Around The World In 80 Books

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11 participants (25 books)

Overview

A literary journey of sorts.
80 books - 80 different countries *
Take as long as you like.
Maybe write a travelogue or a blog.
Draw a map. Put stickers or pins in the map.
Have fun ***

There's an Around The World In 80 Days book club for anyone who wants to make suggestions, ask questions or talk about their journey.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_clubs/a9a34f08-41db-4c7f-99b4-ff2393aa2bdb

THE RULES
  • Each book must be a novel set predominantly in one country, or be a non-fiction book about that country (or by an author from that country if you're struggling to find a book set there)
  • Start with a book set in London
  • The country for each subsequent book should be connected to the previous one via a land border or by a sea crossing of no more than 500 miles/800 km **
  • The last book should also be set in London*
  • You can use countries that no longer exist as long the book is set at that time, e.g. Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck is set in East Germany and so you could use Germany (or even West Germany) as a different country. 
  • Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland can be considered to be different countries

BREAKING THE RULES
* You can use the same country twice, but you only get 5 of these return visits (you will have to use one of these for your return to London)
** You can cross a body of water more than 500 miles/800km, but you only get 10 of these long sea crossings. Feel free to use a book set in that body of water as a separate entry
*** If you don't like the rules, just break 'em

Challenge Books

All books added
Het achtste leven (voor Brilka) by Nino Haratischwili

Het achtste leven (voor Brilka)

Nino Haratischwili

1275 pages • 2014 • 83 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Motherland Hotel by Yusuf Atılgan

Motherland Hotel

Yusuf Atılgan

152 pages • 1973 • 10 editions

fiction literary reflective slow-paced
The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis

The Murderess

Alexandros Papadiamantis

127 pages • 1903 • 24 editions

fiction classics crime dark tense fast-paced
Will by Jeroen Olyslaegers

Will

Jeroen Olyslaegers

352 pages • 2016 • 15 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Vandaag was ik mezelf liever niet tegengekomen by Herta Müller
Vandaag was ik mezelf liever niet tegengekomen
—
Herta Müller

Vandaag was ik mezelf liever niet tegengekomen

Herta Müller

221 pages • 1997 • 35 editions

fiction literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov

Penguin #1

Death and the Penguin

Andrey Kurkov

240 pages • 1996 • 59 editions

user-added

fiction mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Shortest History of Germany by James Hawes

The Shortest History of Germany

James Hawes

227 pages • 2017 • 33 editions

nonfiction history politics adventurous informative slow-paced
The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld

The Discomfort of Evening

Lucas Rijneveld

288 pages • 2018 • 68 editions

fiction contemporary literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Roest by Jakub Małecki

Roest

Jakub Małecki

285 pages • 2017 • 3 editions

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
Hoe ik de vissen ontmoette by Ota Pavel

Hoe ik de vissen ontmoette

Ota Pavel

178 pages • 1971 • 11 editions

fiction classics short stories emotional reflective slow-paced