Reading the world, one book at a time.
This list features a book from every country I’ve read (forgive me any errors). Unless otherwise stated, all books are fiction.
A
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina: Fever Dream โ Samanta Schweblin
๐ฆ๐บ Australia: The Strays โ Emily Bitto
B
๐ง๐ท Brazil: Perfect Days โ Raphael Montes
C
๐จ๐ฆ Canada: We Were the Salt of the Sea โ Roxanne Bouchard
๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic: The Cremator โ Ladislav Fuks
F
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: The Hummingbird โ Kati Hiekkapelto
๐ซ๐ท France: Lullabyโ Leila Slimani
G
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: The Sinner โ Petra Hammesfahr
๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana: Homegoing โ Yaa Gyasi
๐ฌ๐พ Guyana: The Girl from the Sugar Plantation โ Sharon Maas
H
๐ญ๐น Haiti: Mouths Donโt Speak – Katia D. Ulysse
I
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland: The Darkness โ Ragnar Jรณnasson
๐ฎ๐ณ India: I, Phoolan Devi – Phoolan Devi (Nonfiction)
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia: Beauty is a Wound โ Eka Kurniawan
๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq: The Last Girl โ Nadia Murad (Nonfiction)
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland: The Abandoned โ Sharon Thompson
๐ฎ๐น Italy: Kill the Father โ Sandrone Dazieri
J
๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica: The Book of Night Women – Marlon James
๐ฏ๐ต Japan: Confessions โ Kanae Minato
K
๐ฐ๐ท Korea, South: The Good Son โ You-jeong Jeong
N
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: Butterfly on the Storm โ Walter Lucius
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand: Overkill – Vanda Symon
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Americanah โ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
๐ณ๐ด Norway: The Bird Tribunal โ Agnes Ravatn
R
๐ท๐บ Russia: Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
๐ท๐ผ Rwanda: The Girl Who Smiled Beads โ Clemantine Wamariya (Nonfiction)
S
๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leone: A Long Way Gone – Ishmael Beah (Nonfiction)
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa: Born a Crime – Trevor Noah (Nonfiction)
๐ช๐ธ Spain: The Shadow of the Wind โ Carlos Ruiz Zafรณn
๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka: ?? – Nayomi Munaweera
๐ธ๐ช Sweden: The Ice Princess โ Camilla Lackberg
T
๐น๐น Trinidadย [and Tobago]: Golden Child – Claire Adam
U
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom:
- England: Tennison โ Lynda LaPlante
- Northern Ireland: Music Love Drugs War – Geraldine Quigley
- Scotland – Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- Wales:
๐บ๐ธ United States: Here and Gone by Haylen Beck
Z
๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe: The Book of Memory – Petina Guppah