Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Frequent Flier

Starting in the United States (where you live) you are free to travel at random around the globe with no specific route or itinerary. You must still visit countries in all 8 specified regions.

2017 Tally
Regions visited 8
Countries visited 30

North America
1) United States - The Golem and the Jinni
8) Canada - Obasan
25) Mexico - Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West

The Caribbean
21) Cuba - No Way Home: A Dancer's Journey from the Streets of Havana to the Stages of the World
22) Jamaica - My Name Is Resolute
23) The Dominican Republic - The Coconut Latitudes: Secrets, Storms, and Survival in the Caribbean

Latin America
18) Argentina - Driving Hungry: A Memoir
26) Guatemala - Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya
30) Brazil - The Seven Sisters

Europe
2) Liechtenstein - Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
3) Italy - The Venus Fixers: The Remarkable Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italy's Art During World War II
4) Germany - Slaughterhouse-Five
5) Poland - The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
6) Belgium - Dear Enemy
13) France - Five Quarters of the Orange
14) Scotland - Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle
15) England - Emma
17) Austria - The Butterfly and the Violin
20) Russia - Dancer
24) Spain - The Lady in Blue
27) Denmark – We, the Drowned
28) Sweden – The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

Africa
7) Morocco - Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
10) Kenya - Circling the Sun
11) Nigeria - Americanah

Middle East
29) Israel – Killing Jesus: A History

Asia
9) China - The Red Chamber
12) Malaysia - The Ghost Bride
16) Japan - From the Wreckage

Oceania/Australia
19) New Zealand - The Luminaries

Welcome to the challenge, Suzanne! Enjoy your journey!

Diane wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, Suzanne! Enjoy your journey!"

Thanks, Diane!

I knocked off two more regions with The Luminaries (Oceania/Australia) and Driving Hungry: A Memoir (Latin America). Both were very good books!

I've finally visited another region - the Caribbean (Cuba to be exact) with No Way Home: A Dancer's Journey from the Streets of Havana to the Stages of the World. Only one more region to have visited all 8!

Playing catch-up with some I've read in the last few months:

26) Guatemala – Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya
27) Denmark – We, the Drowned
28) Sweden – The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
29) Israel – Killing Jesus: A History
30) Brazil - The Seven Sisters