The List :
Here is my completed list, some books have more than one option in case I can't find a copy or just because I couldn't decide. The order I'm reading is based on a random number generator.
I'm still looking for books for Monaco, Palau, San Marino, and Tuvalu
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Afghanistan: Load Poems Like Guns by Farzana Marie, Above Us the Milky Way by Fowzia Karimi, Dancing in the Mosque by Homeira Qaderi
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Albania: Mud Sweeter Than Honey by Margo Rejmer
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Algeria: Fantasia by Assia Djebar, Women of Algier in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar
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Andorra: Road to Andorra by Shirley Deane and Andorran Memories by Valenti Claverol
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Angola: That Hair by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida
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Antarctica: Big Dead Place by Nicholas Johnson
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Antigua and Barbuda: Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
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Argentina: Savage Theories by Pola Olioxarac, Things We Lost in the Fire by Marianna Enriquez, The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezon Camara
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Armenia: My Grandmother by Fethiye Cetin
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Australia: Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
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Austria: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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Azerbaijan: Ali and Nino by Kurban Said
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Bahamas: The Story of The Bahamas by Paul Albury, Life on a Rock by K. A. Albury
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Bahrain: The Randomist by Ali Al Saeed
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Bangladesh: I Remember Abbu by Humayun Azad, The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
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Barbados: Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord, The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson, How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
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Belarus: War’s Unwomanly Face by Svetlana Alexievich
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Belgium: Marcel by Erwin Mortier and War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans
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Belize: Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell and Memories Dreams and Nightmares: A Short Story Anthology by Belizean Women Writers
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Benin: Why Monkeys Live in Trees and Other Stories from Benin by Raouf Mama
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Bhutan: The Circle of Karma by Kunzang Choden
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Bolivia: El Precio De Fuego by Benjamin Dangl
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Sasa Stanisic
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Botswana: Maru by Bessie Head
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Brazil: Glory and It’s Litany of Horrors by Fernanda Torres, The Hour of Star by Clarice Lispector
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Brunei: The Forlorn Adventure by Amir Falique
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Bulgaria: Under the Yolk by Ivan Vozov, Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova
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Burkina Faso: Of Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Patrice Some
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Burundi: Mother in my Mind by Blaire Marcel Iteka, Small Country by Gael Faye
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Cabo Verde: The Last Will and Testament of Senhor de Silva Araujo by Germano Almeida
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Cambodia: First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung
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Cameroon: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
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Canada: Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote, A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
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Central African Republic (CAR): My Country, Africa by Andree Blouin
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Chad: Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid
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Chile: Sub Terra by Baldomero Lilla, The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende, The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran
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China: Waiting by Ha Jin, In the Face of Death We Are Equal by Mu Cao, Betraying Big Brother by Leta Hong Fincher, Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
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Colombia: A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernandez, Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
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Comoros: A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
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Congo, Republic of the: Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou
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Costa Rica: Natural History by Carlos Fonseca
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Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast): Aya by Marguerite Abouet, In the Company of Men by Veronique Tadjo
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Croatia: The Ministry of Pain by Dubravka Ugresic
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Cuba: Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas, We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? By Achy Obejas
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Cyprus: Gregory: And Other Stories by Panos Ioannides, Between the Orange Groves by Nadia Marks
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Czechia: Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
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Denmark: The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen and We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen
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Greenland: Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussan
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Djibouti: In the United States of Africa by Abdourahman A. Waberi
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Dominica: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
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Dominican Republic: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
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Ecuador: The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova
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Egypt: Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
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El Salvador: Lineage of Rain by Janel Pinada
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Equatorial Guinea: La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, By Night the Mountain Burns by Juan Tomas Avila Laurel
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Eritrea: Silence is My Mother Tongue by Sulaiman Addonia
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Estonia: The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirahk
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Eswatini: When the Ground is Hard by Malla Nunn
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Ethiopia: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
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Fiji: Kava in the Blood by Peter Thomson
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Finland: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, Oksi by Mari Ahokoivu
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France: The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, Disoriental by Negar Djavadi
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Gabon: The Fury and Cries of Women by Angele Rawiri
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Gambia: The Sun Will Soon Shine by Sally Singhateh
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Georgia: Three Poems by Vazha-Pshavela
