World Lit Up

I plan to read a book about each of the following 195 countries.

As of March 29, 2010 there are 192 members of the United Nations.  At the suggestion of About.com, I will be adding the Vatican City, Kosovo and Taiwan to that list.  (the Vatican City and Kosovo are  independent countries as recognized by the majority of the world; Taiwan meets the requirements for being an independent country, but is not internationally recognized)

After I read a book, I’ll record the book’s name and author and the day of my posting about that book.

Afghanistan – In the Sea There Are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda, posted 7/11/12
Albania – The Country Where No One Ever Dies by Ornela Vorpsi, posted 7/1/12
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda – Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid, posted 9/28/10
Argentina – Kamchatka by Marcelo Figueros, posted 4/29/12
Armenia
Australia – Remembering Babylon by David Malouf, posted 5/25/10
Austria – Brenner and God by Wolf Haas, posted 12/2/12
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados – The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke, posted 11/13/11
Belarus
Belgium – The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs, posted 8/6/12
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia – Andean Express by Juan de Recacoechea, posted 4/10/11
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipović, posted 11/20/10
Botswana – Twenty Chickens for a Saddle by Robyn Scott, posted 4/18/12
Brazil – The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles, posted 6/12/11
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia – First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung, posted 10/31/10
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile – The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, posted 5/30/10
China – To Live by Yu Hua, posted 4/18/10; Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong, posted 10/14/12
Colombia – The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, posted 8/30/11
Comoros
Congo, Republic of the – Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou, posted 6/18/12
Congo, Democratic Republic of the – The Witch Doctor’s Wife by Tamar Myers, posted 9/12/11
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire – Aya by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, posted 2/25/12
Croatia – Infidelities by Josip Novakovich, posted 12/31/11
Cuba- Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire, posted 8/22/10
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark – Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg, posted 10/2/10
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic – In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, posted 4/25/10
East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Ecuador
Egypt – The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany, posted 5/6/12
El Salvador – Bitter Grounds by Sandra Benítez, posted 7/24/10
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia – Purge by Sofi Oksanen, posted 3/13/2011
Ethiopia – Notes from the Hyena’s Belly by Nega Mezlekia, posted 7/18/10
Fiji
Finland – Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo, posted 5/3/11
France – Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda, posted 5/18/12
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany – The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch, posted 3/16/13
Ghana – Children of the Street by Kwei Quartey, posted 6/3/12
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti – Krik! Krak? by Edwidge Danticat, posted 4/5/10
Honduras
Hungary – Embers by Sándor Márai, posted 12/5/10
Iceland – Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir, posted 12/16/11
India- The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, posted 6/17/10
Indonesia – All That Is Gone by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, posted 2/1/12
Iran – The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer, posted 7/4/10
Iraq – Zubaida’s Window by Iqbal Al-Qazwini, posted 4/27/13
Ireland – By the Lake by John McGahern, posted 5/9/10
Israel – Almost Dead by Assaf Gavron, posted 9/30/11
Italy – I’ll Steal You Away by Niccolò Ammaniti, posted 8/9/10
Jamaica – The Pirate’s Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson, posted 1/9/11
Japan
Jordan – Honor Lost: Love and Death in Modern-Day Jordan by Norma Khouri.  Honor Lost is a confirmed literary hoax.  Jordan will be represented by a reputable book at a later time.  Posted 7/4/11
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North – Jia by Hyejin Kim, posted 2/6/2011
Korea, South – Fox Girl by Nora Okja Keller, posted 9/5/2010
Kosovo
Kuwait – The 99 by Naif Al-Mutawa, posted 10/29/2011
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon- The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine, posted 5/15/11
Lesotho
Liberia – The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper, posted 5/24/11
Libya – In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar, posted 1/27/11
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, posted 4/2/11
Malaysia – The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng, posted 11/7/10
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius – Darwin’s Wink by Alison Anderson, posted 1/2/11
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco – Secret Son by Laila Lalami, posted 1/16/11
Mozambique – Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto, posted 4/4/13
Myanmar (Burma) – From the Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo Thwe, posted 3/17/12
Namibia – The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo by Peter Orner, posted 9/19/10
Nauru
Nepal – The Royal Ghosts by Samrat Upadhyay, posted 1/16/11
Netherlands – The Dinner by Herman Koch, posted 5/9/13
New Zealand – Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff, posted 11/14/12
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria – GraceLand by Chris Abani, posted 7/17/11
Norway – Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, posted 5/2/10
Oman
Pakistan – In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin, posted 11/14/10
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea – Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, posted 6/6/10
Paraguay – The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck, posted 4/11/10
Peru – Red April by Santiago Roncagliolo, posted 12/24/10
Philippines – When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe, posted 4/22/11
Poland – Marzi: A Memoir by Marzena Sowa w/ art by Sylvain Savoia, posted 2/12/12
Portugal
Qatar
Romania – The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller, posted 8/15/11
Russia
Rwanda – The Antelope’s Strategy: Living in Rwanda After the Genocide by Jean Hatzfeld, posted 12/23/12
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia – Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea, posted 8/15/10
Senegal
Serbia – Regards from Serbia by Aleksandar Zograf, posted 4/6/12
Seychelles
Sierra Leone – A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, posted 8/1/10
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia – Secrets by Nuruddin Farah, posted 12/14/10
South Africa – Agaat by Marlene Van Niekerk, posted 2/28/13
Spain – The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte, posted 6/24/11
Sri Lanka – Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje, posted 9/12/10
Sudan – What Is the What by Dave Eggers, posted 3/29/10
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, posted 10/26/10
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand – Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap, posted 6/5/11
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago – The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey, posted 10/14/11
Tunisia
Turkey – My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk, posted 3/1/11
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda – Tropical Fish by Doreen Baingana, posted 1/13/13
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay – Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano, posted 8/28/12
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City (Holy See)
Venezuela
Vietnam – Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong, posted 7/11/10
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe – Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller, posted 6/20/10