An updated list. A few route changes. We're rerouting a bit in Africa and removing a bit of Central and South America to fit in some more of the Caribbean and changing a couple of titles. Notably, Romania where I've found In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu.
This is of course bound to change, but I think I'm happy with 50 countries and about 12,781 pages for my challenge. I do have a potential 21 more countries with available options to extend the journey or to add after the main journey if I'm still feeling worldly.
I'm sad to see Belize and Japan go, but I'll obviously read more from Japan in the future and I'm leaving my list with original numbering so I can see where the gaps are for fill ins if I think I'll make way past 50 books over the year.
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Canada Thomson Highway, Rez Sisters
United States John Steinbeck, The Pearl
Mexico Carlos Fuentes, The Death of Artemio Cruz
Cuba Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Havana Blue
Barbados George Lamming, Water with Berries
Dominican Republic Loida Martiza Perez, Geographies of Home
Guatemala Rodrigo Rey Rosa; The Beggar's Knife
El Salvador Manlio Argueta, One Day of Life
Ecuador Jorge Icaza, The Villagers
Peru Daniel Alarcon, Lost City Radio
Chile Maria Luisa Bombal, House of Mist
Argentina Adolpho Bioy-Casares, The Invention of Morel
Nigeria Ben Okri, The Famished Road
Uruguay Eduardo Galeano, Genesis
Brazil Patricia Melo, In Praise of Lies
Venezuela Romulo Gallegos, Dona Barbara
Trinidad and Tobago Earl Lovelace, The Wine of Astonishment
Angola Jose Eduardo Agualusa, The Book of Chameleons
Zambia Gaile Parkin, Baking Cakes in Kigali
Mozambique Mia Couto, The Tuner of Silences
South Africa J M Coetzee, Diary of a Bad Year
Australia David Malouf, Remembering Babylon
Indonesia Andrea Hirata, The Rainbow Troops
Malaysia Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day
Vietnam Lihn Dihn, Blood and Soap
China Mo Yan, Reg Sorghum
South Korea Young-ha Kim, Your Republic is Calling You
Russia Arkady Strugatsky, Roadside Picnic
Kazakhstan Mukhamet Shayakhmetov, The Silent Steppe
Uzbekistan Hamid Ismailov, The Railway
Afghanistan Atiq Rahimi, Earth and Ashes
Pakistan Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke
India Tabish Khair, The Bus Stopped
Tanzania Gabriel Ruhumbika, Village in Uhuru
Uganda Doreen Baingana, Tropical Fish
Sudan Leila Aboulela, Lyrics Alley
Egypt Alaa Al Aswany, The Yacoubian Building
Syria Rafik Schami, Damascus Nights
Turkey Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red
Bulgaria Georgi Gospodinov, Natural Novel
Romania Radu Florescu, In Search of Dracula
Ukraine Nella Bieski, The Year is '42
Poland Stanislaw Lem, Return From the Stars
Latvia Sandra Kalniete, Song to Kill a Giant
Sweden Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Finland Maria Peura, At the Edge of Light
Norway Matte Newth, The Transformation
Germany Jenny Erpenbeck, Visitation
France Roland Barthes, Mythologies
Switzerland Johanna Spyri - Heidi