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Germany: The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun
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Ghana: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
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Greece: Kassandra and the Wolf by Margarita Karapanou, What I Love by Odysseas Elytis, Sappho
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Grenada: The Ladies Are Upstairs by Merle Collins
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Guatemala: Men of Maize by Miguel Angel Asturias
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Guinea: The Dark Child by Camara Laye
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Guinea-Bissau: Anos Ku Ta Manda by Yasmina Nuny
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Guyana: A Leaf in His Ear by Mahadai Das, Buxton Spice by Oonya Kempadoo
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Haiti: What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancey
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Honduras: Return of the River by Roberto Sosa
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Hungary: The Door by Magda Szabo
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Iceland: Land of Love and Ruins by Oddny Eir, Moonstone: The Boy That Never Was by Sjon
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India: Antiman by Rajiv Mohabir, Forward Me Back to You by Mitali Perkins, No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh Satyal
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Indonesia: The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata, Deviant Disciples by Intan Paramaditha
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Iran: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, Professing Selves by Afsaneh Najmabadi, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar
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Iraq: Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen by Amrou Al-Kadhi, The Bafhdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi, Beyond Love by Hadiyya Hussein
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Ireland: The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
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Israel: To the End of the Land by David Grossman
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Italy: The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante, What the Mouth Wants by Monica Meneghetti
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Jamaica: The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin, These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card, Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
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Japan: In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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Jordan: You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
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Kazakhstan: The Silent Steppe by Mukhamet Shayakhmetov, The Dead Wanderer in the Desert by Rollan Seisenbayev
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Kenya: The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, The Perfect Nine by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
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Kiribati: Waa in Storms by Teweiariki Teaero, Tales of Kiribati by Peter Kanere Koru
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Kosovo: My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci
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Kuwait: One Last Drink at Guapa by Saleem Haddad
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Kyrgyzstan: Jamilia and The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov
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Laos: How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
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Latvia: High Tide by Inga Abele
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Lebanon: The Locust and the Birds by Hana Al-Shaykh
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Lesotho: Singing Away the Hunger by Mpho M’Atsepo, Little Suns by Zakes Mda
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Liberia: She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore
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Libya: The Bleeding of the Stone by Ibrahim al-Koni
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Liechtenstein: The State in the Third Millennium by Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein
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Lithuania: Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys
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Luxembourg: Amater by Jean Back
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Madagascar: Beyond the Rice Fields by By Navio
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Malawi: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
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Malaysia: Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
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Maldives: Dhon Hiyala and Ali Fulhu by Abdoulla Sadiq
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Mali: The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampate Ba
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Malta: Happy Weekend by Immanuel Mifsud
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Marshall Islands: Melal by Robert Barclay
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Mauritania: A Moonless, Starless Sky by Alexis Okeowo
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Mauritius: Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel
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Mexico: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez, Sana Sana by Ariana Brown
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Micronesia: Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia by Evelyn Flores
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Moldova: The Good Life is Elsewhere by Vladimir Lorchenkov
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Monaco
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Mongolia: The Blue Sky by Galsan Tschinag, Mongol by Uuganaa Ramsay
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Montenegro: Catherine the Great and the Small by Olija Knezevic
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Morocco: Year of the Elephant by Leila Abouzeid, Dune Song by Anissa M. Bouziane, Dreams of Maryam Tair by Mhani Alaoui
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Mozambique: The First Wife by Paulina Chiziane, Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto
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Myanmar: The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
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Namibia: The Purple Violet of Oshaantu by Neshani Andreas
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Nauru: Stories from Nauru by Ben Bam Solomon
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Nepal: Porridge Eaters and Gruel Drinkers by Santosh Lamichhane, Mad Country by Samrat Upadhyay
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Netherlands: The Tree and the Vine by Dola de Jong
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New Zealand: I Have in My Arms Both Ways by Adrienne Jansen
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Nicaragua: Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand by Gioconda Belli
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Niger: Toni Shot Me Between the Eyes by Antoinette Tidjani Alou
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Nigeria: Freshwater by Awaeke Emezi
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North Korea: I Order to Live by Yeonmi Park
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North Macedonia: Contemporary Macedonia Fiction by Paul Filev, The Last Summer in the Old Bazaar by Vera Buzarovska
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Norway: Hunger by Knut Hamsun, The Nordic Theory of Everything by Anu Partanen
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Oman: Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi
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Pakistan: We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
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Palau
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Palestine: All That’s Left to You by Ghassan Kanafani, RIFQA by Mohammed El-Kurd
