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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

  1. Afghanistan: Load Poems Like Guns by Farzana Marie, Above Us the Milky Way by Fowzia Karimi, Dancing in the Mosque by Homeira Qaderi

  2. Albania: Mud Sweeter Than Honey by Margo Rejmer

  3. Algeria: Fantasia by Assia Djebar, Women of Algier in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar

  4. Andorra: Road to Andorra by Shirley Deane and Andorran Memories by Valenti Claverol

  5. Angola: That Hair by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida

  6. Antarctica: Big Dead Place by Nicholas Johnson

  7. Antigua and Barbuda: Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid

  8. Argentina: Savage Theories by Pola Olioxarac, Things We Lost in the Fire by Marianna Enriquez, The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezon Camara

  9. Armenia: My Grandmother by Fethiye Cetin

  10. Australia: Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden

  11. Austria: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

  12. Azerbaijan: Ali and Nino by Kurban Said

  13. Bahamas: The Story of The Bahamas by Paul Albury, Life on a Rock by K. A. Albury

  14. Bahrain: The Randomist by Ali Al Saeed

  15. Bangladesh: I Remember Abbu by Humayun Azad, The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

  16. 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

  17. Belarus: War’s Unwomanly Face by Svetlana Alexievich

  18. Belgium: Marcel by Erwin Mortier and War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans

  19. Belize: Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell  and Memories Dreams and Nightmares: A Short Story Anthology by Belizean Women Writers

  20. Benin: Why Monkeys Live in Trees and Other Stories from Benin by Raouf Mama

  21. Bhutan: The Circle of Karma by Kunzang Choden

  22. Bolivia: El Precio De Fuego by Benjamin Dangl

  23. Bosnia and Herzegovina: How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Sasa Stanisic

  24. Botswana: Maru by Bessie Head

  25. Brazil: Glory and It’s Litany of Horrors by Fernanda Torres, The Hour of Star by Clarice Lispector

  26. Brunei: The Forlorn Adventure by Amir Falique

  27. Bulgaria: Under the Yolk by Ivan Vozov, Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova

  28. Burkina Faso: Of Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Patrice Some

  29. Burundi: Mother in my Mind by Blaire Marcel Iteka, Small Country by Gael Faye

  30. Cabo Verde: The Last Will and Testament of Senhor de Silva Araujo by Germano Almeida

  31. Cambodia: First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung

  32. Cameroon: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

  33. Canada: Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote, A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt

  34. Central African Republic (CAR): My Country, Africa by Andree Blouin

  35. Chad: Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid

  36. Chile: Sub Terra by Baldomero Lilla, The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende, The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran

  37. 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

  38. Colombia: A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernandez, Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

  39. Comoros: A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir

  40. Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila

  41. Congo, Republic of the: Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou

  42. Costa Rica: Natural History by Carlos Fonseca

  43. Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast): Aya by Marguerite Abouet, In the Company of Men by Veronique Tadjo

  44. Croatia: The Ministry of Pain by Dubravka Ugresic

  45. Cuba: Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas, We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? By Achy Obejas

  46. Cyprus: Gregory: And Other Stories by Panos Ioannides, Between the Orange Groves by Nadia Marks

  47. Czechia: Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal

  48. Denmark: The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen and We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen

  49. Greenland: Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussan

  50. Djibouti: In the United States of Africa by Abdourahman A. Waberi

  51. Dominica: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

  52. Dominican Republic: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

  53. Ecuador: The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova

  54. Egypt: Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz

  55. El Salvador: Lineage of Rain by Janel Pinada

  56. Equatorial Guinea: La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, By Night the Mountain Burns by Juan Tomas Avila Laurel

  57. Eritrea: Silence is My Mother Tongue by Sulaiman Addonia

  58. Estonia: The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirahk

  59. Eswatini: When the Ground is Hard by Malla Nunn

  60. Ethiopia: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

  61. Fiji: Kava in the Blood by Peter Thomson

  62. Finland: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, Oksi by Mari Ahokoivu

  63. France: The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, Disoriental by Negar Djavadi

  64. Gabon: The Fury and Cries of Women by Angele Rawiri 

  65. Gambia: The Sun Will Soon Shine by Sally Singhateh

  66. Georgia: Three Poems by Vazha-Pshavela

  67. Germany: The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun

  68. Ghana: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

  69. Greece: Kassandra and the Wolf by Margarita Karapanou, What I Love by Odysseas Elytis, Sappho

  70. Grenada: The Ladies Are Upstairs by Merle Collins

  71. Guatemala: Men of Maize by Miguel Angel Asturias

  72. Guinea: The Dark Child by Camara Laye

  73. Guinea-Bissau: Anos Ku Ta Manda by Yasmina Nuny

  74. Guyana:  A Leaf in His Ear by Mahadai Das, Buxton Spice by Oonya Kempadoo

  75. Haiti: What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancey

  76. Honduras: Return of the River by Roberto Sosa

  77. Hungary: The Door by Magda Szabo

  78. Iceland: Land of Love and Ruins by Oddny Eir, Moonstone: The Boy That Never Was by Sjon

  79. India: Antiman by Rajiv Mohabir, Forward Me Back to You by Mitali Perkins, No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh Satyal

