Around the World discussion

I just loved compiling this list , researching, reviewing lists for ideas, borrowed most, the titles are so enticing...now after hrs of research and dreaming, let the reading begin!!! Thanks for all the great ideas, such variety!

Australia After the Fire, a Still Small Voice

Argentina
The Library at Night

Bosnia Zlata's Diary

Bhutan Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan

Bolivia The Fat Man from La Paz: Contemporary Fiction from Bolivia

Brazil Like the Flowing River

Cambodia First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Canada The Bird Artist

Chile Travels in a Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile

China Red Dust: A Path Through China

Congo Heart of Darkness

Croatia Zagreb, Exit South

Cuba A Simple Habana Melody

Czechoslovakia The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Denmark The Boy in the Suitcase

Ecuador The Queen of Water

Egypt Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with Recipes

England
A Field Full of Butterflies

Finland The Summer Book

France A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France

Germany The Wall Jumper: A Berlin Story

Greece Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Haiti Breath, Eyes, Memory

Honduras Enrique's Journey

India The Space Between Us

Ireland Angela's Ashes

Italy The Days of Abandonment

Jamaica Abeng

Kenya Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir

Liberia The House at Sugar Beach

Mexico Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo

Mongolia My Little Round House

Nicaragua The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War

Nigeria Half of a Yellow Sun

Norway Sophie's World

Panama
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

Papua New Guinea Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea

Peru
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Poland The History of Love

Portugal Alentejo Blue

Romania Along the Enchanted Way: A Romanian Story

South Africa Agaat

Spain Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools: Tuck Into a Slice of Andalucan Life

Switzerland Hotel du Lac

Thailand Sightseeing

Trinidad The White Woman on the Green Bicycle

Uruguay The Invisible Mountain

USA The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir

Vietnam Daughters of the River Huong

Zambia Patchwork

Nice list Tina! I see a few familiar titles here :)

I love your list. I think I am going to add this one:
Papua New Guinea Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has always seemed so very far away, in miles and in culture. So now I'll have 53! As my son says: It's all good.

Making the list was a fun part for me too! I've added all your picks to the master lists.

Thanks, Jenny!! Appreciate all your work, the Master list is great!

Kimberly wrote: "Nice list Tina! I see a few familiar titles here :)"

Constance wrote: "I love your list. I think I am going to add this one:
Papua New Guinea Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has always seemed so very far away, in miles and i..."

Constance,
Thanks, must admit I got Papua New Guinea book from another list. Let me know when you are reading it. I love traveling and learning about other cultures and have limited vacation time and finances, so fun to do it by reading. I ordered My Little Round House, I know that is one I will want to keep. SO glad I found it on your list.

Will do! And let me know when you are going to read Papua New Guinea or My Little Round House. This challenge is exciting largely because I almost never read literature written from a different point of view (except Germany and Poland). A very good thing to stretch my boundaries this way.

Constance wrote: "Will do! And let me know when you are going to read Papua New Guinea or My Little Round House. This challenge is exciting largely because I almost never read literature written from a different poi..."

Yes, It is so good to stretch our boundaries and see things from another perspective. I am reading my first book for the challenge, Angela's Ashes (just because I already have the book- another one of many that I have never read). I see it is on your list, too. It is good, but heart wrenching and yet the human spirit amazing.