I finally did it. 202 Countries - 202 Books. I have officially read a book from every known country in the world - what a feat! It feels good to be done.
It has taken me two years to complete this challenge thanks to the pandemic. As much as I should have been reading during all of that "stay at home" time, I instead had to get our family ready for our big move from Switzerland back to the United States. So it took me awhile to get the challenge finished.
I have bought each book I have read from each country and made a Read The World shelf in the house. To have all 202 books in one place (and in Alphabetical country order) that I can look at forever was a big reward for this challenge.
If this is a challenge you would like to try for yourself, I highly encourage it. I have learned so many things about the countries I read about. I explored countries that I didn't know anything about. My world view grew by leaps and bounds with this one, and solidified for me that traveling and discovering new places will always remain a goal of mine. Once this pandemic is over, my family plans on contiuing our travel journey.
Here is the list of countries and the books I read from each. If you click on the title, it will take you to my review.
Enjoy!
Afganistan - Kite Runner 👌👌👌👌👌
Albania - Chronicle In Stone 👌👌👌👌
Algeria - The Plague 👌👌👌👌
Andorra - 32 Yolks 👌👌👌👌
Angola - The Book of Chameleons 👌👌👌👌
Antigua - A Small Place 👌👌👌 1/2
Argentina - Alive 👌👌👌👌
Armenia - Like Water on Stone 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Aruba - An Island Away 👌👌👌
Australia - The Light Between Oceans 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Austria - Marrying Mozart 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Azerbaijan - Ali and Nino A Love Story 👌👌 1/2
Bahamas - An Evening In Guanima 👌👌👌👌
Bahrain - Round The Bend 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Bangladesh - A Golden Age 👌👌👌👌
Barbados - The Girl With Hazel Eyes 👌👌👌
Belarus - Voices From Chernobyl 👌👌👌👌
Belgium - A Tall Man In A Low Land 👌👌👌👌
Belize - The Last Flight Of The Scarlet Macaw 👌👌👌👌
Benin - The Viceroy of Ouidah 👌👌👌
Bhutan - Beyond the Sky And Earth 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Bolivia - Bolivian Diary 👌👌👌
Bosnia - Zlata's Diary 👌👌👌👌
Botswana - The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency 👌👌👌👌
Brazil - Dora Flor and Her Two Husbands 👌👌👌
Brunei - Devil Of A State 👌👌
Bulgaria - The Physics of Sorrow 👌👌👌
Burkina Faso - Of Water And Spirit 👌👌👌👌
Burundi - This Voice In My Heart 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Cambodia - The Rent Collector 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Cameroon - Mission To Kala 👌👌👌 1/2
Canada - Still Life 👌👌👌
Cape Verde - Last Will and Testament Senor de Silva 👌👌👌👌
Central African Republic - Making Sense of Central African Republic 👌👌👌
Chad - The Roots Of Heaven 👌👌👌👌
Chile- Maya's Notebook 👌👌👌👌
China - Lost On Planet China 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Columbia - Delirium 👌👌👌👌
Comoros - A Fish Caught In Time 👌👌👌👌
Congo - Democratic - Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty 👌👌👌👌
Congo - Republic - The Poisonwood Bible 👌👌👌👌
Costa Rica - Cadence Of The Moon 👌👌 1/2
Cote D'Ivoire - Whiteman 👌👌👌
Croatia - Girl At War 👌👌👌👌
Cuba - Waiting For Snow In Havana 👌👌👌👌
Cyprus - Mythos 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Czech Republic - The Unbearable Lightness of Being 👌👌👌
Denmark - Number The Stars 👌👌👌👌
Djibouti - The Nomads, My Brothers 👌👌👌 1/2
Dominica - Black And White Sands 👌👌👌👌
Dominican Republic - In The Time of Butterflies 👌👌👌👌
East Timor - A Nation's Bitter Dawn 👌👌👌 1/2
Ecuador - Galapagos 👌👌👌👌
