Books from African, South American, and Asian countries for a read around the world challenge?
Title says all! I’ve been able to find most European countries and east Asian countries pretty easily, but southeast Asia, Africa, and South America have been the hardest to find. Thank you in advance!
Number One Ladies Detective Agency is set in Botswana, Africa.
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The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina takes place partly in the US and partly in Ecuador.
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Smaller and Smaller Circles by FH Batacan
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Love in the Time of Cholera is in Colombia.
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Man Tiger: A Novel is set in Indonesia
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Our share of the night – Mariana Enriquez (Argentina) (Really anything Mariana Enriquez, Samanta Scweblin, Augustina Bazterrica)
House of the spirits – Isabel Allende (Chile) (Anything by Allende really – she’s excellent)
100 years of solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombia)
The Truce – Mario Benedetti (Uruguay)
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbra Kingsolver is set in the Congo.
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Lesley Nneka Arimah is a Nigerian writer, and her book, *What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sk*y, is lovely.
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Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase, Botswana
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, Sri Lanka
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Allah is not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma
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*Nervous Conditions* by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe)
*Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth* by Wole Soyinka (Nigeria)
*Half of a Yellow Sun* by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)
*Eva Luna* by Isabel Allende (unidentified country in South America)
*The Motorcycle Diaries* by Che Guevara (begins in Argentina)
*The God Doctor* by Damon Galgut (South Africa)
*The Kitchen God’s Wife* by Amy Tan (US & China)
*Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage* by Haruki Murakami (Japan)
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Ethiopia: The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
Ghana: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Kenya: The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber
Nigeria: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Zambia: The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
Zimbabwe: The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah
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Zimbabwe: *The Digging Stars* by Novuyo Rose Tshuma
Botswana: *Call and Response* by Gothataone Moeng
Cameroon: *These Letters End in Tears* by Musih Tedji Xaviere
Egypt: *A Master of Djinn* by P. Djélì Clark
Ethiopia: *A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times* by Meron Hadero
Malaysia: *The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds* by Selina Siak Chin Yoke
Oman, Yemen: *The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi* by Shannon Chakraborty
Singapore: *Now You See Us* by Balli Kaur Jaswal
South Africa: *The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years* by Shubnum Khan
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Number One Ladies Detective Agency is set in Botswana, Africa.
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina takes place partly in the US and partly in Ecuador.
Smaller and Smaller Circles by FH Batacan
Love in the Time of Cholera is in Colombia.
Man Tiger: A Novel is set in Indonesia
Our share of the night – Mariana Enriquez (Argentina) (Really anything Mariana Enriquez, Samanta Scweblin, Augustina Bazterrica)
House of the spirits – Isabel Allende (Chile) (Anything by Allende really – she’s excellent)
100 years of solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombia)
The Truce – Mario Benedetti (Uruguay)
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbra Kingsolver is set in the Congo.
Lesley Nneka Arimah is a Nigerian writer, and her book, *What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sk*y, is lovely.
Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase, Botswana
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, Sri Lanka
Allah is not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma
*Nervous Conditions* by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe)
*Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth* by Wole Soyinka (Nigeria)
*Half of a Yellow Sun* by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)
*Eva Luna* by Isabel Allende (unidentified country in South America)
*The Motorcycle Diaries* by Che Guevara (begins in Argentina)
*The God Doctor* by Damon Galgut (South Africa)
*The Kitchen God’s Wife* by Amy Tan (US & China)
*Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage* by Haruki Murakami (Japan)
Ethiopia: The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
Ghana: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Kenya: The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber
Nigeria: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Zambia: The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
Zimbabwe: The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah
Zimbabwe: *The Digging Stars* by Novuyo Rose Tshuma
Botswana: *Call and Response* by Gothataone Moeng
Cameroon: *These Letters End in Tears* by Musih Tedji Xaviere
Egypt: *A Master of Djinn* by P. Djélì Clark
Ethiopia: *A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times* by Meron Hadero
Malaysia: *The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds* by Selina Siak Chin Yoke
Oman, Yemen: *The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi* by Shannon Chakraborty
Singapore: *Now You See Us* by Balli Kaur Jaswal
South Africa: *The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years* by Shubnum Khan
Vietnam: *Banyan Moon* by Thao Thai