The Most Iconic Books Set in 150 Countries Around the World

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Whether you are looking to revisit a favorite country or learn about someplace new, our list of the most iconic books set in 150 countries has something for everyone. With this list, you can tour the

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2017
VærkKategori
Drageløberen (2003) af Khaled Hosseini
Afghanistan
Ufuldendt april : roman (1982) af Ismaîl Kadaré
Albania
Pesten (1947) af Albert Camus
Algeria
Good Morning Comrades (2001) af Ondjaki
Angola
A Small Place (1988) af Jamaica Kincaid
Antigua
Fiktioner (1944) af Jorge Luis Borges
Argentina
Passage to Ararat (1975) af Michael J. Arlen
Armenia
Cloudstreet (1991) af Tim Winton
Australia
Radetzkymarch : Roman (1932) af Joseph Roth
Austria
Wind from the Carolinas (1964) af Robert Wilder
The Bahamas
En gylden tid (2007) af Tahmima Anam
Bangladesh
Song for Night (2007) af Chris Abani
Barbados
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (1997) af Svetlana Alexievich
Belarus
Min bedstefars himmel : roman (2013) af Stefan Hertmans
Belgium
On Heroes, Lizards and Passion (1988) af Zoila Ellis
Belize
The Circle of Karma (2005) af Kunzang Choden
Bhutan
American Visa (2007) af Juan de Recacoechea
Bolivia
The Bridge on the Drina (1959) af Ivo Andrić
Bosnia
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968) af Bessie Head
Botswana
Djævelen på vejen (1956) af João Guimarães Rosa
Brazil
Devil of a State (1961) af Anthony Burgess
Brunei
Under the Yoke (1893) af Ivan Vazov
Bulgaria
At redde fisk fra at drukne (2005) af Amy Tan
Burma
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (2001) af Loung Ung
Cambodia
Temps de chien, numéro 172 (2001) af Patrice Nganang
Cameroon
Den blinde morder (2000) af Margaret Atwood
Canada
Told by Starlight in Chad (1962) af Joseph Brahim Seid
Chad
Åndernes hus (1982) af Isabel Allende
Chile
Three Kingdoms (14) af Guanzhong Luo
China
Hundrede års ensomhed (1967) af Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Colombia
La isla de los hombres solos (1971) af Jose Leon Sanchez
Costa Rica
The Bitter Side of Sweet (1750) af Tara Sullivan
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
The Return of Philip Latinowicz (1932) af Miroslav Krleža
Croatia
Den gamle mand og havet (1950) af Ernest Hemingway
Cuba
Othello (1604) af William Shakespeare
Cyprus
I Served the King of England (1971) af Bohumil Hrabal
Czechia
Gifttræets evangelium (1998) af Barbara Kingsolver
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Beowulf (10) af Beowulf poet
Denmark
Black and White Sands: A Bohemian Life in the Colonial Caribbean (2009) af Elma Napier
Dominica
Oscar Wao & hans korte og forunderlige liv (2007) af Junot Díaz
Dominican Republic
The Villagers (1934) af Jorge Icaza
Ecuador
Palace Walk (1956) af Naguib Mahfouz
Egypt
Bitter Grounds (1997) af Sandra Benitez
El Salvador
By Night the Mountain Burns (2009) af Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
Equatorial Guinea
Knivens æg : roman (2009) af Abraham Verghese
Ethiopia
Under the North Star (1959) af Väinö Linna
Finland
De tre Musketerer (1844) af Alexandre Dumas père
France
The Knight in the Panther's Skin (1939) af Shota Rustaveli
Georgia
Faust : en tragedie i 2 dele (1808) af Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Germany
No Sweetness Here and Other Stories (1970) af Ama Ata Aidoo
Ghana
Spil for mig Zorbas (1943) af Nikos Kazantzakis
Greece
Pynter Bender (2008) af Jacob Ross
Grenada
Majsmennesker (1949) af Miguel Ángel Asturias
Guatemala
The Radiance of the King (1954) af Camara Laye
Guinea
Palace of the Peacock (1960) af Wilson Harris
Guyana
The Comedians (1966) af Graham Greene
Haiti
Cipotes (1994) af Ramon Amaya-Amador
Honduras
A Many-Splendored Thing (1952) af Suyin Han
Hong Kong
De skæbneløse : roman (1975) af Imre Kertész
Hungary
The Sagas of Icelanders (1997) af Örnólfur Thorsson
Iceland
Den hvide tiger (2008) af Aravind Adiga
India
This Earth of Mankind (1980) af Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Indonesia
My Uncle Napoleon (1973) af Iraj Pezeshkzad
Iran
Long Way Back (2001) af Fuad al-Takarli
Iraq
Ulysses (1922) af James Joyce
Ireland
Panther in the Basement (1998) af Amos Oz
Israel
Rosens navn : roman (1980) af Umberto Eco
Italy
Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) af Jean Rhys
Jamaica
The Tale of Genji (2015) af Shikibu Murasaki
Japan
The Language of Baklava (2015) af Diana Abu-Jaber
Jordan
Weep Not, Child (1964) af Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Kenya
Travels in Blood and Honey (2011) af Elizabeth Gowing
Kosovo
Small Kingdoms (2010) af Anastasia Hobbet
Kuwait
Jamilia (1958) af Tsjingiz Ajtmatov
Kyrgyzstan
The Coroner's Lunch (2004) af Colin Cotterill
Laos
The Earth is Singing (2015) af Vanessa Curtis
Latvia
Profeten (1923) af Kahlil Gibran