Egypt - A Pure Heart 👌👌👌👌 1/2
El Salvador - Bitter Grounds 👌👌👌👌
Equatorial Guinea - Shadows Of Your Black Memory 👌👌👌
Eritrea - I Didn't Do It For You 👌👌👌 1/2
Estonia - The Beauty of History 👌👌👌 1/2
Ethiopia - Cutting For Stone 👌👌👌👌
Fiji - The Blue Lagoon 👌👌👌 1/2
Finland - The Year Of The Hare 👌👌👌 1/2
France - All The Light We Cannot See 👌👌👌👌👌
French Guiana - Papillon 👌👌👌👌
Gabon - Mema 👌👌👌👌
Gambia - Folk Tales And Fables From Gambia 👌👌👌
Georgia - Flight From The USSR 👌👌👌 1/2
Germany - The Book Thief 👌👌👌👌👌
Ghana - Homegoing 👌👌👌👌
Great Britian - Dracula 👌👌👌👌👌
Greece - Eleni 👌👌👌👌👌
Granada - The Bone Readers 👌👌👌
Guadaloupe - Crossing The Mangrove 👌👌👌 1/2
Guatemala - The Guatemalan Reader 👌👌👌👌
Guinea - The King of Kahel 👌👌👌
Guinea Bissau - The Ultimate Tragedy 👌👌👌👌
Guyana - The Sly Company Of People Who Care 👌👌👌
Haiti - Dear Haiti, Love Alaine 👌👌👌👌
Honduras - The Lost City Of The Monkey God 👌👌👌👌
Hungary - The Dukays 👌👌👌
Iceland - Burial Rites 👌👌👌👌 1/2
India - Life Of Pi 👌👌👌👌👌
Indonesia - The Earth Of Mankind 👌👌👌
Iran - Persepolis 👌👌👌👌
Iraq - Imperial Life In The Emerald City 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Ireland - The Misremembered Man 👌👌👌👌👌
Israel - A Tale Of Love and Darkness 👌👌👌 1/2
Italy - Beneath A Scarlet Sky 👌👌👌👌👌
Jamaica - Here Comes The Sun 👌👌👌 1/2
Japan - Memoirs Of A Geisha 👌👌👌👌
Jordan - Leap Of Faith 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Kazakhstan - One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich 👌👌👌 1/2
Kenya - Circling The Sun 👌👌👌👌
Korea - North - The Girl With Seven Names 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Korea - South - Please Look After Mom 👌👌👌👌
Kosovo - City Of Thieves 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Kuribati - The Sex Lives of Cannibals 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Kurdistan - My Father's Paradise 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Kuwait - The Hidden Light Of Objects 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Kyrgyzstan - Jamilia 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Laos - Mother's Beloved 👌👌👌👌
Latvia - Among The Living And The Dead 👌👌👌👌
Lebanon - The Hakawati 👌👌👌👌
Lesotho - Basali 👌👌👌👌
Liberia - The House At Sugar Beach 👌👌👌👌
Libya - In The Country Of Men 👌👌👌👌
Liechtenstein - Ludmila 👌👌👌👌
Lithuania - Breathing Into Marble 👌👌👌
Luxembourg - Milly's Story 👌👌👌👌
Macedonia - What Does It Take To Stop A War? 👌👌👌👌
Madagascar - Beyond The Rice Fields 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Malawi - The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Malaysia - The Gift Of Rain 👌👌👌👌
Maldives - Gate Crashing Paradise 👌👌👌👌
Mali - Bound To Violence 👌👌👌
Malta - The Great Siege Malta 1565 👌👌👌👌
Marshall Islands - Surviving Paradise 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Martinique - Sugar Money 👌👌👌👌
Mauritania - Travels in Mauritania 👌👌👌 1/2
Mauritius - The Last Brother 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Mayotte - Island In The Stream 👌👌👌👌
Mexico - Like Water For Chocolate 👌👌👌👌
Micronesia - Island Of the Sequined Love Nun 👌👌👌👌
Moldova - Playing The Moldovians In Tennis 👌👌👌
Monaco - Once Upon A Time: A Tale of Princess Grace 👌👌👌👌
Mongolia - Ghengis Birth Of An Empire 👌👌👌👌
Montenegro - Blood Of Montenegro 👌👌👌
Morocco - Dune Song 👌👌👌 1/2
Mozambique - The First Wife 👌👌👌👌
Myramar/Burma - The Art Of Hearting Heartbeats 👌👌👌👌👌
Namibia - The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo 👌👌👌
Nepal - Into Thin Air 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Netherlands - Diary Of A Young Girl 👌👌👌👌👌
New Zealand - Whale Rider 👌👌👌👌
Nicaragua - The Country Under My Skin 👌👌👌👌
Niger - Harmattan 👌👌👌
