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Here's a map of the places I have visited through book since Sept. 2009:
http://www.travbuddy.com/maps/6174811

Here's another:
http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF...

8 Regions / 81 Countries / 19 States
Countries since 2009: 151
States since 2009: 34

Africa - Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Egypt, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Liberia, Morocco, Namibia

Asia - Georgia, Japan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, East Timor, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, China, Nepal, Hong Kong, India

Caribbean - Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cayman Islands, Barbados, Curacao, Guadeloupe, Virgin Islands (Marina Cay), Antigua

Europe - France, Scotland, Poland, England, Croatia, Spain, Italy, Bosnia-Herzigovina, Sweden, Norway, Monaco, Belgium, Wales, Russia, Romania, Moldova, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Bulgaria, Vatican City, Switzerland, Greece, Portugal

Latin America - Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, French Guiana, Chile

Middle East - Pakistan, Jordan, Cyprus, Syria, Oman, Turkey, Yemen, Qatar

North America - USA, Canada

Oceania - Tonga, Samoa, Palau, Fiji

U.S. States - Missouri, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington, California, New York, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Utah, Florida, Maine, Alaska, Vermont, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, West Virginia

Countries A through Z:

A - Azerbaijan, Antigua
B - Burundi, Bahamas, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, Barbados, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria
C - Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cayman Islands, Canada, Curacao, Congo (DRC), China, Cyprus, Chile
D - Dominican Republic
E - England, Ecuador, Ethiopia, East Timor, Egypt
F - France, French Guiana, Fiji
G - Georgia, Germany, Guadeloupe, Greece
H - Haiti, Hong Kong
I - Italy, Ireland, India
J - Jordan, Japan
K - Kenya, Kazakhstan
L - Liberia
M - Monaco, Moldova, Morocco
N - Norway, Nigeria, Nepal, Namibia
O - Oman
P - Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Poland, Paraguay, Palau, Portugal
Q - Qatar
R - Russia, Romania
S - Scotland, Spain, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sweden, Samoa, South Africa, Switzerland, Seychelles, Syria
T - Tonga, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey
U - USA
V - Vietnam, Vatican City, Virgin Islands
W - Wales, Western Sahara
X - Xtra-Terrestrial
Y - Yemen
Z - Zimbabwe


50 States:

Alabama:
Alaska: X
Arkansas:
Arizona:
California: X
Colorado:
Connecticut:
Delaware:
Florida: X
Georgia: X
Hawaii:
Idaho:
Indiana:
Illinois:
Kansas:
Kentucky:
Louisiana: X
Maine: X
Massachusetts: X
Maryland:
Michigan:
Minnesota
Mississippi:
Missouri: X
Montana:
Nebraska:
Nevada:
New Hampshire: X
New Jersey: X
New Mexico:
New York: X
North Carolina: X
North Dakota:
Oklahoma:
Oregon:
Ohio: X
Pennsylvania: X
Rhode Island: X
South Carolina:
South Dakota:
Tennessee:
Texas:
Utah: X
Vermont: X
Virginia:
Washington: X
West Virginia: X
Wisconsin:
Wyoming:


List of Countries and Destinations to Visit:

A:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antarctica, Antigua, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan
B:
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzigovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi
C:
Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo (DRC), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Reoublic
D:
Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic
E:
East Timor, Easter Island, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
F:
Faeroe Islands, Fiji, Finland,France, French Guiana
G:
Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guam/Marianas Islands, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana
H:
Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong
I:
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast
J:
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan
K:
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Korea-North, Korea-South, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
L:
Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg
M:
Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique
N:
Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway
O:
Oman
P:
Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico
Q:
Qatar
R:
Romania, Russia, Rwanda
S:
Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Maarten, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria
T:
Tahiti/Polynesia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu
U:
Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan
V:
Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands
W:
Wales, Western Sahara
Y:
Yemen
Z:
Zambia, Zimbabwe

