Belgrade)
40. Slovakia (Bratislava)
Zoli, by Colum McCann
41. Slovenia (Ljubljana)
Veronika Decides to Die, by Paulo Coelho (finished 2 November 2007; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
42. Spain (Madrid)
The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (finished 7 July 2007; rated 4.75/5; read my review)
For Whom The Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway (finished 7 April 2007; rated 2.5/5; read my review)
43. Sweden (Stockholm)
Hanna's Daughters, by Marianne Fredriksson*
April Witch, by Majqull Axelsson
Doctor Glas, by Hjalmar Soderberg
The Princess of Burundi, by Kjell Eriksson*
44. Switzerland (Bern)
Hotel Du Lac, by Anita Brookner
45. Ukraine (Kiev)
46. United Kingdom (London)
Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell (finished 26 March 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
Arthur and George, by Julian Barnes (finished 30 April 2007; rated 4/5; read my review)
Old Filth, by Jane Gardam (finished 29 May 2007; rated 3.75/5; read my review)
How Green Was My Valley, by Richard Llewelln - South Wales (finished August 15, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
47. Vatican City (na)



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Europe
(click on map to enlarge)

Countries read are in bold blue

Potential books to be read are listed below each country. Books read are in red. An asterisk (*) indicates books I own but have not read yet.

1. Albania (Tirane)

  • Broken April, by Ismail Kadare

2. Andorra (Andorra la Vella)

3. Armenia (Yerevan)

4. Austria (Vienna)

  • The Fig Eater, by Jody Shield*
  • The Terror of Ice and Darkness, by Christoph Ransmayr

5. Belarus (Minsk)

6. Belgium (Brussels)

  • Summer in Termuren, by Louis Paul Boon

7. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)

  • The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway (finished 10 April 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
  • People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks (finished 4 July 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)

8. Bulgaria (Sofia)

9. Cape Verde (Praia)

10. Croatia (Zagreb)

  • Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, by Rebecca West
  • Cafe Europa, by Slavenka Drakulic

11. Czech Republic (Prague)

  • Giraffe, by J.M. Ledgard
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera

12. Denmark (Copenhagen)

  • Music and Silence, by Rose Tremain (finished 09 October 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
  • Leeway Cottage, by Beth Gutcheon*
  • The Royal Physician’s Visit, by Per Olov Enquist

13. Estonia (Tallinn)

  • The Czar’s Madman, by Jaan Kross

14. Finland (Helsinki)

  • Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name, by Vendela Vida (Lapland) (finished 30 September 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • Seven Brothers, by Aleksis Kivi

15. France (Paris)

  • Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky (finished 17 February 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
  • Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana De Rosnay (finished 02 September 2008; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
  • Chocolat, by Joanne Harris (finished 26 February 2009; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery (finished 18 July 2009; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert

16. Georgia (Tbilisi)

  • Ali and Nino, by Kurban Said

17. Germany (Berlin)

  • The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (finished 28 January 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
  • The Reader, by Bernhard Sclink
  • Stones From The River, by Ursula Hegi*
  • Paper Kisses: A True Love Story, by Reinhard Kaiser

18. Greece (Athens)

  • Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, by Louis De Bernieres

19. Hungary (Budapest)

  • Embers, by Sandor Marai (finished 30 March 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • Fatelessness, by Kmre Kertesz

20. Iceland (Reykjavik)

  • Independent People, by Halldor Laxness (finished 05 May 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • The Fish Can Sing, by Halldor Laxness

21. Ireland (Dublin)

  • The Blackwater Lightship, by ColmToibin (finished 9 November 2007; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • The Gathering, by Anne Enright (finished 9 March 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • Silver Wedding, by Maeve Binchy*
  • The Law of Dreams, by Peter Behrens

22. Italy (Rome)

  • The Book of Unholy Mischief, by Elle Newmark (finished 18 August 2009; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • Sacred Hearts, by Sarah Dunant (finished 21 January 2010; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • A Thousand Days in Tuscany, by Marlena De Blasi*
  • The Almond Picker, by Simonetta Agnello Hornby
  • The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco
  • The Leopard, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

23. Latvia (Riga)

24. Liechtenstein (Vaduz)

25. Lithuania (Vilnius)

26. Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

27. Macedonia (Skopje)

  • Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, by Rebecca West

28. Malta (Valletta)

29. Moldova (Chisinau)

30. Monaco (Monaco)

  • Anything Considered, by Peter Mayle

31. Montenegro (Podgorica)

32. Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague)

  • The Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank

33. Norway (Oslo)

  • Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson (finished 6 January 2009; rated 5/5; read my review)
  • Giants in the Earth, by O.E. Rolvaag*
  • Sophie’s World, by Jostein Gaarder*
  • In the Wake, by Per Peterson
  • Kristin Lavransdatter, by Sigrid Undset (finished 20 December 2009; rated 4.5/5; read my review of The Wreath, The Wife, and The Cross)

