Books From Every Country | A Bookish Passport

I’ve come to the realisation of late that although I’m well-read, in the sense that I read 100+ books a year, I’ve not actually read that widely. As is typical for readers, I’ve mostly read books by British authors, set in Britain. I want to fix that though, and start reading books from every country.

I’ve listed every independent country – the list was taken from Worldometers. I’m going to write down the books I’ve read that are set within that specific country OR were written by authors of that country.

Countries beginning with A

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia – Let Her Go by Dawn Barker, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Austria
Azerbaijan

Countries beginning with B

Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil – The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi

Countries beginning with C

Côte d’Ivoire
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada – Anne of Green Gables by L. Maud Montgomery,
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia (Czech Republic)

Countries beginning with D

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark – The Snow Queen and The Fir Tree by Hans Christan Andersen,
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic

Countries beginning with E

Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini (fmr. “Swaziland”)
Ethiopia

Countries beginning with F

Fiji
Finland
France – The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, In Paris With You by Clementine Beauvais

Countries beginning with G

Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany – The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffman, The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, Perfume by Patrick Süskind
Ghana – Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Greece – Daphnis & Chloe by Longus
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana

Countries beginning with H

Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary

Countries beginning with I

Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland – Snowflake by Louise Nealon, One by Sarah Crossan
Israel
Italy

Countries beginning with J

Jamaica
Japan – Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Jordan

Countries beginning with K

Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan

Countries beginning with L

Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg

Countries beginning with M

Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar (formerly Burma)

Countries beginning with N

Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria – We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
North Korea
North Macedonia
Norway – A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

Countries beginning with O

Oman

Countries beginning with P

Pakistan
Palau
Palestine State
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal

Countries beginning with Q

Qatar

Countries beginning with R

Romania
Russia
Rwanda

Countries beginning with S

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
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea – Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden – The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler
Switzerland
Syria

Countries beginning with T

Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago – Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu

Countries beginning with U

Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom – Girl Woman Other by Bernardine Evaristo
United States of America – The Help by Kathryn Stockett, The Radium Girls by Kate Moore, The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Uruguay
Uzbekistan