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)

  2. 4.
    He Who Searches (Latin American Literature)
    by Luisa Valenzuela

  3. 5.
    The Whispering Land
    by Gerald Durrell

  4. 6.
    Power of One
    by Bryce Courtenay

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

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

  7. 9.
    QuixotiQ
    by Ali Al Saeed

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

  9. 11.
    ?
    The Sea ‘venture

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

  11. 13.
    Bridge Over the Drina
    by Ivo Andric

  12. 14.
    A Question of Power
    by Bessie Head

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

  14. 17.

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

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

  17. 20.
    ?
    Mexico And The Caribbean
    by Lewis Hanke

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

  19. 22.
    City Sister Silver (paperback)
    by Jachym Topol

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

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

  22. 26.
    ?
    Children of Gebelawi (African writers series)
    by Najib Mahfuz

  23. 27.
    One Day of Life
    by Manlio Argueta

  24. 28.
    The Egyptian: A Novel (Rediscovered Classics)
    by Mika Waltari

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

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

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

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

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

  30. 34.
    Disappearance
    by David Dabydeen

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

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

  33. 37.
    Independent People
    by Halldor Laxness

  34. 38.
    A Fine Balance
    by Rohinton Mistry

  35. 39.
    Letters Of A Javanese Princess
    by Raden Adjeng Kartini

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

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

  38. 42.
    To Know a Woman
    by Amos Oz

  39. 43.
    ?
    Twilight and Other Stories
    by Shulamith Hareven

  40. 44.
    The Aeneid
    by Virgil

  41. 46.
    Invisible Cities
    by Italo Calvino

  42. 47.
    Certifiable
    by Pamela Mordecai

  43. 48.
    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel
    by Haruki Murakami

  44. 49.
    Out of Africa (Modern Library of the World's Best Books)
    by Isak Dinesen

  45. 50.
    Breaking the Tongue: A Novel
    by Vyvyane Loh

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