Ok so I’ve been doing this challenge for almost a year now so thought I’d share my full list! I’m only counting authors born and raised but I haven’t fully researched everyone on this list yet :) - [ ] Afghanistan - Open Skies by Niloofar Rahmani - [ ] Albania - Free by Lea Ypi - [x] ✅ Algeria - The Stranger by Albert Camus - [ ] Andorra - The Mysterious Balloon Man by Albert Salvadó - [ ] Angola - Transparent City by Ondjaki - [ ] Antigua and Barbuda - Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid or Musical Youth by Joanne C. Hillhouse - [ ] 📚Argentina - Trafalgar by Angelica Gorodischer - [ ] Armenia - The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan or Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan - [x] ✅ Australia - Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay - [ ] 📚Austria - Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig - [x] ✅ Azerbaijan - Layli And Majnun by Nezami Ganjavi - [ ] Bahamas - [ ] Bahrain - [ ] Bangladesh - Cyber Mage by Saad Z. Hossain - [ ] Barbados - The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord - [ ] Belarus - The As*strobiologists by Olga Gromyko or The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich - [x] 📚 Belgium - Ironhead or Once a Young Lady by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem - [ ] Belize - [ ] Benin - [ ] Bhutan - Folktales of Bhutan by Kunzang Choden - [ ] Bolivia - [ ] Bosnia and Herzegovina - The cat I never named - [ ] Botswana - Meetings with Death by Botho Lejowa - [x] ✅Brazil - The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis - [ ] Brunei - Small Country by Gaël Faye - [ ] Bulgaria - East to the West by Miroslav Penkov or Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov - [ ] Burkina Faso - [ ] Burundi - [ ] Cabo Verde - [ ] Cambodia - [ ] Cameroon - It shall be of Jasper and Coral by Werewere Liking - [ ] 📚 Canada - Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery or Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane - [ ] Central African Republic (CAR) - Folklore of the Central African Republic trans by Polly Strong - [ ] Chad - [x] 📚 Chile - City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende - [ ] 📚China - Journey to the West by Wu Ch’engen - [ ] Sinopticon by Xueting Christine Ni - [ ] A Hero Born by Jin Yong - [x] ✅Colombia - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - [ ] Comoros - [ ] Democratic Republic of the Congo - [ ] Republic of the Congo - The Bridgetower Sonata by Emmanuel Dongala - [ ] Costa Rica - [ ] Côte d’ Ivoire - Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote by Ahmadou Kourouma - [ ] Croatia - Café Europa revisited by Slavenka Drakulić or Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić - [ ] Cuba - Explosion in a Cathedral by Alejo Carpentier - [ ] Cyprus - [ ] 📚Czechia - The Good Solider Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek - [ ] Denmark - The Shamers Daughter by Alene Kaaberbol or Butterfly Valley by Inger Chrisensen - [ ] Djibouti - Why do you dance when you walk? By Abdourahman A. Waberi - [ ] Dominica - [ ] Dominican Republic - Alliance with his stolen heiress by Lydia San Andres - [ ] Ecuador - [ ] 📚Egypt - Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz or I Want to get Married by Ghada Abdel All or Khatt: Egypt’s Calligraphic Landscape by Basma Hamdy - [ ] El Salvador - [ ] Equatorial Guinea - Obi’s Nightmare by Chino Tenso - [ ] Eritrea - [ ] 📚Estonia - The Czar’s Madman by Jaan Kross - [ ] 📚 Eswatini - When the Ground is Hard by Malla Nunn - [ ] Ethiopia - [ ] Fiji - Tales of the Tikongs by Epeli Hau’ofa - [ ] Finland - As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka or The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi - [ ] France - The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas or A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos - [ ] Gabon - [x] Gambia - [ ] Georgia - [x] ✅Germany - A Castle in the Cloud by Kirsten Gier - [ ] Ghana - The Lost Princess by Rita Akoto Coker - [ ] 📚Greece - The Iliad by Homer - [ ] Grenada - Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell - [ ] Guatemala - [ ] Guinea - [ ] Guinea-Bissau - [ ] Guyana - Children of the Spider by Imam Baksh - [ ] Haiti - [ ] Honduras - [ ] 📚Hungary - Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb - [ ] 📚 Iceland - The Sworn Brothers by Gunnar Gunnarsson - [ ] 📚India - A Suitable boy by Vikram Seth or The White Tiger by Aravind Amiga or The Bahagvad Gita or The Simoqin Prophecies by Samit Basu and The Bangalore Detective Club by Harini Nagendra - [ ] 📚 Indonesia - The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata - [ ] Iran - Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - [ ] Iraq - Poppies of Iraq by Brigitte Findakly - [x] ✅Ireland - The Importance of Being Earnest by OscarWilde - [ ] Israel - Tunnels by Rutu Modan or The Coincidence Makers by Yoav Blumor The Lost Puzzler by Eyal Kless - [ ] 📚Italy - The Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello - [ ] Jamaica - Harlem Shadows by Claude by McKay or Gone