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One Book Set in Each Country

This is a list of books set in every country in the world. There's one book per country, and it's in alphabetical order based on country. The exact list of countries to help you work out which book is related to which country can be seen at the Wikipedia link. Most of the books are novels, but a few are memoirs. I hope you enjoy your literary trip around the world!
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The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
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The Mister (E.L. James)
The Mister (E.L. James)
3
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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Andorra (Max Frisch)
Andorra (Max Frisch)
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A General Theory of Oblivion (José Eduardo Agualusa)
A General Theory of Oblivion (José Eduardo Agualusa)
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Our Kind of Traitor (John Le Carré)
Our Kind of Traitor (John Le Carré)
7
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
8
The Sandcastle Girls (Chris Bohjalian)
The Sandcastle Girls (Chris Bohjalian)
9
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
10
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
11
Ali and Nino (Kurban Said)
Ali and Nino (Kurban Said)
12
Thunderball (Ian Fleming)
Thunderball (Ian Fleming)
13
The Pearl Thief (Elizabeth Wein)
The Pearl Thief (Elizabeth Wein)
14
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
15
The King's Exile (Andrew Swanston)
The King's Exile (Andrew Swanston)
16
Boys in Zinc (Svetlana Alexievich)
Boys in Zinc (Svetlana Alexievich)
17
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
18
Beka Lamb (Zee Edgell)
Beka Lamb (Zee Edgell)
19
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
20
The Circle of Karma (Kunzang Choden)
The Circle of Karma (Kunzang Choden)
21
Into the Jungle (Erica Ferencik)
Into the Jungle (Erica Ferencik)
22
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
23
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith
24
City of God (Paulo Lins)
City of God (Paulo Lins)
25
The Fisherman King (Kathrina Mohd Daud)
The Fisherman King (Kathrina Mohd Daud)
26
The Shadow Land (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Shadow Land (Elizabeth Kostova)
27
American Spy (Lauren Wilkinson)
American Spy (Lauren Wilkinson)
28
Small Country (Gael Faye)
Small Country (Gael Faye)
29
The Last Will & Testament of Senhor Da Silva Araújo (Cape Verde)
The Last Will & Testament of Senhor Da Silva Araújo (Cape Verde)
30
In the Shadow of the Banyan (Vaddey Ratner)
In the Shadow of the Banyan (Vaddey Ratner)
31
A Zoo in My Luggage (Gerald Durrell)
A Zoo in My Luggage (Gerald Durrell)
32
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
33
Houseboy (Ferdinand Oyono)
Houseboy (Ferdinand Oyono)
34
Never (Ken Follett)
Never (Ken Follett)
35
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
36
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
37
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
38
The Girl Called Eel (Ali Zamir)
The Girl Called Eel (Ali Zamir)
39
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
40
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
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