Africa:
11. Burundi - The Wild Boy of Burundi: A study of an outcast child by Harlan L. Lane.
14. Kenya - Out of Africa by Karen Blixen.
--- Kenya - The Constant Gardener by John Le Carré
18. Ethiopia - Rasselas by Samuel Johnson
19. Senegal - So Long a Letter Classic Edition by Mariama Bâ
----------- Under the Neem Tree by Susan Lowerre
22. Sierra Leone - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
28. Tunisia - The Immoralist by André Gide
29. Western Sahara - Oasis by Laureen Vonnegut
30. South Africa - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
48. Egypt - Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters
51. Nigeria - Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
53. Democratic Republic of the Congo - Curve of the World by Marcus Stevens
63. Seychelles - Brothers of the Sea by D.R. Sherman
69. Zimbabwe - Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
70. Liberia: The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper
72. Morocco: Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish by Dorothy Gilman
75. Namibia: The Purple Violet of Oshaantu by Neshani Andreas

Asia:
21. Georgia - A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov (12/22)
24. Japan - The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima (1/4)
27. Tajikistan - Hurramabad by Andrei Volos (1/12)
31. Azerbaijan - Ali and Nino: A Love Story by Kurban Said
32. Vietnam - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
46. East Timor - The Crossing: A Story of East Timor by Luis Cardoso
49. Bangladesh - Brick Lane by Monica Ali
52. Kazakhstan - The Zahir by Paulo Coelho
54. China - The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
--- China - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
--- China - Peony in Love by Lisa See
56. Nepal - Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
71. Hong Kong - Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman
76. India - The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

Caribbean:
3. Puerto Rico - When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago (10/26)
16. Bahamas - A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett (12/11)
20. Haiti - Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat (12/21)
33. Cayman Islands - So, You Want to Live on an Island... by Gay Morse
34. Dominican Republic - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
35. Barbados - No Man in the House by Cecil Foster
47. Curacao - The Cay by Theodore Taylor
48. St. Kitts and Nevis - Quitting America by Randall Robinson
59. Guadeloupe - Crossing the Mangrove by Maryse Condé
64. Virgin Islands (Marina Cay) - Two on the Isle: A Memory of Marina Cay by Robb White
79. Antigua - Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid

Europe:
2. France - Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
--- France - Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
--- France - Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
--- France - Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
7. Scotland - The 39 Steps by John Buchan.
--- Scotland - The Spuddy by Lillian Beckwith
8. Poland - Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman.
--- Poland - Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
9. England - Billy Budd and Other Stories by Herman Melville.
--- England - Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot.
--- England - The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
--- England - James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
--- England - The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
--- England - Persuasion by Jane Austen
--- England - The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
--- England - Atonement by Ian McEwan
--- England - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
--- England - Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
--- England - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
--- England - The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
13. Croatia - April Fool's Day by Josip Novakovich.
15. Spain - Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca.
---- Spain - Yerma by Federico García Lorca
---- Spain - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
17. Italy - The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
---- Italy - Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
23. Bosnia-Herzigovina - Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo by Zlata Filipović
25. Sweden - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
26. Norway - Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
36. Belgium - Resistance by Anita Shreve
37. Monaco - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
38. Moldova - Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks
39. Wales - The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
40. Czech Republic - Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light: A Novel by Ivan Klíma
41. Russia - The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry
---- Russia - Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
42. Romania - Dracula by Bram Stoker
45. Germany - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
50. Ireland - The Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy
--- Ireland - Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern
57. Bulgaria - The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
58. Vatican City - Lazarus by Morris West
60. Switzerland - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
67. Greece - Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis
68. Portugal - Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier

Weird. My map still has that function. I'm not very good with technichal things so I have no idea what might be the problem.

