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bartzturkeymom's "2012 Olympics Reading Challenge"

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. The Light Garden of the Angel King: Travels in Afghanistan with Bruce Chatwin
by Peter Levi
 
2.
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The Stranger
by Albert Camus (Tr. Matthew Ward)
 
3. Coming of Age in Samoa: a Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
by Margaret Mead
 
4. He Who Searches
by Luisa Valenzuela
 
5. The Whispering Land
by Gerald Durrell
 
6. The Power of One
by Bryce Courtenay
 
7.
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Man’s search for meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
 
8. The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
by Sidney Poitier
 
9. QuixotiQ
by Ali Al Saeed
 
10. Brick Lane: A Novel
by Monica Ali
 
11.
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The Sea ‘venture  
12. The Matter of Desire: A Novel
by Edmundo Paz Soldan
 
13. The Bridge Over the Drina
by Ivo Andric
 
14. A Question of Power (African Writers)
by Bessie Head
 
15. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.)
by Loung Ung
 
16. New Islands: And Other Stories
by Maria Luisa Bombal
 
17. Teenager in the Chad Civil War: A Memoir of Survival, 1982-1986
by Esaie Toingar
 
18. Savage: the Life And Times Of Jemmy Button
by Nick Hazlewood
 
19. Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
 
20.
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Mexico And The Caribbean
by Lewis Hanke
 
21. As If I Am Not There
by Slavenka Drakulic
 
22. City Sister Silver
by Jachym Topol
 
23. Houseboy (African Writers)
by Ferdinand Oyono
 
24. Maru (African Writers Series)
by Bessie Head
 
25. Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories (Anchor Folktale Library)
by Hans Christian Andersen
 
26.
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Children of Gebelawi (African writers series)
by Najib Mahfuz
 
27. One Day of Life
by Manlio Argueta
 
28. The Egyptian: A Novel
by Mika Waltari
 
29.
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Ndowe Tales I: The Ndowe Series
by Enenge, M.D. A'Bodjedi
 
30.
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The Facade Lady of Corfu (Modern Greek Writers Series)
by Spyros Plaskovitis
 
31.
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Tide Running; A Novel
by Oonya Kempadoo
 
32.
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Complete Works and Other Stories (Texas Pan American Series)
by Augusto Monterroso
 
33. The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy
by Camara Laye
 
34. Disappearance
by David Dabydeen
 
35. Breath, Eyes, Memory (Oprah's Book Club)
by Edwidge Danticat
 
36. Jar City: A Reykjavik Thriller
by Arnaldur Indridason
 
37. Independent People
by Halldor Laxness
 
38. A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
 
39. Letters of a Javanese Princess
by Raden Adjeng Kartini
 
40. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi
 
41. Dubliners (Dover Thrift Editions)
by James Joyce
 
42. To Know a Woman
by Amos Oz
 
43.
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Twilight and Other Stories
by Shulamith Hareven
 
44. The Aeneid
by Virgil
 
45. The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
by Umberto Eco
 
46. Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
 
47. Certifiable
by Pamela Mordecai
 
48. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel
by Haruki Murakami
 
49. Out of Africa (Modern Library)
by Isak Dinesen
 
50. Breaking the Tongue: A Novel
by Vyvyane Loh
 
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Created by bartzturkeymom on Jun 17, 2009.