***Mission: Read the World--as in read a fiction book/short story set in each country, a non-fiction book set in each country, and any book by an author from each country***
(I used wikipedia's list of sovereign states...just because I didn't know what else to use.)
(And yes, I do know I've no chance whatsoever to actually complete this.)
--Afghanistan
--Albania
--Algeria
--Andorra
--Angola
--Antigua and Barbuda
--Argentina
--Armenia
--Australia
*setting (fiction): Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
*setting (non-fiction):
*author:
--Austria
--Azerbaijan
--Bahamas
--Bahrain
--Bangladesh
--Barbados
--Belarus
--Belgium
--Belize
--Benin
--Bhutan
--Bolivia
--Bosnia and Herzegovina
*setting (fiction):
*setting (non-fiction): Ruined Landscapes: Paintings of the Balkan War Zone paintings by Laura Buxton and text by Ross Yockey
*author:
--Botswana
--Brazil
--Brunei
--Bulgaria
--Burkina Faso
--Burma
--Burundi
--Cambodia
--Cameroon
--Canada:
*setting (fiction): Mercury by Hope Larson
*setting (non-fiction):
*author:
--Cape Verde
--Central African Republic
--Chad
--Chile
--China
--Columbia
--Comoros
--Costa Rica
--Cote d'Ivoire
--Croatia
--Cuba
--Cyprus
--Czech Republic
--Democratic Republic of Congo
--Denmark
--Djibouti
--Dominica
--Dominican Republic
--East Timor
--Ecuador
--Egypt
--El Salvador
--Equatorial Guinea
--Eritrea
--Estonia
--Ethiopia
--Fiji
--Finland
--France
*setting (fiction):
*setting (non-fiction): French Milk by Lucy Knisley
*author:
--Gabon
--Gambia
--Georgia
--Germany
--Ghana
--Greece
--Guatemala
--Guinea
--Guinea-Bissau
--Guyana
--Haiti
--Honduras
--Hungary
--Iceland
--India
*setting (fiction):
*setting (non-fiction):
*author: Sita's Ramayana by Samhita Anri and Moyna Chitrakar
--Indonesia
--Iran
*setting (fiction):
*setting (non-fiction): The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
*author:
--Iraq
--Ireland
--Israel
--Italy
--Jamaica
--Japan
*setting (fiction): Wandering Son, Volumes 1 and 2 by Shimura Takako
*setting (non-fiction): Hiroshima by John Hersey
*author:
--Jordan
--Kazakhstan
--Kiribati
--Kosovo (claimed by Serbia)
--Kuwait
--Kyrgzstan
--Laos
--Latvia
--Lebanon
*setting (fiction):
*setting (non-fiction):
*author: A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return by Zeina Abirached
--Lesotho
--Liberia
--Libya
--Liechtenstein
--Lithuania
--Luxembourg
--Macedonia
--Madagascar
--Malawi
--Malaysia
--Maldives
--Mali
--Malta
--Marshall Islands
--Mauritania
--Mauritius
--Mexico
--Micronesia
--Moldova
--Monaco
--Mongolia
--Montenegro
--Morocco
--Mozambique
--Namibia
--Nauru
--Nepal
--Netherlands
--New Zealand
*setting (fiction): The 10 p.m. Question by Kate De Goldi
*setting (non-fiction):
*author:
--Nicaragua
--Niger
--Nigeria
*setting (fiction): Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
*setting (non-fiction):
*author:
--North Korea
--Norway
--Oman
--Pakistan
--Palau
--Palestine
--Panama
--Papua New Guinea
--Paraguay
--Peru
--Philippines
*setting (fiction): Lola: A Ghost Story by J. Torres and Elbert Or
*setting (non-fiction):
*author:
--Poland
--Portugal
--Qatar
--Republic of Congo
--Romania
--Russia
--Rwanda
*setting (fiction): Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by J.P. Stassen
*setting (non-fiction):
*author:
--Saint Kitts and Nevis
--Saint Lucia
--Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
--Samoa
--San Marino
--Sao Tome and Principe
--Saudi Arabia
--Senegal
--Serbia
--Seychelles
--Sierra Leone
--Singapore
--Slovakia
--Slovenia
--Solomon Islands
--Somalia
--South Africa
--South Korea
--South Sudan
--Spain
--Sri Lanka
--Sudan
--Suriname
--Swaziland
--Sweden
--Switzerland
--Syria
--Taiwan
--Tajikistan
--Tanzania
--Thailand
--Togo
--Tongo
--Trinidad and Tobago
--Tunisia
--Turkey
--Turkmenistan
--Tuvalu
--Uganda
--Ukraine
--United Arab Emirates
--United Kingdom
>England
*setting (fiction): Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
*setting (non-fiction):
*author:
>Northern Ireland
>Scotland
*setting (fiction):
*setting (non-fiction):
*author: The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
>Wales
*setting (fiction):
*setting (non-fiction):
*author: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
--United States
*setting (fiction): Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
*setting (non-fiction): Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky
*author:
--Uruguay
--Uzbekistan
--Vanuatu
--Vatican City
--Venezuela
--Vietnam
--Yemen
--Zambia
--Zimbabwe