to Drift by Diana McCaulay - [x] ✅ Japan - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - [ ] Jordan - [ ] Kazakhstan - Batu and the Search for the Golden Cup - [ ] Kenya - The Perfect Nine by Ngūgī wa Thiong’o - [ ] Kiribati - [ ] Kosovo - [ ] Kuwait - The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi or The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah - [x] Kyrgyzstan - Jamilia by Chinghiz Aitmatov - [ ] Laos - [ ] Latvia - [ ] Lebanon - Between Beirut and the Moon by Naji Bakhti - [ ] Lesotho - [ ] Liberia - She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore - [ ] Libya - Anubis by Ibrahim al-Komi - [ ] Liechtenstein - [ ] Lithuania - [ ] Luxembourg - [ ] Macedonia - [ ] Madagascar - [ ] 📚Malawi - The Boy who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba - [x] ✅Malaysia - The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf - [ ] Maldives - [ ] Mali - [ ] Malta - [ ] Marshall Islands - [ ] Mauritania - [ ] Mauritius - [ ] 📚 Mexico - Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel - [ ] Micronesia - Indigenous Literature from Micronesia by Evelyn Flores - [ ] Moldova - [ ] Monaco - [ ] Mongolia - The Secret History of the Mongols translated by Christophe P. Atwood - [ ] Montenegro - [ ] Morocco - The Year of the Elephant by Leila Abouzeid - [ ] Mozambique - The Blind Fisherman by Mia Couto or The First Wife by Paulina Chiziane - [ ] Myanmar - [ ] Namibia - [ ] Nauru - [x] ✅ Nepal - Beyond Possible by Nimsdai Purja - [ ] Netherlands - The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt - [ ] New Zealand - The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera - [ ] Nicaragua - [ ] Niger - [ ] 📚 Nigeria - A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe or Son of the Storm by Suyi Okungbowa - [ ] North Korea - The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee - [ ] North Macedonia - [ ] Norway - The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde or I Live a Life like Yours by Jan Grue - [ ] Oman - Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi? - [ ] Pakistan - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai or Five Wishes: and the prophecy of the prince by Faran Kiani - [ ] Palau - [ ] Palestine - Thunderbird by Sonia Nimr - [ ] Panama - [ ] Papua New Guinea - Maiba by Russell Soaba - [ ] Paraguay - [ ] Peru - [ ] Philippines - The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco - [x] ✅ Poland - The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski - [ ] 📚 Portugal - The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa - [ ] Qatar - [ ] Romania - Diary of a Shortsighted Adolescent by Mircea Eliade - [ ] 📚 Russia - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - [ ] Rwanda - Igifu by Scholastique Mukasonga - [ ] Saint Kitts and Nevis - [ ] Saint Lucia - [ ] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - [ ] Samoa - [ ] San Marino - [ ] Sao Tome and Principe - [ ] Saudi Arabia - Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea or The Dove’s Necklace by Raja Alem - [ ] Senegal - So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba - [ ] Serbia - [ ] Seychelles - [ ] Sierra Leone - Little Family by Ishmael Beah - [x] Singapore - Jade Fire Gold by June C L Tan - [ ] Slovakia - [ ] Slovenia - [ ] Solomon Islands - [ ] Somalia - When Stars are Scattered by Omar Mohamed - [ ] 📚 South Africa - All Rise by Richard Conyngham - [x] ✅ South Korea - The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang - [ ] South Sudan - [ ] 📚 Spain - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - [ ] 📚 Sri Lanka - The salvage crew by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne - [ ] Sudan - Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Arabia Mamoun - [ ] Suriname - [ ] Sweden - Lady of the Manor: Winds of Change by Veronica Almer - [ ] Switzerland - The Enigma of Room 622 by Joël Dicker - [x] Syria - [ ] ✅ Taiwan - The Last Hunter by Sakinu Ahronglong - [ ] Tajikistan - [ ] Tanzania - Their Voices: Their Stories edited by Julie Wakeman-Linn - [ ] Thailand - [ ] Timor-Leste - [ ] Togo - An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie - [ ] Tonga - [ ] Trinidad and Tobago - When the Vibe is right by Sarah Dass - [ ] Tunisia - The Ardent Swarm by Yemen Manai - [x] ✅ Turkey - Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahttin Ali - [ ] Turkmenistan - [ ] Tuvalu - [ ] 📚 Uganda - The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - [x] ✅ Ukraine - A Ukrainian Christmas by Nadikya Gerbish - [ ] United Arab Emirates (UAE) - [x] ✅ United Kingdom (UK) - [x] ✅ United States of America (USA) - [ ] 📚 Uruguay - Jungle Tales by Horacio Quiroga - [ ] Uzbekistan - [ ] Vanuatu - [ ] Vatican City (Holy See) - [ ] Venezuela - Doña Barbara by Rómulo Gallegos - [ ] Vietnam - Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thích Nhât Hanh - [ ] Yemen - A Land Without Jasmine by Wajdi al-Ahdal - [ ] Zambia - Edge of Chaos by Dambisa Moyo - [ ] 📚 Zimbabwe - Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga I’m always looking for recommendations!