  80. Indonesia: The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata, Deviant Disciples by Intan Paramaditha

  81. Iran: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, Professing Selves by Afsaneh Najmabadi, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar

  82. 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

  83. Ireland: The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne

  84. Israel: To the End of the Land by David Grossman

  85. Italy: The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante, What the Mouth Wants by Monica Meneghetti

  86. Jamaica: The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin, These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card, Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

  87. Japan: In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

  88. Jordan: You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

  89. Kazakhstan: The Silent Steppe by Mukhamet Shayakhmetov, The Dead Wanderer in the Desert by Rollan Seisenbayev

  90. Kenya: The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, The Perfect Nine by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

  91. Kiribati: Waa in Storms by Teweiariki Teaero, Tales of Kiribati by Peter Kanere Koru

  92. Kosovo: My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci

  93. Kuwait: One Last Drink at Guapa by Saleem Haddad

  94. Kyrgyzstan: Jamilia and The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov

  95. Laos: How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

  96. Latvia: High Tide by Inga Abele

  97. Lebanon: The Locust and the Birds by Hana Al-Shaykh

  98. Lesotho: Singing Away the Hunger by Mpho M’Atsepo, Little Suns by Zakes Mda

  99. Liberia: She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore

  100. Libya: The Bleeding of the Stone by Ibrahim al-Koni

  101. Liechtenstein: The State in the Third Millennium by Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein

  102. Lithuania: Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys

  103. Luxembourg: Amater by Jean Back

  104. Madagascar: Beyond the Rice Fields by By Navio

  105. Malawi: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba

  106. Malaysia: Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

  107. Maldives: Dhon Hiyala and Ali Fulhu by Abdoulla Sadiq

  108. Mali: The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampate Ba

  109. Malta: Happy Weekend by Immanuel Mifsud

  110. Marshall Islands: Melal by Robert Barclay

  111. Mauritania: A Moonless, Starless Sky by Alexis Okeowo

  112. Mauritius: Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel

  113. Mexico: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez, Sana Sana by Ariana Brown

  114. Micronesia: Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia by Evelyn Flores

  115. Moldova: The Good Life is Elsewhere by Vladimir Lorchenkov

  116. Monaco

  117. Mongolia: The Blue Sky by Galsan Tschinag, Mongol by Uuganaa Ramsay

  118. Montenegro: Catherine the Great and the Small by Olija Knezevic

  119. Morocco: Year of the Elephant by Leila Abouzeid, Dune Song by Anissa M. Bouziane, Dreams of Maryam Tair by Mhani Alaoui

  120. Mozambique: The First Wife by Paulina Chiziane, Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto

  121. Myanmar: The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

  122. Namibia: The Purple Violet of Oshaantu by Neshani Andreas

  123. Nauru: Stories from Nauru by Ben Bam Solomon

  124. Nepal: Porridge Eaters and Gruel Drinkers by Santosh Lamichhane, Mad Country by Samrat Upadhyay

  125. Netherlands: The Tree and the Vine by Dola de Jong

  126. New Zealand: I Have in My Arms Both Ways by Adrienne Jansen

  127. Nicaragua: Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand by Gioconda Belli

  128. Niger: Toni Shot Me Between the Eyes by Antoinette Tidjani Alou

  129. Nigeria: Freshwater by Awaeke Emezi

  130. North Korea: I Order to Live by Yeonmi Park

  131. North Macedonia: Contemporary Macedonia Fiction by Paul Filev, The Last Summer in the Old Bazaar by Vera Buzarovska

  132. Norway: Hunger by Knut Hamsun, The Nordic Theory of Everything by Anu Partanen

  133. Oman: Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi

  134. Pakistan: We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib

  135. Palau

  136. Palestine: All That’s Left to You by Ghassan Kanafani, RIFQA by Mohammed El-Kurd

  137. Panama: Mama’s Girl by Veronica Chambers, The World in Half by Cristina Henriquez

  138. Papua New Guinea: The Night Warrior by Ulli Beier, Sibona by Emmanuel Peni

  139. Paraguay: I, the Supreme by Augusto Roa Bastos

  140. Peru: Nine Moons by Gabriela Weiner

  141. Philippines: Fairest by Meredith Talusan, America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo, The Body Papers by Grace Talusan