34. Poland (Warsaw)

  • The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman (finished 12 May 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • Anything by the author Ryszard Kapuscinski
  • Nine, by Andrezej Stasiuk

35. Portugal (Lisbon)

  • Alentejo Blue, by Monica Ali (finished 22 February 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)

36. Romania (Bucharest)

  • Land of Green Plums, by Herta Muller
  • The Hooligan’s Return, by Norman Manea
  • The Passport, by Herta Muller (finished 24 November 2009; rated 5/5; read my review)

37. Russia (Moscow)

  • The Madonnas of Leningrad, by Debra Dean (finished 7 May 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak (finished 24 November 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • The Brothers Karmazov, by Fyodor Doestoevsky*
  • A Russian Journal, by John Steinbeck*
  • War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy*

38. San Marino (San Marino)

39. Serbia (Belgrade)

  • Bridge on the Drina, by Ivo Andric

40. Slovakia (Bratislava)

  • Zoli, by Colum McCann

41. Slovenia (Ljublijana)

  • Veronika Decides To Die, by Paulo Coelho (finished 2 November 2007; rated 3.5/5; read my review)

42. Spain (Madrid)

  • The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (finished 7 July 2007; rated 4.75/5; read my review)
  • For Whom The Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway (finished 7 April 2007; rated 2.5/5; read my review)
  • Guernia, by Dave Boling (finished 14 September 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)

43. Sweden (Stockholm)

  • Hanna’s Daughters, by Marianne Fredriksson*
  • April Witch, by Majqull Axelsson
  • Doctor Glas, by Hjalmar Soderberg
  • The Princess of Burundi, by Kjell Eriksson*

44. Switzerland (Bern)

  • Hotel Du Lac, by Anita Brookner (finished 22 July 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)

45. Ukraine (Kiev)

  • Everything is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer

46. United Kingdom (London)

  • Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell (finished 26 March 2007; rated 5/5; set in England; read my review)
  • Arthur and George, by Julian Barnes (finished 30 April 2007; rated 4/5; set in England; read my review)
  • Old Filth, by Jane Gardam (finished 29 May 2007; rated 3.75/5; set in London and Wales; read my review)
  • How Green Was My Valley, by Richard Llewelln (finished 15 August 2007; rated 5/5; set in South Wales; read my review)
  • Resistance, by Owen Sheers (finished 6 March 2008; rated 4.5/5; set in Wales; read my review)
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (finished 31 July 2008; rated 5/5; set on Guernsey in the Channel Islands; read my review)

47. Vatican City (na)

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THE LIST for AFRICAN COUNTRIES
(Bolded Blue indicates books already read)

Potential books to be read for each country are indicated in red type.
Asterisk (*) indicates books I already own by have not read yet.

1.   Algeria (Algers)
Children of the New World: A Novel of the Algerian War, by Assia Djebar
2.   Angora (Luanda)
3.   Benin (Port-Novo)
Instruments of Darkness, by Robert Wilson
4.   Botswana (Gaborone)
5.   Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)
6.   Burundi (Bujumbura)
7.   Cameroon (Yaounde)
8.   Central African Republic (Bangui)
9.   Chad (N'Djamena)
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur, by Daoud Hari (finished 15 February 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
10. Comoros (Moroni)
11. Congo (Brazzaville)
The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver*
A Bend in the River, by V.S. Naipal*
12. Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa)
13. Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro)
As The Crow Flies, by Veronique Tadjo
Whiteman, by Tony D'Souza
The Suns of Independence, by Ahmadou Kourouma
14. Djibouti (Djibouti)
15. Egypt (Cairo)
The Cairo Trilogy, by Naguib Mahfouz*
Three Novels of Ancient Egypt, by Naguib Mahfouz*
The Yacoubian Building, by Alaa Al Aswany
16. Equatoria Guinea (Malabo)
17. Eritrea (Asmara)
18. Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, by Dinaw Megestu
Sweetness in the Belly, by Camilla Gibb
19. Gabon (Liberville)
20. Gambia (Banjul)
21. Ghana (Accra)
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, by Ayi Kwei Armah
22. Guinea (Conakry)
23. Guinea-Bissau (Bissau)
The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy, by Camara Laye
24. Kenya (Nairobi)
The Camel Bookmobile, by Masha Hamilton
Out of Africa and Shadows on Grass, by Isak Dinesen
25. Lesotho (Maseru)
26. Liberia (Monrovia)
27. Libya (Tripoli)
In The Country of Men, by Hisham Matar
28. Madagascar (Antananarivo)
29. Malawi (Lilongwe)
30. Mali (Bamako)
Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold, by Michael Benanav
31. Mauritania (Nouakchott)
32. Mauritius (Port Louis)
33. Morocco (Rabat)
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail, by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi (finished 16 May 2007; rated 4/5; read my review)
34. Mozambique (Maputo)
35. Namibia (Windhoek)
36. Niger (Niamey)
37. Nigeria (Abuja)
Half of A Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (finished 7 January 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (finished 24 January 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
38. Rwanda (Kigali)
A Sunday At The Pool in Kigali, by Gil Courtemanche
39. Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome)
40. Senegal (Dakar)
So Long A Letter, by Mariama Ba
Scarlet Song, by Mariama Ba
The Ambiguous Adventure, by Cheikh Hamidou Kane
41. Seychelles (Victoria)
42. Sierra Leone (Freetown)
A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah
43. Somalia (Mogadishu)
Knots, by Nuruddin Farah
44. South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bleoemfontein)
Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee (finished 14 December 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
Life and Times of Michael K, by J.M. Coetzee (finished 17 February 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
Playing in the Light, by Zoe Wicomb
Cry The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton
45. Sudan (Khartoum)
The Translator, by Leila Aboulela (finished 23 March 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
Acts of Faith, by Phillip Caputo*
46. Swaziland (Mbabane)
47. Tanzania (Dodoma)
Baby Khaki's Wings, by Anar Ali
Desertion, by Abdulrazak
48. Togo (Lome)
49. Tunisia (Tunis)
50. Uganda (Kampala)
Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe, by Doreen Baingana
51. Zambia (Lusaka)
52. Zimbabwe (Harare)
Don't Lets Go The Dogs Tonight, by Alexandra Fuller
Nervous Conditions, by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Rainbow's End, by Lauren St. John
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Africa
(click on map to enlarge)