Latin America:
5. Costa Rica - The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion.
12. Ecuador - The Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine.
55. Brazil - The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
61. Paraguay - The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck
66. French Guiana - Papillon by Henri Charrière
77. Chile: Captain's Verses by Pablo Neruda


Middle East:
4. Pakistan: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.
10. Jordan: Honor Lost : Love and Death in Modern Day Jordan by Norma Khouri.
65. Cyprus: Operation Sippacik by Rumer Godden
72. Syria: Just Like a River by Muhammad Kamil Al-Khatib
74. Oman: Oman by Calvin H. Jr. Allen
78. Turkey: The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
80. Yemen: The Hostage: A Novel by Zayd Mutee' Dammaj
81. Qatar: Once an Arafat Man: The True Story of How a PLO Sniper Found a New Life by Tass Saada

North America:
1. USA (NJ) - High Five by Janet Evanovich
--------- (NJ) Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
--------- (NJ) Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
--------- (NJ) (Books 8 through 16 and the four between the numbers books in the above series)
---USA (MO) Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg
---USA (WA) The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
--------- (WA) The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret
--------- (WA) Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
--------- (WA) Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
---USA (RI) Francesca's Kitchen by Peter Pezzelli
---USA (NY) Once on this River by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
---------(NY) The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
---------(NY) Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
---------(NY) Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
---USA (NC) Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
---------(NC) Unfinished Desires: A Novel by Gail Godwin
---------(NC) The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
---USA (GA) Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
---------(GA) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
---USA (MA) Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
---------(MA) Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
---USA (CA) A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
---------(CA) B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
--------- (CA) (Books 3 through 9 of the above series)
--------- (CA) Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard
---USA (LA) Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
---------(LA) The Mercy of Thin Air by Ronlyn Domingue
---USA (UT)The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
---USA (FL) Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
---------(FL) Lucky You by Carl Hiaasen
---------(FL) Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen
---------(FL) Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
---USA (VT) She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
---USA (OH) Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
---USA (PA) Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
---------(PA) Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
---USA (NH) Testimony by Anita Shreve
---USA (WV) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
---USA (ME) Tinkers by Paul Harding

43. Canada (British Columbia) - The White Puma: A Novel by R.D. Lawrence

Oceania:
3. Tonga - The Other Side of Heaven by John H. Groberg
44. Samoa - Black Coconuts, Brown Magic by Joseph Theroux
62. Palau - Being a Palauan by Homer G. Barnett
73. Fiji: The Madman and the Pirate by R.M. Ballantyne

9 Regions (including Antarctica) / 99 Countries / 27 States / 156 Books


Africa - Congo, Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania, Central African Republic, Morocco, Benin, Angola, Ghana, Somalia, Mali, Guinea, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Botswana, Cameroon, Zambia, Senegal, Libya, Rwanda, Gabon, Malawi, Sudan, Mauritania, Algeria

Antarctica - Antarctica

Asia - Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Japan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, North Korea, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Tibet, Burma, Sri Lanka, Singapore, South Korea

Caribbean - Cuba, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago

Europe - England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, France, Denmark, Greece, Poland, Czech Republic, Norway, Ukraine, Serbia, Italy, Ireland, Russia, Bulgaria, Malta, Hungary, Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Albania, Slovenia, Finland, Belarus

Latin America - Peru, Argentina, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Brazil, El Salvador, Venezuela, Colombia, Honduras, Guyana, Suriname, Belize

Middle East - Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Kuwait, Israel, Yemen, Oman, Qatar

North America - USA, Mexico, Canada, Bermuda

Oceania - Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Tonga

U.S. States - Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming



My Google Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF...

Countries A through Z:

A - Australia, Antarctica, Argentina, Austria, Afghanistan, Angola, Austria, Albania, Algeria
B - Benin, Bulgaria, Brazil, Botswana, Bermuda, Burma, Belarus, Belize
C - Congo (Republic), Cuba, China, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Central African Republic, Canada, Cameroon, Colombia
D - Denmark, Dominica
E - England, Egypt, El Salvador
F - France, Finland
G - Germany, Greece, Ghana, Guinea, Gabon, Guyana
H - Hungary, Honduras
I - Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ireland, India, Indonesia, Israel
J - Japan
K - Korea (North), Kuwait, Korea (South)
L - Lesotho, Libya
M - Mexico. Morocco, Mali, Malta, Mongolia, Malawi, Mauritania
N - Nigeria, Norway, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Netherlands
O - Oman
P - Peru, Poland, Papua New Guinea
Q - Qatar
R - Russia, Rwanda
S - Scotland, Serbia, Somalia, Spain, Senegal, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Sudan, Suriname
T - Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Tibet, Trinidad, Tonga
U - Ukraine, USA, Uruguay, Uganda
V - Vietnam, Vanuatu, Venezuela
W - Wales
X - X-Country (multi-country)
Y - Yemen
Z - Zimbabwe, Zambia