@Lili_Maybe

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Great List! I would also second your recommendation of Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi for Iran! It's a graphic novel telling the story of the Author growing up in Iran during the Iranian/Islamic Revolution!

@olivlaska6638

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Wow, how amazing! For Brazil I would recommend too “vidas secas” I think the translation might be “dried lifes” idk, but it’s by Graciliano Ramos :)

@carolilopes4939

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awesome list!! from portugal, Pessoa is astonishing, but i would also recommend José Saramago, his most famous work is 'blindness'! he won a nobel prize wish you the best 🥰

@cosmicspark6772

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for south africa i highly recommend “cry, the beloved country” by alan paton!!

@cris.ouitty

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hello from Moldova 🇲🇩 ! I heard great things about the novel "Vara în care mama a avut ochi verzi" by Tatiana Ţîbuleac. It has been translated in several languages, but it doesn't seem to have an English translation, yet. It's not easy to think of a book from here, since today's Moldova was a republic in the USSR, and before the soviet occupation it was part of Romania, so we do share plenty, if not all, Romanian classics. Enjoy!

I'm Brazilian and I am so so excited to see what you're gonna think of Dom Casmurro. Also by Machado de Assis, there is The posthumous memoirs of Braz Cubas which Emma from * emmie * read and loved it! If you are interested in possibly checking out a famous female author, Clarice Lispector is the one. Hope you succeed in the challenge, lots of love from Brazil

@juliapachecoguedes

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can't wait for her to join the infamous did-she-or-did-she-not debate lol

@eri1193

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Ooh I have Clarice Lispector on my around the world TBR, but I haven’t decided on the book yet 👀

@olivlaska6638

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Nossa, eu vou ler dom Casmurro pra escola esse bimestre e eu to tão ansiosa, a gente leu um conto lindo dele hj na sala e me apaixonei pelo jeito como Machado de Assis escreve :) é muito legal ver o povo de fora do Brasil lendo ou falando dos livros brasileiros :)

@booksduarte4243

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Eri, u should start with her short stories collection…it’s an amazing beginning.

@jdolliver

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@@juliapachecoguedes omg yeeeees

It might take longer but since you have both, you could always try reading a Spanish chapter of One Hundred Years of Solitude and then read the English chapter and so on..

@khalilahd.

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Love this idea!

@rubyanddelilahandnani

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Like alternating or reading the same chapters in both? Sounds like too much 😅 I had the same dilemma cuz i can read both as well. I wanted to read the Spanish version, but everyone I see talking about the book, read it in english. I kinda want to know what everyone is reading and see how good the translation actually is.

@the_eerie_faerie_tales

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@@rubyanddelilahandnani I think it's probably the best way to fully understand.. unless one is fluent in Spanish. I tandem/companion read certain things, so could be interesting to try this way.

@Faye_L

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This is similar to the way I read books in French, but not entire chapters. I always have the English version beside me for quick reference, so if I don't grasp the meaning of a paragraph in French, I'll read it in English. Works better and faster than using a dictionary, and the deeper into a book I go, the less I need to do it.

@the_eerie_faerie_tales

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@@Faye_L ahh yes!! great idea!

When you get to Poland I highly recommend trying Olga Tokarczuk's Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead instead of going for The Witcher like most people tend to do with this challenge! Don't get me wrong, The Witcher is great, but our literature is so much more than that - Tokarczuk recently received the Noble Prize in literature and this one is her most approachable read (also one of my favorite books of all time!). She's also very closely involved in translating her work to English, which I think is so great!

you've read the count of monte cristo, war & peace, and the brother's karamazov so i believe there's nothing you cannot achieve anymore and that you can finish 100 years of solitude this time around!!!!! you can do it! maybe you can buddy read it with someone since that works great for you so sending you all the good energy and support

@throneofpages

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That’s a great idea thank you so much for believing in me 😭💗

I love when you speak spanish and I'm really excited for this challenge. Can't wait for the Brazil moment!! Dom Casmurro is a masterpiece and a source of engaged discussions hahah

