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Around the World in 80 Writers

A selection of authors from countries around the world - tried to pick books that reflect the countries they are from. One author per country apart from New Zealand…because home! :)
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A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat
1
A Prayer for Owen Meaney
A Prayer for Owen Meaney
2
All Souls Day
All Souls Day
3
Arabian Nights (Mary Zimmerman)
Arabian Nights
4
Mary Zimmerman
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
5
Conversation in the Cathedral
Conversation in the Cathedral
6
Daughter of Fortune (Isabel Allende)
Daughter of Fortune
7
Isabel Allende
Iceland's Bell
Iceland's Bell
8
Illywhacker
Illywhacker
9
Land of Love and Drowning
Land of Love and Drowning
10
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
11
Laura Esquivel
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
12
Gabriel García Márquez
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
13
Marjane Satrapi
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
14
Paulo Coelho
The Book of Salt, Monique Truong
The Book of Salt, Monique Truong
15
The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam
The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam
16
The Hairdresser of Harare (Zimbabwe)
The Hairdresser of Harare (Zimbabwe)
17
The Harmony Silk Factory
The Harmony Silk Factory
18
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
19
Homer
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
20
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The President
The President
21
The Secret Scripture (Sebastian Barry)
The Secret Scripture
22
Sebastian Barry
Visitation
Visitation
23
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
24
Svetlana Alexievich
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
25
Jung Chang
Frankenstein in Baghdad (Ahmed Saadawi)
Frankenstein in Baghdad
26
Ahmed Saadawi
White Hunger (Aki Ollikainen)
White Hunger
27
Aki Ollikainen
Black Moses (Alain Mabanckou)
Black Moses
28
Alain Mabanckou
Orhan's Inheritance (Aline Ohanesian)
Orhan's Inheritance
29
Aline Ohanesian
The Rainbow Troops (Andrea Hirata)
The Rainbow Troops
30
Andrea Hirata
White Shroud (Antanas Skema)
White Shroud
31
Antanas Skema
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
32
Arundhati Roy
The Red Room (August Strindberg)
The Red Room
33
August Strindberg
Two Thousand Seasons (Ayi Kwei Armah)
Two Thousand Seasons
34
Ayi Kwei Armah
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
35
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Island of Shattered Dreams (Chantal T. Spitz)
Island of Shattered Dreams
36
Chantal T. Spitz
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
37
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A Horse Walks Into a Bar (David Grossman)
A Horse Walks Into a Bar
38
David Grossman
Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain
39
Douglas Stuart
The Dew Breaker (Edwidge Danticat)
The Dew Breaker
40
Edwidge Danticat
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