bartzturkeymom's "2012 Olympics Reading Challenge"

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The point is to read one author per each of the 205 nations participating in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games by the end of the games. This seems like a real fit for me as I like challenges, I love learning about the world—both past and present, and I love to read.

These are by no means the only books that can be chosen for the challenge. They are just mine and they only represent the countries for which I have found a book that fits the challenge and sounds interesting to me. I wish I could list the country and follow it with the book(s) I’ve chosen, but it looks like I can only list items on the list and not places. I’ll list the books in order by country and then list the countries with the titles in the comments as I read them.

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  1. 2.
    The Stranger
    by Albert Camus (Tr. Matthew Ward)

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  2. 4.
    He Who Searches
    by Luisa Valenzuela

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  3. 5.
    The Whispering Land
    by Gerald Durrell

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  4. 6.
    The Power of One
    by Bryce Courtenay

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  5. 7.
    Man’s search for meaning
    by Viktor E. Frankl

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  6. 8.
    The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
    by Sidney Poitier

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  7. 9.
    QuixotiQ
    by Ali Al Saeed

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  8. 10.
    Brick Lane: A Novel
    by Monica Ali

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  9. 11.
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    The Sea ‘venture

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  10. 12.
    The Matter of Desire: A Novel
    by Edmundo Paz Soldan

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  11. 13.
    The Bridge Over the Drina
    by Ivo Andric

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  12. 14.
    A Question of Power (African Writers)
    by Bessie Head

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  13. 16.
    New Islands: And Other Stories
    by Maria Luisa Bombal

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  15. 18.
    Savage: the Life And Times Of Jemmy Button
    by Nick Hazlewood

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  16. 19.
    Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China
    by Jung Chang

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  17. 20.
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    Mexico And The Caribbean
    by Lewis Hanke

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  18. 21.
    As If I Am Not There
    by Slavenka Drakulic

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  19. 22.
    City Sister Silver
    by Jachym Topol

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  20. 23.
    Houseboy (African Writers)
    by Ferdinand Oyono

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  21. 24.
    Maru (African Writers Series)
    by Bessie Head

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    Children of Gebelawi (African writers series)
    by Najib Mahfuz

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  23. 27.
    One Day of Life
    by Manlio Argueta

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  24. 28.
    The Egyptian: A Novel
    by Mika Waltari

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  25. 29.
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    Ndowe Tales I: The Ndowe Series
    by Enenge, M.D. A'Bodjedi

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  26. 30.
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    The Facade Lady of Corfu (Modern Greek Writers Series)
    by Spyros Plaskovitis

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  27. 31.
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    Tide Running; A Novel
    by Oonya Kempadoo

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  28. 32.
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    Complete Works and Other Stories (Texas Pan American Series)
    by Augusto Monterroso

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  29. 33.
    The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy
    by Camara Laye

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  30. 34.
    Disappearance
    by David Dabydeen

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  31. 35.
    Breath, Eyes, Memory (Oprah's Book Club)
    by Edwidge Danticat

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  32. 36.
    Jar City: A Reykjavik Thriller
    by Arnaldur Indridason

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  33. 37.
    Independent People
    by Halldor Laxness

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  34. 38.
    A Fine Balance
    by Rohinton Mistry

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  35. 39.
    Letters of a Javanese Princess
    by Raden Adjeng Kartini

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  36. 40.
    Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
    by Azar Nafisi

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  37. 41.
    Dubliners (Dover Thrift Editions)
    by James Joyce

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  38. 42.
    To Know a Woman
    by Amos Oz

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    Twilight and Other Stories
    by Shulamith Hareven

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  40. 44.
    The Aeneid
    by Virgil

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  41. 45.
    The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
    by Umberto Eco

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  42. 46.
    Invisible Cities
    by Italo Calvino

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  43. 47.
    Certifiable
    by Pamela Mordecai

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  44. 48.
    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel
    by Haruki Murakami

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  45. 49.
    Out of Africa (Modern Library)
    by Isak Dinesen

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  46. 50.
    Breaking the Tongue: A Novel
    by Vyvyane Loh

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