Lebanon
Chaka (1925) af Thomas Mofolo
Lesotho
Blod af sten (1990) af Ibrahim al-Koni
Libya
Syv år i Tibet : mit liv ved Dalai Lamas hof (1952) af Heinrich Harrer
Liechtenstein
Vilnius Poker (1989) af Ricardas Gavelis
Lithuania
Voices From Madagascar: An Anthology of Contemporary Francophone Literature (Ohio RIS Africa Series) (2002) af Jacques Bourgeacq
Madagascar
Drengen der tæmmede vinden (2009) af William Kamkwamba
Malawi
The Garden of Evening Mists (2012) af Tan Twan Eng
Malaysia
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts (2016) af Joshua Hammer
Mali
Pedro Páramo (1955) af Juan Rulfo
Mexico
Loser Takes All (1955) af Graham Greene
Monaco
Den blå himmel : roman (1994) af Galsan Tschinag
Mongolia
The Mountain Wreath (1847) af Peter II, Prince-Bishop of Montenegro
Montenegro
Sandbarnet (1985) af Tahar Ben Jelloun
Morocco
Søvngængerland (1992) af Mia Couto
Mozambique
Palpasa Café (2008) af Narayan Wagle
Nepal
Anne Frank's dagbog (1947) af Anne Frank
Netherlands
The Matriarch (1986) af Witi Ihimaera
New Zealand
Azul (1972) af Rubén Darío
Nicaragua
Alt falder fra hinanden (1958) af Chinua Achebe
Nigeria
De stjålne liv (2012) af Adam Johnson
North Korea
Sult (1890) af Knut Hamsun
Norway
The Turtle of Oman (2014) af Naomi Shihab Nye
Oman
Den modvillige fundamentalist (2007) af Mohsin Hamid
Pakistan
Morgen i Jenin : roman (2006) af Susan Abulhawa
Palestine
Skrædderen fra Panama (1996) af John le Carré
Panama
The crocodile (1972) af Vincent Eri
Papua New Guinea
I, the Supreme (1974) af Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguay
Hvem dræbte Palomino Molero? (1986) af Mario Vargas Llosa
Peru
Noli Me Tangere (1887) af José Rizal
Philippines
Pan Tadeusz (1834) af Adam Mickiewicz
Poland
En fortælling om blindhed (1995) af José Saramago
Portugal
Dracula (1897) af Bram Stoker
Romania
Krig og fred (1868) af Leo Tolstoy
Russia
Running the Rift (2012) af Naomi Benaron
Rwanda
Where We Once Belonged (1996) af Sia Figiel
Samoa
Pigerne fra Riyadh (2007) af Rajaa Alsanea
Saudi Arabia
So Long a Letter (1981) af Mariama Bâ
Senegal
Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel in 100,000 Words {Female Edition} (1989) af Milorad Pavić
Serbia
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (2007) af Ishmael Beah
Sierra Leone
The Singapore Grip (1978) af J. G. Farrell
Singapore
Rivers of Babylon (1991) af Peter Pišťanek
Slovakia
Alamut (1938) af Vladimir Bartol
Slovenia
The Orchard of Lost Souls (2013) af Nadifa Mohamed
Somalia
Ve, mit elskede land : en fortælling om hjælp i nøden (1948) af Alan Paton
South Africa
The Vegetarian (2007) af Han Kang
South Korea
Den sindrige ridder Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605) af Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Spain
Anil’s Ghost (2000) af Michael Ondaatje
Sri Lanka
Season of Migration to the North (1966) af Tayeb Salih
Sudan
Weeding the Flowerbeds (2009) af Sarah Mkhonza
Swaziland
Mænd som hader kvinder (2005) af Stieg Larsson
Sweden
Heidi (1880) af Johanna Spyri
Switzerland
The Dark Side of Love (2004) af Rafik Schami
Syria
Crystal Boys: A Novel (1983) af Hsien-Yung Pai
Taiwan
Hurramabad (1856) af Andrei Volos
Tajikistan
Desertion (2005) af Abdulrazak Gurnah
Tanzania
Broen over floden Kwaï (1952) af Pierre Boulle
Thailand
Tales of the Tikongs (1983) af Epeli Hau'ofa
Tonga
A House for Mr Biswas (1961) af V. S. Naipaul
Trinidad and Tobago
The Pillar of Salt (1955) af Albert Memmi
Tunisia
Mit navn er Rød (1998) af Orhan Pamuk
Turkey
The Tale of Aypi (2016) af Ak Welsapar
Turkmenistan
Abyssinian Chronicles (1998) af Moses Isegawa
Uganda
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1981) af Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
Ukraine
The Sand Fish (2009) af Maha Gargash
United Arab Emirates
Stolthed og fordom (1813) af Jane Austen
United Kingdom
Toms eventyr. Med tegn. af Louis Moe. På dansk ved N. P. Jensen. Omslagstegn. efter Louis Moe af Oskar Jørgensen. Overs. efter The adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) af Mark Twain
United States of America
The Invisible Mountain (2009) af Carolina De Robertis
Uruguay
Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia (2003) af Tom Bissell
Uzbekistan
Doña Barbara (1929) af Rómulo Gallegos
Venezuela
Paradise of the Blind (1988) af Thu Hương Dương
Vietnam
A Land without Jasmine (2008) af Wajdi al-Ahdal
Yemen
A Cowrie of Hope (African Writers) (2000) af Binwell Sinyangwe
Zambia
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (1994) af Nancy Farmer
Zimbabwe

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Whether you are looking to revisit a favorite country or learn about someplace new, our list of the most iconic books set in 150 countries has something for everyone. With this list, you can tour the entire world—without ever leaving home.

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