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Mar 1, 2025

Read Around the World Challenge

I'm using this list of *countries as a jumping off point: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/bc7338e4-030b-4b0b-867e-a6ea554fb433

I'm trying to prioritise books by marginalised authors but adding a few books to each *country to give myself the chance to a) find the books and b) maybe read more than one!

I will not be reading in alphabetical order! Follow my Storygraph if you want to see what I'm currently reading: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/frankiecello

I'm am still going through and adding books and am open to recs :) This is going to be a very long term project, but once I have read a book I will put it in bold.

Afghanistan - We Are Still Here: The Women of Afghanistan. (Ed.) Nahid Shahalimi - My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women. (Ed.) Lucy Hannah

2. Albania - Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones - The Fall of the Stone City by Ismail Kadare

3. Algeria - The Savage Night by Mohammed Dib - Memory in the Flesh by Ahlam Mosteghanemi - The Earthquake by Tahir Wattar

4. Andorra - The Mysterious Balloon Man by Albert Salvadó

5. Angola - The Utopian Generation by Pepetela - The Return of the Water Spirit by Pepetela

6. Antigua and Barbuda - My Stories Have No Endings by Gayle Gonsalves - Musical Youth by Joanne C. Hillhouse

7. Argentina - The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara - Portrait of an Unknown Lady by María Gainza - Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges

8. Armenia - The Gardens of Silihbar by Zabel Yessayan - Three Apples Fell From the Sky by Narine Abgaryan

9. Australia - Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman - Truth-Telling: History, sovereignty and the Uluru Statement by Henry Reynolds - The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough - Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia. (Ed.) Samantha Faulkner

10. Austria - The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European by Stefan Zweig - Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke - Awakening to the Great Sleep War - Gert Jonke

11. Azerbaijan - Solar Plexus by Rustam Ibragimbekov

12. Bahamas - Uncertain Kin by Janice Lynn Mather - An evening in Guanima: A treasury of folktales from the Bahamas by Patricia Glinton-Meicholas

13. Bahrain - Voices: An Annotated Anthology of Contemporary Bahraini Poetry. (Tr. & Ed.) Hasan Marhamah - Voices II: Contemporary Bahraini Short Stories. (Tr. & Ed.) Hasan Marhamah

14. Bangladesh - Revenge: A Fable by Taslima Nasrin - Hellfire by Leesa Gazi

15. Barbados - Other Exiles by Kamau Brathwaite - Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord - River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer

16. Belarus - King Stakh's Wild Hunt by Uladzimir Karatkevich - Alpine Ballad by Vasil Bykaŭ

17. Belgium - I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman - The Hour Between Dog and Wolf by Laure-Anne Bosselaar - We & Me by Saskia de Coster - Escal Vigor by Georges Eekhoud - Thirty Days by Annelies Verbeke

18. Belize - Memories Dreams and Nightmares a short story anthology by Belizean women writers (Belizean Writers Series, 2). (Ed.) Gay Wilentz - In Times Like These by Zee Edgell - Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell

19. Benin - Fools, Thieves and Other Dreamers: Stories from Francophone Africa by Florent Couao-Zotti, Seydi Sow, Abdourahman A. Waberi - Beautiful Debo by Béatrice Lalinon Gbado - Why Goats Smell Bad and Other Stories from Benin. (Tr. & Ed.) Raouf Mama

20. Bhutan - History in a Pebble: a collection of poems by Sonam Choden Dorji - The Circle of Karma by Kunzang Choden - Tales in Colour and Other Stories by Kunzang Choden - Folktales of Bhutan by Kunzang Choden

21. Bolivia - Turing's Delirium by Edmundo Paz Soldán - You Glow in the Dark by Liliana Colanzi

22. Bosnia and Herzegovina - Quiet Flow the Una by Faruk Šehić - Mars by Asja Bakić - Stone Sleeper by Mak Dizdar

23. Botswana - Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase - Call and Response by Gothataone Moeng

24. Brazil - Perfect Days by Raphael Montes - Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martins - Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

