Reading the World

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. Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wife, Sigrid Undset
    🇳🇴 Norway, May 2021
14. The Gate, Natsume Sōseki
    🇯🇵 Japan, July 2021
15. Three Summers, Margarita Liberaki
    🇬🇷 Greece, August 2021
16. The Palace of the Peacock, Wilson Harris
    🇬🇾 Guyana, August 2021
17. Seeing Red, Lina Meruane
    🇨🇱 Chile, September 2021
18. Panorama, Dušan Šarotar
    🇸🇮 Slovenia, October 2021
19. An African in Greenland, Tété-Michel Kpomassie
    🇹🇬 Togo, November 2021
20. The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector
    🇧🇷 Brazil, December 2021 (DNF at 55%)
21. Dubliners, James Joyce
    🇮🇪 Ireland, April 2022
22. The Last Gift, Abdulrazak Gurnah
    🇹🇿 Zanzibar, June 2022
23. Living Tissue, 10×10, Emilian Galaicu-Păun
    🇲🇩 Moldova, August 2022 (DNF halfway)
24. The Unwomanly Face of War, Svetlana Alexievich
    🇷🇺 Russia, December 2022
25. Kristin Lavransdatter: The Cross, Sigrid Undset
    🇳🇴 Norway, March 2023
26. The Blue Sky, Galsan Tschinag
    🇲🇳 Mongolia, May 2023