I know it's Netherland and it should be Netherlands....may delete it at some point but the list is so sparse right now I wanted it to be on there.

Are nationalities okay? Such as "American Pastoral" or "The English Patient"

Uh, for the purposes of this list - what about 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England?

"Seven Years in Tibet" and "Stephen Fry in America" aren't fiction.

Deseret, Pondicherry, Heligoland and the Falklands aren't countries.

Should these be removed from the list?

Ben wrote: "Are nationalities okay? Such as "American Pastoral" or "The English Patient""

No.

Susanna wrote: "Uh, for the purposes of this list - what about 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England?"

Nein.

Michael wrote: ""Seven Years in Tibet" isn't fiction.
Deseret, Pondicherry, Heligoland and the Falklands aren't countries.

Should these be removed from the list?"

Yes, I removed.

I'm letting Siberia stay on there because it was the Siberian Khanate (or Khanate of Sibir) before Russia took it over.

You removed Geoffrey of Monmouth's "History of the King's of Britain", and I can understand why, but I will make a plea (once only - I will bow to your final decision) for it to be re-instated: While it was presented as "history" upon first publication, it is generally accepted that Geoffrey invented much of the content, even though heavily based upon existing legend. I think it could be argued as an early example of historical fiction - what do you think?

I'm sympathetic...to a point....but even though it's not accurate history, its writer still intended it to be seen as history, part of the historical record. I don't want to get into arguments about genre flexibility. So it had to go. Sorry. Maybe you could start a pseudohistory list?

Ooh, that could be a fun list...

Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm sympathetic...to a point....but even though it's not accurate history, its writer still intended it to be seen as history, part of the historical record. I don't want to get into arguments abo..."

:-)

Removed: Star of the Sea
(not a country)
Murder In Chinatown
(the country must be a discrete word, not a composite word)
To the Finland Station
(nonfiction)

Is Basque a country? I thought the country was called "Basque Country" and Basque was the adjective.

Basque is not a country, though they would like to be, and Basque separatists agitate against the Spanish government.

I think I allowed Hawaii to stay on the list because it was a kingdom and a republic before becoming a state. Could we allow "Basque" under the same loophole? My concern is more that it's an adjective, than that it's not a recognized nation-state.

There were medieval kingdoms and principalities with Basque populations (chiefly Vasconia, later Gascony, and Navarra), but they were not named "Basque," which, as you say, is an adjective.

I think it has to go then.

I agree

Yeah, I think so.

Haha, non-Americans will have to consider whether or not America counts as a country name. Sorry, couldn't help myself. But I was reading something about the 10 most **** in America and my friend comes up and asks why they had only things in the U.S.A. She's got a point. :P

Timbuktu removed, it's a town.

Please no adjective forms of countries - American, Jamaican, Russian, Pakistani, Indian, etc.! These will be removed.

On the verge of disqualifying straplines, as they seem to be taking over.