Read around the world - the A’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🫶

11 countries including:

Afganistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria & Azerbaijan ❣️

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created by bookb

last updated February, 2026

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Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty

The Fish Child

Lucía Puenzo

The Meursault Investigation

Kamel Daoud

The Outsider

Albert Camus

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Stefan Zweig

Free: Coming of Age at the End of History

Lea Ypi

A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story

Qais Akbar Omar

The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation

Alex Dehgan

Punainen morsian

Anilda Ibrahimi

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

The Orphan Sky

Ella Leya

The Secret River

Kate Grenville

Three Apples Fell from the Sky

Narine Abgaryan

Eva Peron: A Biography

Alicia Dujovne Ortiz

Annie John

Jamaica Kincaid

The Return of the Water Spirit (African Writers Series)

Pepetela Pepetela

The Doll

Ismail Kadare

The Teacher of Cheops

Albert Salvadó

Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade

Assia Djebar

My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women

Lyse Doucet

The Piano Teacher

Elfriede Jelinek

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Australia: 1) The Secret River - Kate Grenville, 2) Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty

AncaC

I can also recommend Liane Moriarty and The Books Theft by Markus Zusak

bookbOP

Oh didn’t even know Zusak was Australian!

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Afganistan: 1) My Pen is the Wing of a Bird - Multiple Authors, 2) A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini, 3) The Snow Leopard Project - Alex Dehgan, 4) A Fort of Nine Towers - Qais Akbar Omar

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Albania: 1) The Doll - Ismail Kadare, 2) Punainen morsian (eng. Red Like a Bride) - Anilda Ibrahimi, 3) Free: Coming of Age at the End of History - Lea Ypi

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Algeria: 1) Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade - Assia Djebar, 2) The Outsider - Albert Camus paires with The Mersault Investigation - Kamel Daoud

AncaC

Also I can recommend Zabor or the psalms by Kamel Daoud

bookbOP

Armenia: 1) Three Apples Fell from the Sky

AncaC

Such a nice idea! I love it :)

bookbOP

Great add-ons, adding to the list🤩