Countries read are in bold blue

Potential books to be read are listed below each country. Books read are in red. An asterisk (*) indicates books I own but have not read yet.

1. Algeria (Algers)

  • Children of the New World: A Novel of the Algerian War, by Assia Djebar
  • Between Sea and Sahara: An Algerian Journal, by Eugene Fromentin

2. Angola (Luanda)

  • Angola Beloved, by T. Ernest Wilson

3. Benin (Port-Novo)

  • The Viceroy of Ouidah, by Bruce Chatwin

4. Botswana (Gaborone)

  • The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith

5. Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)

6. Burundi (Bujumbura)

  • This Voice in My Heart: A Genocide Survivor’s Story of Escape, Faith and Forgiveness, by Gilbert Tuhabonye and Gary Brozek

7. Cameroon (Yaounde)

8. Central African Republic (Bangui)

9. Chad (N’Djamena)

  • The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur, by Daoud Hari (finished 15 February 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)

10. Comoros (Moroni)

11. Congo (Brazzaville)

  • The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver (finished 12, July 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)

12. Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa)

  • A Bend in the River, by V. S. Naipaul (finished 3 October 2009; rated 1/5; read my review)
  • The Catastrophist, by Ronan Bennett
  • Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey Into the Heart of Darkness, by Jeffrey Tayler

13. Cote d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro)

  • As The Crow Flies, by Veronique Tadjo
  • Whiteman, by Tony D’Souza
  • The Suns of Independence, by Ahmadou Kourouma

14. Djibouti (Djibouti)

15. Egypt (Cairo)

  • Nefertiti, by Michelle Moran (finished 30 November 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • The Heretic Queen, by Michelle Moran (finished 05 December 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • The Cairo Trilogy, by Naguib Mahfouz*
  • Three Novels of Ancient Egypt, by Naguib Mahfouz*
  • The Yacoubian Building, by Alaa Al Aswany

16. Equatorial Guinea (Malabo)

  • Travels in West Africa, by Mary Kingsley

17. Eritrea (Asmara)

18. Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)

  • The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, by Dinaw Megestu
  • Sweetness in the Belly, by Camilla Gibb

19. Gabon (Liberville)

  • African Silences, by Peter Matthiessen

20. Gambia (Banjul)

21. Ghana (Accra)

  • The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, by Ayi Kwei Armah

22. Guinea (Conakry)

  • L’Enfant Noir (aka: The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy), by Camara Laye

23. Guinea-Bissau (Bissau)

24. Kenya (Nairobi)

  • The Camel Bookmobile, by Masha Hamilton
  • Out of Africa and Shadows on Grass, by Isak Dinesen

25. Lesotho (Maseru)

  • Singing Away Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman, by Mpho Matsepo Nthunya
  • Stories By and About Women in Lesotho, by K. Limakatso Kendall

26. Liberia (Monrovia)

27. Libya (Tripoli)

  • In The Country of Men, by Hisham Matar

28. Madagascar (Antananarivo)

29. Malawi (Lilongwe)

30. Mali (Bamako)

  • Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold, by Michael Benanav

31. Mauritania (Nouakchott)

32. Mauritius (Port Louis)

33. Morocco (Rabat)

  • Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail, by Malika Oufkir adn Michele Fitoussi (finished 16 May 2007; rated 4/5; read my review)

