2019 (and beyond challenge)

A month ago, my family and I were in Ireland on vacation.  We have been traveling a lot since we moved to Switzerland - enjoying seeing the world.  It got me thinking that all of these wonderful places we see - there are books that are set there.  Then I read the most fantastic book "The Shadow of the Wind" which takes place in Spain, and I decided, my next challenge needs to be a global one.

So next year (and beyond becuase I know this is going to take awhile) I am going to start down through all the countries and try and read a book from each.  I reached out to various online reading groups and got so many suggestions that I was off to a great start.  Then I started my online research, and I think I have a starting list.

As my lists always do - I am sure this will ebb and flow as the challenge goes on.  I am still missing a few countries where I just couldn't put my finger on a book that sounded like a good fit.  My plan - if it goes well and the book is outstanding- is to buy the book when I finish reading it and put it on my shelf.  I don't buy many books, but I would love a World bookcase.

So here is the list.  I am always open to suggestions, so feel free to make them.  If you read a book from a country that you absolutely think I should not miss, then tell me about it in the comments.  And if you know of a book for my empty country slots, I want to hear those too.

If you click on the book name, it will take you to the Amazon page where you can see who the author is and read a synopsis.

What country	Book Name
Afganistan	Kite Runner
Albania	The Palace of Dreams
Algeria	The Plague
Andorra	32 Yolks
Angola	The Book of Chameleons
Antigua	A Small Place
Argentina	Alive
Armenia	Like Water On Stone
Aruba	An Island Away
Australia	The Light Between Oceans
Austria	Marrying Mozart
Azerbaijan	Ali and Nino A Love Story
Bahamas	An Evening in Guanima
Bahrain	Round the Bend
Bangladesh	A Golden Age
Barbados	Captain Blood
Belarus	Voices from Chernobyl
Belgium	A Tall Man In A Low Land
Belize	The last flight of the Scarlet Macaw
Benin	Barracoon
Bhutan	Beyond the Sky and the Earth
Bolivia	Bolivar
Bosnia	Zlata's Diary
Botswana	The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Brazil	Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Brunei	Devil of a State
Bulgaria	Natural Novel
Burkina Faso	Of Water and Spirit
Burundi	This Voice in my Heart
Camobdia	The Rent Collector
Cameroon	Mission to Kala
Canada	Still Life
Cape Verde	Last Will+Testament Senhor de Silva
Central Africa Republic	Daba's Travels
Chad	The Roots of Heaven
Chilie	Maya's Notebook
China	Wild Swans
Columbia	Love in the time of Cholera
Comoros	A Fish caught in time
Congo - Democratic	Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty
Congo - Republic	The Poisonwood Bible
Costa Rica	Cadence of the Moon
Cote d'Ivoire	Whiteman
Croatia	Girl At War
Cuba	Waiting for Snow in Havana
Cyprus	Mythos
Czech Republic	The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Denmark	Seven Gothic Tales
Djibouti	Passage of Tears
Dominica	Black and White Sands
Dominican Republic	In The Time Of Butterflies
East Timor	If you leave us here, we will die
Ecuador	Galapagos
Egypt	The Memoirs of Cleopatra
El Salvador	Bitter Grounds
Equatorial Guinea	Shadows of Your Black Memory
Eritrea	I Didn't Do It For You
Estonia	The Beauty of History
Ethiopia	Cutting For Stone
Fiji	Fiji A Novel
Finland	The Year Of The Hare
France	All The Light We Cannot See
French Guiana	Papillon
Gabon	Mema
Gambia	Folk Tales and Fables from The Gambia
Georgia
Germany	The Book Thief
Ghana	Homegoing
Great Britain	Dracula
Greece	Eleni
Grenada	Granada A History of Its People
Guadeloupe	The Bridge Of Beyond
Guatemala	Popol Vuh
Guinea	The Radiance of the King
Guinea-Bissau	The Ultimate Tragedy
Guyana	Of Marriageable Age
Haiti	The Comedians
Honduras	The Lost City Of The Monkey God
Hungary	The Dukays
Iceland	Burial Rites
India	Life Of Pi
Indonesia	This Earth of Mankind
Iran	Persepolis
