Reading ‘Round the World

I decided I wanted to keep track of the countries I’ve visited through my reading. So below you will find a list of all the countries of the world, along with books I’ve read featuring that country. Obviously, I’ve got a lot of travelling left to do.


CountyBooks Read
AfghanistanThe Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
The Places in Between, Rory Stewart
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cambidia
Cameroon
CanadaThrough Black Spruce, Joseph Boyden
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
ChinaShanghai Girls, Lisa See
Peony in Love, Lisa See
ColombiaTell Me Something True, Leila Cobo
Comoros
Congo-Kinshasa
Congo-Brazzaville
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
CubaBroken Paradise, Cecilia Samartin
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican RepublicThe Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
East Timor
Ecuador
EgyptDream Homes, Joyce Zonana
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethopia
Fiji
FinlandThe Palace of the Snow Queen, Barbara Sjoholm
FranceA Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway
Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Alison Weir
Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin
French Milk, Lucy Knisley
True Pleasures, Lucinda Holdforth
The Widow Clicquot, Tilar Mazzeo
Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky
Paris to the Moon, by Adam Gopnik
Angelina’s Children, Alice Ferney
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
GermanyThe Book Thief, Markus Zusak
Ghana
GreeceNorth of Ithaka, Eleni Gage
Grenada
Guatamala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
HaitiBrother, I'm Dying, Edwidge Danticat
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
IndiaBitter Sweets, Roopa Farooki
Indonesia
IranLipstick Jihad, Azadeh Moaveni
Persian Girls
Caspian Rain, Gina Nahai
The Age of Orphans, Laleh Khadivi
The Blood of Flowers, by Anita Amirrezvani
The Saffron Kitchen, by Yasmin Crowther
IraqI’jaam, Sinan Antoon
IrelandAnnie Dunne, Sebastian Barry
IsraelWho By Fire, Diana Spechler
ItalyFour Seasons in Rome, Anthony Doerr
The Secret Life of Grazia dei Rossi, Jacqueline Park
When In Rome, by Penelope Green
Falling Palace, by Dan Hofstadter
War in Val D’Orcia, Iris Origo
Jamaica
JapanThe Favorites
A Year in Japan
Twinkle, Twinkle, Kaori Ekuni
Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
Jordan
KazakhstanApples are from Kazakhstan, Christopher Robbins
Kenya
Kiribati
North Korea
South KoreaThe Calligrapher's Daughter
Iraq
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
LibyaIn the Country of Men, Hisham Matar
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
MexicoInto the Beautiful North, Luis Alberto Urrea
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
MoroccoThe Caliph's House, Tahir Shah
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New ZealandSky Dancer, Witi Ihimaera
Nicaragua
Niger
NigeriaHalf of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
NorwayKristin Lavransdatter
Oman
PakistanChildren of Dust, Ali Eteraz
Palau
PanamaThe World in Half, Cristina Henriquez
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
RwandaBaking Cakes in Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Princepe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
SomaliaKnots, Nuruddin Farah
South AfricaSummertime, J.M. Coetzee
SpainKinky Gazpacho
The Last Queen, C.W. Gortner
The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Angel's Game, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sri LankaA Disobedient Girl
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
SwedenThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Astrid and Veronika, Linda Olsson
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikstan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
TurkeyThe Bastard of Istanbul, by Elif Shafak
Beyond Ararat, by Bettina Selby
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United KingdomThe Earth Hums in B Flat
Emotional Geology
Her Fearful Symmetry
The Little Stranger
The London Scene
Star Gazing
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
ZimbabweDon’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, by Alexandra Fuller