25. Brunei - The Fisherman King by Kathrina Mohd Daud - Written in Black by K.H. Lim

26. Bulgaria - Stork Mountain by Miroslav Penkov - The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov - Four Minutes by Nataliya Deleva

27. Burkina Faso - So Distant From My Life by Monique Ilboudo

28. Burundi - Baho! by Roland Rugero

29. Cabo Verde - The Madwoman of Serrano by Dina Salústio - Chiquinho: A Novel of Cabo Verde by Baltazar Lopes

30. Cambodia - When Broken Glass Floats by Chanrithy Him - Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna - Music of the Ghosts by Vaddey Ratner

31. Cameroon - How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue - These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere

32. Canada - Bad Cree by Jessica Johns - Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories - Kinauvit?: What's Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter's Search for her Grandmother by Norma Dunning - Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq - This Place: 150 Years Retold - Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod

33. Central African Republic - Co-Wives, Co-Widows by Adrienne Yabouza

34. Chad - Nimrod: Selected Writings - Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid

35. Chile - Seeing Red by Lina Meruane - Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral - The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende - Twenty Love Poems and a Song for Despair by Pablo Neruda - House of Mist and the Shrouded Woman: Two Novels by Maria Luisa Bombal - Humiliation by Paulina Flores

36. China - The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu - Beijing Comrades by Bei Tong - That We May Live (collection) - The Last Quarter of the Moon by Chi Zijian - The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke - The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories. (Eds.) Yu Chen, Regina Kanyu Wang

37. Colombia - Leopard in the Sun by Laura Restrepo - Delirium by Laura Restrepo - The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez - In the Beginning Was the Sea by Tomás González - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

38. Comoros - The Kaffir of Karthala by Mohamed Toihiri - A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir

39. Congo (Republic) - Memoirs of a Porcupine by Alain Mabanckou - African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou - Jazz and Palm Wine by Emmanuel Dongala

40. Costa Rica - Blue Note by Fernando Contreras Castro - Memories from Limón by Edo Brenes - History of the Discovery and Conquest of Costa Rica by Ricardo Fernández Guardia

41. Côte d'Ivoire - In the Company of Men by Véronique Tadjo - Aya: Life in Yop City (1-3) by Clément Oubrerie and Marguerite Abouet

42. Croatia - Dark Woods, Deep Water by Jelena Dunato - Do Angels Cry?: Tales of the War by Matko Marušić - The Goldsmith's Treasure by August Šenoa - Strangers Either Way: The Lives of Croatian Refugees in Their New Home by Jasna Čapo Zmegač - Cafe Europa: Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulić - Zagreb, Exit South by Edo Popović

43. Cuba - Revolution Sunday by Wendy Guerra - A Little Body Are Many Parts by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias - Dirty Havana Trilogy: A Novel in Stories by Pedro Juan Gutierrez - Three Trapped Tigers by Guillermo Cabrera Infante - Island in the Light/Isla En La Luz by the Jorge M. Perez Family Foundation

44. Cyprus - Roaming About Universe: A Collection of Poems by Osman Turkay - Slaughter us all and make our blood a river...: Cyprus poetry and history by Andreas Antoniou Melas - Nicosia Beyond Barriers: Voices from a Divided City

45. Czech Republic - Czeck Fairytales by Božena Němcová, Karel Jaromír Erben - The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera - Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka

46. Democratic Republic of Congo - Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila - Life and a Half by Sony Labou Tansi - How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana - Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

47. Denmark/Greenland - Ivalu's Color by Nauja Lynge - A Journey to the Mother of the Sea by Mâliâraq Vebæk - Greenland's Stolen Indigenous Children: A Personal Testimony by Helene Thiesen - The Story of Katrine by Mâliâraq Vebæk - We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen - The Endless Summer by Madame Nielsen - The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup

48. Djibouti - Fools, Thieves and Other Dreamers: Stories from Francophone Africa by Florent Couao-Zotti, Seydi Sow, Abdourahman A. Waberi - Why Do You Dance When You Walk by Abdourahman A. Waberi - Naming the Dawn by Abdourahman A. Waberi - Les enfants du khat by Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (hoping for an English translation)

49. Dominica - Black and White Sands by Elma Napier - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys - It Falls Into Place: The Short Stories of Phyllis Shand Allfrey - Island Man by Joanne Skerrett

50. Dominican Republic - Tentacle by Rita Indiana - How Note to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz - This is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz - The Cross and the Sword by Manuel de Jesús Galván

51. Ecuador - The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova - Volcanic Reflections: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Ecuadorian Poetry

52. Egypt - In the Spider's Room by Muhammad Abdelnabi - Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia Wassef - Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy - The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz - Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

53. El Salvador - Solito by Javier Zamora - Promised Land: Peasant Rebellion in Chalatenango, El Salvador by Jenny Pearce - On The Front Line: Guerilla Poems of El Salvador. (Ed. & Tr.) Darwin J. Flakoll & Claribel Alegría

54. Equatorial Guinea - By Night the Mountain Burns by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel - La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono

55. Eritrea - Freiheit in Briefen: Zwei Autorinnen im Dialog by Tanja Kinkel & Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu - Gratitude in Low Voices: A Memoir by Dawit Gebremichael Habte - The Conscript: A Novel of Libya's Anticolonial War by Gebreyesus Hailu

56. Estonia - Shape of Time by Doris Kareva - The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk

57. Eswatini - When the Ground is Hard by Malla Nunn - What the Future Holds by Sarah Mkhonza

58. Ethiopia - The Shadow Kind by Maaza Mengiste - The Wife's Tale: A Personal History by Aida Edemariam

59. Fiji - On the Other Side of Midnight: A Fijian Journey by Brij V. Lal - Kalyana by Rajni Mala Khelawan

60. Finland - The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot - White Hunger by Aki Ollikainen - The Sun, My Father by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää - Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo

61. France - Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin - At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop - The Last One by Fatima Daas - Lie With Me by Philippe Besson - Do What They Say or Else by Annie Ernaux

62. Gabon - Awu's Story: A Novel by Justine Mintsa - The Fury and Cries of Women by Angèle Rawiri

63. Gambia - Chaff on the Wind by Ebou Dibba - The Sun Will Soon Shine by Sally Singhateh

64. Georgia - The Knight in the Panther's Skin by Shote Rustaveli - Three Centuries - Three Poets: An Anthology of Georgean Poetry translated by Lyn Coffin - The Death of Bagrat Zakharych and Other Stories by Vazha Pshavela

65. Germany - Selected Poetry by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - After Midnight by Imgard Keun

66. Ghana - The Hundred Wells of Salaga by Ayesha Harruna Attah - Noone Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben - The Scent of Burnt Flowers by Blitz Bazawule

67. Greece - Niki: A Novel by Christos Chomenidis - The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis - The Sleepwalker by Margarita Karapanou

68. Grenada - A Trace of Sun by Pam Williams - That Time in Bogeles: A Carriacou Tale by D.E. Ambrose - Granny's Bathroom and Other Short Stories by Roger Allen Byer

69. Guatemala - The President by Miguel Ángel Asturias - I, Rigoberta Menchú: an Indian woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchú

70. Guinea - The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy by Camara Laye

71. Guinea-Basseau - The Ultimate Tragedy by Abdulai Sila

72. Guyana - I is a Long-Memoried Woman by Grace Nichols - Buxton Spice by Oonya Kempadoo

73. Haiti - Masters of the Dew by Jacques Roumain - The Festival of the Greasy Pole by Rene Depestre - Dézafi by Frankétienne - Kannyawou: A Novel of Haiti by Lyonel Trouillot

74. Holy See

75. Honduras - Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar - 13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance: Trece colores de la resistencia hondureña by Melissa Cardoza - Clementina Suárez: Her Life and Poetry by Janet N. Gold

