Around the World in 80 Books discussion

So, I relented and will be adding this years book locations, back-dating to January 01, 2014.

Summary Post

Updated: 21/12/2014

Counties/etc: 105
Regions: 9
Books: 179

CHECKLIST


Africa
Algeria - Angola - Benin - Botswana - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Canary Islands - Cape Verde - Central African Republic - Chad - Comoros - Congo (Republic) - Congo (DRC) - Djibouti - Egypt - Equatorial Guinea - Eritrea - Ethiopia - Gabon - Gambia - Ghana - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) - Kenya - Lesotho - Liberia - Libya - Madagascar - Malawi - Mali - Mauritania - Mauritius - Morocco - Mozambique - Namibia - Niger - Nigeria - Reunion - Rwanda - Sao Tome & Principe - Senegal - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Somalia - South Africa - South Sudan - Sudan - Swaziland - Tanzania - Togo - Tunisia - Uganda - Western Sahara - Zanzibar - Zambia - Zimbabwe

Antarctica

Asia
Bangladesh - Bhutan - Brunei - Cambodia - China - Georgia - Hong Kong - India - Indonesia - Japan - Kazakhstan - Korea, North - Korea, South - Kyrgyzstan - Laos - Macau - Malaysia - Maldives - Mongolia - Myanmar - Nepal - Pakistan - Philippines - Singapore - Sri Lanka - Taiwan - Tajikistan - Thailand - Tibet - Timor Leste - Turkey - Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Vietnam

Caribbean
Anguilla - Antigua & Barbuda - Aruba - Bahamas - Barbados - Bermuda - Bonaire - Cayman Islands - Curacao - Dominica - Dominican Republic - Grenada - Guadeloupe - Haiti - Jamaica - Martinique - Montserrat - Puerto Rico - Saba - St. Barth's - St. Eustatius - St. Kitts & Nevis - St. Lucia - St. Maarten - St. Vincent & the Grenadines - Trinidad & Tobago - Turks & Caicos - Virgin Islands

Europe
Albania - Andorra -Armenia - Austria - Azerbaijan - Azores - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia & Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey) - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Estonia - Faeroe Islands - Finland - France - Germany - Gibraltar - Greece - Greenland - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Italy - Kosovo - Latvia - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Macedonia - Madeira - Malta - Moldova - Monaco - Montenegro - Netherlands - Northern Ireland - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - San Marino - Scotland - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Ukraine - Vatican City - Wales

Latin America
Argentina - Bolivia - Brazil - Chile - Colombia - Easter Island - Ecuador - Falkland Islands - French Guiana - Galapagos Islands - Guyana - Paraguay - Peru - Suriname - Uruguay - Venezuela

Middle East
Afghanistan - Bahrain - Iran - Iraq - Israel - Jordan - Kuwait - Lebanon - Oman - Palestine - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Syria - United Arab Emirates - Yemen

North America
Belize - Canada - Costa Rica - Cuba - El Salvador - Guatemala - Honduras - Mexico - Nicaragua - Panama - USA

Oceania
Australia - Belau - Cook Islands - Fiji - French Polynesia - Guam & Wake - Kiribati - Marshall Islands - Micronesia - Nauru - New Caledonia - New Zealand - Niue - Papua New Guinea - Pitcairn Island - Samoa (Western) - Samoa (American) - Solomon Islands - Tonga - Tuvalu - Vanuatu

Other
Ok, so there are some 'other' places to be included for completeness, and to make it practically impossible to complete...
Åland Islands - Bouvet Island - Christmas Island - Heard Island & McDonald Islands - Mayotte - Saint Pierre & Miquelon - South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands - Svalbard and Jan Mayan - US Minor Outlying Islands

1. Asia - Kazakhstan: In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared, by Christopher Robbins.

Counties: 1
Regions: 1
Books: 1

2. Africa - Morocco: Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs.


Counties: 2
Regions: 2
Books: 2

3. South America - Galapagos Islands: The Galapagos Affair, by John Treherne.


Counties: 3
Regions: 3
Books: 3

4. Asia - Kyrgyzstan: The Last Secrets Of The Silk Road, by Alexandra Tolstoy.


Counties: 4
Regions: 3
Books: 4

5. Oceania - Fiji: Kite Strings of the Southern Cross: A Woman's Travel Odyssey, by Laurie Gough.


Counties: 5
Regions: 4
Books: 5

6. South America - Guyana: Peacocks Dancing, by Sharon Maas.


Counties: 6
Regions: 4
Books: 6

7. Asia - China: The Qin Dynasty Terra-Cotta Army Of Dreams, by Zhang Lin.


Counties: 7
Regions: 4
Books: 7

8. Middle East: Israel: Riding To Jerusalem, by Bettina Selby.


Counties: 8
Regions: 5
Books: 8

9. Oceania - Australia: The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and its Cargo of Female Convicts, by Siân Rees. And The Last Of The Nomads, by W.J. Peasley


Counties: 9
Regions: 5
Books: 9

10. Asia - Tibet: Tibetan Trek, by Ronald Kaulback.


Counties: 10
Regions: 5
Books: 10

11. North America - Canada: The Brendan Voyage: An Epic Crossing of the Atlantic by Leather Boat, by Tim Severin.


Counties: 11
Regions: 6
Books: 11

12. North America - USA: Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer.

And On the Road, by Jack Kerouac.


Counties: 12
Regions: 6
Books: 12

13. Oceania - French Polynesia: Fatu-Hiva: Back to Nature, by Thor Heyerdahl.


Counties: 13
Regions: 6
Books: 13

14. Middle East - Afghanistan: Looking for the Afghan, by Richard Loseby.


Counties: 14
Regions: 6
Books: 14

15. Europe - Russia: The Big Red Train Ride, by Eric Newby.


Counties: 15
Regions: 7
Books: 15

16. Asia - India: The Vendor Of Sweets, by R.K. Narayan.

AND Haroun And The Sea Of Stories, by Salman Rushdie.

Counties: 16
Regions: 7
Books: 16

17. Asia - Pakistan: Moth Smoke, by Mohsin Hamid.
And I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, by Malala Yousafzai.


Counties: 17
Regions: 7
Books: 17

18. Africa - Somalia: Pirates of the 21st Century: How Modern-Day Buccaneers are Terrorising the World's Oceans, by Nigel Cawthorne.


Counties: 18
Regions: 7
Books: 18

19. Asia - Uzbekistan: Myself And Marco Polo, by Paul Griffiths.


Counties: 19
Regions: 7
Books: 19

20. Asia - Mongolia: The Cave of the Yellow Dog, by Byambasuren Davaa.


Counties: 20
Regions: 7
Books: 20

21. Asia - Thailand: Bangkok Tattoo, by John Burdett.


Counties: 21
Regions: 7
Books: 21

22. Antarctica: Royal Geographical Society Illustrated: A Unique Record of Exploration and Photography, by Royal Geography Society.

And
South with Scott, by Edward R.G.R. Evans.

Counties: 22
Regions: 8
Books: 22

23. Africa - Malawi: African Wonderland by James Riddell.


Counties: 23
Regions: 8
Books: 23

24. South America - Argentina: At Home with the Patagonians, by George Chaworth Musters.


Counties: 24
Regions: 8
Books: 24

25. Europe - England: Gabriel's Gift, by Hanif Kureishi.

And Company of Liars, by Karen Maitland


Counties: 25
Regions: 8
Books: 25

26. Europe - Ireland: The Journey Home, by Dermot Bolger.


Counties: 26
Regions: 8
Books: 26

27. Middle East - Oman: The Sindbad Voyage, by Tim Severin.


Counties: 27
Regions: 8
Books: 27

You are doing so well! Sounds like you have found some super reads. Great idea!

28. Africa - Eritrea: In Ethiopia With A Mule, by Dervla Murphy.


Counties: 28
Regions: 8
Books: 28

29. Europe - Italy: Urbino unexpectedly, by Maria Chiara Marsciani.


Counties: 29
Regions: 8
Books: 29

30. Europe - Hungary: Attila The Hun, by John Man.


Counties: 30
Regions: 8
Books: 30

31. Asia - Turkey: Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore, by Stella Duffy.


Counties: 31
Regions: 8
Books: 31

32. Asia - Japan: The Book of Five Rings, by Miyamoto Musashi.


Counties: 32
Regions: 8
Books: 32

33. North America - El Salvador: The Old Patagonian Express, by Paul Theroux.


Counties: 33
Regions: 8
Books: 38

34. Europe - Solvenia: The 8:55 to Baghdad, by Andrew Eames.


Counties: 34
Regions: 8
Books: 41

35. Europe - France: Pig Tales, by Marie Darrieussecq.


Counties: 35
Regions: 8
Books: 42

36. Middle East - Iraq: The Afghan Amulet: Travels From The Hindu Kush To Razgrad, by Sheila Paine.


Counties: 36
Regions: 8
Books: 43

37. Oceania - New Zealand: The Explorer, by Philip Temple.


Counties: 37
Regions: 8
Books: 44

38. Africa - Egypt: The Journey of Ibn Fattouma, by Naguib Mahfouz.


Counties: 38
Regions: 8
Books: 45

39. Europe - Northern Ireland:Turbulent Priests, by Colin Bateman.


Counties: 39
Regions: 8
Books: 47

40. Asia - Laos: Ant Egg Soup: The Adventures of a Food Tourist in Laos, by Natacha Du Pont de Bie.


Counties: 40
Regions: 8
Books: 48

41. South America - Falkland Islands: On the Road to Damascus: And Other Fabulous Thoroughfares, by Glenn Baker.

Short stories from all over, but the Falklands one was reasonably long, quite interesting and suits my list!

Counties: 41
Regions: 8
Books: 49

42. Europe - Belarus: The Bronski House, by Philip Marsden.

Set in a area of Poland which geographically now sits in Belarus.

Counties: 42
Regions: 8
Books: 50

43. Asia - Singapore: Four Kiwis and a Falcon, by by David Harford.

Covers many countries, but starts off in Singapore.

Counties: 43
Regions: 8
Books: 51

44. Middle East - Palestine: Son Of Hamas, by Mosab Hassan Yousef.


Counties: 44
Regions: 8
Books: 52

45. North America - Guatemala: So Far From God: A Journey to Central America; by Patrick Marnham.


Counties: 45
Regions: 8
Books: 53

46. Asia - Malaysia: The Harmony Silk Factory, by Tash Aw.


Counties: 46
Regions: 8
Books: 54

47. South America - Brazil: A Death in Brazil, by Peter Robb.


Counties: 47
Regions: 8
Books: 56