@throneofpages

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engaged discussions you say? 👀👀 i'm so intrigued by this one not gonna lie 🥰

@ritaluizalima8435

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@@throneofpages yessss, my classroom was pretty divided when we read it together. hope you enjoy it ;)

@analuisa9516

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Yessss, I'm so excited to see on which side of the discussion you end up on haha

This series must continue 😭😭 here are a few propositions : YOU SHOULD TRY ARABIC POETRY + PALESTINIAN LITERATURE these are just top tier

this video and this comment section >>>> thank you for all the spanish book recs i added all of them to my tbr in hopes of not forgetting all of my spanish during summer vacation

also how smart to do it per continent! makes it less overwhelming so might to that too 🤩

I’m Lithuanian and hopefully you’ll decide to read something from Lithuanian authors. Ou country is a small one and unfortunately not many books are translated into English, but there are still some you can try. For example Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys or Salt to the Sea by the same author. Herdsman and the Linden Tree by Vincas Kreve Mickevicius, White Shroud by Antanas Skema, Silva Rerum by Kristina Sabaliauskaite (one of my favourite Lithuanian authors), Lost Birds by Birute Putrius. Marriage for Love by Žemaite, Vilnius Poker by Ricardas Gavelis, Forest of the Gods by Balys Sruoga (absolutely devastating, but important book from our history). i could try to find more books if you would like 😊

This is so inspiring! It's amazing to see how you're using books to explore and learn about different cultures and perspectives from all over the world. Your passion for reading is truly infectious, and I can't wait to start my own reading journey around the globe. Thank you for sharing your love for literature with us! 💗✨🥰

@throneofpages

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thank you so much for watching, i'm so happy you enjoyed 🥰💗🫶

Isabel Allende is so wonderful! Paula is a fantastic memoir of her life and goes deep into the history and culture of Chile as she was growing up. Super emotional, too. You should give it a shot!

Whenever you get to the european nordics, for Finland you HAVE to read Tove Jansson's The Moomin novels. Literally some of the most iconic literature out there as it's giving wholesome just as much as it's giving philosophy.The author is a queer icon and one of the most celebrated children's authors out there. She's also a bad ass who turned down both Disney and Ghibli when they wanted to adapt her work back in the day. (There's also a brilliant 90s anime Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka based on the novels!)

Yo también estoy haciendo ese reto desde hace un tiempo; la única diferencia es que solo lo hago con autoras mujeres. El objetivo es darle más visibilidad a los libros escritos por autoras. Ya terminé todos los países de América del sur y del norte. El continente asiático ya lo terminé. Ahora estoy enfocada en terminar los del continente africano (ya he leído 23 de 54). Es algo muy enriquecedor y se aprende mucho con este reto.

if you want to read any french literature i really recommend bonjour tristesse, it's perfect to read in the summer :)

I recommend reading ( runaway to nowhere by qasham ali balata ) it’s a story from iraq - kurdistan. It’s more about the war that happened in the 90s and how kurds had nowhere to run to and it’s just beautiful and heartbreaking. * Note that English isn’t the author’s first language.

omg! I can’t believe you said we can recommend books by Hungarian authors!! i thought no one in the word knows that our country exists. can I recommend Magda Szabó: The Door?🥰

@throneofpages

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thank you for the recommendation 🥰✍

@kincso5123

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Yes omg, that book is perfect.

@libr_ari

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couldn’t agree more! I love ”the door“ so much! I read it last year when I visited budapest and now it’s one of my favourite character studies to ever exist. thank you for recommending it here, it just made me want to read it again 🥰

If you want to try México I recommend "Temporada de huracanes" by Fernanda Melchor or "Pedro Paramo" by Juan Rulfo. ❤❤

Omg to see Guyana on here 😭 it’s rare to see anything or anyone talk about things in Guyana. I love this challenge!

El vídeo que todo booktube latino necesitaba. PD. Saludos desde Colombia.

@throneofpages

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hola 🥹💗🫶

@paureads8141

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Súper de acuerdo! 👌🏼

@mariapaulaosoriobuelvas5907

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@@throneofpages te queremos isa, gracias por estos videos. pd.tus videos me inspiran mucho a enamorarme mas de los clasicos y aprender ingles claro jajaja.

