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Read Around the World - the B’s

A list inspired by (and copied from) @cortneyhenningnovak, including (mainly) fiction reads from every country in alphabetical order! Any suggestions and add-ons welcome to expand the list🫶

17 countries include:

the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso & Burundi

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last updated February, 2026

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Baho!

Baho!

Baho!

Roland Rugero

Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (Compass)

Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (Compass)

Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (Compass)

Malidoma Patrice Somé

Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe

Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe

Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe

Kapka Kassabova

Written in Black

Written in Black

Written in Black

K.H. Lim

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

Machado de Assis

Call and Response

Call and Response

Call and Response

Gothataone Moeng

The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)

Ivo Andrić

American Visa

American Visa

American Visa

Juan De Recacoechea

Folktales of Bhutan

Folktales of Bhutan

Folktales of Bhutan

Kunzang Choden

Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music

Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music

Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music

Angelique Kidjo

Beka Lamb

Beka Lamb

Beka Lamb

Zee Edgell

I Who Have Never Known Men

I Who Have Never Known Men

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

Yummah

Yummah

Yummah

Sarah A. Al Shafei

Revenge

Revenge

Revenge

Taslima Nasrin

Uncertain Kin

Uncertain Kin

Uncertain Kin

Janice Lynn Mather

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Svetlana Alexievich

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

Cherie Jones

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The Bahamas: 1) Uncertain Kin - Janice Lynn Mather

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Belarus: 1) Secondhand Time: the Last of the Soviets - Svetlana Alexievich (or anything by her really)

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Belgium: 1) I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman

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Amelie Nothomb is also a great pick for Belgium

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Bahrain: 1) Yummah - Sarah A. Al Shafei

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Bangladesh: 1) Revenge - Taslima Nasrin

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Barbados: 1) How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House - Cherie Jones

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Belize: 1) Beka Lamb - Zee Edgell

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Benin: 1) Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music - Angelique Kidjo

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Bhutan: 1) Folktales of Bhutan - Kunzang Choden

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Bolivia: 1) American Visa - Juan De Recacoechea

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1) The Bride of the Drina - Ivo Andric

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Botswana: 1) Call and Response - Gothataone Moeng

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Brazil: 1) The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas - Machado de Assis

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two other options are Luis Fernando Verissimo and Bom Dia, Verônica (Good morning, Veronica) by Ilana Casoy and Raphael Montes

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Brunei: 1) Written in Black - K.H. Lim

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Bulgaria: Border: 1) A Journey to the Edge of Europe - Kapka Kassabova

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I can recommend The old man and the wolfs by Julia Kristeva and The time shelter by Gheorghi Gospodinov

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Burkina Faso: 1) Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman - Malidoma Patrice Somé

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Burundi: 1) Baho! - Roland Rugero.

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