Read a book from each country discussion

From Poland beside Joseph Conrad I suggest Ryszard Kapuściński

French Polynesia: Omoo and Typee by Herman Melville--granted, not Polynesians, but worth a read.

Poland: Henryk Sienkiewicz 's Quo Vadis

Thanks for posting this at Good Reads.

For Belgium I suggest Maurice Maeterlinck (don't remember how to make the link for the author but I really wanted to suggest him quickly :))

And if I may suggest only one book, it would be "Pelléas and Mélisande", my favourite one

For Azerbaijan I recommend 'Ali and Nino' by Kurban Said and then 'The Orientalist' which is about the search for true identity of Said!

I had read Orientalist. It's great and saucy.

O really? Can you remember author- in case a different one?

Tom Reiss wrote The Orientalist Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

Tom Reiss- that's the one. Quite controversial and a few other theories out there about real identity of Kurban Said. Thank you.

Yeah, but the story itself is great.

Congo, Democratic Republic of: Larry Devlin: Chief of Station, Congo: Fighting the Cold War in a Hot Zone

One of the attorneys in my office and our CPA were friends with Mr. Devlin for years. When I was reading his book, they would give him reports of my thoughts. He passed away last year unfortunately.

Lithuania: Vilnius Poker by Ricardas Gavelis.

Hi Shoshanapnw, thought I'd point out that The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith takes place in Botswana, not Zimbabwe (your 2nd message).

Poland: Henryk Sienkiewicz's With Fire and Sword, The Deluge and Fire in the Steppe.

Just went through your list of books. Very impressive. Will put it on my list of resources. Thanks!

What a great list! Thanks for sharing your ambitious project. I am adding some of these to my list!

For Belgium, you could try Hugo Claus. I haven't read any of his books, but I've heard he's good. Has anyone here read, for example, the Sorrows of Belgium or Wonder?

Poland: Marek Krajewski | Death in Breslau and End of the World in Breslau

for Hong Kong you could try Gweilo by Martin Booth, White Ghost Girls by Alice Greenway, The Train to Lo Wu by Jess Row (a collection of stories) or that classic story, The World Of Suzy Wong by Richard Mason

Not sure what you think of this, but for Bhutan, I recommend Beyond the Sky and the Earth A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa. The author is a Canadian who lived in Bhutan for 2 (or maybe 3 years) and this book is a chronicle of her time there. She ended up living there for many years after the time she chronicles in the book. It is a good book too.

For Ghana, include:

Gatekeepers - The Quest for Clues to an Age-Old Riddle

In the first post you mention that you want to read about territories and unrecognized ares. Have you considered about reading about any Native American Tribes? I would suggest Black Elk Speaks, his words are sort of like our sacred words written down.

Thanks for the list I was looking for a book for years that I heard about and read a few pages of in Thailand. After many years of looking, (I couldn't remember the title or the author, just the content) I found the title and author. Thanks for thinking of the world. =)

After all of this wonderful reading do you plan on reading a second for each country?

I was also wondering if you kept in mind which were your favorites? I guess 10 places to visit, sort to speak.

Island reads just sound so relaxing and adventurous at the same time. I would like to escape soon. I think that reading about a country before you enter the borders is wise. Travel guides are not likely going to tell you to stay away and or why. Even then they can exaggerate this situations.

Hi, I've been a member of this group for ages now but have never posted anything. Your list is really inspiring!

Maybe I have a couple more to suggest:
Kiribati: J. Maarten Troost - The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
Papua New Guinea: Lloyd Jones - Mister Pip
Netherlands: Tessa de Loo - The Twins
Tahiti: Celestine Hitiura Vaite - Frangipani
Tibet: T. Lobsang Rampa - The Third Eye

Great list. There are several I want to look into tomorrow. I'm off to class right now.

I would like to add a great book from Hungary: Géza Gárdony: Slave of the Huns

I recommend from Bulgaria: Aleko Konstantionv - Bai Ganyo: Incredible Tales of a Modern Bulgarian

Great idea!
Pakistan: Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam is one of the best novels I've read in my life and certainly amongst the best written. His prose style is gorgeous and dense.

Highly recommended...

That sounds like a great book, Asif!

I have been reading for more than fifty years and keeping a list of books I read for about forty of those years. I always kept a note on the original language that the book was written. When I found your group through one of your members I thought it would be good to get ideas on books from countries I never read. Thanks.

This one is from Uruguay, one of my favorite novels from Latin American literature, and about the sorrows of dictatorship and exile: Primavera con una esquina rota (Spring with a Broken Corner), by Mario Benedetti.

