An annual event, we’ve just discovered Good Read’s Around the World in 80 Books challenge. Starting at the beginning of the year until the end of the year, the challenge implores people to read 80 books that take place in 80 different countries around the world. We’re super excited about this task, and compiled a list of books we love that take place in different countries for you to indulge in.
AFGHANISTAN: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
ARGENTINA: Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
CANADA: Obasan by Joy Kogawa
COLUMBIA: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
DENMARK: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
ENGLAND: Pride and Predjuce by Jane Austen
FRANCE: No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre
GAMBIA: Roots by Alex Haley
GERMANY: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
HAITI: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
IRAN: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (1 & 2) by Marjane Satrapi
IRELAND: Dubliners by James Joyce
JAPAN: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
MEXICO: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
NETHERLANDS: The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
NIGERIA: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
SPAIN: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
SWEDEN: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