76. Hong Kong - Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood by Martin Booth - The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir by Karen Cheung - A Girl Like Me, and Other Stories by Xi Xi

77. Hungary - The Door by Magda Szabó - Satantango by László Krasznahorkai - Fatelessness by Imre Kertész - Liquidation by Imre Kertész - A Book of Memories by Péter Nádas

78. Iceland - A Fist or a Heart by Kristín Eiríksdóttir - Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir - The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir

79. India - A Burning by Megha Majumdar - Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer - The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie - A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

80. Indonesia - Before Dawn: The Poetry of Sapardi Djoko Damono - Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auction of the Dutch Trading Company by Multatuli - The Book of Jakarta: A City in Short Fiction. (Eds.) Maesy Ang and Teddy W. Kusuma

81. Iran - Disoriental by Négar Djavadi - The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali - Iran: A People Interrupted by Hamid Dabashi

82. Iraq - Inhale/Exile by Abeer Ameer - The Bagdad Clock by Shahad al Rawi - God in Pink by Hasan Namir - Iraq + 100: The First Anthology of Science Fiction to Have Emerged from Iraq. (Ed.) Hassan Blasim

83. Ireland - The Complete Novels of Flan O'Brien - Amongst Women by John McGahern - Knights of the Borrowed Dark by Dave Rudden - Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

84. Israel Jewish stories - The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman - In the Shadow of the Holocaust: The Struggle Between Jews and Zionists in the Aftermath of WWII by Yosef Grodzinsky - The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal - Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me by Harvey Pekar

85. Italy - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante - Five Italian Renaissance Comedies - The Mother by Grazia Deledda - Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year by Carlo Levi - Ur-Facism by Umberto Eco - Inferno by Dante Alighieri

86. Jamaica - How To Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair - The Book of Night Women by Marlon James - Augustown by Kei Miller

87. Japan - The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Morata - I am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki

88. Jordan - The Bride of Amman by Fadi Zaghmout - Pillars of Salt by Fadia Faqir

89. Kazakhstan - The Dead Wander in the Desert by Rollan Seisenbayev - Amanat: Women's Writing from Kazakhstan

90. Kenya - Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor - Coming to Birth by Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye

91. Kiribati - Waa in Storms by Teweiariki Teaero

92. Kuwait - A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar - The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa - An Unlasting Home by Mai Al-Nakib

93. Kyrgyzstan - The White Ship by Chingiz Aïtmatov

94. Laos - The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story by Mai Neng Moua - Leo Folk Tales - Planting Seads: South East Asian Diaspora Stories - Mother's Beloved: Stories from Laos by Outhine Bounyavong

95. Latvia - Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena - Insomnia by Alberts Bels - High Tide by Inga Ābele

96. Lebanon - A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return by Zeina Abirached - Restless by Joseph Kai - The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran - I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman by Joumana Haddad

97. Lesotho - Chaka Zulu by Thomas Mofolo - Basali! Stories By and About Women in Lesotho - Singing Away the Hunger by Mpho 'm'atsepo Nthunya

98. Liberia - She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore - Mrs Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile by Won-Ldy Paye

99. Libya - The Bleeding of the Stone by Ibrahim al-Koni - In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar

100. Lichtenstein - Mann wortet sich die Orte selbst by Iren Nigg - Frühe Pflanzung by Anna Ospelt

101. Lithuania - Between Shade of Gray by Ruta Sepetys - Tofylis, or the Marriage of Zose by Zemaite

102. Luxembourg - At the Devil's Banquets by Anise Koltz

103. Madagascar - Beyond the Rice Fields by Naivo - Return to the Enchanted Island by Johary Ravaloson

104. Malawi - soft magic. by Upile Chisala - No Easy Task by Aubrey Kachingwe

105. Malaysia - Cyberpunk: Malaysia (ed.) Zen Cho - Black Water Sister by Zen Cho - We, the Survivors by Tash Aw

106. Maldives - The wedding of a Maldivian Sultan in Suez: The Suez Wedding by Hussain Salahuddeen

107. Mali - Bound to Violence by Yambo Ouologuem - Caught in the Storm by Seydou Badian - Poetry of Black Africa (ed.) Wole Soyinka

