July 2025: 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, five years later, we are still on this amazing journey…
- Malicroix, Henri Bosco
🇫🇷 France, June 2020 - The Rings of Saturn, W.G. Sebald
🇩🇪 Germany, July 2020 - The Houseguest and Other Stories, Amparo Dávila
🇲🇽 Mexico, August 2020 - Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders
🇺🇸 United States, August 2020 - Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath, Sigrid Undset
🇳🇴 Norway, October 2020 - Miss Julie and Other Plays, August Strindberg
🇸🇪 Sweden, November 2020 - Datura, Leena Krohn
🇫🇮 Finland, December 2020 - The Complete Cosmicomics, Italo Calvino
🇮🇹 Italy, January 2021 - Blindness, José Saramago
🇵🇹 Portugal, February 2021 - Breathing into Marble, Laura Cerniauskaite
🇱🇹 Lithuania, March 2021 - The Waves, Virginia Woolf
🏴 England, April 2021 - Jakob von Gunten, Robert Walser
🇨🇭 Switzerland, May 2021 - Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wife, Sigrid Undset
🇳🇴 Norway, May 2021 - The Gate, Natsume Sōseki
🇯🇵 Japan, July 2021 - Three Summers, Margarita Liberaki
🇬🇷 Greece, August 2021 - The Palace of the Peacock, Wilson Harris
🇬🇾 Guyana, August 2021 - Seeing Red, Lina Meruane
🇨🇱 Chile, September 2021 - Panorama, Dušan Šarotar
🇸🇮 Slovenia, October 2021 - An African in Greenland, Tété-Michel Kpomassie
🇹🇬 Togo, November 2021 - The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector
🇧🇷 Brazil, December 2021 (DNF at 55%) - Dubliners, James Joyce
🇮🇪 Ireland, April 2022 - The Last Gift, Abdulrazak Gurnah
🇹🇿 Zanzibar, June 2022 - Living Tissue, 10×10, Emilian Galaicu-Păun
🇲🇩 Moldova, August 2022 (DNF halfway) - The Unwomanly Face of War, Svetlana Alexievich
🇧🇾 Belarus, December 2022 - Kristin Lavransdatter: The Cross, Sigrid Undset
🇳🇴 Norway, March 2023 - The Blue Sky, Galsan Tschinag
🇲🇳 Mongolia, May 2023 - East of Eden, John Steinbeck
🇺🇸 United States (take 2), October 2023 - Noli Me Tángere, José Rizal
🇵🇭 Philippines, March 2024 - Storm, George Stewart
🇺🇸 United States (take 3), July 2025 - Time Shelter, Georgi Gospodinov
🇧🇬 Bulgaria, December 2025 - Dukla, Andrzej Stasiuk
🇵🇱 Poland, January 2026
Classics Considered 