Travel the world without ever leaving your house! This week on the blog, we’ve compiled a list of books that are set in countries around the world. The booklist is broken down by continents. Let us know which book you’re picking up first!
North America
Canada – Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Canada – A Minor Chorus by Billy-Rey Belcourt
Mexico – Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Mexico – Horizontal Vertigo by Juan Villoro
United States of America – James by Percival Everett
Puerto Rico – Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
South America
Bolivia – The Puma Years by Laura Coleman
Bolivia – Exile Music by Jennifer Steil
Brazil – The Woman in Red by Diana Giovinazzo
Chile – My Name is Emilia de Valle by Isabel Allende
Colombia – Roots of the Guava Tree by Sonia Daccarett
Colombia – What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez
Argentina – Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Brazil – The Curse of the Flores Women by Angelica Lopes
Ecuador – The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes
Uruguay – Cantoras by Caro de Robertis
Europe
Iceland – The Sorrow Stone by Kari Gislason
England – Maame by Jessica George
England – Mismatch by Sara Jafari
Northern Ireland – Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Ireland – Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Scotland – Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming
France – My Husband by Maud Ventura
Italy – My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Sweden – When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen
Portugal – The Lusiads by Luis vaz de camoes
Spain – Land of Mirrors by Maria Medem
Africa
Nigeria – Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigeria – Girl with a Louding Voice by Abi Dare
Malawi – The Boy who harnassed the wind by William Kamkwamba
Morocco – The Storyteller of Casablanca by Fiona Valpy
Madagascar – Chasing Lemurs by Keriann McGoogan
Congo – Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara
Ghana – Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie
Ghana – Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Sierra Leone – A Long Way Gone by Ishamael Beah
South Africa – Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Middle East
Turkey – Spice Box Letters by Evie Makis
Labanon – The Arsonist City by Hala Alyan
Afganistan – The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Iran – Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
Egypt – Empress of the Nile by Lynne Olson
Israel – Songs for the Broken Hearted by Ayelet Tsabari
Asia
China – Peony in Love by Lisa See
India – The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Japan – Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Vietnam – The Mountain Sings by Nguyen Pan Que Mai
Singapore – Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Oceania
Australia – Radio Hour by Victoria Purman
Australia – The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
New Zealand – Kiwi Rules by Rosalind James
New Zealand – Land of the Long White Cloud by Christiane Gohl
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