  142. 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

  143. Portugal: Raised from the Ground by Jose Saramago

  144. Qatar: The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Sophia Al-Maria

  145. Romania: The Land of Green Plums by Herta Muller

  146. Russia: Fardwor, Russia! By Oleg Kashin, Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky, Children of the Arbat by Anatoli Rybakov

  147. Rwanda: The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya

  148. Saint Kitts and Nevis: Caribbean Chemistry by Christopher Vanier

  149. Saint Lucia: Omeros by Derek Walcott, Neg Maron by Michael Aubertin

  150. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: The Moon is Following Me by Cecil Browne

  151. Samoa: Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt

  152. San Marino

  153. Sao Tome and Principe: Three short stories by Gervasio Kaiser: Native Dance, The Moor of Sankore, and The Stranger

  154. Saudi Arabia: Daring to Drive by Manal-Al-Sharif, Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea

  155. Senegal: The Belly of the Atlantic by Fatou Diome, So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba

  156. Serbia: Checkpoint by David Albahari

  157. Seychelles: Voices by Glynn Burridge

  158. Sierra Leone: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

  159. Singapore: Oracle Bone by Lydia Kwa

  160. Slovakia: Seeing People Off by Jana Benova, The Equestrienne by Ursula Kovalyk

  161. Slovenia: Billiards at the Hotel Dobray by Dusan Sarotar

  162. Solomon Islands: Raindrops by Celo Kulaghoe

  163. Somalia: Fairytales for Lost Children by Diriye Osman

  164. South Africa: Coconut by Kopano Matlwa

  165. South Korea: Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo, Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho 

  166. South Sudan: They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky

  167. Spain: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho  and Alberto’s Lost Birthday by Diana Rosie

  168. Sri Lanka: Bodies in Motion by Mary Anne Mohanraj

  169. Sudan: Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun

  170. Suriname: We Slaves of Suriname by Anton de Kom

  171. Sweden: Beartown by Frederik Backman

  172. Switzerland: Lyric Novella by Annemarie Schwarzenback, Isle of the Dead by Gerhard Meier

  173. Syria: The Thirty Names of the Night by Zeyn Joukhadar, The Clothesline Swing by Ahmad Danny Ramadan

  174. Taiwan: Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho, Notes of A Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

  175. Tajikistan: Hurramabad by Andrei Volos, My Neighbourhood Sisters by Gulsifat Shakhidi

  176. Tanzania: By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah, Blue Sunflower Startle by Yasmin Ladha

  177. Thailand: Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad, The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Verraporn Nitiprapha

  178. Timor-Leste (East Timor): The Crossing by Luis Cardoso

  179. Togo: An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel Kpomassie, Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kasindja

  180. Tonga: A Providence of War by Joshua Taumoefolau, We Are the Ocean by Epeli Hau’ofa

  181. Trinidad and Tobago: Golden Child by Claire Adam, Secrets We Keep by Krystal A. Sital

  182. Tunisia: Talismano by Abdelwahab Meddeb

  183. Turkey: The Girl in the Tree by Şebnem İşigüzel 

  184. Turkmenistan: The Tale of Aypi by Ak Welsapar

  185. Tuvalu

  186. Uganda: A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

  187. Ukraine: Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov

  188. United Arab Emirates (UAE): Temporary People by Deepak Unnikrishnan

  189. United Kingdom (UK): England: White Teeth by Zadie Smith

  190. Northern Ireland: The Glass Shore by Sinead Gleeson

  191. Scotland: Out There: an anthology of Scottish LGBT writing by Zoe Strachan, Where are the Women? By Sara Sheridan

  192. Wales: The Ugliest House in the World by Peter Ho Davies, Until Our Blood is Dry by Kit Habianic

  193. United States of America (USA): A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

  194. Puerto Rico: Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

  195. American Samoa: The Girl in the Moon Circle and They Who Do Not Grieve by Sia Figiel

  196. Guam: Colonial Dis-ease by Anne Perez Hattori, Mariquita by Chris Perez Howard

  197. U.S. Virgin Islands: The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull

  198. Northern Mariana Islands: Marianas Island Legends by Bo Flood, Micronesian Legends by Bo Flood

  199. Uruguay: Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis

  200. Uzbekistan: Gaia, Queen of Ants by Hamid Ismailov

  201. Vanuatu: Sista, Stanao Strong! By Irene Abbock

  202. Venezuela: Iphigenia by Teresa de la Parra

  203. Vietnam: The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Water/Tongue by Mai C. Doan, Sign, Gone by Phuc Tran, Em by Kim Thuy

  204. Yemen: A Land Without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal

  205. Zambia: Patchwork by Ellen Banda-Aaku

  206. Zimbabwe: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

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