Country* City Arrival Date Departure Date Title (click
to link to an online review**) Author Date
Sweden Swedish
Archipelago
Italian Shoes Henning
Mankell 2006
Norway Oslo
Stella Descending Linn Ullmann
2001
Sápmi Inari / Karasjok
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name Vendela Vida*** 2007
Finland Tampere
Troll: A Love Story Johanna Sinisalo 2003
Estonia Tallinn
Things In The Night Mati Unt 1990
Latvia Riga
Tale of the White Crow: Coming of Age in
Post-Soviet Latvia Iveta Melnika
2003
Lithuania Vilnius
The Last Girl Stephen Collishaw*** 2003
Belarus Various
The Trace of the Black Wind: Through the Eyes of
Children eds: Vasil Yakavenka,
Mark Bence 1995
Russia (Central
Federal District) Moscow
The Sacred Book of the Werewolf
Victor Pelevin 2008
Russia (Southern Federal
District)
Alkhan Kala (Chechnya)
The Oath: A Surgeon Under Fire
Khassan Baiev 2005
Russia
(Volga Federal District) Samara
Little Tenement on the Volga C. S. Walton*** 2001
Russia
(Northwestern Federal District) Murmansk
Return to Murmansk Henry Swain*** 1996
Russia
(Urals Federal District) Sverdlovsk
Anthrax: The Investigation of a Deadly Outbreak Jeanne Guillemin*** 2001
Russia
(Siberian Federal District) Various
In Siberia Colin Thubron*** 2000
Transnistria
(part 2) Bender
Siberian Education Nicolai Lilin 2010
Russia
(Far Eastern Federal District) Chukotka / Kamchatka
The Museum at the End of the World: Encounters in
the Russian Far East Alexia Bloch / Laurel Kendall*** 2004
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar /
various
Dateline Mongolia Michael Kohn*** 2006
China
(Inner Mongolia) Gobi desert
Walking the Gobi: 1,600 Mile-trek Across a Desert
of Hope and Despair Helen Thayer*** 2007
China
(Xinjiang) Urumchi
English: A Novel Wang Gang 2009
Kazakhstan Astana / Almaty / various
Once in Kazakhstan: The Snow Leopard Emerges
Keith Rosten*** 2005
Kyrgyzstan Various
Roaming Kyrgyzstan: Beyond the Tourist Track
Jessica Jacobson*** 2008
Tajikistan High Pamirs
Neanderthal
John Darnton*** 1997
Afghanistan Kabul / Herat
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled
Hosseini 2007
Uzbekistan Tashkent / various
Taxi to Tashkent: Two Years with the Peace Corps
in Uzbekistan Tom Fleming*** 2007
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Unknown Sands John Kropf*** 2006
Azerbaijan Baku
Azerbaijan Diary: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in
an Oil-Rich, War-Torn, Post-Soviet Republic
Thomas Goltz*** 1999
Nagorno-Karabakh TBC
Black Garden Thomas de Waal*** 2004
Georgia Tbilisi
Stories I Stole Wendell Steavenson*** 2002
South Ossetia Various
South
Ossetia: Chronicle of Contract Murder
(this is a 5.5 MB PDF download) "Soprotivlenie"
Organisation 2008
Abkhazia Various
Under Siege: Inter-ethnic Relations in Abkhazia Tom Trier*** 2010
Armenia Various
My Brother's Road: An American's Fateful Journey
to Armenia Markar Melkonian*** 2008
Iran Tehran
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
Shahriar Mandanipour
2009
Kurdistan Sananjad / various
A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts Christiane Bird*** 2005
Iraq Baghdad
Absent Betool Khedairi 2007
Syria TBC
The Hedgehog Zakaria Tamer 2009
Lebanon Beirut
Beirut, I Love You: A Memoir
Zena el Khalil*** 2009
Palestine Bethlehem
Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Hope in
Times of Trouble Mitri Raheb 2004
Israel Bat Yam
The Same Sea Amos Oz 2002
Jordan Various
West of the Jordan Laila Halaby 2003
Egypt Cairo
Taxi
Khaled Al Khamissi 2008
Libya Sahara
The Seven Veils of Seth Ibrahim al-Koni 2009
Tunisia TBC
Wounding Words Evelyne
Accad*** 1996
Algeria Algiers
The Lovers of Algeria Anouar Benmalek 2004
Morocco Tangier
Welcome to Paradise Mahi Binebine 2004
Gibraltar Gibraltar
Dots on the Map Colin Leckey 2006
Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) Western Sahara
Oasis: A Novel Laureen Vonnegut*** 2006
Mauritania TBC
Adventures in Africa Gianni Celati 2000
Senegal TBC
Street Children in Senegal
John Balonze 2006
Cape
Verde TBC
The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva
Araujo Germano Almeida 1991
Gambia Various
Coup D'etat by the Gambia National Army
Lt. Col.