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Panama: Mama’s Girl by Veronica Chambers, The World in Half by Cristina Henriquez
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Papua New Guinea: The Night Warrior by Ulli Beier, Sibona by Emmanuel Peni
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Paraguay: I, the Supreme by Augusto Roa Bastos
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Peru: Nine Moons by Gabriela Weiner
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Philippines: Fairest by Meredith Talusan, America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo, The Body Papers by Grace Talusan
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Poland: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, History of a Disappearance by Filip Springer, Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
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Portugal: Raised from the Ground by Jose Saramago
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Qatar: The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Sophia Al-Maria
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Romania: The Land of Green Plums by Herta Muller
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Russia: Fardwor, Russia! By Oleg Kashin, Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky, Children of the Arbat by Anatoli Rybakov
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Rwanda: The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya
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Saint Kitts and Nevis: Caribbean Chemistry by Christopher Vanier
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Saint Lucia: Omeros by Derek Walcott, Neg Maron by Michael Aubertin
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: The Moon is Following Me by Cecil Browne
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Samoa: Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt
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San Marino
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Sao Tome and Principe: Three short stories by Gervasio Kaiser: Native Dance, The Moor of Sankore, and The Stranger
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Saudi Arabia: Daring to Drive by Manal-Al-Sharif, Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
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Senegal: The Belly of the Atlantic by Fatou Diome, So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba
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Serbia: Checkpoint by David Albahari
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Seychelles: Voices by Glynn Burridge
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Sierra Leone: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
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Singapore: Oracle Bone by Lydia Kwa
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Slovakia: Seeing People Off by Jana Benova, The Equestrienne by Ursula Kovalyk
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Slovenia: Billiards at the Hotel Dobray by Dusan Sarotar
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Solomon Islands: Raindrops by Celo Kulaghoe
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Somalia: Fairytales for Lost Children by Diriye Osman
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South Africa: Coconut by Kopano Matlwa
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South Korea: Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo, Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho
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South Sudan: They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky
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Spain: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Alberto’s Lost Birthday by Diana Rosie
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Sri Lanka: Bodies in Motion by Mary Anne Mohanraj
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Sudan: Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun
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Suriname: We Slaves of Suriname by Anton de Kom
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Sweden: Beartown by Frederik Backman
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Switzerland: Lyric Novella by Annemarie Schwarzenback, Isle of the Dead by Gerhard Meier
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Syria: The Thirty Names of the Night by Zeyn Joukhadar, The Clothesline Swing by Ahmad Danny Ramadan
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Taiwan: Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho, Notes of A Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin
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Tajikistan: Hurramabad by Andrei Volos, My Neighbourhood Sisters by Gulsifat Shakhidi
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Tanzania: By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah, Blue Sunflower Startle by Yasmin Ladha
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Thailand: Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad, The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Verraporn Nitiprapha
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Timor-Leste (East Timor): The Crossing by Luis Cardoso
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Togo: An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel Kpomassie, Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kasindja
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Tonga: A Providence of War by Joshua Taumoefolau, We Are the Ocean by Epeli Hau’ofa
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Trinidad and Tobago: Golden Child by Claire Adam, Secrets We Keep by Krystal A. Sital
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Tunisia: Talismano by Abdelwahab Meddeb
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Turkey: The Girl in the Tree by Şebnem İşigüzel
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Turkmenistan: The Tale of Aypi by Ak Welsapar
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Tuvalu
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Uganda: A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
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Ukraine: Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
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United Arab Emirates (UAE): Temporary People by Deepak Unnikrishnan
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United Kingdom (UK): England: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
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Northern Ireland: The Glass Shore by Sinead Gleeson
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Scotland: Out There: an anthology of Scottish LGBT writing by Zoe Strachan, Where are the Women? By Sara Sheridan
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Wales: The Ugliest House in the World by Peter Ho Davies, Until Our Blood is Dry by Kit Habianic
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United States of America (USA): A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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Puerto Rico: Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
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American Samoa: The Girl in the Moon Circle and They Who Do Not Grieve by Sia Figiel
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Guam: Colonial Dis-ease by Anne Perez Hattori, Mariquita by Chris Perez Howard
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U.S. Virgin Islands: The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull
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Northern Mariana Islands: Marianas Island Legends by Bo Flood, Micronesian Legends by Bo Flood
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Uruguay: Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis
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Uzbekistan: Gaia, Queen of Ants by Hamid Ismailov
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Vanuatu: Sista, Stanao Strong! By Irene Abbock
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Venezuela: Iphigenia by Teresa de la Parra
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Vietnam: The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Water/Tongue by Mai C. Doan, Sign, Gone by Phuc Tran, Em by Kim Thuy
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Yemen: A Land Without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal
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Zambia: Patchwork by Ellen Banda-Aaku
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Zimbabwe: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo