Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Robins Tour Around the World (since 2015)

I will only list the first book I read from a country. I am traveling around the world slowly and hope to have visited all countries in a few years.

Where I have been so far: 49 Countries, 8 Regions

AFRICA
Algeria - The Outsider
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Heart of Darkness
Egypt - Around the World in Eighty Days
Liberia - The Color Purple
South Africa - The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

ASIA
Afghanistan - The Man Who Would Be King
China - The Art of War
India - Life of Pi
Indonesia - Indische Duinen
Japan - Memoirs of a Geisha
Myanmar - Burmese Days
North Korea - De 100-jarige man die terugkwam om de wereld te redden
Vietnam The Refugees

CARIBBEAN
Bahamas - Thunderball
Cuba - The Old Man and the Sea
Jamaica - Live and Let Die

EUROPE
Austria - Lech
Belgium - Cheese
Czech Republic - Donderdagskind
Denmark - The Keeper of Lost Causes
England - Tuesday's Gone
France - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Germany - The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Greece - Voeken
Ireland - A Modest Proposal
Italy - Eat, Pray, Love
Monaco - Rebecca
Netherlands - Rituals
Norway - De sneeuwman
Poland - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Russia - The Bourne Sanction
Scotland - Trainspotting
Slovenia - Veronika Decides to Die
Spain - The Pit and the Pendulum
Sweden - The Fire Witness

LATIN AMERICA
Brazil - The Hour of the Star
Chile - Daughter of Fortune
Colombia - Love in the Time of Cholera
Paraguay - Candide
Suriname - Hoe duur was de suiker?

THE MIDDLE EAST
Iran - Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir
Iraq - Vathek
Turkey - I Am Pilgrim
Yemen - The Monk of Mokha

NORTH AMERICA
Canada - The Blind Assassin
Mexico - Breakout
USA - The Silence of the Lambs

OCEANIA
Australia - Lost & Found
New Zealand - Trust No One

Alphabetical list of countries to visit:


- A -
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan
- B -
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
- C -
Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic
- D -
Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic
- E -
Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
- F -
Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana
- G -
Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana
- H -
Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary
- I -
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy
- J -
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan
- K -
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
- L -
Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg
- M -
Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar
- N -
Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, North Korea, Norway
- O -
Oman
- P -
Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal
- Q -
Qatar
- R -
Romania, Russia, Rwanda
- S -
St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria
- T -
Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu
- U -
Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, USA, Uruguay
Uzbekistan
- V -
Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam
- W -
Wales, Western Sahara
- Y -
Yemen
- Z -
Zambia, Zimbabwe

List of countries to visit by region:

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

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

- CARIBBEAN - Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago

- EUROPE -
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, 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, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela,

- THE MIDDLE EAST -
Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

- NORTH AMERICA -
Canada, Greenland, Mexico, USA

- OCEANIA -
Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

#27 - Poland (Europe)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Finished on February 8, 2016

#28 - South Africa (Africa)
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
Finished on February 29, 2016

#29 - Czech Republic (Europe)
Donderdagskind by Alison Pick
Finished on July 24, 2016

#30 - Ireland (Europe)
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
Finished on August 4, 2016

#31 - Iraq (Middle East)
Vathek by William Beckford
Finished on August 17, 2016

#32 - Iran (Middle East)
Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir by Marina Nemat
Finished on August 26, 2016

#33 - Bahamas (Caribbean)
Thunderball by Ian Fleming
Finished on September 3, 2016

#34 - Myanmar (Asia)
Burmese Days by George Orwell
Finished on September 15, 2016

#35 - Afghanistan (Asia)
The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
Finished on December 8, 2016

#36 - Egypt (Africa)
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Finished on December 17, 2016

#37 - New Zealand (Oceania)
Trust No One by Paul Cleave
Finished on December 23, 2016

#38 - Liberia (Africa)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Finished on February 26, 2017

#39 - Turkey (Middle East)
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Finished on March 17, 2017

#40 - Brazil (Latin America)
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
Finished on July 16, 2017

#41 - Cuba (Caribbean)
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Finished on July 16, 2017

#42 - China (Asia)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Finished on November 30, 2017

#43 - Austria (Europe)
Lech by Kiki van Dijk
Finished on December 3, 2017

#44 - Vietnam (Asia)
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Finished on January 20, 2018

#45 - Yemen (The Middle East)
The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
Finished on February 28, 2018

#46 - Slovenia (Europe)
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Finished on May 18, 2018

#47 - Monaco (Europe)
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Finished on July 14, 2018

#48 - North Korea (Asia)
De 100-jarige man die terugkwam om de wereld te redden by Jonas Jonasson
Finished on July 25, 2018

#49 - Denmark (Europe)
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Finished on January 7, 2020