Samsudeen Sarr 2007
Guinea-Bissau Bissau
Navigating Terrains of War: Youth And Soldiering
in Guinea-Bissau Henrik Vigh*** 2006
Guinea TBC
In Search of Africa Manthia Diawara 2000
Sierra Leone
Mogbwemo / Freetown
A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah 2008
Liberia Monrovia
Redemption Road Elma Shaw 2008
Cote
D'Ivoire
Nambonkaha
Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart
of an African Village Sarah
Erdman*** 2004
Mali Nampossela
Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a
Midwife in Mali Kris Holloway*** 2006
Burkina
Faso Ouagadougou
Exchange Is Not Robbery John M. Chernoff*** /
Hawa 2005
Ghana Ketanu
/ Accra
Wife of the Gods
Kwei
Quartey 2009
Togo TBC
Letters from Togo Susan Blake*** 1991
Benin Various
Show Me the Magic: Travels Round Benin by Taxi Annie
Caulfield*** 2003
Nigeria TBC
Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2004
Niger Zinder / Matameye
Still Waters in Niger Kathleen Hill*** 1999
Chad Various
Told By Starlight In Chad Joseph Brahim Seid 2007
Central
African Republic Bangui
Foreign
Words Vassilis Alexakis*** 2002
Cameroon TBC
Your Madness Not Mine: Stories of Cameroon
Juliana Makuchi Nfah
Abbenyi 1999
Equatorial Guinea TBC
The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless
Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa Adam Roberts*** 2007
Sao
Tome & Principe TBC
Comrades, Clients and Cousins (2nd edition) Gerhard Seibert*** 2006
Gabon Abasok
Mema Daniel Mengara 2004
Congo TBC
Johnny Mad Dog Emmanuel Dongala 2006
Democratic Republic of Congo TBC
By The Grace of God: A True Story of
Love, Family, War and Survival from the Congo Suruba Georgette Ibumando
Wechsler 1999
Angola Luanda
Good Morning Comrades Ondjaki 2008
Namibia TBC
The Purple Violet of Oshaantu Neshani Andreas 2001
Botswana
Shakawe
Black Papyrus Bret Galloway (?) 2003
South
Africa TBC
The House Gun Nadine Gordimer 1999
Lesotho Maluti mountains / Roma Valley /
Mafikeng
Singing Away the Hunger Mpho 'M'atsepo Nthunya 1997
Swaziland TBC
The Kingdom of Roses and Thorns
Debra Liebenow Daly
2009
Zimbabwe Various
An Elegy for Easterly Petina Gappah 2009
Zambia Lusaka
A Cowrie of Hope Binwell Sinyangwe 2000
Malawi Masitala
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
William Kamkwamba
2009
Mozambique TBC
Under the Frangipani Mia Couto 2008
Madagascar Various
Muddling Through in Madagascar Dervla Murphy*** 1989
Mauritius TBC
Blue Bay Palace Nathacha Appanah 2003
Seychelles Various
War on America: Seen from the Indian Ocean Sir James R. Mancham 2002
Comoros TBC
Last of the Pirates: The Search for Bob Denard Samantha Weinberg*** 1995
Tanzania Mara region
Telling Our Own Stories: Local Histories From
South Mara, Tanzania
Jan Bender Shetler (ed) 2002
Burundi TBC
Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi
Peter Uvin*** 2008
Rwanda Various
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be
Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda Philip Gourevitch*** 1999
Uganda Entebbe
Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe Doreen Baingana 2006
Kenya TBC
Wizard of the Crow Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 2006
Somalia Mogadishu
Links Nuruddin Farah 2004
Somaliland TBC
Becoming Somaliland Mark Bradbury*** 2008
Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Mamitu: A Life in Ethiopia Judith T. W. Goh*** 2003
Sudan Various
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of