50 States:

Alabama:
Alaska: X
Arkansas:
Arizona:
California: X
Colorado:
Connecticut: X
Delaware:
Florida: X
Georgia: X
Hawaii: X
Idaho:
Indiana:
Illinois: X
Iowa:
Kansas:
Kentucky:
Louisiana: X
Maine: X
Massachusetts: X
Maryland: X
Michigan:
Minnesota
Mississippi: X
Missouri:
Montana:
Nebraska: X
Nevada:
New Hampshire: X
New Jersey: X
New Mexico: X
New York: X
North Carolina: X
North Dakota:
Oklahoma: X
Oregon: X
Ohio:
Pennsylvania: X
Rhode Island:
South Carolina: X
South Dakota:
Tennessee:
Texas: X
Utah:
Vermont:
Virginia: X
Washington:
West Virginia: X
Wisconsin: X
Wyoming: X

Oceania
40. Australia - Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan (9/20)

41. New Zealand - The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera (12/22)

59. Papua New Guinea - Anyan's Story: A New Guinea Woman in Two Worlds by Virginia Drew Watson (2/19)

68. Vanuatu - A Candle in the Dark by Hugh Steven (3/4)

88. Tonga - A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga: Stories by Julia Whitty (8/1)

Caribbean
42. Cuba - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (9/26)

46. Dominica - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (2/3)

85. Trinidad - The Wine of Astonishment by Earl Lovelace (7/11)

Middle East
43. Iran - The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam (10/4)
---- Iran - Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (4/15)

44. Iraq - Vathek by William Beckford

64. Turkey - The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl by David Kherdian (2/23)

73. Kuwait - Boating for Beginners by Jeanette Winterson (3/16)

75. Israel - Sotah by Naomi Ragen (3/31)

76. Yemen - A Winter in Arabia by Freya Stark (4/5)

78. Oman - The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands by Nicholas Clapp (4/11)

80. Qatar - Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network That Is Rattling Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism by Mohammed El-Nawawy (4/21)

X-Country (many countries in one book)
- Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire

Africa
23. Congo - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (9/17)

24. Nigeria - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (9/29)

25. Tanzania - The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway (12/4)

26. Egypt - Death on the Nile A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie (12/9)

27. Central African Republic - Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer by Dorothy Gilman (1/12)

28. Morocco - A Year in Marrakesh by Peter Mayne (1/14)

29. Benin - Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin (1/21)

30. Angola - Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 by Patricia C. McKissack

31. Ghana - The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa by Ama Ata Aidoo

32. Somalia - Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

33. Mali - Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa by Katherine A. Dettwyler

45. Guinea - The Dark Child by Camara Laye (2/2)

49. Lesotho - Singing Away the Hunger : The Autobiography of an African Woman by Mpho M'Atsepo Nthunya (2/6)

57. Zimbabwe - Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir by Neely TuckerLove in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir (2/14)

60. Uganda - Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe by Doreen Baingana (2/20)

63. Botswana - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (2/22)

66. Cameroon - Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono (3/2)

67. Zambia - Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman (3/3)

71. Senegal - The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman by Ken Bugul (3/9)

79. Libya - In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar (4/13)

82. Rwanda - Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza (6/15)

86. Gabon- Batouala by René Maran. (7/16)

87. Malawi - The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis (7/27)

92. Sudan - Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (9/7)

95. Mauritania - Silent Terror: A Journey into Contemporary African Slavery by Samuel Cotton (9/11)

96. Algeria - Beau Geste by Percival Christopher Wren (9/12)

Asia
34. Vietnam - Kim; A Gift from Vietnam by Frank W. Chinnock (9/17)
---- Vietnam - The Quiet American by Graham Greene (9/21)
---- Vietnam - Leaving Jack by Gareth Crocker (3/2)

35. China - The Art of War by Sun Tzu (11/5)
---- China - Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian (12/31)
---- China - Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (3/25)

