Around the World in 80 Books!

Begin your armchair journey with a Pulitzer Prize winner and continue reading until your return home to a local author.

Brooks, Geraldine, March ( Massachusetts)

Bohjalian, Christopher, Midwives (Vermont)

Reichs, Kathy, Deja Dead (Montreal)

Itani, Frances, Deafening (Ontario)

Proulx, Annie, The Shipping News (Newfoundland)

Barrett, Andrea The Voyage of the Narwahl (Arctic)

Smiley, Jane The Greenlanders (Greenland)

Laxness, Haldoor, Independent People (Iceland)

Delaney, Frank, Ireland

Llywelyn, Morgan, The Wind from Hastings (Wales)

Gabaldon, Diana. Outlander (Scotland)

McEwan, Ian, Atonement (Great Britain)

Dorrestein, Renate, A Heart of Stone (Netherlands)

Moberg, Vilhelm, The Emigrants (Sweden)

Pasternak, Boris. Doctor Zhivago (Russia)

Richler, Nancy, Your Mouth is Lovely (Belarus)

Michener, James, Poland

Porter, Henry, Brandenburg Gate (Germany)

Trapp, Maria Augusta, The Story of The Trapp Family Singers
(Austria)

Marai, Sandor, Embers (Hungary)

Bambola, Sylvia, Refiner's Fire (Romania)

Pamuk, Orhan, Snow (Turkey)

DeBernieres, Louis. Corelli's Mandolin (Greece)

Berendt, John, City of Falling Angels (Venice, IT)

Harris, Robert, Pompeii: a novel (Italy)

Némirovsky, Irène, Suite Francaise (France)

Ruiz Zafon, Carlos, The Shadow of the Wind (Spain)

Wilson, Robert, A Small Death in Lisbon (Portugal)

Jelloun, Tahar Ben, The Last Friend (Morocco)

Achebe, Chinua, Things Fall Apart (Nigeria)

Kingsolver, Barbara, The Poisonwood Bible (Congo)

McCall Smith, Alexander, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (Botswana )

Paton, Alan, Cry the Beloved Country . (South Africa)

Fuller, Alexandra, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Zimbabwe)

Clifford, Barry, The Return to Treasure Island and the Search for
Captain Kidd (Madagascar)

Dinesen, Isak, Out of Africa (Kenya)

Gibb, Camilla, Sweetness in the Belly (Ethiopia)

Caputo, Philip, Acts of Faith (Sudan)

Mahfouz, Nagib, Palace Walk (Egypt)

Uris, Leon, Exodus (Israel)

Oz, Amos, Don't Call It Night (Israel)

Sasson, Jean P., Princess (Saudi Arabia)

Nafasi, Azar, Reading Lolita in Tehran (Iran)

Seierstad, Asne, The Bookseller of Kabul (Afghanistan)

Shamsie, Kamila, Kartography (Pakistan)

Rushdie, Salman, Midnight's Children (India)

Desai, Kiran, The Inheritance of Loss (Nepal)

Harrer, Heinrich, Seven Year in Tibet

Buck, Pearl, The Good Earth (China)

Clavell, James, Tai-Pan . (Hong Kong)

Keller, Nora Okja Comfort Woman (Korea)

Hayder, Mo, The Devil of Nanking (Japan)

Elliott, Duong Van Mai, The Sacred Willow: four generations in the life of a Vietnamese family

Bingham, Robert, Lightning on the Sun (Cambodia)

Landon, Margaret, Anna and the King of Siam (Thailand)

Holthe, Tess Uriza, When the Elephants Dance (Philippines)

Toer, Pramoedya, The Girl From the Coast (Indonesia)

McCullough, Colleen, Morgan's Run (Australia)

Hulme, Keri, The Bone People (New Zealand)

Finnes, Ranulph, Sir, Race to the Pole (Antarctica)

Allende, Isabel. The House of the Spirits . (Chile)

Chatwin, Bruce, In Patagonia (Argentina)

Borges, Jorge Luis, Collected Fictions (Argentina)

Coelho, Paulo, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (Brazil)

Wilder, Thornton, The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Peru)

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, The General in his Labyrinth . (Columbia)

Kane, Joe, Running the Amazon

Murray, Yxta Maya, The Queen Jade (Guatamala)

Theroux, Paul, Mosquito Coast (Belize)

Esquivel, Laura, Like Water for Chocolate . (Mexico)

Smith, Martin Cruz, Havana Bay (Cuba)

Alvarez, Julia, In the Time of Butterflies (Dominican Republic)

Stegner, Wallace, Angle of Repose (California)

Guterson, David, East of the Mountains (Pacific Northwest)

Ambrose, Stephen E., Undaunted Courage (American West)

Vreeland, Susan, The Forest Lover (British Columbia)

Larson, Erik, Devil in the White City (Chicago)

Baldacci, David, The Collectors (Washington D.C.)

Foer, Jonathan Safran, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
(New York City)

Booklist compiled by A. Tull, February 2007