For Italy you neeeed to read My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

@throneofpages

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👀✍️

@patgazza

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YESSSSSS

For Chile (as a Chilean myself), I also recommend Tengo Miedo Torero (My Tender Matador) by Pedro Lemebel♡ I love that book so much

@throneofpages

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not me immediately thinking of Chayanne's song 😭😭 thank you for the recommendation!! 🥰

@smoking_sulfur

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​@@throneofpages I don't blame u, bc Chayanne🛐 but I swear, this book is amazing. It is set on the Chilean Dictatorship and it follows a gay man and the struggles that he goes through♡

I have a few recommendations: The Kite Runner & A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan) - a thousand splendid suns is one of my favorites of all time! I am Malala (Pakistan) As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh (Syria) [haven't read but a clockwork reader HAS read] Not a lot but here you go

Hi from Canada! I'd like to recommend the poetry collection Burning In This Midnight Dream. It's by an Indigenous Canadian poet and is a series of poems about her experience with residential schools which if you don't know what those are they were when Indigenous children were forced to go to "schools" to become white but they were filled with disease, abuse, death, and lead to so much trauma and loss of culture. Since you're not Canadian this poetry collection is pretty accessible if you don't know much about Canada. Another is Anne Or Green Gables which is just such a Canadian classic. Whether you've read it, seen the movies or shows, did the play at your school, or just heard people talk about it. It's hard to be Canadian and not recognize the name Anne Shirley. Another thing a lot of Canadians know (or at least people in my era) is the poem In Flanders Fields which where I live all school children were made to memorize it. even my aunts and mom and dad still know some of it by heart. It's short so I'll leave it below. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

So happy to see this video! Been watching you for awhile now, didn't know you were latina! You made amazing choices with the titles. I almost screamed when you mentioned Cristina Peri Rossi (I'm uruguayan). "Todo lo que no te pude decir" is actually a short stories collection, if you wanna jump into her poetry I would recommend "Arqueología amorosa", but, since you wanna get to know her better "La insumisa" is a book about her own life. Absolutely fascinating. Also, to add a little note: Cristina actually ran away from Uruguay to España during the dictatorship, her books were on the first line of banned books from schools and libraries because of their political content. She won this year's Miguel de Cervantes Prize, which is one of the most (if not the) highest hispanic award on literature! So excited to see your videos traveling across latin america, the literature here is absolutely amazing and never ever fails to impress

@honita9987

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and just to add one thing: do not feel afraid of Gabito. go ahead with cien años de soledad, whenever you feel ready go for it and do not stop reading trying to understand every single word, the world of macondo will eventually build around you and you'll feel its magic until you feel like you're a part of it. for big words, you can always come back a second time and search them. let yourself be dragged into macondo and don't let anything interrumpt that experience! it's absolutely life changing, enjoy every second of it

I've been thinking about starting the reading around the world challenge for days.....is this my sign???😱🤯

@throneofpages

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👏 yes 👏 it 👏 is 👏

if you're ever looking for a book from a Finnish author, I recommend The Summer Book by Tove Jansson. I just read it as a way to learn Swedish (the book is originally in Swedish, but the author was Finnish) but it unexpectedly became one of my favorite books.

Omg the way that after reading the title of this video I IMEDIATELY thought "Dom Casmurro is just the perfect choice for Brazil" and then BOOM you chose it I'm writing this before seeing your reaction to it but I hope you love it 😭😭 Good luck on your challenge!❤

I’m German and a few days ago finished reading “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Im Westen nichts Neues) and it’s a masterpiece!! A war novel ( I know, I know, not usually my thing either) about a 19 year old guy who has to fight in World War One and his harrowing experiences there. It’s definitely hard and brutal to read at times but the writing is amazing in a simple yet poetic way and super realistic. This will definitely break your heart several times but I think it’s so eye-opening about war trauma. I love you and your channel 💖💖

I love the idea of doing this challenge by continents, it's not as intimidating!

i don't know how i came across your channel but i'm really glad i did cuz i got to know that there's a beautiful person as you is living in the same world as me.

The fact is a lot of books from your culture are actually translated into Arabic and one hundred years of Solitude is perfectly translated more than the English one

Omgosh this tbr sounds amazing - such an amazing selection and it’s definitely inspiring me to pick these titles up too! Absolutely love that you’re doing this challenge - it’s such an great way to discover new authors, to learn more about other cultures/your own culture and just overall sounds so rewarding❤ I’ve been thinking about doing this challenge for a while and now that you’ve posted this video i think this is a sign hehe ☺️💖

This challenge looks so fun! A great way to travel and broaden perspectives! Hope you keep us updated! 💗

100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE CHANGED MY LIFE ITS SO GOOD BEYOND THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

@toliyeptho3313

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Right 😊

For Belgium (more precisely Flanders) I would recommend Wil written by Jeroen Olyslaegers. It’s mainly set in Antwerp during WW2

@throneofpages

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thank you!! ✍️

I’m from Brasil and I totally get wanting to read things in English, they usually use more approachable words than in Portuguese, for example. Especially with classics, you’ll see a lot of hard, less used words that are harder to understand

This is such an ambitious challenge but I have no doubt it will be really fun to do! Not only that but gives you an opportunity to read about the trials and triumphs of various people around the world. If you ever get to India I recommend A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. I've also been hearing a lot about Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel if you're interested in a feminist mythology. I haven't read it yet myself, but I've heard good things! Good luck on your challenge! You're going to find some amazing books 💜

@throneofpages

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I actually have a copy of Kaikeyi so it's perfect 👀 but also ✍️ A ✍️ Fine ✍️ Balance ✍️ thank you so much ilysm ٩(♡ε♡ )۶

@bujobyfilo

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A fine balance is one of my favourite books of all time! Anything by Mistry is gold...

