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1. 6p Canada (38)
Rez Sisters
by Thomson Highway
2. 7p United States (190)
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck
3. 7p Mexico (1)
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes
4. 7p Guatemala (1)
The Beggar's Knife
by Rodrigo Rey Rosa
5. 8p Belize (1)
Beka Lamb
by Zee Edgell
6. 5p Cuba (5)
Havana Blue
by Leonardo Padura Fuentes
7. 8p Dominican Republic (2)
Geographies of Home
by Loida Maritza Perez
8. 7p Barbados (1)
Water with Berries
by George Lamming
9. 5p Nicaragua (1)
A Thousand Deaths Plus One
by Sergio Ramírez
10. 6p El Salvador (1)
One Day of Life
by Manlio Argueta
11. 7p Ecuador (1)
Huasipungo: The Villagers
by Jorge Icaza
12. 6p Peru (1)
Lost City Radio
by Daniel Alarcón
13. 6p Chile (1)
House of Mist
by María Luisa Bombal
14. 6p Argentina (1)
Asleep in the Sun
by Adolpho Bioy-Casares
15. 8p Uruguay (1)
Genesis
by Eduardo Galeano
16. 8p Brazil (1)
In Praise of Lies
by Patrícia Melo
17. 6p Venezuela (1)
Doña Barbara
by Rómulo Gallegos
18. 5p Trinidad and Tobago (1)
The Wine of Astonishment
by Earl Lovelace
19. 8p Angola (1)
The Book of Chameleons
by José Eduardo Agualusa
20. 6p Zambia (1)
Baking Cakes in Kigali
by Gaile Parkin
21. 6p Zimbabwe (1)
An Elegy for Easterly
by Petina Gappah
22. 6p Mozambique (1)
The Tuner of Silences
by Mia Couto
23. 4p South Africa (1)
Summertime
by JM Coetzee
24. 9p New Zealand (1)
Genesis
by Bernard Beckett
25. 6p Australia (8)
Remembering Babylon
by David Malouf
26. 9p Indonesia (1)
The Rainbow Troops
by Andrea Hirati
27. 5p Malaysia (1)
Evening is the Whole Day
by Preeta
28. 8p Vietnam (1)
Novel without a Name
by Duong Thu Huong
29. 7p China (6)
Shifu, You'll do Anything for a Laugh
by Mo Yan
30. 7p South Korea (1)
Your Republic is Calling You
by Young-ha Kim
31. 7p Japan (10)
Audition
by Ryu Murakami
32. 8p Russian Federation (3)
Roadside Picnic
by Arkady Strugatsky
33. 6p Kazahkstan (1)
The Silent Steppe
by Mukhamet Shayakmetov
34. 7p Kyrgyzstan (1)
Farewell Gul'sary
by Chinghiz Aitmatov
35. 4p Afghanistan (3)
Earth and Ashes
by Atiq Rahimi
36. 8p Ireland (9)
Two Pints
by Roddy Doyle
37. 5p Uzbekistan (1)
The Railway
by Hamid Ismailov
38. 6e United Kingdom (106)
The Jennifer Morgue
by Charles Stross
39. 4e Egypt (1)
The yacoubian Building
by Alaa Al Aswany
40. Ne Lativa (1)
Song to Kill a Giant
by Sandra Kalniete
41. 7e Sweden (1)
Faceless Killers
by Henning Mankell
42. 8p Pakistan (1)
Moth Smoke
by Mohsin Hamid
43. 8e India (9)
The Bus Stopped
by Tabish Khair
44. 6e Albania (3)
Chronicle in Stone
by Ismail Kadare
45. 6e Kenya
Nairobi Heat
by Mukoma wa Ngugi
46. 6p Sri Lanka
The Sandglass
by Romesh Gunesekera
47. 5p Tanzania (1)
Village in Uhuru
by Gabriel Ruhumbika
48. 8p Poland (2)
The Pianist
by Władysław Szpilman
49. 6p Uganda (1)
Tropical Fish
by Doreen Baingana
50. 6e Turkey (1)
Silent House
by Orhan Pamuk
51. 9p Bulgaria (1)
Natural Novel
by Georgi Gospodinov
52. 7p Ethiopia (1)
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
by Maaza Mengiste
53. 7e Switzerland (1)
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri,
54. 4p Czech Republic (3)
Gargling with Tar
by Jachim Topol
55. 8p Syria (1)
Damascus Nights
by Rafik Schami
56. 7p Sudan (1)
Lyrics Alley
by Leila Aboulela
57. 6p Libya (1)
In the Country of Men
by Hisham Matar
58. 7p Austria (1)
The Bone Man
by Wolf Haas
59. 8p Finland (1)
The Year of the Hare
by Arto Paasilinna
60. 4e Greece (1)
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis
61. 7p Germany (1)
Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck
62. 7p Norway (2)
The Transformation
by Mette Newth
63. 6p Iceland (1)
The Atom Station
by Halldór Laxness
64. 2p France (1)
Mythologies
by Roland Barthes
65. 7p Italy (2)
The Lost Girls of Rome
by Donato Carrisi
66. 5p Tunisia (1)
The Blue Manuscript
by Sabiha al Khemir
67. 5p Morroco (1)
Wedding by the Sea
by Abdelkader Benali
68. 5p Ukraine (1)
The Year is '42
by Nella Bielski
69. 8p Algeria (1)
The German Mujahid
by Boualem Sansal
70. 4p Portugal (1)
South of Nowhere
by Anotonio Lobo Antunes
Note, the number in parenthesis is the number of books I've now read from that country.
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