Read around the world challenge

One of the things I noticed from my reading stats last year was that the majority of my books came from Ireland, The US and the UK.

I wanted to shake that up a bit and was looking around for a challenge to fix that. The Read around the world challenge, with readers encouraged to read books from 201 countries, fits the bill perfectly.

This will be an ongoing challenge, and I’ll record my progress on this page.

Here’s a list of the 201 countries.

1. ALGERIA

2. ANGOLA

3. BENIN

4. BOTSWANA

5. BURKINA FASO

6. BURUNDI

7. CAMEROON

8. CAPE VERDE

9. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

10. CHAD

11. COMOROS

12. CONGO

13. CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

14. DJIBOUTI

15. EGYPT

16. EQUATORIAL GUINEA

17. ERITREA

18. ETHIOPIA

19. GABON

20. GAMBIA

21. GHANA

22. GUINEA

23. GUINEA-BISSAU

24. IVORY COAST

25. KENYA

26. LESOTHO

27. LIBERIA

28. LIBYA

29. MADAGASCAR

30. MALAWI

31. MALI

32. MAURITANIA

33. MAURITIUS

34. MOROCCO

35. MOZAMBIQUE

36. NAMIBIA

37. NIGER

38. NIGERIA

39. RWANDA

40. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

41. SENEGAL

42. SEYCHELLES

43. SIERRA LEONE

44. SOMALIA

45. SOUTH AFRICA

46. SOUTH SUDAN

47. SUDAN

48. ESWATINI

49. TANZANIA

50. TOGO

51. TUNISIA

52. UGANDA

53. ZAMBIA

54. ZIMBABWE

55. AFGHANISTAN

56. ARMENIA

57. AZERBAIJAN

58. BAHRAIN

59. BANGLADESH

60. BHUTAN

61. BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

62. BRUNEI

63. CAMBODIA

64. CHINA

65. CHRISTMAS ISLAND

66. COCOS ISLANDS

67. GEORGIA

68. INDIA

69. INDONESIA

70. IRAN

71. IRAQ

72. ISRAEL

73. JAPAN

74. JORDAN

75. KAZAKHSTAN

76. KUWAIT

77. KYRGYZSTAN

78. LAOS

79. LEBANON

80. MALAYSIA

81. MALDIVES

82. MONGOLIA

83. MYANMAR

84. NEPAL

85. NORTH KOREA

86. OMAN

87. PAKISTAN

88. PALESTINE

89. PHILIPPINES

90. QATAR

91. SAUDI ARABIA

92. SINGAPORE

93. SOUTH KOREA

94. SRI LANKA

95. SYRIA

96. TAJIKISTAN

97. THAILAND

98. TURKEY

99. TURKMENISTAN

100. VIETNAM

101. UZBEKISTAN

102. YEMEN

103. TIMOR-LESTE

104. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

105. CYPRUS

106. ALBANIA

107. ANDORRA

108. AUSTRIA

109. BELARUS

110. BELGIUM

111. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

112. BULGARIA

113. CROATIA

114. CZECH REPUBLIC

115. DENMARK

116. ESTONIA

117. FINLAND

118. FRANCE

119. GERMANY

120. GREECE

121. HUNGARY

122. ICELAND

123. IRELAND

124. ITALY

125. KOSOVO

126. LATVIA

127. LIECHTENSTEIN

128. LITHUANIA

129. LUXEMBOURG

130. NORTH MACEDONIA

131. MALTA

132. MOLDOVA

133. MONACO

134. MONTENEGRO

135. NETHERLANDS

136. NORWAY

137. POLAND

138. PORTUGAL

139. ROMANIA

140. RUSSIA

141. SAN MARINO

142. SERBIA

143. SLOVAKIA

144. SLOVENIA

145. SPAIN

146. SWEDEN

147. SWITZERLAND

148. UKRAINE

149. UNITED KINGDOM

150. VATICAN CITY

151. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

152. BAHAMAS

153. BARBADOS

154. BELIZE

155. CANADA

156. COSTA RICA

157. CUBA

158. DOMINICA

159. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

160. EL SALVADOR

161. GRENADA AND CARRIACUOU

162. GUATEMALA

163. HAITI

164. HONDURAS

165. JAMAICA

166. MEXICO

167. NICARAGUA

168. PANAMA

169. SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

170. ST. LUCIA

171. ST VINCENT

172. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

173. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

174. AUSTRALIA

175. FIJI

176. KIRIBATI

177. MARSHALL ISLANDS

178. MICRONESIA

179. NAURU

180. NEW ZEALAND

181. PALAU

182. PAPUA NEW GUINEA

183. SAMOA

184. SOLOMON ISLANDS

185. TONGA

186. TUVALU

187. VANUATU

188. ARGENTINA

189. BOLIVIA

190. BRAZIL

191. CHILE

192. COLOMBIA

193. ECUADOR

194. GUYANA

195. PARAGUAY

196. PERU

197. SURINAME

198. URUGUAY

199. VENEZUELA

200. FRENCH GUIANA

201. CURAÇAO