A list of countries and books that I have read from those countries. Links are given to my reviews, where I have written one. Some books that I read early in my project have not yet been reviewed here.
Afghanistan Atiq Rahimi, A Curse on Dostoevsky
Albania Ismail Kadare, The Fall of the Stone City
Algeria Boualem Sansal, Harraga
Andorra Albert Salvado, The Mysterious Balloon Man
Angola Jose Eduardo Agualusa, A General Theory of Oblivion; The Society of Reluctant Dreamers
Antigua and Barbuda Marie-Elena John, Unburnable
Argentina Liliana Bodoc, The Days of the Deer; Gabriela Cabezon Camara, The Adventures of China Iron
Armenia Aram Pachyan, Goodbye Bird; Mariam Petrosyan, The Gray House; Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell From the Sky
Australia Fiona McFarlane, The Night Guest; Jane Rawson, From the Wreck: Alexis Wright, The Swan Book
Austria Robert Seethaler, A Whole Life
Azerbaijan Rustam Ibragimbekov, Solar Plexus
Bahamas Helen Klonaris, If I Had the Wings
Bahrain Sarah A Al Shafei, Yummah
Bangladesh Tahmina Anam, The Bones of Grace
Barbados Anthony Kellman, Tracing JaJa
Belarus Natalka Babina, Down Among the Fishes
Belgium Peter Terrin, The Guard
Belize Zee Edgell, Time and the River
Benin Olympe Bhêly-Quenum, As She Was Discovering Tigony
Bhutan Kunzang Choden, The Circle of Karma
Bolivia Rodrigo Hasbun, Affections
Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Stanišić, Before the Feast
Botswana Bessie Head, The Collector of Treasures
Brazil Adriana Lisboa, Crow Blue ; Martha Batalha, The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao
Brunei K H Lim, Written in Black
Bulgaria Miroslav Penkov, Stork Mountain
Burkina Faso Norbert Zongo, The Parachute Drop
Burundi Roland Rugero, Baho; Gaël Faye, Small Country
Cambodia Vaddey Ratner, In the Shadow of the Banyan
Cameroon Angèle Kingué, Venus of Khala-Khanti; Imbolo Mbue, Behold the Dreamers
Canada Nina Berkhout, The Gallery of Lost Species
Cape Verde Germano Almeida, The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araujo
Central African Republic
Chad Sem Miantoloum Beasnael, The Plagues of Friendship
Chile Isabel Allende, House of Spirits; Diego Zúñiga, Camanchaca
China Xiaolu Guo, UFO in Her Eyes
Colombia Ingrid Betancourt, The Blue Line; Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Fruit of the Drunken Tree
Comoros Ali Zamir, A Girl Called Eel
Congo (Democratic Republic) Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Tram 83
Congo (Republic of) Alain Mabanckou, Black Moses
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire Véronique Tadjo, The Blind Kingdom
Croatia Dasa Drndic, Leica Format
Cuba Carlos Acosta, Pigs Foot
Cyprus Panos Ioannides, Census
Czech RepublicJaroslav Kalfar, Spaceman of Bohemia
Denmark Peter Hoeg, The History of Danish Dreams
Djibouti
Dominica Phyllis Shand Allfrey, The Orchid House
Dominican Republic Julia Alvarez, Before We Were Free
East Timor Naldo Rei, Resistance
Ecuador Luz Argentina Chiriboga, The Devil's Nose
Egypt Miral Al-Tahawy, Brooklyn Heights; Alaa Al Aswany, The Yacoubian Building
El Salvador Manlio Argueta, One Day of Life
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea Senait Mehari, Heart of Fire
Estonia Sofi Oksanen, Purge; Jaan Kross, The Ropewalker
Ethiopia Maaza Mengiste, Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Fiji Gina Cole, Black Ice Matter
Finland Philip Teir, The Winter War; Arja Kajermo, The Iron Age
France Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog; Michel Houellebecq, Submission
Gabon Justine Mintsa, Awu's Story
The Gambia Dayo Forster, Reading the Ceiling
Georgia Nino Haratischvili, The Eighth Life (for Brilka)
Germany Jenny Erpenbeck, The End of Days
Ghana Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing
Greece Alki Zei, Achilles' Fiancée
Grenada Tobias S Buckell, Hurricane Fever
Guatemala Rigoberta Menchu, The Girl from Chimel
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana Fred D'Aguiar, Children of Paradise
Haiti Dany Laferrière, The World is Moving Around Me
Honduras
Hungary Magda Szabo, The Door
Iceland Audur Ava Olafsdottir, Butterflies in November
India Anuradha Roy, Sleeping on Jupiter
Indonesia Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops
Iran Sadaq Hedayat, The Blind Owl; Shokoofeh Azar, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree; Rabeah Ghaffari, To Keep the Sun Alive
Iraq Sinan Antoon, I'jaam
Ireland Ciaran Collins, The Gamal
Israel Shani Boianjiu, The People of Forever are Not Afraid