34. Mozambique (Maputo)

  • Dumba-Nengue, by Lina Magaia

35. Namibia (Windhoek)

  • Born of the Sun, by Joseph Diescho

36. Niger (Niamey)

37. Nigeria (Abuja)

  • Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (finished 7 January 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
  • Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (finished 24 January 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)

38. Rwanda (Kigali)

  • A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, by Gil Courtemanche*

39. Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome)

40. Senegal (Dakar)

  • So Long A Letter, by Mariama Ba
  • Scarlet Song, by Mariama Ba
  • The Ambiguous Adventure, by Cheikh Hamidou Kane

41. Seychelles (Victoria)

42. Sierra Leone (Freetown)

  • Someone Knows My Name, by Lawrence Hill (finished 12 August 2009; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah

43. Somalia (Mogadishu)

  • Knots, by Nuruddin Farah

44. South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bleoemfontein)

  • Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee (finished 14 December 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • Life and Times of Michael K, by J.M. Coetzee (finished 17 February 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
  • The Scent of Oranges, by Joan Zawatzky (finished 30 May 2009; rated 3/5; read my review)
  • Playing in the Light, by Zoe Wicomb
  • Cry The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton

45. Sudan (Kartoum)

  • The Translator, by Leila Aboulela (finished 23 March 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
  • Acts of Faith, by Phillip Caputo*

46. Swaziland (Mbabane)

47. Tanzania (Dodoma)

  • Baby Khaki’s Wings, by Anar Ali
  • Desertion, by Abdulrazak

48. Togo (Lome)

49. Tunisia (Tunis)

  • Lion Mountain, by Mustapha Tlili
  • Pillar of Salt, by Albert Memmi

50. Uganda (Kampala)

  • Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe, by Doreen Baingana

51. Zambia (Lusaka)

52. Zimbabwe (Harare)

  • The Grass is Singing, by Doris Lessing*
  • Don’t Lets Go the Dogs Tonight, by Alexandra Fuller
  • Nervous Conditions, by Tsitsi Dangarembga
  • Rainbow’s End, by Lauren St. John
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Several lit-bloggers have proposed world literature challenges: Reading Across Borders, Around the World in 80 Books, and Book Around the World.  One of my favorite blogs is Around the World in 100 Books - a blog devoted to reading world literature.

So, I have decided to set up my own plan to read around the world. I'm not setting a deadline. I'm not formally joining any of the challenges (except for Reading Across Borders which is an ongoing challenge I'm doing).

There is some disagreement among scholars how many countries actually exist. The numbers range from 189 to 194. I have decided to use the list compiled by WorldAtlas.com and found here. My goal is to read at least one book for each country listed. The book(s) I choose will either be in translation from that country, primarily set in that country or written by an author from that country. I want to get a sense of each country from the books I read.

I plan to gather my ideas about books from several sources, including (but not limited to) the following:

1. Michelle's blog at 3m3a and her list of potential books from around the world
2. Bonnie's blog at Book Around The World
3. The wonderful blog Around The World in 100 Books
4. Books in Translation Yahoo group
5. The magazine World Literature Today

So Far This is What My World Literature Map looks like:
create your own visited countries map or vertaling Duits NederlandsIf you would like to customize a map like this for YOUR world reading, you may do so by visiting this site.


 ]]> In the last year, I have become interested in reading world literature. I was surprised the other day when I sat down and reviewed my 2007 reads and found I’d read many books either set in other countries, or authored by foreign writers.

Several lit-bloggers have proposed world literature challenges: Reading Across Borders, Around the World in 80 Books, and Book Around the World. One of my favorite blogs is Around the World in 100 Books – a blog devoted to reading world literature.

So, I have decided to set up my own plan to read around the world. I’m not setting a deadline. I’m not formally joining any of the challenges (except for Reading Across Borders which is an ongoing challenge I’m doing).

There is some disagreement among scholars how many countries actually exist. The numbers range from 189 to 194. I have decided to use the list compiled by WorldAtlas.com and found here. My goal is to read at least one book for each country listed. The book(s) I choose will either be in translation from that country, primarily set in that country or written by an author from that country. I want to get a sense of each country from the books I read.

I plan to gather my ideas about books from several sources, including (but not limited to) the following:

1. Michelle’s blog at 3m3a and her list of potential books from around the world
2. Bonnie’s blog at Book Around The World
3. The wonderful blog Around The World in 100 Books
4. Books in Translation Yahoo group
5. The magazine World Literature Today

So Far This is What My World Literature Map looks like:
create your own visited countries map or vertaling Duits NederlandsIf you would like to customize a map like this for YOUR world reading, you may do so by visiting this site.

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