36. Cambodia - The Secret Sharer and other stories by Joseph Conrad

37. Japan - A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

38. Afghanistan - Zoya's Story An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom by زویا پيرزاد / Zoya Pirzad

47. Mongolia - The Marvellous Mongolian by James Aldridge

48. North Korea - A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (2/5)

51. India - Q & A by Vikas Swarup (2/8)

58. Thailand - Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman (2/17)

61. Indonesia - The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (2/21)

69. Tibet - The Diamond Path: Tibetan Myth by Allan Lothian (3/5)

81. Burma - Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel by Amy Tan (6/12)

89. Sri Lanka - Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje (8/3)

91. Singapore - Singapore Transfer by Wayne Warga (9/4)

94. South Korea - Echoes of the White Giraffe by Sook Nyul Choi(9/11)

Antarctica
39. Sun at Midnight by Rosie Thomas (9/18)

Latin America

20.Peru - The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (9/17)

21. Argentina - The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara (12/1)

22. Nicaragua - The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey by Salman Rushdie (1/31)

50. Uruguay - The House of Paper by Carlos María Domínguez (2/7)

55. Brazil - Brazil by John Updike (2/11)

62. El Salvador - Salvador by Joan Didion (2/22)

72. Venezuela - The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle (3/11)

84. Colombia - Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez (7/7)

93. Honduras - Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks From The Heart by Elvia Alvarado. (9/10)

97. Guyana - Buxton Spice by Oonya Kempadoo. (9/13)

98. Suriname - Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave by Aphra Behn. (9/14)

99. Belize - Sastun: One Woman's Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer and Their Efforts to Save the Vani by Rosita Arvigo. (9/15)

North America
1. U.S.A (FL)- The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (9/15)
-- U.S.A. (PA)- Marley & Me by John Grogan
-- U.S.A. (MS)- The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne (9/25)
-----------(MS) - The Help by Kathryn Stockett (2/27)
-- U.S.A. (CA) - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (6/30)
-- U.S.A. (AK) - Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (10/1)
-- U.S.A. (MA) - The Kennedy Curse by Edward Klein (10/2)
-- U.S.A. (WY) One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
-- U.S.A. (NM) House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday (10/14)
-- U.S.A. (NC) Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (10/16)
-- U.S.A. (NY) Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (10/18)
---------- (NY) Watchmen by Alan Moore (12/31)
---------- (NY) Julie and Julia My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell (10/6)
---------- (NY) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (6/22)
---------- (NY) The Dark Lady from Belorusse by Jerome Charyn (8/31)
-- U.S.A. (VA) Civil Blood A Civil War Mystery by Ann McMillan (10/19)
-- U.S.A. (MD) Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry (3/12)
-- U.S.A. (IL) Loving Frank A Novel by Nancy Horan
-- U.S.A. (GA) Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (12/30)
-- U.S.A. (HI) Bananaheart & Other Stories by Marie Hara (1/28)
-- U.S.A. (NE) O Pioneers! by Willa Cather (2/15)
-- U.S.A. (LA) Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (2/16)
-- U.S.A. (NH) A Gathering of Days by Joan W. Blos (2/23)
-- U.S.A. (CT) Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson (3/6)
-- U.S.A. (OK) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (3/7)
-- U.S.A. (ME) Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (3/25)
-- U.S.A. (WI) The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
-- U.S.A. (TX) Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall (6/2)
----------- (TX)Confetti Girl by Diana Lopez (8/4)
-- U.S.A. (WV) Sarah by J.T. LeRoy (6/16)
-- U.S.A. (SC) A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons (7/23)
-- U.S.A. (NJ) One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
-- U.S.A. (OR) Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary

2. Mexico - Malinche by Laura Esquivel (9/18)

53. Canada (Quebec) - Surfacing by Margaret Atwood (2/9)

70. Bermuda - The Tempest by William Shakespeare (3/7)

Europe
3..England - The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (9/15)
-- England - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (9/30)
-- England - The Hours by Michael Cunningham (10/5)
-- England - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (10/24)
-- England - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
-- England - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
-- England - The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
-- England - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
-- England - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
-- England - Good-Bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
-- England - Austenland by Shannon Hale
-- England - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (2/12)
-- England - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (3/1)
-- England - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (3/2)
-- England - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson (3/15)
-- England - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (3/22)