Iraq	Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Ireland	The Misremembered Man
Israel	A Tale of Love and Darkness
Italy	Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Jamaica	The Book of Night Women
Japan	Memoirs of a Geisha
Jordan	Leap of Faith
Kazakhstan	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Kenya	Circling The Sun
Korea, North	The Girl With 7 Names
Korea, South	Please Look After My Mom
Kosovo	City of Thieves
Kuribati	The Sex Lives of Cannibals
Kurdistan	My Father's Paradise
Kuwait	The Hidden Light of Objects
Kyrgyzstan	Jamilia
Laos	Mother's Beloved
Latvia	With Dance Shoes in Siberian Shoes
Lebanon	One Thousand and One Nights
Lesotho	Basali
Liberia	The House at Sugar Beach
Libya	In The Country of Men
Liechtenstein	Stamping Grounds
Lithuania
Luxembourg	Milly's Story
Macedonia	Ghost on the Throne
Madagascar	Beyond the Rice Fields
Malawi	The Boy who harnessed the wind
Malaysia	The Gift of Rain
Maldives	On The Island
Mali	Bound to Violence
Malta	The Great Seige Malta 1565
Marshall Islands	Surviving Paradise
Martinique	Sugar Money
Mauritania	Travels in Mauritania
Mauritius	The Last Brother
Mayotte	Island in the Stream
Mexico	Like Water For Chocolate
Micronesia	Island of the Sequined Love Nun
Moldova,	Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
Monaco
Mongolia	Ghengis Birth of an Empire
Montenegro	Blood of Montenegro
Morocco	Secret Son
Mozambique	The First Wife
Myanmar/Burma	The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Namibia	Blood Rose
Nepal	Into Thin Air
Netherlands	Diary of a Young Girl
New Zealand	The Whale Rider
Nicaragua	The Country under my skin
Niger	Harmattan
Nigeria	Half of a Yellow Sun
Norway	Out Stealing Horses
Oman	Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs
Pakistan	Three Cups of Tea
Palau	Vanished The Sixty Year Search
Palestine	Mornings in Jenin
Panama	The Path Between The Seas
Papua New Guinea	The Last Men: Journey Among The Tribes
Paraguay	Ada's Violin
Peru	Death In The Andes
Philippines	State of War
Poland	The Last Wish
Portugal	The Book of Disquiet
Puerto Rico	Stories from Puerto Rico
Qatar	The Glass Palace
Romania
Russian Federation	The Master and Margarita
Rwanda	We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Only God Can Make A Tree
Saint Lucia	Omeros
Saint Vincent + Grenadines	Island of Eden
Samoa	Leaves of the Banyan Tree
Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome - Journey to the Abyss
Saudi Arabia	Daring To Drive
Scotland	The Black House
Senegal	So Long A Letter
Serbia	The Last Window Giraffe
Seychelles	Stranded in the Seychelles
Sierra Leone	A Long Way Gone
Singapore	Ministry of Moral Panic
Slovakia	Maria Gulovich: OSS Heroine of WWII
Slovenia	Veronkia Decides to Die
Solomon Islands	Head Hunting in the Solomon Islands
Somalia	The World's Most Dangerous Place
South Africa	The Elephant Whisperer
South Sudan	They Poured Fire on Us From The Sky
Spain	The Shadow Of The Wind
Sri Lanka	Island of a Thousand Mirrors
Sudan	What Is The What
Suriname	The Cost of Sugar
Swaziland	The Kingdom of Roses and Thorns
Sweden	A Man Called Ove
Switzerland	Swiss Watching
Syria	Damascus Nights
Taiwan	The Astonishing Color of After
Tajikistan	Hurramabad
Tanzania	The Snows Of Kilimajaro
Thailand	The Disallowed: The Humorous Story of a Contemporary Vampire Family
Togo	The Village of Waiting
Trinidad & Tobago	A House for Mr. Biswas
Tunisia	Talismano
Turkey	Last Train To Instanbul
Turkmenistan	The Tale of Aypi
Turks & Caicos Islands	Water and Light - A Diver's Journey
Uganda	Kintu
Ukraine	Like A River From Its Course
United Arab Emirates	City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism
USA	The Stand
Uruguay	The Invisible Mountain
Uzbekistan	A Carpet Ride of Khiva
Vanuatu	Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands
Vatican City	The Fifth Gospel
Venezuela	The Motocycle Diaries
Vietnam	The Sorrow of War
Yemen	I Am Nujood: Age 10 and Divorced
Zambia	Don't Let The Dogs Go Tonight
Zimbabwe	We Need New Names