Darfur Daoud Hari 2008
Eritrea Asmara
My Father's Daughter Hannah Pool 2006
Djibouti Balbala / various
The Land Without Shadows
Abdourahman A. Waberi 2005
Yemen Various
Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land Tim
Mackintosh-Smith*** 1999
Saudi
Arabia Riyadh
Girls of Riyadh Rajaa Alsanea 2006
Kuwait Kuwait City
Invasion Kuwait: An English Woman's Tale Jehan S. Rajab*** 1996
Bahrain Various
Bahrain: Twenty-four hours in the life of a nation Various 1996
Qatar Doha
Teaching Mustafa and Other Young Terrorists Belle Sukraw*** 2006
United
Arab Emirates Various
In a Fertile Desert: Modern Writing from the
United Arab Emirates Denys Johnson-Davies (ed)
/ various 2008
Oman TBC
My Year in Oman Matthew Heines*** 2006
Pakistan Lahore
The Wish Maker Ali Sethi 2009
Kashmir Srinagar
In The Valley of Mist Justine Hardy*** 2009
China (Tibet) Various
Tibet, Tibet Patrick French*** 2004
China (Chongqing) Fuling
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze Peter Hessler*** 2002
China
(Guangxi) Various
These Wonderful People of
Guangxi Lisa Carducci*** 2008
Hong Kong (China)
Wanchai / Kowloon
The Ghost of Neil Diamond David Milnes*** 2008
China
(main republic) Dongguan ( Guangdong province)
Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of
Modern China Leslie T. Chang 2010
China (Shanghai) Shanghai
Red Mandarin Dress Qiu
Xiaolong 2008
China
(main republic) Ding Village (Henan province)
Once Upon A Village Yan Lianke 2011
China
(Ningxia) TBC
The Diary of Ma Yan Ma Yan 2004
China (Beijing) Beijing
20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
Xiaolu Guo 2008
North
Korea Chongjin
Nothing to Envy
Barbara Demick*** 2010
South
Korea TBC
I Have the Right to Destroy Myself
Young-ha Kim 1996
Japan Tokyo
After Dark Haruki Murakami 2007
Taiwan Taipei
Wild Kids Zhang Huijing 2002
Philippines Paez / Manila
Soledad's Sister Jose Y. Dalisay 2008
Brunei TBC
Brunei Rainforest Adventure Peter Brown*** 1993
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Consumption of Kuala Lumpur
Ziauddin Sardar*** 2000
Thailand Bangkok
Miss Bangkok: Memoirs of a Thai Prostitute Bua Boonmee 2007
Cambodia Phnom Phen / various
The Road to Lost Innocence Somaly Mam 2008
Vietnam Various
Love After War Wayne Karlin (Editor), Ho
Anh Thai (Editor) 2003
Laos Various
Mother's Beloved: Stories from Laos Outhine Bounyavong 2000
Burma Taungbyon
Smile As They Bow Nu Nu Yi 2008
India (North East) Arunachal Pradesh / Assam
To the Elephant Graveyard Tarquin Hall*** 2000
Bhutan TBC
The Circle of Karma Kunzang Choden 2005
Nepal Kathmandu
Arresting God in Kathmandu Samrat 2001
Bangladesh TBC
Shame: A Novel
Taslima Nasrin 1997
India (East) Kolkata
The Weekenders: Adventures in Calcutta Andrew O'Hagan (ED)*** 2004
India (North) Delhi
Delhi Noir Hirsh Sawhney (ed) 2009
India (West) Mumbai
The Death of Vishnu Manil Suri 2002
India (South) Bangalore
The Red Carpet Lavanya Sankaran 2005
Sri Lanka Colombo / Matara / Ohiya
A Disobedient Girl Ru Freeman 2009
Maldives TBC
Maldives Musings Liz Banks*** 2003
Indonesia Various
Diverse Lives: Contemporary Stories from Indonesia Various 1996
Singapore Singapore
Heartland Daren Shiau 1999
East Timor TBC
East Timor: A Nation's Bitter Dawn Irene Cristalis*** 2009
Papua
New Guinea Various
Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua
New Guinea Kira Salak*** 2003
Palau TBC
Palau: Portrait of Paradise Mandy T. Etpison*** 1997
Micronesia Yap
Adventures in Yap Clyman Otis*** 1994
Marshall Islands Various
Marshall Islands Legends and Stories
ed: Daniel A. Kelin II 2003
Kiribati Tarawa
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the
Equatorial Pacific J. Maarten Troost*** 2004
Samoa TBC
Where We Once Belonged Sia Figiel 1999
Tuvalu Funafuti
Where the Hell is Tuvalu? Philip Ells*** 2006
Nauru TBC
Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature
Carl N. McDaniel and John
M. Gowdy*** 2000
Solomon
Islands East Kwara'ae / Honiara
Living Tradition: A Changing Life in Solomon
Islands Michael Kwa'ioloa 1997
Vanuatu Port Vila
House-Girls Remember: Domestic Workers in Vanuatu eds: Margaret Rodman,
Daniela Kraemer, Lissant Bolton, Jean Tarisesei 2007
Fiji Suva
Moving Through The Streets Joseph C. Veramu 1994
Tonga TBC
Kisses in the Nederends Epeli Hau'Ofa 1995
French
Polynesia Faaa
Frangipani Celestine Hitiura Vaite 2005
Pitcairn Islands (UK) Adamstown
Lost Paradise Kathy Marks 2009
New
Zealand Rotorua
Once Were Warriors Alan Duff 1991
Norfolk Island Burnt Pine
The Fatal Flaw Roger Maynard*** 2008
Australia (Tasmania) Franklin River
Death of a River Guide Richard Flanagan 1997
Australia (Victoria) Melbourne
Truth Peter Temple 2010
Australia (South Australia) Adelaide
Slow Man J. M. Coetzee 2006
Australia (Western Australia) White Point / various
Dirt Music Tim Winton 2003
Australia (Northern Territory) Alice Springs
Alice Springs Nikki Gemmell 1999
Australia (Queensland) Desperance
Carpentaria Alexis Wright 2007
Australia (New South Wales) Sydney
30 Days in Sydney: A Wildly Distorted Account Peter Carey 2001
Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Canberra
Joe Cinque's Consolation Helen Garner 2004
Antarctica Various
Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica Sara Wheeler*** 1999
Falkland Islands (UK) TBC
A Little Piece of England Andrew Gurr 2001
Argentina Buenos Aires
The Book of Murder Guillermo Martinez 2009
Uruguay Ochos Rios
The City of Your Final Destination Peter Cameron*** 2002
Brazil
(South Region) TBC
The Club of Angels Luis Fernando Verissimo 2008
Brazil (Southeast Region) Rio de Janeiro
Lucia: Testimonies Of A Brazilian Drug Dealer's
Woman Robert Gay*** / Lucia 2005
Brazil
(Northeast Region) Recife
After Life: An Ethnographic Novel Tobias Hecht*** 2006
Brazil
(Central-West Region) Brasília
The Five Seasons of Love João Almino 2001
Paraguay Asunción / various
At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig: Travels Through
Paraguay John Gimlette*** 2005
Bolivia Río Fugitivo
The Matter of Desire Edmundo Paz Soldan 2004
Chile Santiago / Valparaiso / Various
Chile: A Traveller's Literary Companion Various 2003
Peru Ayacucho / Lima
Red April
Santiago Roncagliolo 2009
Ecuador Guayaquil
Blood Lake: A Filomena Buscarsela Mystery K. J. A. Wishnia*** 2002
Brazil
(North Region) Acre / Amazonia regions
David Campbell*** 2005
French
Guiana Various / Aluku Maroon region
Equatoria Richard and Sally
Price*** 1992
Suriname Various
Surinam Andrew
Westoll*** 2009
Guyana Georgetown
My Father's House Matthew Carr*** 1998
Venezuela El Dorado
In The Shadow of Papillon Frank Kane / John Tilsley*** 2007
Trinidad & Tobago
(Trinidad) Various
Trinidad Noir Lisa Allen-Agostini &
Jeanne Mason (eds) 2008
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago) Plymouth
Tide Running Oonya Kempadoo 2004
Grenada TBC
Under the Silk Cotton Tree: A Novel Jean Buffong 1998
St
Vincent & The Grenadines St Vincent
Shakers of St Vincent Bradford Keeney (ed)*** 2002
Barbados TBC
Pictures of a Dying Man Agymah Kamau 1999
St
Lucia St Cecilia
Rum Justice Jolien Harmsen*** 2008
Dominica TBC
A Passage to Anywhere Irving Andre 1997
Antigua
and Barbuda Holberton / various
My Brother Jamaica Kincaid 1998
St
Kitts and Nevis TBC
Live De Life: Caribbean Island Style Joan F Harrington*** 2003
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
Burning the Sea Sarah Pemberton-Strong*** 2002
Haiti Jacmel
After the Dance Edwidge Danticat 2002
Jamaica Various
Iron Balloons: Hit Fiction from Jamaica's
Calabash Writer's Workshop Colin Channer (ed) 2006
Colombia Various
Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the
Colombian Jungle Mark Gonsalves / Tom
Howes / Keith Stansell*** 2009
Panama Panama City / various
Panama Carlos Ledson Miller
2007
Costa
Rica Pavones
A Friend Laughs Jo Freeman*** 2008
Nicaragua Various
Desperadoes Joseph O'Connor*** 1993
Honduras Lejamaní / Comayagua / various
Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks
From The Heart
Elvia Alvarado 1989
El
Salvador Milagro de la Paz
A Place Called Milagro de la Paz
Manlio Argueta 1996
Guatemala Santa Cruz / Coban
The River of Lost Voices: Stories from Guatemala Mark Brazaitis*** 1998
Belize Belize City
In The Heat Ian Vasquez 2008
Mexico Mexico City
The Uncomfortable Dead Subcomandante Marcos /
Paco Ignacio Taibo II 2006
Cuba Havana
Havana Fever Leonardo Padura 2009
Bahamas Nassau
Thine Is The Kingdom Garth Buckner 2009
United
States (North East) New York
The Colossus of New York Colson Whitehead 2004
United States (Midwest) Troy / Dellacrosse
A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore 2009
United
States (South) Paradise, Louisiana
Deep in the Shade of Paradise John Dufresne 2001
United
States (West) Los Angeles / Beverley Hills
Imperial Bedrooms Bret Easton Ellis 2010
Hawaii (US) Honolulu
Hotel Honolulu Paul Theroux 2002
Alaska (US) Haines
If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from
Small-Town Alaska Heather Lende 2006
Canada
(Northern Canada) Nunavet region
Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit
Women Nancy
Wachowich, Apphia Agalakti Awa, Sandra Pikujak Katsak, Rhoda Kaukjak
Katsak 2001
Canada
(Western Canada) Vancouver
The Gum Thief Douglas Coupland 2007
Canada
(Eastern Canada) Toronto
What We All Long For Dionne Brand 2005
Canada (Quebec) Various
Sacre
Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec Taras
Grescoe 2001
Greenland TBC
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland Gretel Ehrlich*** 2003
The Arctic The North Pole
Walking on Thin Ice: In Pursuit of the North Pole
David Hempleman-Adams*** 1999
Iceland Reykjavik
101 Reykjavik Hallgrímur Helgason
2002
Faroe Islands Torshavn
Dots on the Map
Colin Leckey *** 2006
Scotland Glasgow
If it is your life James Kelman 2010
England (North) Burley Cross
Burley Cross Postbox Theft Nicola Barker 2010
Northern Ireland Belfast
The Redemption Factory Sam Millar 2005
Ireland Dublin
Paula Spencer Roddy Doyle 2007
Wales Cardiff
Cardiff Cut Lloyd Robson 2001
England (Midlands) Nottingham
Birthday Alan Sillitoe 2001
Sealand Sealand / British Sea Areas
Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the
Shipping Forecast Charlie Connelly*** 2005
England
(South) London
A Week In December Sebastian Faulks 2007
