10 books from different non-European countries

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5 participants (63 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read a book from 10 different countries that are not in Europe. I'll lkeave it to you if a diaspora author counts. (For instance: does an author who was born in Nigeria but lives and publishes in the UK count? You decide. I's say it depends. On vibes.)

Challenge Books

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They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers by Roméo Dallaire

They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers

Roméo Dallaire

320 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction history sociology challenging emotional informative slow-paced
Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill

Someone Knows My Name

Lawrence Hill

486 pages • hardcover • 2007

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa

A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

Masaji Ishikawa

172 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

The Forgotten Garden

Kate Morton

648 pages • paperback • 2008

fiction historical mystery emotional mysterious medium-paced
Homecoming by Kate Morton

Homecoming

Kate Morton

547 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction contemporary historical mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

The Moor's Account

Laila Lalami

321 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction historical adventurous reflective medium-paced
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Benjamin Ajak, Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng

They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan

Benjamin Ajak, Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng

352 pages • paperback • 2005

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Fruit of the Drunken Tree

Ingrid Rojas Contreras

320 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction historical literary emotional sad tense medium-paced
I Should Have Honor: A Memoir of Hope and Pride in Pakistan by Khalida Brohi

I Should Have Honor: A Memoir of Hope and Pride in Pakistan

Khalida Brohi

224 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional informative inspiring fast-paced
Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War by Marwan Hisham, Molly Crabapple

Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War

Marwan Hisham, Molly Crabapple

320 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced