Around the World discussion

Algeria: The Outsider by Albert Camus

Afghanistan: The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad

Australia: The Silent Country by Di Morrissey

Burma: Little Daughter by Zoya Phan and Damien Lewis

China: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Czech Republic: The Trial by Franz Kafka

Egypt: Morning and Evening Talk by Naguib Mahfouz

Finland: Purge by Sofi Oksanen

Germany: Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder

Greece: The Odyssey by Homer

India: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

Japan: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

the Netherlands: Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

Nigeria: Purple Hibiscus by Chimanda Ngozi Adichie

Palestinian Territory: Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

Peru: The Feast Of The Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa

Romania: Kungen Bugar och Dödar by Herta Muller

Saudi Arabia, and other Middle Eastern countries: Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks

Slovenia: Veronika Decides to Die by Paolo Coehlo

South Africa: Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

Spain: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Sweden: Underdog by Torbjörn Flygt

Switzerland: Dark Palace by Frank Moorhouse

UK: Atonement by Ian McEwan

USA: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Nice looking list there, my dear!

You read any Ian McEwan before? As I see you have two on your list. Hopefully I will finally knock Catcher off my TBR sometime this year too. And let me know how the Herta Muller book is seeing you're reading it in Feb, although I won't be borrowing that one off you if you're reading the Swedish version :P

You have some of my favorite books on your list (Atonement, Disgrace, Catcher in the Rye, Feast of the Goat) so I think you'll have a great trip this year.

If I remember correctly Veronica decides to die takes place in Slovenia.

Rusalka wrote: "Nice looking list there, my dear!

You read any Ian McEwan before? As I see you have two on your list. Hopefully I will finally knock Catcher off my TBR sometime this year too. And let me know how ..."

No, I have not read any of Ian McEwan books before. I have heard from friends that both of the books are excellent reads so I am looking forward to it. I will probably stay in Europe in February and read Herta Muller book as well as Atonement. I received the Swedish version of Kungen Bugar och Dödarfor Christmas when Herta Muller won the Noble prize for literature. I will keep you updated! :)

Andreea wrote: "You have some of my favorite books on your list (Atonement, Disgrace, Catcher in the Rye, Feast of the Goat) so I think you'll have a great trip this year.

If I remember correctly Veronica decide..."

Thanks Andreea! very happy to know that I have chosen excellent books. I am really looking forward to reading all of them. I will also change the country for Veronika Decides to Die. Thanks for letting me know. :)