Nigeria - Half Of A Yellow Sun 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Norway - Out Stealing Horses 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Oman - Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs 👌👌 1/2
Pakistan - Three Cups of Tea 👌👌👌👌👌
Palau - Vanished The Sixty Year Search 👌👌👌👌
Palestine - Mornings In Jenin 👌👌👌👌👌
Panama - The Path Between The Seas 👌👌👌👌
Papua New Guinea - Four Corners 👌👌👌
Paraguay - Ada's Violin 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Peru - The Last Days of the Incas 👌👌👌👌
Phillippines - The State Of War 👌👌👌
Poland -Flights 👌👌👌
Portugal - The Book Of Disquiet 👌👌👌👌
Puerto Rico - Stories From Puerto Rico 👌👌👌👌
Qatar - The Glass Palace 👌👌👌
Romania - The Land Of Green Plums 👌👌👌👌
Russian Federation - The Master And Margarita 👌👌👌👌
Rwanda - We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed 👌👌👌 1/2
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Only God Can Make A Tree 👌👌
Saint Lucia - Birthright 👌👌👌👌
Saint Vincent and Grenadines - Island Of Eden 👌👌👌👌
Samoa - Leaves Of The Banyan Tree 👌👌👌
Sao Tome and Principe - Equator 👌👌👌
Saudi Arabia - Daring To Drive 👌👌👌👌👌
Scotland - The Black House 👌👌👌
Senegal - So Long A Letter 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Serbia - The Last Window Giraffe 👌👌👌
Seychelles - Stranded In The Seychelles 👌👌👌👌
Sierra Leone - A Long Way Gone 👌👌👌 1/2
Singapore - Aunt Lee's Delights 👌👌
Slovakia - Maria Gulovich - OSS Heroine in WWII 👌👌👌
Slovenia - Veronkia Decides To Die 👌👌👌
Solomon Islands - Headhunting In The Solomon Islands 👌👌👌👌
Somalia - The World's Most Dangerous Place 👌👌👌 1/2
South Africa - The Elephant Whisperer 👌👌👌👌👌
Spain - The Shadow Of The Wind 👌👌👌👌👌
Sri Lanka - The Island of a Thousand Mirrors 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Sudan - What Is The What 👌👌👌👌👌
Suriname - The Cost Of Sugar 👌👌👌
Swaziland - The Kingdom of Roses and Thornes 👌👌
Sweden - A Man Called Ove 👌👌👌👌👌
Switzerland - Swiss Watching 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Syria - Damascus Nights 👌👌👌👌
Taiwan - The Astonishing Color of After 👌👌👌👌👌
Tajikistan - Beyond The Oxus 👌👌👌👌
Tanzania - The Snows of Kilimajaro 👌👌👌
Thailand - The Beach 👌👌👌
Togo - The Village Of Waiting 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Trinidad and Tobago - A House for Mr. Biswas 👌👌👌
Tunisia - Talismano 👌👌
Turkey - 10 Minutes and 30 seconds in This Strange World 👌👌👌 1/2
Turkmenistan - The Tale of Aypi 👌👌👌👌
Turks and Caicos Islands - Water and Light - A Diver's Journey 👌👌👌👌
Uganda - Kintu 👌👌👌👌
Ukraine - Like A River From Its Course 👌👌👌👌
United Arab Emirates - City of Gold 👌👌👌👌
United States - The Stand 👌👌👌👌👌
Uruguay - The Invisible Mountain 👌👌👌
Uzbekistan - A Carpet Ride in Khiva 👌👌👌👌 1/2
Vanuatu - Getting Stoned With Savages👌👌👌👌 1/2
Vatican City - The Fifth Gospel 👌👌👌👌
Venezuela - The Hacienda 👌👌👌
Vietnam - The Sorrow of War 👌👌👌👌
Yemen - I an Nujood: Age 10 and Divorced 👌👌👌👌
Zambia - Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight 👌👌👌👌
Zimbabwe - We Need New Names 👌👌👌👌
WHEW! What a list. There are a few countries where I think I will replace the book - find something I like a little better for that "forever shelf". Might take some time to search for books from these countries: Azebaijan, Central Africa Republic, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Pakistan, Scotland, Singapore, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad. I wasn't realy satisfied with the books I read for these countries and feel that for most of them, I can find something better.
If you have evern done this challenge, please share a link so I can see what you read. Happy Reading!
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