I just love listening to you sooo much . I honestly love itt. You go girl 💪💪

Omg same! Idk why reading classics in the original Spanish (when it’s also my first language) intimidates me so much when I have nooo problem reading “difficult” books in English. Absolutely nooo shade, but I feel like in my mind (and opinion) Spanish writing is so much more rich and varied and so tied to the culture and time it was written in, that it makes it more difficult. But I would definitely never read them in translation, I want the payoff.

@analuisa9516

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I def agree with you on this, and I feel the same when reading classics in Spanish or Portuguese as opposed to English. From my experience, if feels like romance languages have soooo many specific words with very subtle nuance that I don't find as much in English, so I do feel the payoff as well.

@mrodriguez377

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@@analuisa9516 Exactly! Glad to be born into such a language but it also makes it more intimidating because you know just how vast it is

My favorite Chinese book is Brothers by Yu Hua. I don't know a single person who didn't love it or didn't feel moved by it. It feels like a family saga that focuses on two brothers during and after the Cultural Revolution. ❤

@throneofpages

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that sounds beautiful :') thank you for the recommendation! 💗

@yelenskareads

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And my second favorite Chinese book is Crystal Boys by Pai Hsien-yung. To be more precise, he's a Taiwanese author :)

Girlll, I like you a lot! because you have such a humor and also I have no read all books you have recommend, just ONE and I'm liking it a lot! so even if all those books sound or look good, I would wait for you to read them and see your review on them, I trust your recommendations.

One Hundred Years of Solitude! It is one of my favorite books! You will love this! And you got this challenge! ❤

@throneofpages

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i hope i love it as much as you did!! 💗

THOSE BOOK SOUND ALL AMAZING 🤩 also I think this type of stuff helps tons to show people that in all country there excellent stories but not all of these get the showing they deserve

@throneofpages

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Exactly!!

I'm Brazilian and I'm very excited to hear your opinion about Dom Casmurro. I loved this challenge.

this is such a fun challenge!! i’ve been very intrigued (yet scared😳) by tender is the flesh for a while, so i can’t wait to see what you think of that one and the rest of them as well!!

am i already doing too much reading challenges? yes. do i want to add this one? also yes.

I’ve always loved this challenge idea!! So happy you’re doing it! It’s such a great way to broaden your perspective. Also I love that you’re pushing yourself to read in Spanish too! Can’t wait to see what continent you do next (I have some GREAT recs for Asia and Europe 😊)

Wow, I have seen a few people starting this challenge, it has been really inspiring! And it's lovely to see so many recommendations in the comments. Excited to start planning this challenge! 😍

I'm so so so excited for thissss

holi, vengo a avisar que woven in moonlight es un libro anti-indigena y la autora no respeto la cultura boliviana, en vez de ese te recomiendo Where our closure begins de Alex M. Nájera, es boliviana pero autopublico su primer libro en ingles y es muy bonito 💕💕 ojala te guste el libro argentinoo 😉😉

@throneofpages

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Oh nooo que pena 😭😭 gracias por dejarme saber!! Voy a actualizar my tbr con tu recomendación 🫡💗

I've read 100 Years of Solitude this year and it was AMAZING. I would definitely recommend watching Emmie talk about this book as it is her alltime favorite and it definitely encouraged me to read it sooner rather than later! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on all of these books! 💗

I'm excited to see where you stand after you read Dom Casmurro. Heated arguments have came out of it, the brazilians know what I'm talking about 🤐 lol Also, I love this idea so much! I believe one of the best ways of knowing a culture it's by reading its literature so this challenge is perfect, I'm taking notes of all the recommendations in the comments.

Hey! From Argentina I also recommend “Los peligros de fumar en la cama” de Mariana Enríquez! Great video 💕

@throneofpages

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ohh the cover is familiar to me!! maybe i'll read both 👀✍️

I've had my eye on this challenge for a while and have been confused about whether it's about an author from each country or a book based on each country. It looks like you are focusing on authors regardless on what the book is about. I think I want to focus on the location in the book itself so I can feel like I actually visited the place. If the author that writes about a specific country is from that actual country then that would be a bonus! Still I'm excited to see where this challenge takes you and hope you find some amazing reads!

