To Be Added to List Below:
Natasha by David Bezmozgis
The Free World by David Bezmozgis
A Short History of Tractors un Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada Germany
The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell Sweden
Story of a Secret State by Jan Karski Poland
Broken Glass Park by Alina Bronsky Germany/Russia
Tinkers by Paul Harding USA
Spartina by John Casey USA
In A Strange Room by Dalmon Galgut South Afric
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga Nigeria
The Last Friend by Tahar Ben Jelloon Morocco
Lowboy by John Wray USA
Peace by Richard Bausch
The Old Man and Me by Elaine Dundy UK
The Story of a Secret State by Jan Karski
Questions or comments email Harriet at hsobol4336@gmail.com
Author Title Setting Author’s Birthplace
| Achebe, Chinua | Things Fall Apart | Nigeria | Nigeria | ||||
| Ali, Monica | Brick Lane | England | Bangladesh | ||||
| Ali, Tariq | Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree | Spain | India | ||||
| Ali, Tariq | The Stone Woman | Turkey | India | ||||
| Aswany, Alaa Al | The Yacoubian Building | Egypt | Egypt | ||||
| Barrett, Andrea | Ship Fever | USA | USA | ||||
| Bausch, Richard | Peace | Italy | USA | ||||
| Berry, Wendell | Hannah Coulter | USA | USA | ||||
| Bronsky, Alina The Hottest Dishes Germany Russia of the Tartar Cuisine | |||||||
| Brooks, Geraldine | March | USA | Australia | ||||
| Brooks, Geraldine | Nine Parts of Desire | USA | Australia | ||||
| Brooks, Geraldine | People of the Book | Europe | Australia | ||||
| Cezair-Thompson Margaret | The True History of Paradise | Jamaica | Jamaica | ||||
| Chabon, Michael | The Yiddish Policemen’s Union | Alaska | USA | ||||
| Chang, Samantha Lan | Hunger | USA | USA | ||||
| Chang, Samantha Lan | Inheritance | China | USA | ||||
| Claudel, Phillippe | By A Slow River | France | France | ||||
| Coetzee, J.M. | Disgrace | South Africa | South Africa | ||||
| Crace, Jim | Quarantine | Palestine | England | ||||
| De Bernieres, Louis | Birds Without Wings | Turkey | |||||
| Diaz, Junot | Drown | Domincan Republic | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Diaz, Junot | The Last Wondrous Days Of Oscar Wao | USA and Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Enright, Anne | The Gathering | Ireland | Ireland | ||||
| Farah, Nuruddin | Gifts | Somalia | Somalia | ||||
| Farah, Nuruddin | Links | Somalia | Somalia | ||||
| Faulks, Sebastia | Birdsong | France | England | ||||
| Ferre, Rosario | The House on the Lagoon | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | ||||
| Flanagan, Richard | The Sound of One Hand Clapping | Tasmania | Tasmania | ||||
| Fredriksson, Marianne | Hanna’s Daughters | Sweden | Sweden | ||||
| Fredriksson, Marianne | Simon’s Family | Sweden | Sweden | ||||
| Freed, Lynn | The Mirror | South Africa | South Africa | ||||
| Freed, Lynn | Home Ground | South Africa | South Africa | ||||
| Fugard, Lisa | Skinners Drift | South Africa | South Africa | ||||
| Gardam, Jane | Old Filth | England | England | ||||
| Ghosh, Amitav | The Hungry Tide | India | India | ||||
| Glass, Julia | Three Junes | USA | USA | ||||
| Greenway, Alice | White Ghost Girls | Hong Kong | USA | ||||
| Grimbert, Philippe | Memory | France | France | ||||
| Harrison, Kathryn | The Seal Wife | Alaska | USA | ||||
| Jones, Edward | The Known World | USA | USA | ||||
| Jordan, Hillary | Mudbound | USA | USA | ||||
| Joyce, James | Ulysses | Ireland | Ireland | ||||