108. Malta - Beyond a Satin Sea. Stories from Malta (ed.) Terence Portelli - Jasmine Blossoms for All Time by Oliver Friggieri - We Belong by Mariella Pisani Bencini

109. Marshall Islands - Iep Jāltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter by Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner - My Story as a Survivor of U.S. Nuclear Tests in the Marshall Islands by Katner Tima

110. Mauritania - Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi - The Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk

111. Mauritius - Humeirah by Sabah Carrim - Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi - Bitter Sugar: Sugar And Slavery In 19th Century Mauritius by Vijaya Teelock

112. Mexico - You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue - The Iliac Crest by Cristina Rivera Garza - The Accidentals: Stories by Guadalupe Nettel - The Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

113. Micronesia - My Urohs by Emelihter Kihleng - Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia (eds.) Emelihter Kihleng and Evelyn Flores

114. Moldova - Set in Stone by Stela Brinzeanu - The Good Life Elsewhere by Vladimir Lorchenkov - Bessarabian Stamps: Stories by Oleg Woolf

115. Monaco - Two Plays by Armand Gatti

116. Mongolia - The Blue Sky by Galsan Tschinag - Suncranes and Other Stories: Modern Mongolian Short Fiction

117. Montenegro - Catherine the Great and the Small by Olja Knežević

118. Morocco - A Country for Dying by Abdellah Taïa - For Bread Alone by Mohamed Choukri - Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf

119. Mozambique - Neighbours: The Story of a Murder by Lília Momplé - We Killed Mangy-Dog & Other Mozambique Stories by Luís Bernardo Honwana - Poetry of Black Africa (ed.) Wole Soyinka

120. Myanmar - You've Changed: Fake Accents, Feminism, and Other Comedies from Myanmar by Pyae Moe Thet War - From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey by Pascal Khoo Thwe

121. Namibia - Born of the Sun: A Namibian Novel by Joseph Diescho - The Eternal Audience of One by Rémy Ngamije - The Purple Violet of Oshaantu by Neshani Andreas

122. Nauru - Stories from Nauru - Pinnacles by Makerita Va'ai

123. Nepal - Mad Country by Samrat Upadhyay - Yak Girl: Growing Up in the Remote Dolpo Region of Nepal by Dorje Dolma

124. The Netherlands - In Search of a Name by Marjolijn Van Heemstra - The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong - The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld - Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt

125. Aotearoa New Zealand - Auē by Becky Manawatu - The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach - Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka - Te Puea: A Life by Michael King - Blindsight by Maurice Gee - Dogside Story by Patricia Grace - The Dream Factory by Steph Matuku

126. Nicaragua - Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand: A Novel of Adam and Eve by Gioconda Belli - Selected Writings by Rubén Dario - Natural History by Carlos Fonseca

127. Niger - The Epic of Askia Mohammed recounted by Nouhou Malio and transcribed by Thomas A. Hale - Engaging Modernity: Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger by Ousseina D. Alidou

128. Nigeria - Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Love Offers No Safety: Nigeria's Queer Men Speak by Olumide F Makanjuola, Jude Dibia - The Interpreters by Wole Soyinka - A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ - Rosewater by Tade Thompson

129. North Korea - A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa

130. North Macedonia - A Spare Life by Lidija Dimkovska - My Husband by Rumena Bužarovska

131. Norway - A Shining by Jon Fosse - Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth - Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

132. Oman - Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

133. Pakistan - Grieving for Pigeons: Twelve Stories of Lahore by Zubair Ahmad - Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie - No Funeral for Nazia by Taha Kehar

134. Palau - The Palauan Perspectives: a poetry book by Hermana Ramarui - Microchild by Valentine Namio Sengebau

135. Palestine - Exodus of the Storks by Walid Nabhan - Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa'ed Atshan - Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa - Trees for the Absentees by Ahlam Bsharat

