World Book Challenge

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