A Bookish Passport/ Around the World in Books

Firstly, I have to confess that this post is adapted from another blog I subscribe to (https://ellesbellesnotebook.co.uk/reading-books-from-every-country/), but I loved the premise of it and, as I haven’t done a random book blog post for ages, I thought I’d attempt my own version!

So, here’s how it works. As the original post states, many avid book readers, despite reading frequently, tend to stick to authors or books from the same place.

Here, I’m going to search through my ‘read’ catalogue and list as many books as I can set in different countries or written by authors from those places. Then, endeavour to broaden my horizons and add more stamps to my Bookish Passport!

• Afghanistan– And the Mountains Echoed & The Kite Runner- Khalid Hosseini
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina– Renaldo: A Tale of World Cup Soccer, Terrorism and Love- James McCreath
• Armenia
• Australia – The Fifth Letter- Nicola Moriarty
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados– Daughter of Destiny- Erica Brown
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil – The Alchemist– Paulo Coehlo
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Cabo Verde
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada –
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China– Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China- Jung Chang, Falling Leaves: The Memoirs of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter- Adeline Yen Mah, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan- Lisa See
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
• Costa Rica
• Croatia– The Olive Grove- Eva Glyn
• Cuba
• Cyprus– The Silent Patient- Alex Michaelides
• Czechia (Czech Republic)– The Metamorphosis- Franz Kafka, The Tin Ring- Zdenka Fantlova
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Denmark – Hygge and Kisses- Clara Christensen
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Eswatini (fmr. “Swaziland”)
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Finland
• France– The Milliner’s Secret- Natalie Meg Evans, You Will Not Have My Hate- Antoine Leiris
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany – Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall– Anna Funder, The Book Thief– Markus Zusak
• Ghana –
• Greece – Corelli’s Mandolin- Louis de Bernières, The Olive Grove- Evelyn Hood
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Holy See
• Honduras
• Hungary
• Iceland– Snug in Iceland- Victoria Walker
• India– The God of Small Things- Arundhati Roy, Before the Rains- Dinah Jefferies, Secrets of the Kashmir Valley- Farhana Qazi
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq– The Baghdad Clock- Shahad Al Rawi, The Beekeeper of Sinjar- Dunya Mikhail
• Ireland – Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt
• Israel
• Italy– Seductive Venice: In Casanova’s Footsteps- Kathleen Ann Gonzales
• Jamaica– Show Me a Mountain- Kerry Young
• Japan –
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kuwait- Salt Houses- Hala Alyan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia– Castles in the Air: A Family Memoir of Love and Loss- Alison Ripley Cubitt
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar (formerly Burma)
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Netherlands– The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 years old- Hendrik Groen
• New Zealand- Castles in the Air- Alison Ripley-Cubitt
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria –
• North Korea
• North Macedonia
• Norway– The Christmas Lights- Karen Swan
• Oman
• Pakistan– Let Her Fly: A Father’s Journey and the Fight for Equality- Ziauddin Yousafzai
• Palau
• Palestine State– Salt Houses- Hala Alyan
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland- Secrets Revealed- Roberta Kagan
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia– The Jewel of St, Petersburg- Kate Furnivall, The Amber Keeper- Freda Lightfoot
• Rwanda
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore– Emma’s Tapestry- Isobel Blackthorn
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa- The Heart Warrior’s Mother- Marilyn Cohen de Villiers, Chase Your Shadows: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius- John Carlin
• South Korea –
• South Sudan
• Spain– The Spanish Girl- Jules Hayes
• Sri Lanka– The Tea Planter’s Wife- Dinah Jefferies
• Sudan- The War for Islam- Stafford Betty
• Suriname
• Sweden – The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared- Jonas Jonasson
• Switzerland– Angels and Demons- Dan Brown, Little Bandaged Days- Kyra Wilder
• Syria
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania– The Banana- Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World- Katie Smith Milway
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago –
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine– The Memory Keeper of Kyiv- Erin Litteken
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom – Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading- Lucy Mangan
• United States of America – Small Great Things- Jodi Picoult, Salvage the Bones- Jesmyn Ward
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

How does your bookish passport compare? Let me know if I’m missing any great reads from any countries/ authors!