World Book Day
Happy Thursday!
I hope you are having a great week so far.
Today is World Book and Copyright Day, an annual event organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote reading, publishing, and copyright.
I’m going to take World Book Day more literally, and take you on a world tour with books. I’ve picked a few books from different countries on every continent. I have chosen books that I’ve read that are set in these places, but they aren’t meant to represent that country or the culture.
I’ve written before that when I travel I like to read books that are set wherever I am going. There are definitely some regions under-represented in my reading, but making this list has made me realize how much I enjoy ‘traveling’ between the pages. Books have made me fall in love with places I’ve never seen.
So grab a cup of tea and curl up in your favourite reading spot (which I guarantee is comfier than any flight I’ve ever been on), and let’s go on a journey around the world!
Africa
Ethiopia
Black Dove White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
Egypt
The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett
Antarctica
Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
Arctic
Deception Point by Dan Brown
Asia
Afghanistan
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
China
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
India
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (also Bali, Indonesia!)
Japan
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Malaysia
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
Singapore
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Europe
England
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
The Royal We by Heather Cooks and Jessica Morgan
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
France
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Akin by Emma Donoghue
Paris Letters by Janice MacLeod
Germany
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Ireland
Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy
P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Italy
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Spain
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Origin by Dan Brown
Sweden
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Russia
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
North America
Bahamas
The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams
Cuba
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Costa Rica
Yoga Girl by Rachel Brathen
Jamaica
The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen
Mexico
The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley
USA
Alaska - The Simple Wild by KA Tucker
California - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Hawaii - Juniors by Kaui Hart Hemmings
New York - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Texas - The One and Only by Emily Giffin
Oceania/Australia
Australia
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/crimson-lake-4
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (Melbourne!)
New Zealand
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (want to read but it’s really long)
Cemetery Lake by Paul Cleave (want to read)
South America
Brazil
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (want to read)
Chile
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Colombia
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Venezuela
The Deserter by Nelson DeMille
Well, that was fun! I googled my continents and countries to double-check I got them right so hopefully I didn’t mix anything up haha.
Have a great week.