Around the World in 80 Books discussion

I'm setting this as placeholder to make sure I am putting this in the right place. I will delete if this isn't the right place!

Stars at the end of each book show my rating out of 5.

My plan is to share my books by continent and then add to the list as I read them. Does it make sense to also make a separate message for each new book so people can see the additions? I haven't quite figured out the most logical way to do this yet.


Questions:
* Can I just go by continents or is it preferred to use the regions everyone else is using? (Caribbean, Middle East, etc.)
* Are we allowed to post comments in other people's threads?

Current Status

# of Countries Covered: 69 ( I've always counted out of 196?)

# of States Covered: 24 (out of 51 including D.C) + one territory

# of Canadian Provinces Covered: 4 (out of 13)

Last Updated: Feb. 4, 2022

Africa

Congo (DRC) - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (2011) **
Ethiopia - The Garbage King by Elizabeth Laird (2011) *****
Ghana - Housegirl by Michael Donkor (March 2019) ****
Malawi - The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis (2011) *****
Morocco - The Moroccan Girl by Charles Cumming. (2022) ***
Nigeria - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithewaite (Feb. 2021) ****
South Africa - An Elephant in My Kitchen by Francoise Malby Anthony and Katja Willemsen (March 2021) *****
Sudan - What Is the What by Dave Eggers (2012) ***

Asia


Afghanistan - The Pearl That Broke Its Shelll by Nadia Hashimi (Dec. 2017) *****
Bangladesh - A Golden Age by Tahmima Amam (Feb. 2021) ****
Cambodia - In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner (Jan. 2014) ****
China - The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan (Aug. 2018) ****
India - The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (Jan. 2021) ****
Indonesia - Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert (2012) *****
Iran - Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey by Alison Wearing (Dec. 2013) *****
Iraq - Homes by Abu Bakr Al Rabeeah (April 2020) *****
Israel - Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak by Deborah Ellis (2013) *****
Japan - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (2012) ****
Laos - Lost in Yaba: Down and Out in Laos by Walt Gleeson (Dec. 2020) ***
Lebanon - An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine (Nov. 2020) ****
Malaysia - The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo (Sept. 2020) *****
Nepal - Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepalby Conor Grenan (April 2011) *****
Pakistan - Iqbal by Francesco D’Adamo (2011) *****
Russia - City of Thieves by David Benioff (Dec. 2017)****
Saudi Arabia - Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea (March 2019) ****
Sri Lanka - The Hungry Ghosts by Shyam Selvadurai (Dec. 2019) ***
South Korea - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (March 2020) ****
Syria - The Gendarme by Mark Mustian (Jan. 2019) ****
Thailand - Only 13: The True Story of Lon by Julia Manzanares (2011) ***
Turkey - Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Dec. 2018) ***

Europe

Albania - The Seige by Ismail Kadare (Jan. 2019) ****
Andorra - Andorra by Peter Cameron (June 2021) *****
Austria - The Huntress by Kate Quinn (Nov. 2019) *****
Belgium - Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe (May 2020) ***
Czech Republic - The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman (July 2013) *****
Denmark - Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (2011) ****
France - Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution (March 2015) *****
France (Tahiti) - Something in the Water by Catherine Stead (Dec. 2019) ****
Germany - The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer (Dec. 2017) ****
Greece - Circe by Madeline Miller (Jan. 2021) ****
Hungary - When the Summer Was Ours byRoxanne Veletzos (Feb. 2022) ****
Iceland - Miss Iceland by Audur Ava Olafsdottir (May 2021) ****
Ireland - The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue (Sept 2020) *****
Italy - The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich (June 2013) ****
Malta - The Ghosts Of Malta by Joseph Attard (July 2019) ***
Monaco - Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb (Nov. 2019) ****
Netherlands - The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith (Nov. 2018) *****
Norway - The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (May 2021) ****
Poland - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter (Nov. 2020) *****
Romania - The Girl They Left Behind by Roxanne Veletzos (Mar. 2019) *****
Spain - Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simsion (Aug. 2021) *****
Sweden - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (Feb. 2021) *****
United Kingdom (England) - Once Upon a River by Dianne Setterfield (Jan. 2022) ****
United Kingdom (Scotland) - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Dec. 2018) *****
United Kingdom (Wales) - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh (Jan. 2020) *****
Vatican City - Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (2012) ***

North America

Antigua and Barbuda - Mr Potter by Jamaica Kincaid (April 2020) *
Bahamas - The Far Side of the Sun by Kate Furnivall (Aug. 2019) ***
Barbados - How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones (Oct. 2021) ***
Canada - see Canada Section
Cuba - Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton (Feb. 2019) ****
Dominican Republic - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Nov. 2020) ***
Haiti - A Girl Named Lovely: One Child's Miraculous Survival and My Journey to the Heart of Haiti by Catherine Porter (Jan. 2021) ****
Mexico - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (Nov. 2020) *****
Saint Lucia - The Autobiography of the Queen by Emma Tennant (Dec. 2014) **
U.S.A. - See United States section

Oceania

Australia - Lost & Found by Brooke Davis (Nov. 2017) *****

South America

Argentina The Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club by Jessica Morrison (May 2022) **
Bolivia - Women Talking by Mirian Toews (Jan 2019) *****
Brazil - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (Jan 2015) ***
Colombia - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2011) **
Uruguay - City of Your Final Destination by Peter Cameron (Feb. 2022) *****

Antarctica

Antarctica - Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (Oct. 2015) ****

United States

California - The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka (Jan. 2019) *****
Connecticut - The Last Mrs. Parrish by LIv Constantine (June 2021) ****
Georgia - First Comes Love by Emily Giffin (Dec. 2018) ***
Idaho - Educated by Tara Westover (Feb. 2019) ****
Illinois - The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2011) ***
Kentucky - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes (April 2020) *****
Maine - Darkness Peering by Alice Blanchard (Jan. 2016) ***
Massachusetts - Every Note Played by Lisa Genova (May 2019) *****
Minnesota - Those Who Save Us- by Jenna Blum (Dec. 2016) ****
Missouri - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (March 2016) ****
Nevada - Drink, Play, F@#k: One Man's Search for Anything Across Ireland, Las Vegas, and Thailand by Andrew Gottlieb (Mar. 2019) ***
New Jersey - Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano (Dec. 2020) *****
New York - Faithful by Alice Hoffman (Feb. 2019) ****
North Carolina Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (Oct. 2019) *****
Ohio - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (July 2020) ****
Oregon - The Wives by Tarryn Fisher (Jan. 2021) ****
Oklahoma - The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham (Jan. 2016) ***
Pennsylvania - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (June 2020) ****
Philadelphia - Look Again by Lisa Scottoline (May 2018) ****
Rhode Island Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult (May 2020) ****
Texas - Dead Copy by Kit Frazier (Jan. 2016) ***
Virginia - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (April 2017) *****
Washington D.C. - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Aug. 2021) ***
Wyoming The Passenger by Lisa Lutz (March 2018) ****

U.S. Territories
St. Thomas - The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman (Nov. 2017) ****

Canada

British Columbia - The Heaviness of Things That Float by Jennifer Manuel (Oct. 2018) *****
Nova Scotia - The Birth House by Ami McKay (Mar. 2012) ****
Ontario - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (Oct. 2019) *****
Quebec - Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny (June 2018) ****

First time visit to Hungary (Sopron and Budapest)

When the Summer Was Ours

First time to visit Morocco (Marrakesh, Rabat and Casablanca)
Also partially set in England

The Moroccan Girl

A disappointing visit to Argentina...


The Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club

Another excellent visit to France.

Perestroika in Paris ****