I just wanted to thank you because lately your videos have been keeping me company and they helped me getting out of my reading slump✨✨

You should read The Bread The Devil Knead....it's a book by a Trinidadian author based in Trinidad written in Trinidad Dialect. It was phenomenal ❤

Although for Serbia the most common pick would be Ivo Andrić because of the Nobel prize in literature, our true gem is Meša Selimović and I would recommend to you his book called ''The Fortress''. We have a saying that you can't read his books and not underline the every single page, and I very much agree. If I could I would carve his ideas onto my brain. Ganbatte!! 💖

Loved this so much and added so many to my tbr. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts about them!

I'm from Brazil and I've never read Dom Casmurro but I know the story and an important thing is that many people who read it have a different view. I hope you like it!

Isabel Allende is simply amazing....insightful, deep, funny, authentic , witty and yes, my favorite author!!!

100 years of solitude was the first book I finished this year! I randomly picked it up despite being so intimidated that I won't understand a thing. I struggled at first but I managed, I know that you can push through, and maybe read in between the spanish and english translation! I would definitely love to read it spanish if I could, I just know you'll do well on this challenge we believe in you 🫶💗

The spontaneousness in this video+ Ioved it keep going ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

If you want to come over to the Nordic countries, for Finland I recommend Tove Jansson's books: The Summer Book if you want a taste of the Nordic summer in the archipelago, or the Moomin books, for example Moominland Midwinter :) Also for Denmark I highly recommend Tove Ditlevsen's The Copenhagen Trilogy, it's so good !

I’ve been doing this challenge as well and I’ve read from 33 different countries so far! It’s so fun to research and discover new books from all over ❤

I seriously want to do this challenge now lmao I love you and your videos 😭

For Sweden, I would definitely recommend " A Man Called Ove " by Fredrik Backman. It has a movie adaptation in Swedish with the same title ( which, according to me, is one of the best Swedish movies ever made ) and I know that there is an American version now as well with Tom Hanks. I think the book would stay with you for a really long time and the main character is in one way a bit annoying but he really grows on the reader and you will love him.

2:50 Oo oo oo! Hungarian book: "Abigail" by Magda Szabo! Also, a book by a Persian author, though she's American: A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina Nayeri!

For Thailand, in the grimdark fantasy category, there is Obsidian by Sienna Frost (pen name of Kajornwan Chueng). A bilingual speaker, she is a native of Bangkok, but wrote the book in English. I haven't finished it, but it a desert fantasy with very lush prose and very brutal scenes. It has excellent reviews, but WARNING: there are several scenes of violence against women. It is not for the faint of heart, but a lovely, dark read with beautiful interior artwork.

For kuwait I would recommend any of Saud Alsanousi’s translated books, The Bamboo Stack or Mama Hissa’s Mice. Though I highly recommend the latter, you can read the gr synopsis and decide. Wishing you luck on this massive journey 😊🫶🏻

@lutauwu6280

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I read the bamboo stick!!

Adding some of these books to me tbr 👀 this is such a cool idea and a great way to explore other cultures!

I’m from Poland and I know the first choice everyone would have is Sapkowski and The Witcher series (which I really recommend!) but I want to recommend Olga Tokarczuk’s „Primeval and Other Times” or „Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead”! Both of them show a lot of polish culture, the most typical behaviuor but also like our polish village look like. The first one is more of a magical realism novel while the other one is crime novel. I really recommend you both of them and I hope you’ll take a look at them!

this sounds like a very fun challenge!! I think I'm gonna try it too ❤❤

Such a cool video idea! Also I love the random BOTW sounds. I can't wait for the 2nd game out this month.

orgullo de más una latina 🇧🇷🇧🇷💫🫶🏻

I'm so happy you're reading dom casmurro ! it's one of my fav Brazilian books and this book has so many impact on my literature life.... since you already read dom casmurro, when you decide to read Europeans books to Portugal I would suggest Blindness (ensaio sobreby cegueira) Saramago. I KNOW, you're going to love it! And my french half just NEED to see you reading Madame Bovary !

Jawbone is so unhinged but it's one of my favorite books ever i hope you'll love it!! good luck for this challenge!!!!!

@throneofpages

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thank you!! i hope i love it too 🥰

cien años de soledad is my favorite book ever ❤

@throneofpages

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i hope i love it!! 🥰

Girl, you choosing to read Dom Casmurro for Brazil was perfect! It has a huuuuuge discussion around it that every brazilians partakes at some point of their lives. It's a cultural moment, like reading Shakespeare for the English haha I can't wait! 😊

I'm Brazilian and when you said "Dom Casmurro" I simply lost it!! It's definitely one of the best Brazilian classics!! Not trying to get your expectations high but when my class on high school read it it was wild!!! You'll definitely be theorizing a lot reading it lol I hope you like it!! Sending love for you❤

@luanagonzaga645

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Just adding here... some of my friends started reading because of this book

Viva los hermanos uuu 🎉💙 já ansiosa pela sua opinião na loucura de Bentinho haha 🇧🇷 Eu quero muito ler Cem anos de Solidão esse ano também!

