2010 Global Reading Challenge Update - November 20

I am restricting my participation in the 2010 Global Reading Challenge to crime fiction titles, but participants can use books of any genre of their choosing. I am really excited: only 1 book to go.
Join the challenge here.

Just announced: the Global Reading Challenge will continue in 2011!



create your own visited country map

The Extremist Level
Read three novels from each of these continents in 2010:
Africa
Asia
Australasia
Europe
North America (incl Central America)
South America
Add two novels which are set in Antarctica
+ a ´wildcard´ novel (a novel from a place or period that is NEW to you).

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
  

Asia

• THE RUNNER, Peter May (China)
• CROSSFIRE, Miyuke Miyabe (Japan)
• ANARCHY AND OLD DOGS, Colin Cotterill (Laos)

Australasia

• TRUTH by Peter Temple (Australia)
• CONTAINMENT, Vanda Symon (New Zealand)
• BEAT NOT THE BONES, Charlotte Jay (New Guinea)
  

Europe

• SKELETON HILL by Peter Lovesey (England)
• THE DARKEST ROOM by Johan Theorin (Sweden)
• THE SNOWMAN,  Jo Nesbo (Norway)

North America (incl Central America)

• THE BRASS VERDICT, Michael Connelly (North America)
• WINTER OF SECRETS, Vicki Delany (Canada)
• HAVANA BLACK, Leonardo Padura (Cuba)
  

South America

• BLOOD OF THE WICKED, Leighton Gage (Brazil)
• THURSDAY NIGHT WIDOWS, Claudia Pineiro (Argentina)
• RED APRIL, Santiago Roncagliolo (Peru)

Antarctica

• BLOOD & ICE, Robert Masello (Antarctica)
• DARK WINTER, William Dietrich (Antarctica) 

Wildcard  novel

• THE NIGHT OF THE MI'RAJ, Zoe Ferraris (Saudi Arabia)

Select novels from 21 different countries or states.: My count so far: 20