Read books from 10 new countries

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9 participants (16 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read a book from 10 new countries this year, prioritising books I already own!

Challenge Books

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No Past, No Present, No Future by Yulisa Amadu Pat Maddy

No Past, No Present, No Future

Yulisa Amadu Pat Maddy

320 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Et du ciel tombèrent trois pommes by Narine Abgaryan

Et du ciel tombèrent trois pommes

Narine Abgaryan

360 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Vinden kjenner mitt navn by Isabel Allende

Vinden kjenner mitt navn

Isabel Allende

296 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Set Me Free by Cachline Etienne

Set Me Free

Cachline Etienne

90 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction childrens emotional medium-paced
Why the Child Is Cooking in the Polenta by Aglaja Veteranyi

Why the Child Is Cooking in the Polenta

Aglaja Veteranyi

200 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark reflective medium-paced
A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

A Small Place

Jamaica Kincaid

81 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction essays history memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

The Things We Cannot Say

Kelly Rimmer

13 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective fast-paced
Monstrous Anger of the Guns: How the Global Arms Trade Is Ruining the World and What We Can Do about It by Andrew Feinstein, Paul Rogers, Rhona Michie

Monstrous Anger of the Guns: How the Global Arms Trade Is Ruining the World and What We Can Do about It

Andrew Feinstein, Paul Rogers, Rhona Michie

284 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction medium-paced
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

The Forty Rules of Love

Elif Shafak

358 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan

Brotherless Night

V.V. Ganeshananthan

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced