The World Reader Challenge

The Challenge

Read a book from every country in the world.

In 2021 when I was setting up my reading goals for the year, I noticed the books I read came almost exclusively from American authors. I hadn’t even read many books from my own country of Canada. So, I made an effort to seek out translated books from authors in other countries to see how that might enrich my reading experience. To my absolute delight I had one of the best reading years of my life.

So, I wanted to keep the reading diversity going and set up this challenge to read a book from every country. If you’ve made it here, I invite you to join me. There is no time limit, just a journey to become a world reader. Below is a list of recognized countries. I have written names of books beside the countries as I discover the ones I’d like to read. I have bolded the ones I have completed. In the map above, I have highlighted the countries I have completed and if you hover over you will see the name of the book I read from that country. I’m open to suggestions for books if you’d like to leave them in a comment below. Happy reading!

The Country List