136. Panama - Reflections Next to Yr Skin by Diana Moran - Delia's Way by Olga Berrocal Essex

137. Papa New Guinea - Maiba, a Papuan Novel by Russell Soaba - Cultural Refugees: Anthology of Poems by Julie Mota

138. Paraguay - The Curse of Nemur: In Search of the Art, Myth, and Ritual of the Ishir by Ticio Escobar - Son of Man by Augusto Roa Bastos - The Apocalypse According To Benedict & Other Stories by Esteban Bedoya

139. Peru - Little Bird by Claudia Ulloa Donoso - Blood of the Dawn by Claudia Salazar Jiménez - Birds Without a Nest by Clorinda Matto de Turner - You Shall Leave Your Land by Renato Cisneros

140. Philippines - Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay - After Lambana: Myth and Magic in Manila: A Graphic Novel by Mervin Malonzo and Eliza Victoria - Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista - Horse Barbie by Geena Rocero - Pa-Liwanag: Writings by Filipinas in Translation - Translating Feminisms by Gantala Press - The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

141. Poland - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk - In Red by Magdalena Tulli - Little Black Bird by Anna Kirchner - View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems by Wisława Szymborska

142. Portugal - The History of the Siege of Lisbon by José Saramago - Manual of Painting and Calligraphy by José Saramago - What Can I Do When Everything's on Fire? by António Lobo Antunes - Empty Wardrobes by Maria Judite de Carvalho - Pardalita by Joana Estrela - The Colours of Death by Patricia Marques

143. Qatar - Crops : Anthology of Qatari short stories translated by Samar Hammood Alshishakli and edited by Dr. Amir Al-Azab - The Corsair by Abdul Aziz Al Mahmoud

144. Romania - Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn - Burying the Typewriter: A Memoir by Carmen Bugan

145. Russia - Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism by Nadya Tolokonnikova - The New Adventures of Helen: Magical Tales by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya - Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina

146. Rwanda - The Eternal Audience of One by Rémy Ngamije - Kibogo by Scholastique Mukasonga - All Your Children, Scattered by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse - The Past Ahead: A Novel by Gilbert Gatore

147. Saint Kitts and Nevis - Caribbean Chemistry: Tales from St. Kitts by Christopher Vanier

148. Saint Lucia - Fault Lines by Kendel Hippolyte

149. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - A Different Hurricane by H. Nigel Thomas

150. Samoa - Afakasi Woman by Lani Wendt Young - FREELOVE by Sia Figiel - Telesa: The Covenant Keeper by Lani Wendt Young - Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt

151. San Marino - The Republic of San Marino: The Oldest and Smallest Republic of the World by Giuseppe Rossi

152. Sao Tome and Principe - No Gods Live Here by Conceição Lima

153. Saudi Arabia - Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea - My Past Is a Foreign Country by Zeba Talkhani

154. Senegal - Tales of Amadou Koumba by Birago Diop - At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop - Fools, Thieves and Other Dreamers: Stories from Francophone Africa by Florent Couao-Zotti, Seydi Sow, Abdourahman A. Waberi

155. Serbia - Directions for Use by Ana Ristović - Fear and His Servant by Mirjana Novaković - The Writing Box by Milorad Pavić

156. Seychelles - Echoes from the Oasis by A.R. Tirant - 40 years : For my 40th Birthday, I pause to share 40 poems then I shall be on my way. by RITAH

157. Sierra Leone - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah - Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah - Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara

158. Singapore - Dinner on Monster Island: Essays by Tania de Rozario - Homeless by Liyana Dhamirah - How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee - The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate #1) by Neon Yang