| Kawabata,Yasunari | Snow Country | Japan | Japan | ||||
| Keilson, Hans | Comedy in a Minor Key | The Netherlands | Germany | ||||
| Khadra Yasmina | The Attack | Israel | Algiers | ||||
| Le Clezio, J.M.G. | Wandering Star_ | France and Palestine | France | ||||
| Levy, Andrea | Small Island | England | England | ||||
| Lewycka, Marina | A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian | England | German refugee camp | ||||
| Lianke, Yan | Serve the People | China | China | ||||
| London, Joan | Gilgamesh | Australia | Australia | ||||
| Marai, Sandor | Embers | Europe | Austria Hungary | ||||
| Matar, Hisham | In the Country of Men | Libya | Libya | ||||
| Maurensig, Paolo | Canone Inverso | Europe | Italy | ||||
| McCann, Colum | Let the Great World Spin | USA | Ireland | ||||
| McCann, Colum | This Side of Brightness | USA | Ireland | ||||
| McEwan Ian | Saturday | England | England | ||||
| McEwan, Ian | Atonement | England | England | ||||
| Mda, Zakes | The Madonna of Excelsior | South Africa | South Africa | ||||
| Meloy, Maile | Liars and Saints | USA | USA | ||||
| Michael, Sami | A Trumpet in the Wadi | Israel | Iraq | ||||
| Miller, Kei | Fear of Stones | Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Miyamoto Teru | Autumn Brocade (Kinshu) | Japan | Japan | ||||
| Moore, Lorrie | Who Will Run the Frog Hospital | USA | USA | ||||
| Morrison, Toni | A Mercy | USA | USA | ||||
| Takes place in Virginia in 1690 on the farm of Jacob Vaark and his wife Rebecca | |||||||
| Murakami, Haruki | South of the Border, West of the Sun | Japan | Japan | ||||
| Norman, Howard | The Bird Artist | Canada | USA | ||||
| Nothomb, Amalie | Fear and Trembling | Japan | Japan | ||||
| Obreht, Tea The Tiger’s Wife Balkans Yugoslavia | |||||||
| Olafsson, Olaf | The Journey Home | England & Iceland | Iceland | ||||
| Olsson, Linda | Astrid and Veronika | Sweden | Sweden | ||||
| O’Brien, Tim | The Things They Carried | Vietnam and USA | USa | ||||
| Ondaatje, Michael | In the Skin of a Lion | Canada | Sri Lanka | ||||
| Otsuka, Julie | When the Emperor Was Divine | USA | USA | ||||
| Parsipur, Shahrnush | Women Without Men | Iran | |||||
| Phillips, Caryl | Crossing the River | Africa & USA | St. Kitts | ||||
| Phillips, Caryl | Cambridge | B.V.I. | St. Kitts | ||||
| Pouncey, Peter | Rules for Old Men Waiting | USA | USA | ||||
| Rhys, Jean | Wide Sargasso Sea | Jamaica | Dominica | ||||
| Robinson, Marilynne | Gilead | USA | USA | ||||
| Robinson, Marilynne | Housekeeping | USA | USA | ||||
| Saramago, Jose | Baltasar and Bilmunda | Portugal | Portugal | ||||
| Shakib, Siba | Samira and Samir | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | ||||
| Shalev, Meir | A Pigeon And A Boy | Israel | Israel | ||||
| Tearne, Roma | Bone China | Sri Lanka & UK | Sri Lanka | ||||
| Tearne, Roma | Mosquito | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | ||||
| Umigar, Thrity | The Space Between Us | India | India | ||||
| Undset, Sigrid | Kristin Lavranstatter | Sweden | Sweden | ||||
| Upadhyay, Samrat | The Guru of Love | Nepal | Nepal | ||||
| Vanderbes, Jennifer | Easter Island | Easter Island | USA | ||||
| Willett, Jincy | The Winner of the National Book Award | USA | USA | ||||
| Williams, John | Stoner | USA | USA | ||||
| Williams, Niall | Four Letters of Love | Ireland | Ireland | ||||
| Winton, Tim | Breath | Australia | Australia | ||||
| Wray, John | Lowboy | USA | Austria | ||||
| Yehoshua | The Lover | Israel | Israel | ||||