Book from every country challenge

I have decided to make a personal challenge inspired by other bookcrossers to read one book about or from every country of the world, since this is an idea I liked very much. I'm counting 2006 onwards, since I started making a list of the books I've read since then. The book must be written by a native of the country, be about the country or have a story that is placed in this country (a wider definition than originally intended, but it will hopefully make it a bit more achievable).

The list of countries is taken from http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_stater, countries with a * has been added by me. (names in Norwegian, English names in paragraphs when necessary).

- A -

Afghanistan The kite runner - Khaled Hosseini
Albania
Algerie [Algeria]
Andorra
Angola
Antigua og Barbuda [Antigua and Barbuda]
Argentina
Armenia
Aserbajdsjan [Azerbaijan]
Australia

- B -

Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgia [Belgium] Jeg velger å leve - Sabine Dardenne (orig. J'avais 12 ans, j'ai pris mon vélo et je suis partie à l'école)
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia-Hercegovina As if I am not there - Slavenka Drakulic
Botswana
Brasil [Brazil] Veronica decides to die - Paulo Coelho (orig. Veronika decide morrer)
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi

- C -

Canada Eleanor Rigby - Douglas Coupland, The blind assassin - Margaret Atwood
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba

- D -

Danmark [Denmark] Skipet i flasken - Dea Trier Mørch (orig. Skibet i flasken)
De forente arabiske emirater [United Arab Emirates]
Den dominikanske republikk [Dominican Republic]
Den sentralafrikanske republikk [Central African Republic]
Djibouti
Dominica

- E -

Ecuador
Egypt
Ekvatorial-Guinea [Equatorial Guinea]
Elfenbenskysten [Côte d'Ivoire]
El Salvador
*England
Eritrea
Estland [Estonia]
Etiopia [Ethiopia]

- F -

Fiji
Filippinene [Philippines]
Finland
Frankrike [France]
*Færøyene [Faroe Islands]

- G -

Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
*Grønland [Greenland]
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana

- H -

Haiti
Hellas [Greece] The island - Victoria Hislop
Honduras
Hviterussland [Belarus]

- I -

India
Indonesia
Irak [Iraq]
Iran Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi
Irland [Ireland] Scarlet feather - Maeve Binchy
Island [Iceland]
Israel Kjærlighetsliv - Zeruya Shalev (orig. Haje ahava)
Italia [Italy]

- J -

Jamaica
Japan Memoirs of a geisha - Arthur Golden
Jemen [Yemen]
Jersey
Jordan

- K -

Kambodsja [Cambodia]
Kamerun [Cameroon]
Kapp Verde [Cape Verde]
Kasakhstan [Kazakhstan]
Kenya
Kina [People's Republic of China]
Kirgisistan [Kyrgyzstan]
Kiribati
Komorene [Comoros]
Kongo [Republic of Congo]
Kongo-Den demokratiske republikken Kongo [Democratic Republic of Congo]
Kroatia [Croatia]
Kuwait
Kypros [Cyprus]

- L -

Laos
Latvia
Lesotho
Libanon [Lebanon]
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Litauen [Lithuania]
Luxembourg

- M -

Madagaskar [Madagascar]
Makedonia [Macedonia]
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldivene [Maldives]
Mali
Malta
Marokko [Morocco]
Marshalløyene [Marshall Islands]
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Mikronesiaføderasjonen [Micronesia]
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mosambik [Mozambique]
Myanmar

- N -

Namibia
Nauru
Nederland [Netherlands] Pike med perleøredobb - Tracy Chevalier (orig. Girl with a pearl earring)
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
*Nord-Irland [Northern Ireland]
Nord-Korea [North Korea]
Norge [Norway] Lars Saabye Christensen - Maskeblomstfamilien

- O -

Oman

- P -

Pakistan
Palau
*Palestina [Palestine]
Panama
Papua Ny-Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
Paraguay
Peru
Polen [Poland]
Portugal
Puerto Rico

- Q -

Qatar

- R -

Romania
Russland [Russia]
Rwanda

- S -

Saint Kitts og Nevis [Saint Kitts and Nevis]
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent og Grenadinene [Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]
Salomonøyene [Solomon Islands]
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé og Príncipe [São Tomé and Príncipe]
Saudi-Arabia
*Skottland [Scotland]
Senegal
Serbia
Seychellene [Seychelles]
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
Spania [Spain] Vindens skygge - Carlos Ruiz Zafon (orig. The shadow of the wind)
Sri Lanka
Storbritannia [United Kingdom] Jonathan Stange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Sudan
Surinam [Suriname]
Sveits [Switzerland]
Sverige [Sweden] Jenny - Jonas Gardell
Swaziland
Syria
Sør-Afrika [South Africa] Gråt, mitt elskede land - Alan Paton (orig. Cry, the beloved country), I det mørke landet - J. M. Coetzee (orig. In the heart of the country)
Sør-Korea [South Korea]

- T -

Tadsjikistan [Tajikistan]
Tanzania
Thailand
*Tibet
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad og Tobago [Trinidad and Tobago]
Tsjad [Chad]
Tsjekkia [Czech Republic]
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Tyrkia [Turkey]
Tyskland [Germany] En kvinne i Berlin. Dagboknotater fra 20. april til 22. juni 1945 - Anonymous (orig. Eine Frau in Berlin. Tagebuchaufzeichnungen vom 20. April bis 22. Juni 1945)

- U -

Uganda
Ukraina [Ukraine] Everything is illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
Ungarn [Hungary]
Uruguay
USA [United Stated of America] Close Range. Brokeback mountain and other stories - Annie Proulx
Usbekistan [Uzbekistan]

- V -

Vanuatu
Vatikanstaten [Vatican City]
Venezuela
Vest-Sahara [Western Sahara]
Vietnam

- W -

*Wales

- Z -

Zambia
Zimbabwe

- Ø -

Østerrike [Austria]
Øst-Timor [East Timor]



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