Books that aren't set in the US or UK, as those books dominate reading lists. I'm trying to collect as many different countries as possible, but sometimes there will be 2-3 books from one country.
created by quillnqueer
last updated February, 2026
Death of the Snake Catcher: Short Stories
Ak Welsapar
And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation
Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna
Alindarka's Children
Alhierd BachareviÄ
Ghost Season
Fatin Abbas
Dearest Intimate
Suchen Christine Lim
A Whole Life
Robert Seethaler
A Fist or a Heart
KristĂn EirĂksdĂłttir
Astrid and Veronika
Linda Olsson
Iep Jaltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter (Volume 80) (Sun Tracks)
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Mario Vargas Llosa
A Bookshop In Algiers
Kaouther Adimi
A Good True Thai
Sunisa Manning
Adios, Cowboy
Olja SaviÄeviÄ IvanÄeviÄ
Eurotrash
Christian Kracht
It Is Wood, It Is Stone
Gabriella Burnham
Three Egg Dilemma
Morabo Morojele
All That I Want to Forget
Bothayna Al-Essa
The Storm
Arif Anwar
Jawbone
MĂłnica Ojeda
Dust
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Go, Went, Gone
Jenny Erpenbeck
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami
Hard Copy
Fien Veldman
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
Woodworm
Layla MartĂnez
Sunburn
Chloe Michelle Howarth
Heaven
Madonna in a Fur Coat
Sabahattin Ali
A Luminous Republic
Andrés Barba
The Forbidden Notebook
Alba de Céspedes
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