Join the challenge here.
Just announced: the Global Reading Challenge will continue in 2011!
create your own visited country map
The Extremist LevelRead three novels from each of these continents in 2010:
Africa
Australasia
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And if you are really an extreme reader, you will do your best to read novels from 21 different countries or states.
Africa
- DEVIL'S PEAK by Deon Meyer (South Africa)
- A CARRION DEATH, Michael Stanley (Botswana)
- BAIT, Nick Brownlee (Kenya) - Kindle
- THE RUNNER, Peter May (China)
- CROSSFIRE, Miyuke Miyabe (Japan)
- ANARCHY AND OLD DOGS, Colin Cotterill (Laos)
- TRUTH by Peter Temple (Australia)
- CONTAINMENT, Vanda Symon (New Zealand)
- BEAT NOT THE BONES, Charlotte Jay (New Guinea)
- SKELETON HILL by Peter Lovesey (England)
- THE DARKEST ROOM by Johan Theorin (Sweden)
- THE SNOWMAN, Jo Nesbo (Norway)
- THE BRASS VERDICT, Michael Connelly (North America)
- WINTER OF SECRETS, Vicki Delany (Canada)
- HAVANA BLACK, Leonardo Padura (Cuba)
- BLOOD OF THE WICKED, Leighton Gage (Brazil)
- THURSDAY NIGHT WIDOWS, Claudia Pineiro (Argentina)
- RED APRIL, Santiago Roncagliolo (Peru)
- BLOOD & ICE, Robert Masello (Antarctica)
- DARK WINTER, William Dietrich (Antarctica)
- THE NIGHT OF THE MI'RAJ, Zoe Ferraris (Saudi Arabia)
Kerrie - You've done a most impressive job with this challenge!! Well done
ReplyDeleteYes, you have done a great job with the global challenge and list books, many of which I want to try.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if on the global book challenge for next year, there could be some specifics, like including one or two or three historical books, but from specific eras; or including 3 books from Europe, but they must be from different countries, or a certain number must be new to you authors, let's say one from each continent.
Kathy, I think you could put whatever construct on the challenge that you want - mine is that I am including only crime fiction, and also that every novel must relate to a different country.
ReplyDeleteSome regions are harder than others just because of the number of countries. Europe, Asia and North America are easy but finding enough countries in Australasia is not! I've read loads set in Australia, and a couple by NZ authors, but New Guinea or Polynesia - not so many are available. African crime fiction also tends to be focused in one or two countries in the continent.
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