159. Slovakia - But Crime Does Punish by Ján Johanides - Seeing People Off by Jana Beňová

160. Slovenia - I Saw Her That Night by Drago Jančar - The Fig Tree by Goran Vojnović

161. Solomon Islands - Raindrops by Celo Kulaghoe - Civilized Girl by Jully Makini

162. Somalia - From a Crooked Rib by Nuruddin Farah - The Orchard of Lost Souls by Nadifa Mohamed - The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert by Shugri Said Salh - Angry Queer Somali Boy: A Complicated Memoir by Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali

163. South Africa - If I Could Sing: Selected Poems by Keroapetse Kgositsile - Poetry of Black Africa (ed.) Wole Soyinka - Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor - No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer - Little Suns by Zakes Mda - A Dry White Season by André Brink - The Expedition to the Baobab Tree by Wilma Stockenström

164. South Korea - Your Utopia: Stories by Bora Chung - Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim - Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung - Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim - Flowers of Mold by Ha Seong-nan

165. South Sudan - Carrying Knowledge Up a Palm Tree: Poetry by Taban Lo Liyong - Poetry of Black Africa (ed.) Wole Soyinka - There Is a Country: New Fiction from the New Nation of South Sudan

166. Spain - When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà - Platero and I by Juan Ramón Jiménez - The Wonders by Elena Medel - Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero

167. Sri Lanka - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka - Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera - Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje - Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera - A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman - Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu

168. Sudan - A Mouth Full of Salt by Reem Gaafar - Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun - River Spirit by Leila Aboulela

169. Suriname - On a Woman's Madness by Astrid H. Roemer

170. Sweden - An Account of the Sámi by Johan Turi - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman - They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears by Johannes Anyuru - The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson - The Bear Woman by Karolina Ramqvist - Baby Blue by Bim Eriksson

171. Switzerland - Allmen and the Dragonflies by Martin Suter - The Enigma of Room 622 by Joël Dicker - Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy

172. Syria - A Sky So Close to Us by Shahlaa Ujaylai - No Knives in the Kitchens of This City by Khaled Khalifa - The Pianist of Yarmouk by Aeham Ahmad - Freedom Hospital: A Syrian Story by Hamid Sulaiman

173. Taiwan - Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin - Taiwan Travelogue by 楊双子, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ - The Bear Whispers to Me: The Story of a Bear and a Boy by Chang Ying-Tai

174. Tajikistan - At the Foot of Blue Mountains: Stories by Tajik Authors (eds) Niyasi S, Shavkat Niyazi

175. Tanzania - Stains on My Khanga by Sandra Aikaruwa Mushi - Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah

176. Thailand - The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Veeraporn Nitiprapha - A Good True Thai by Sunisa Manning - Bright by Duanwad Pimwana

177. Tibet - We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama

178. Timor-Leste - From Timor-Leste to Australia: Seven families, three generations tell their stories (ed.) Jan Trezise

179. Togo - Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja - Descent into Night by Edem Awumey

180. Tonga - Tales From The Kingdom Of Tonga by Ilisapesi Lina Weir - Songs Of Love: New And Selected Poems by Konai Helu Thaman - Kakala by Konai Helu Thaman

181. Trinidad and Tobago - A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul - Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein - When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

182. Tunisia - Behind Closed Doors: Women's Oral Narratives in Tunis by Monia Hejaiej

183. Turkey - Farewell Fountain Street by Selçuk Altun - My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk - At The Breakfast Table by Defne Suman

184. Turkmenistan - The Tale of Aypi by Ak Welsapar

185. Tuvalu - Tuvalu: A History by Simati Faaniu

186. Uganda - A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - Abyssinian Chronicles by Moses Isegawa

187. Ukraine - Mesopotamia by Serhiy Zhadan - The Wine of Solitude by Irène Némirovsky - The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko - Love in Defiance of Pain: Ukrainian Stories

188. United Arab Emirates - The Sand Fish: A Novel from Dubai by Maha Gargash - The Wink of Mona Lisa and other stories from the Gulf by Mohammad al Murr

