Around The World In 80 Books...
/As I was preparing my feature on books that take place in or on various modes of transportation, I thought this would make for an amazing companion piece. Books set in places all around the world, written by authors from those same places. Books that will take us on all sorts of wondrous journeys, all without taking a single step! Bon Voyage my bookish friends!
The Books…
India > The Secret Keeper Of Jaipur - Alka Joshi
China > Daughter Of Calamity - Rosalie M. Lin
Nigeria > Rosewater - Tade Thompson
Brazil > Dona Flor & Her Two Husbands - Jorge Amado
Russia > A Gentleman In Moscow - Amor Towles
Mexico > Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Japan > Strange Weather In Tokyo - Hiromi Kawakami
Egypt > City Of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty
France > Vintage 1954 - Antione Laurain
South Africa > Recipes For Love & Murder - Sally Andrews
Italy > Star-Crossed Sisters Of Tuscany - Lori Nelson Spielman
Kenya > Thursdays - Jackson Biko
Iran > Together Tea - Marjan Kamali
Korea > The Plotters - Kim Un-Su
Sudan > Ghost Season - Fatin Abbas
Spain > Labyrinth Of The Spirits - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Argentina > Who Is Vera Kelly? - Rosalie Knecht
Algeria > The Art Of Losing - Alice Zeniter
Morocco > The Salt Road - Jane Johnson
United Arab Emirates > Hope You Are Satisfied - Tania Malik
Peru > Death In The Andes - Mario Vargas Llosa
Malaysia > The Night Tiger - Yangsze Choo
Ghana > Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi
Mozambique > Confessions Of The Lioness - Mia Couto
Nepal > The Lion Of Khum Jang - Ronald Bagliere
Madagascar > Red Island House - Andrea Lee
Venezuela > The Night - Rodrigo Blanco Calderon
Australia > The Cartographers Secret - Tea Cooper
Sri Lanka > The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida - Shenhan Karunatilaka
Romania > I Must Betray You - Ruta Sepetys
Chile > Dark Echoes Of The Past - Ramon Diaz Eteroviic
Senegal > At Night All Blood Is Black - David Diop
Netherlands > The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton
Zimbabwe > The Hairdresser of Harare - Tendai Huchu
Haiti > An Untamed State - Roxane Gay
Belgium > Outsider In Amsterdam - Janwilliam Van De Wetering
Dominican > I The Time Of The Butterflies - Julia Alvarez
Sweden > The Stockholm Octavo - Karen Engelmann
Czech Republic > The Woman From Prague - Rob Hart
Greece > The Two Faces Of January - Patricia Highsmith
Portugal > Two Nights In Lisbon - Chris Pavone
Hungary > The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
Belarus > The Slaughtermans Daughter - Yaniv Iczkovits
Austria > The Chess Machine - Robert Lohr
Switzerland > The Swiss Summer - Stella Gibbons
Sierra Leone > The Gilded Ones - Namina Forna
Nicaragua > Heir Of Uncertain Magic - Charlie Holmberg
Bulgaria > The Shadow Land - Elizabeth Kostova
Congo > The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingslover
Singapore > Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwang
Denmark > Smilas Sense Of Snow - Peter Hoeg
Finland > The Witch Hunter - Max Seeck
Norway > The Snowman - Jo Nesbo
Lebanon > The Arsonists City - Hala Ayan
New Zealand > Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton
Costa Rica > The Secret Path - Karen Swan
Ireland > You Have To Make Your Own Fun Around Here - Frances Macken
Panama > The Tailor Of Panama - John Le Carre
Jamaica > Black Cake - Charmaine Wilkerson
Aremenia > As The Poppies Bloomed - Maral Boyadjian
Botswana > Womb City - Tlotlo Tsamaase
Trinidad > River Sing Me Home - Eleanor Shearer
Cyprus > Bitter Lemons Of Cyprus - Lawrence Durrell
Tahiti > Tiare In Bloom - Celestine Vaite
Malta > City Of Shadows - John Naudi
Bahamas > The Golden Hour - Beatriz Williams
Iceland > The Glass Woman - Caroline Lea
Monaco > Meet Me In Monaco - Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb
Philippines > The Mango Bride - Marivi Soliven
Vietnam > The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen
Germany > The Door To Door Bookstore - Carsten Henn
Thailand > Bangkok 8 - John Burdett
Scotland > The Lost Queen - Signe Pike
Tanzania > The Lioness - Chris Bohjalian
Afghanistan > The Opium Prince - Jasmine Aimaq
Poland > The Things We Cannot Say - Kelly Rimmer
Saudi Arabia > City Of Veils - Zoe Ferraris
Zambia > The Old Drift - Namwali Serpell
Cuba > Next Year In Havana - Chanel Cleeton
Antartica > Lean Fall Stand - John McGregor