This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic is the Top Ten Books That Take Place In Another Country. I love reading books set in other countries, and so coming up with this list was a bit of a challenge. There are so many good ones out there! All of these books are among my absolute favorites, although there are many more I could easily have included as well. (With the exception of Stones from a River which I read during my pre-blogging days, all other covers are linked to my thoughts on each of the books.)
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What are some of your favorite books set in other countries?
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)
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Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal (India)
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The Ghost Bride by Yangszee Choo (Malaysia)
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Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show by Frank Delaney (Ireland)
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When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi (Afghanistan/Iran/Turkey/Greece)
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Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi (Germany)
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Moonlight Downs by Adrian Hyland (Australia)
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
(China - and partly in the U.S.)
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The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli (Vietnam)
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The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary (Japan)
What are some of your favorite books set in other countries?
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I want to read ALL the books on your list. Oh dear. My TTT
ReplyDeleteAnne - I hope you do give them a try! I enjoyed them all. :-)
DeleteWow, you've got some amazing looking books on here. I'm intrigued by quite a few of them. :-)
ReplyDeleteChrissi - Thank you! This was such a fun list to put together.
DeleteGreece is a country I'd like to see more of, and China and India as well. Nice list! The Night Parade looks great, and so does the one set in Ireland!
ReplyDeleteGreg - When my mom was showing me photos from her trip to Greece, I couldn't help but think of Leigh Bardugo's Wonder Woman. Probably not exactly what someone thinks of when thinking of books set in Greece, but part of it is. I love reading books set in India and China.
DeleteGreat list, Wendy! I'd only read three of the books you listed and yes, I love reading books about other countries and their culture so will have to keep your list in mind.
ReplyDeleteMelody - I know I will never get to travel to so many of the places I would love to visit. Books make a good alternative. :-)
DeleteSooo much goodness on this list to enjoy, not to mention diverse countries!
ReplyDeleteVerushka - I love reading books set outside my own country. I don't do it often enough.
DeleteI haven't read a single book on your list, but I'm aware of many of them. Looks like my TBR is going to increase - ha!
ReplyDeleteKay - That's the danger of these lists. Haha
DeleteI want to read The Night Parade. I love that cover.
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Mariela - I hope you will read The Night Parade! It is such a good book!
DeleteI love books set in other countries. Some of my favorites are The Confusion of Languages, The Book Thief, and Mastering the Art of French Eating.
ReplyDeleteKathy - I love reading books set in other countries as well. Of those you mention, I have only read The Book Thief--that's a really good one!
DeleteI've always wanted to read The Night Parade but never picked it up. Maybe I'll see if my library has it.
ReplyDeleteBarb - I hope you do give The Night Parade a try. It's a fairly quick read. I really enjoyed it.
DeleteI was surprised and happy to see Stones from the River on your list. I read this years ago and really liked it!
ReplyDeleteJenclair - Stones From the River is one of my all-time favorites. :-)
DeleteThe Ghost Bride sounds really interesting! Here is my Top Ten Tuesday
ReplyDeletePoinsettia - The Ghost Bride is a good one! I recommend it if you get a chance to read it.
DeleteI haven't read any of these books but that Adichie's book is definitely on my TBR. I have included one book of Adichie in my list too :)
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: http://flippingthruthepages.com/2018/03/ten-books-that-take-place-in-another-country/
Sim - I need to read more by Adichie. I really admire her as a person and an author.
DeleteI've got Adichie's Americanah sitting in my TBR pile. I hope to get to it one of these days.
ReplyDeleteBook Sage - I haven't yet read Americanah either. One of these days. :-)
DeleteThere are so many great books set in other countries, aren't there? I've read the Adichie, and I really want to read Ghost Bride...along with several other titles you mention in your list. ;D
ReplyDeleteLark - Yes! I want to read them all. LOL I hope you get a chance to read as many of these as you can. :-)
DeleteWow what a nice list-all different places!! I haven't read any of these but they look nice!!
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Joann - Thank you! I enjoy reading books outside my country (and inside it too). Armchair traveling. :-)
DeleteI need to read more Adichie books. I’ve only read Purple Hibiscus, and I really liked it. Great list!
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
AJ - I need to read more by Adichie as well. I have a copy of Purple Hibiscus, but I haven't yet read it.
DeleteI love few things as much as I love book covers and there are some beauties here! There's something about moons or things like moons and "night" anything, so THE NIGHT PARADE attracts me, and I love THE GHOST BRIDE cover, too :)
ReplyDeleteSince KidLit is my world, the two books that come to mind are actually both written by the brilliant Linda Sue Park. There's her Newbery winner: A SINGLE SHARD (Korea, I believe), and A LONG WALK TO WATER (Africa, I think). Short novels that really get you. I'm blown away by the quality of her writing (and she's so sweet and humble, too :) )
Donna Marie - Yes, many of these covers are gorgeous, aren't they? I could look at them all day. :-)
DeleteI haven't read either book you mention, but I will look them up. The Night Parade is a middle grade book--so not quite kidlit, but close. :-)
I really need to branch out on my reading a bit. I do like the sound of Ghost Bride so I may have to check that one out.
ReplyDeleteCarole - I hope you do give The Ghost Bride a try!
DeleteI have Half of a Yellow Sun on my shelf and really need to read that one. I always hear such wonderful things about it.
ReplyDeleteAnd how cool is the cover for Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show? I love it!
Suzanne - I really enjoyed Half of a Yellow Sun. I keep meaning to go back and read her earlier book, Purple Hibiscus, but I haven't managed it yet.
DeleteVenetia Kelly's Traveling Show as a nice surprise when I read it. I like that cover too. :-)
Awesome list! I haven't heard of any of these books before, but they sound great!
ReplyDeleteHere’s my TTT!
Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog
Ronyell - They are all good!
DeleteThese books all look interesting. I would like to read most of them. I am thinking about what my own list would look like. I am in The United States. I read a lot of books set in The UK. I would likely not count those.
ReplyDeleteBrian - I tend to read a lot of books set in the United Kingdom as well.
DeleteOooh, I loved the Ghost Bride! But I think it takes place in Malacca, Malaysia and not China(:
ReplyDeleteThe Lotus Eaters sound really fascinating and I still have The Night Parade on my TBR list!
Eustacia - Thank you for the correction. It was late when I put this post together and I was in a rush.
DeleteI was surprised at how much I loved The Lotus Eaters. It is about an American photo journalist during the Vietnam War, so maybe not quite without the American slant to it in terms of viewpoint. I hope you do get to The Night Parade. I still think of that one quite fondly. :-)
The Night Parade sounds so cool! Great picks!
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The Night Parade - The Night Parade is really good!
DeleteWhat a great list! I really need to get out of my usual locations when reading as I always really enjoy it when I do. The Night Parade and Ghost Bride are both on my TBR. They sound amazing.
ReplyDeleteKatherine - It's hard to visit every place we want in books with so many great sounding books out there, isn't it? At least I know I'll more likely visit all these places in books than I will in person.
DeleteI'm loving these lists and adding so many books to my tbr list - love books set in other countries. The Lotus Eaters was one of my fave books the year I read it and it still stays with me after many years.
ReplyDeleteLisa - I love books set in other countries too! I am glad you loved The Lotus Eaters too! I still think of it as well.
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