189. United Kingdom - Ripley Bogle by Robert McLiam Wilson (N. Ireland) - Fat Lad by Glenn Patterson (N. Ireland) - Artezans: The Whispering World by L.D. Lapinski (Scotland) - Grimoire by Robin Robertson (Scotland) - Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas (Wales) - The Mabinogion (Wales) - Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo - Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch

190. United States of America - How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America (ed.) Sara Sinclair - An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo - Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles by Gerald Vizenor - When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Díaz - My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson - House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday - The Removed by Brandon Hobson - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

191. Uruguay - Beyond by Horacio Quiroga - Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías

192. Uzbekistan - Back to Bukhara by Shahzoda Nazarova Samarqandi - Motherlands by Shahzoda Samarqandi

193. Vanuatu - Sista, Stanap Strong : A Vanuatu Women's Anthology (eds.) Mikaela Nyman, Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen - Black Stone by Grace Mera Molisa

194. Venezuela - It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo - The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka - Freedom Is a Feast by Alejandro Puyana

195. Vietnam - Banyan Moon by Thao Thai - The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

196. Yemen - What Have You Left Behind? by Bushra Al-Maqtari - A Land Without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal

197. Zambia - Obligations to the Wounded: Stories by Mubanga Kalimamukwento - The Lion's Den by Iris Mwanza - The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

198. Zimbabwe - Bones by Chenjerai Hove - Drinking from Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu - House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

Extras not on original list:

199. Hawai'i - This Is Paradise by Kristiana Kahakauwila - Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory by Anwei Skinsnes Law - Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

200. New Caledonia - The Kanak Apple Season: Selected Short Fiction of Déwé Gorodé

201. Tahiti & other French Polynesian Islands - Island of Shattered Dreams by Chantal T. Spitz

202. French West Indies + French Guiana - Crossing the Mangrove by Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe) - The Bridge of Beyond by Simone Schwarz-Bart (Guadeloupe) - Beyond Negritude: Essays from Woman in the City (ed.) Paulette Nardal (Martinique) - The Cane-Cutter's Song by Raphaël Confiant (Martinique) - Batouala by René Maran (Martinique/French Guiana) - The Negritude Movement: W.E.B. Du Bois, Leon Damas, Aime Cesaire, Leopold Senghor, Frantz Fanon, and the Evolution of an Insurgent Idea (ed.) Reiland Rabaka (French Guiana)

203. Easter Island - The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by Carl Lipo and Terry Hunt - want to find a book about Rapa Nui Mythology

204. Dutch Caribbean (ABC & SSS) - Founding Fictions of the Dutch Caribbean: The Longest Month (de Langste Maand) by Diana Lebacs (Curaçao) - Book of the Dead by Lasana M. Sekou

205. British Overseas Territories - The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative Mary Prince (Bermuda) - The Sailor and the Fox by Brian Burland (Bermuda) - Rock Black Ten Gibraltarian Stories by M.G. Sanchez (Gibraltar) - Eviction from the Chagos Islands: Displacement and Struggle for Identity Against Two World Powers (eds.) Marry Kooy and Sandra J.T.M. Evers (Chagos Islands/BIOT) - The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice, and Courage by Philippe Sands (Chagos Islands/BIOT) - Where I See The Sun – Contemporary Poetry in Anguilla (ed.) Lasana M. Sekou (Anguilla) - Make Us All Islands by Richard Georges (British Virgin Islands)

206. Puerto Rico - Carapace by Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro - The House on the Lagoon by Rosario Ferré - Migrations by J.L. Torres - Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

207. Romani Literature - Zigeunermärchen by Philomena Franz - Džuvljarke: Roma Lesbian Existence by Vera Kurtić - The Day I Am Free/Katitzi by Katarina Taikon and Lawen Mohtadi - American Gypsy by Oksana Marafioti

208. Sami Literature - The Village at the Riverbend by Matti Aikio - The Night Between the Days by Ailo Gaup - Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius - An Account of the Sámi by Johan Turi

#*some of the countries aren't always recognised as such #personally I will be treating Israel as a slot for stories from the Jewish diaspora and cultural heritage