July 2022: In the middle of the pandemic, a good friend suggested we try reading a novel from every country, starting with a NYRB Classic I had just picked up, Malicroix by Henri Bosco. Now, two years later, we are still on this amazing journey…

  1. Malicroix, Henri Bosco
    🇫🇷 France, June 2020
  2. The Rings of Saturn, W.G. Sebald
    🇩🇪     Germany, July 2020
  3. The Houseguest and Other Stories, Amparo Dávila
    🇲🇽 Mexico, August 2020
  4. Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders
    🇺🇸 United States, August 2020
  5. Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath, Sigrid Undset
    🇳🇴 Norway, October 2020
  6. Miss Julie and Other Plays, August Strindberg
    🇸🇪 Sweden, November 2020
  7. Datura, Leena Krohn
    🇫🇮 Finland, December 2020
  8. The Complete Cosmicomics, Italo Calvino
    🇮🇹 Italy, January 2021
  9. Blindness, José Saramago
    🇵🇹 Portugal, February 2021
  10. Breathing into Marble, Laura Cerniauskaite
    🇱🇹 Lithuania, March 2021
  11. The Waves, Virginia Woolf
    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, April 2021
  12. Jakob von Gunten, Robert Walser
    🇨🇭 Switzerland, May 2021
  13. The Gate, Natsume Sōseki
    🇯🇵 Japan, July 2021
  14. Three Summers, Margarita Liberaki
    🇬🇷 Greece, August 2021
  15. The Palace of the Peacock, Wilson Harris
    🇬🇾 Guyana, August 2021
  16. Seeing Red, Lina Meruane
    🇨🇱 Chile, September 2021
  17. Panorama, Dušan Šarotar
    🇸🇮 Slovenia, October 2021
  18. An African in Greenland, Tété-Michel Kpomassie
    🇹🇬 Togo, November 2021
  19. The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector
    🇧🇷 Brazil, December 2021 (DNF at 55%)
  20. Dubliners, James Joyce
    🇮🇪 Ireland, April 2022
  21. The Last Gift, Abdulrazak Gurnah
    Zanzibar, June 2022
  22. Living Tissue, 10×10, Emilian Galaicu-Păun
    🇲🇩 Moldova, August 2022 (DNF halfway)