Inspired by Geography Now, a must subscribe youtube channel, I challenge myself to read books from all countries in the world. I read more than 30 books a year, mostly comes from Indonesia, UK, and USA. I’ll try to sneak 5 books a year from other countries so that I can finish this challenge. There are 193 sovereign states registered as members of United Nations. If i’m lucky, i can finish this challenge by the next 3 decades.
Due to language limitation, i can only read translated version of some books. Ten out of 193, still a long way to go. I’m open to suggestions.
First edit in August 2020, 14 out of 193.
Here is the list of countries and a sample book that I’ve read until today.
- Afghanistan: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Plurinational State of Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung
- Cameroon
- Canada: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic: Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France: Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- Gabon
- Republic of The Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia: Lelaki Harimau by Eka Kurniawan
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- Italy: Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
- Jamaica
- Japan: Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia: Anak Mat Lela Gila by Ishak Haji Muhammad
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands: Max Havelaar by Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker)
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of Korea
- Republic of Moldova
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- United Republic of Tanzania
- United States of America: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Uruguay: Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado and Vince Rause
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe