An American Mom in Asia

Hi! Welcome to my reading challenge! As an avid traveler and reader, I’ve decided to begin a challenge where I read one book from every country in the world, ideally written by an author from that country. Since I live abroad, I plan to use my digital library and audiobooks as much as possible. I am not the first to embark on this reading pilgrimage, and have been inspired many other global bookworms before me, like Courtney. But I’m no longer a bystander, but taking the literary journey for myself. Buckle up and here we go!

1. Afghanistan: Tali Girls by Siamak Herawi – ⭐️ 4
2. Albania: Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi – ⭐️ 5
3. Algeria: The Angels Die by Yasmina Khadra – ⭐️ 3.5
4. Andorra: Andorra by Peter Cameron – ⭐️ 3
5. Angola: The Book of Chameleons by Jose Eduardo Agualusa – ⭐️ 4.5
6. Antigua and Barbuda: Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid – ⭐️ 2
7. Argentina: Cruz by Nicholas Ferrraro – ⭐️ 1
8. Armenia: Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan – ⭐️ 3.5
9. Australia: The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton – ⭐️ 4
10. Austria: The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler – ⭐️ 3
11. Azerbaijan: The Orphan Sky by Ella Leya – ⭐️ 5
12. Bahamas: Facing the Sun by Janice Lynn Mather – ⭐️ 5
13. Bahrain: A Boy from Bahrain by Taqi M. Albaharna – ⭐️ 2
14. Bangladesh: The Storm by Arif Anwar – ⭐️ 4.5
15. Barbados: How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones ⭐️ 3
16. Belarus: Red Crosses by Sasha Filipenko – ⭐️ 3
17. Belgium: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman – ⭐️ 4
18. Belize: Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell – ⭐️ 3
19. Benin: Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music by Angelique Kidjo – ⭐️ 3.5
20. Bhutan: The Road to Happiness: Words of Wisdom from the World’s Happiest Nation by Gyonpo Tshering – ⭐️ 4
21. Bolivia: Andean Express by Juan De Recacoechea – ⭐️ 2.5
22. Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess – ⭐️ 5
23. Botswana: Call and Response by Gothataone Moeng – ⭐️ 4
24. Brazil: The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis – ⭐️ 4
25. Brunei: Written in Black by K. H. Lim – ⭐️ 3.5
26. Bulgaria: Street without a Name: Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria by Kapka Kassabova – ⭐️ 2
27. Burkina Faso: Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman by Malidoma Patrice Somé – ⭐️ 2
28. Burundi: Small Country by Gaël Faye – ⭐️ 3
29. Cabo Verde: MORABEZA by Custodio Gomes – ⭐️ 3
30. Cambodia: When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him – ⭐️ 4
31. Cameroon: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue – ⭐️ 4.5
32. Canada: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good – ⭐️ 5
33. Central African Republic: Co-wives, Co-widows by Adrienne Yabouza – ⭐️ 3.5
34. Chad: Rain School by James Rumford – ⭐️ 4
35. Chile: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende – ⭐️ 4
36. China: A Single Swallow by Zhang Ling – ⭐️ 5
37. Colombia: Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras – ⭐️ 5
38. Comoros: A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir – ⭐️ 1
39. Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Impossible Love by Medine Moussounga Keener and Craig Keener – ⭐️ 3.5
40. Congo, Republic of the: The Death of Comrade President by Alain Mabanckou – ⭐️ 1
41. Costa Rica: Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias – ⭐️ 3
42. Cote d’Ivoire: Standing Heavy by GauZ’ – ⭐️ 4
43. Croatia: Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić – ⭐️ 3
44. Cuba: The Island of Eternal Love by Daina Chaviano – ⭐️ 3
45. Cyprus: Songbirds by Christy Lefteri – ⭐️ 5
46. Czechia: Angel Station by Jáchym Topol – ⭐️ 3
47. Denmark: The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen – ⭐️ 3.5
48. Djibouti: Why Do You Dance When You Walk? by Abdourahman A. Waberi – ⭐️ 3
49. Dominica: Island Man by Joanne Skerrett – ⭐️ 5
50. Dominican Republic: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez – ⭐️ 5
51. Ecuador: The Sisters of Alameda Street by Lorena Hughes – ⭐️ 4
52. Egypt: The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz – ⭐️ 3.5
53. El Salvador: There is a Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes Jr – ⭐️ 4
54. Equatorial Guinea: By Night the Mountain Burns by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
55. Eritrea: Silence is my Mother Tongue by Sulaiman Addonia)
56. Estonia: The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk
57. Eswatini: When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn
58. Ethiopia: The History of a Difficult Child by Mihret Sibhat