Italy Milena Agus, The House in Via Manno; Marco Missiroli, The Sense of an Elephant
Jamaica Alexia Arthurs, How to Love a Jamaican
Japan Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor; Natsuo Kirino, The Goddess Chronicle
Jordan
Kazakhstan Contemporary Kazakh Literature:Prose
Kenya Peter Kimani, The Dance of the Jakaranda ; Ngugi wa Thiong'o, The Perfect Nine
Kiribati
Kosovo Pajtim Statovci, My Cat Yugoslavia
Kuwait Mai Al-Nakib, The Hidden Light of Objects
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia Nora Ikstena, Soviet Milk
Lebanon Elias Khoury, As Though She Were Sleeping
Lesotho
Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, This Child Will Be Great; Wayetu Moore, She Would be King
Libya Hisham Matar, The Return
Liechtenstein Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet
Lithuania Laura Sintija Cerniauskaite, Breathing Into Marble
Luxembourg
Macedonia Lidija Dimkovska, A Spare Life
Madagascar Naivo, Beyond the Rice Fields
Malawi William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Malaysia Tan Twan Eng, The Garden of Evening Mists
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands Daniel A Kelin (ed), Marshall Islands Legends and Stories
Mauritania Mbarek Ould Beyrouk, The Desert and the Drum
Mauritius Nathacha Appanah, The Last Brother
Mexico Laia Jufresa, Umami; Yuri Herrera, The Transmigration of Bodies, Signs Preceding the End of the World
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique Mia Couto, Confessions of the Lioness; Mia Couto, Woman of the Ashes
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru Timothy Detudamo (ed), Legends, Traditions and Tales of Nauru
Nepal Samrat Upadhyay, Buddha's Orphans
Netherlands Gerbrand Bakker, Ten White Geese
New Zealand Laurence Fearnley, The Quiet Spectacular
Nicaragua Gioconda Belli, Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand
Niger
Nigeria Odafe Atogun, Taduno's Song
North Korea Bandi, The Accusation
Norway Per Petterson, Echoland
Oman Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
Pakistan Fatima Bhutto, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea Moses Maladina, Tabu
Paraguay
Peru Mario Vargas Llosa, The Neighbourhood
Phillippines
Poland Wioletta Greg, Swallowing Mercury; Olga Tokarczuk, Flights
Portugal Jose Saramago, The Elephant's Journey
Qatar
Romania Domnica Radulescu, Black Sea Twilight
Russia
Rwanda Denise Uwimana, From Red Earth
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia Derek Walcott, Omeros
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa Sia Figiel, Freelove
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles A R Tirant, Echoes from the Oasis
Sierra Leone Ishmael Beah, Radiance of Tomorrow
Singapore Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians; Suchen Christine Lim, The River's Song; Jing-Jing Lee, How We Disappeared
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia Nadifa Mohamed, The Orchard of Lost Souls
South Africa Lauren Beukes, Zoo City
South Korea Han Kang, The Vegetarian
South Sudan Nyol Lueth Tong (editor), There is a Country: New Fiction from the New Nation of South Sudan
Spain Milena Busquets, This Too Shall Pass
Sri Lanka Anuk Arudpragasam, The Story of a Brief Marriage
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
Switzerland Martin Suter, The Chef
Syria Khaled Khalifa, In Praise of Hatred; Nihad Sirees, States of Passion
Taiwan Wu Ming-Yi, The Man with the Compound Eyes
Tajikistan Andrei Volos, Hurramabad
Tanzania Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago Monique Roffey, Archipelago; Monique Roffey, House of Ashes
Tunisia
Turkey Elif Shafak, Three Daughters of Eve
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu
Ukraine Andrey Kurkov, The Gardener from Ochakov
United Arab Emirates Maha Gargash, That Other Me
United Kingdom Emma Geen, The Many Selves of Katherine North ; Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street ; Fiona Mozley, Elmet; Laurie Canciani, The Insomnia Museum
United States of America Paulette Jiles, News of the World ; Claire Vaye Watkins, Gold Fame Citrus
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu Mikaela Nyman and Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen (eds), Sista Stanap Strong
Vatican City
Venezuela Karina Sainz Borgo, It Would Be Night In Caracas
Vietnam Nguyen Phan Que Mai, The Mountains Sing
Yemen
Zambia Sheena Kalayil, The Wild Wind
Zimbabwe Petina Gappah, The Book of Memory
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