🙌🏻 Yaaas Cien Años de Soledad 🙌🏻 You got this! This is definitely very exciting! I might even join you and add some of those to my TBR! 👀 Especially the ones en español!

@throneofpages

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best of lucks to the both of us 😈

@cris.ouitty

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@@throneofpages Bella get that baby in spanish on your kindle and fret no more with quick dictionary access. cheers, happy reading!

i love this!!

i felt so proud as a spanish learner when i understood the little spanish bits lmao

@ga75

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also the book from peru sounds really interesting

@throneofpages

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good job 🥰💗

@ga75

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@@throneofpages thank u hehe

I'm a brazilian and I'm so happy that you decided to do this challenge❤ I've read Dom Casmurro and I would say that is one of the most famous brazilian's classics, but not my favorite actually😅

Me alegra mucho que hayas incluido a Paraguay! Nunca escuché sobre ese libro pero si vos lees yo leo

yo AMÉ violeta de isabel allende, me hizo llorar muchísimo también. escogiste el libro perfecto

This book is technically about a people that have no country but ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVES is The Latehomecomer: a Hmong Memoir. It follows the writer's family through Vietnam a little during the war, in Laos as they're refugees, in the jungles running for their lives, learning to be Americans and all the juicy bits about being an immigrant/1st gen v. 2nd gen, being Americanized v. Keeping the culture strong, racism and internal prejudice, and human emotions. There's also some descriptions of old folk tales and culture that's just so freaking fascinating!! And the end of the book is about the writer as she's in college and just describing her life in the modern day..... It's fantastic and I think it should have an honorary spot for "groups that don't have a country but are they're own people"

for french I suggest "mémoire d'une fille bien rangée" by Simone Veil (its an autobiography) or if you want something really light (and more modern) that you can read in one day, I suggest any book from Virginie Grimaldi

Just read It Would be Night in Caracas and loved It!!

@throneofpages

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may have to bump it up my tbr then 👀✍️

Mandíbula é um livro maravilhoso!! Boa sorte com o desafio ❤ tem muitos livros incríveis aí!!

This challenge is so cool, never heard of it before, but I love it!! My mum is also obsessed with Isabel Allende hshshsh, her fave is House of spirits which I read as well and it is really good. Im so excited for how this challenge turns out 🥰

Whenever you get to Mexico I recommend: Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, El murmullo de las abejas de Sofía Segovia, anything Amparo Dávila or Elena Garro or Cristina Rivera Garza or Fernanda Melchor (my fave)

I wish I was fluent enough in another language to read an entire book gotta freshen up on my mandarin and hopefully one day I’ll be at that point

I got SO excited about you reading south america books and when you said you picked Dom Casmurro I almost died hahah It's not only a classic that I love but also by Machado de Assis, who is considered by many (including myself) the best Brazilian author ever. Machado was a free black man born in 1839 (and the slavery in Brazil was legal until 1888, his grandparents, I believe, used to be slaves and were freed) although this book (and most of his most famous novels) don't actually talk a lot about slavery issues and have white main characters. I hope you like this one! I'm also curious about wheter you're going to read the Spanish or English translation, I believe the Spanish one will be more similar to the original but it is surely a "difficult" writing we have here!

I always enjoy watching your videos so much... ❤

this is such a fun idea!!

I'm so excited for u to explore this 😍. If u ever travel to Europe for Portugal I recommend trying the classics (poetry or prose). I would love to recommend one but school traumatized me too much when we read them... I can't remember the ones I liked and the ones I didn't 😂

@analuisa9516

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Seconded! I would also recommend Blindness by José Saramago (he's the only Portuguese speaking author to ever win the Nobel prize for literature).

Hello Bella! I am from Romania and unfortunately we don't have many romanian books translated in english, but from what I could find and from what I also read and enjoyed, I recommend you "I'm an Old Commie" by Dan Lungu. It's a good book, funny here and there, which presents a conversation on the phone between this old lady who lived in the communism in Romania and who's nostalgic about those times and her daugher who lives in SUA. Basically the book reflects how was the communist life in Romania and is really interesting, because it speaks about the struggles of everyday life in those times but presented as the best times of the old lady who was considered privileged due to some facts.

I have a recommendation for Germany. Sebastian Fitzek is a German author who writes thrillers and is also my favorite. His books are mainly set in Berlin, but they are not about Berlin or Germany per se. My favorite book of his is "The Soul Breaker" (in german: "Der Seelenbrecher")