I would like to know when you propose a particular book from your country of interest to find out the motive why you recommend that title. The reasons in this listing are rare from I see. Why do you want this group to read your suggested book? Please tell us. A title and author may not mean anything to me. I looked back on my rather long reading history and see that I read at least one book from about thirty countries, most in translation into English. At this point it would be probably hard to find the precise reason why I read a particular title, except for obvious countries that represent my background or educational interest.

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Thank you for giving us information about your suggestion.

Brazil: I recommend reading Jorge Amado. My favorite book by him so far is called "Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon".

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From Pakistan, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

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A
Afghanistan: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Algeria: A Bookshop in Algiers by Kaouther Adimi
Antigua & Barbuda: Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
Antarctica: How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior (English author)
Armenia: Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan
Australia: My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin

B
Bangladesh: I Remember Abbu by Humayun Azad
Barbados: Going Home in Chains by Glenville Obrian Lovell
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Goodbye Sarajevo: A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival by Atka Reid
Botswana: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (Zimbabwean author)
Brazil: Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World by Christina Rickardsson

C
Cambodia: Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung
Canada: aEmily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
China: The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan (Chinese American authors)
Chile: A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Congo (Democratic Republic): The Witch Doctor's Wife by Tamar Myers
Còte d’Ivoire: Aya: Life in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet
Cuba: When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton (Cuban American author)
Cyprus: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

D
Denmark: The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking
Dominican Republic: Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez

E
Ecuador: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
Egypt: Iris & Ruby by Rosie Thomas (Welsh author)
England: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Eritrea: My Fathers' Daughter by Hannah Pool
Eswatini (Swaziland): When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn

F
Fiji: Kalyana by Rajni Mala Khelawan
Finland: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
France: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
French Polynesia: Breadfruit by Célestine Hitiura Vaite

G
Germany: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Ghana: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Greece: The Invisible by Peter Papathanasiou
Greenland: Dreamweaver by Penina Keen Spinka (Native American author)
Guyana: The Girl from the Sugar Plantation by Sharon Maas

H
Haiti: Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat
Hungary: Abigél by Magda Szabó

I
Iceland: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Australian author)
India: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Indonesia: The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata
Iran: In the Walled Gardens by Anahita Firouz
Iraq: The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi
Ireland: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Israel: My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir by Meir Shalev
Italy: The Gypsy Tearoom by Nicky Pellegrino

J
Jamaica: The Same Earth by Kei Miller
Japan: The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon
Jordan: The Cry of the Dove by Fadia Faqir

K
Kenya: Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Kyrgyzstan: The First Teacher by Chinghiz Aitmatov

L
Lebanon: One Thousand and One Nights by Hanan Al-Shaykh
Liberia: She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore

M
Malaysia: The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
Mongolia: On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads by Tim Cope (Australian author)
Myanmar: The Missing Sister by Dinah Jefferies (English Malaysian author)

N
New Caledonia: Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce (English author)
New Zealand: Amber by Deborah Challinor
Nigeria: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Northern Ireland: The Disenchanted Widow by Christina McKenna

O
Oman: Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

P
Pakistan: Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
Palestine: Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
Philippines: Banana Heart Summer by Merlinda Bobis
Poland: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Q
Qatar: Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali (Indian Canadian author)

R
Russia: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Rwanda: Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin (Zambian author)

S
Saint Lucia: One Last Day of Summer by Shari Low (Scottish author)
Samoa: Illumine Her by Sieni A.M.
Saudi Arabia: Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening by Manal Al-Sharif
Scotland: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Singapore: Singapore Sapphire by A.M. Stuart
South Africa: Tandia by Bryce Courtenay
South Korea: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang
South Sudan: Beneath the Darkening Sky by Majok Tulba
Sri Lanka: Saree by Su Dharmapala
Sweden: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Switzerland: Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Syria: The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar (Syrian American author)

T
Taiwan: A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
Tanzania: The Rain Queen by Katherine Scholes
Trinidad & Tobago: The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
Tunisia: The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai
Turkey: Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin

U
Uganda: Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide
Ukraine: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
United Arab Emirates: The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi
US Virgin Islands: The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman

V
Vietnam: The Boat by Nam Le
Virgin Islands (British): Jessamine by Eugenia O'Neal

W
Wales: Evans Above by Rhys Bowen
Western Sahara: Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao

Y
Yemen: A Land without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal

Z
Zambia: Patchwork by Ellen Banda-Aaku
Zanzibar: Admiring Silence by Abdulrazak Gurnah