4. Wales - The Long Walk Home A Novel by Will North (9/16)
-- Wales - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by Burton Raffel (7/8)

5. France - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby (9/16)
-- France - Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre (9/20)
-- France - The Devil and Miss Prym A Novel of Temptation by Paulo Coelho (9/22)
-- France - Versailles: A Novel by Kathryn Davis (2/13)

6. Germany - The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (9/19)
-- Germany - Dear John by Nicholas Sparks (9/30)

7. Scotland - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (9/24)
----Scotland - The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott (6/27)
----Scotland - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (7/9)

8. Denmark - Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (9/27)

9. Ukraine - Everything Is Illuminated A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer (10/6)

10. Poland - The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (10/8)

11. Czech Republic - A Time to Speak by Helen Lewis

12. Greece - The Vampyre And Other Tales of the Macabre by John William Polidori

13. Norway - A Doll's House and Other Plays by Henrik Johan Ibsen

14. Serbia - Murder on the Orient Express A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie (12/29)

15. Italy - The Castle of Otranto A Gothic Story by Horace Walpole (1/4)
---- Italy - The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (4/2)
---- Italy - Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster (7/3)

16. Ireland - O Come Ye Back to Ireland: Our First Year in County Clare by Niall Williams (1/22)
----Ireland - An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor (3/8)

17. Russia - Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein (1/29)
----Russia (Chechnya) - Chechnya: To the Heart of a Conflict by Andrew Meier (2/5)

18. Bulgaria - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman (1/30)

19. Malta - The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe (2/1)

(Europe continued...)

52. Hungary - The Good Master by Kate Seredy (2/8)

54. The Netherlands - The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom (2/10)

56. Spain - Lorca: The House of Bernarda Alba: a Tragedy of the Women in the Villages of Spain by Federico García Lorca (2/13)

65. Austria - The Fig Eater: A Novel by Jody Shields

74. Albania - Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare (3/18)

77. Slovenia - Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho (4/9)

83. Finland - The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna (7/6)

90. Belarus - The Belarusian Cookbook by Alexander Bely (8/31)

39. Africa: Somalia - Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

40. Europe: Russia - Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein

41. Europe: Bulgaria - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

42. Latin America: Nicaragua - The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey by Salman Rushdie

43. Africa: Mali - Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa by Katherine A. Dettwyler

44. Europe: Malta - The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe

45. Africa: Guinea - The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy by Camara Laye

46. Caribbean: Dominica - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

47. Asia: Mongolia: The Marvellous Mongolian by James Aldridge

48. Asia: North Korea: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

49. Africa: Lesotho: Singing Away the Hunger : The Autobiography of an African Woman by Mpho M'Atsepo Nthunya

50. Latin America: Uruguay: The House of Paper by Carlos María Domínguez

51. Asia: India: Q & A by Vikas Swarup

52. Europe: Hungary: The Good Master by Kate Seredy

53. North America: Canada Surfacing by Margaret Atwood

54. Europe: The Netherlands: The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

55. Latin America: Brazil - Brazil by John Updike

56. Europe: Spain - Lorca: The House of Bernarda Alba: a Tragedy of the Women in the Villages of Spain by Federico García Lorca

57. Africa: Zimbabwe - Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir by Neely Tucker.

58. Asia: Thailand - Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman

59. Oceania: Papua New Guinea - Anyan's Story: A New Guinea Woman in Two Worlds by Virginia Drew Watson

60. Africa: Uganda - Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe by Doreen Baingana

61. Asia: Indonesia - The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

62. Latin America: El Salvador - Salvador by Joan Didion

63. Africa: Botswana - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

64. Middle East: Turkey - The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl by David Kherdian.

I'm bummed. I was sure that this book was based in Armenia based on it's title and description. However, it took place in the heart of Turkey.

65. Europe: Austria - The Fig Eater: A Novel by Jody Shields.

66. Africa: Cameroon - Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono.

67. Africa: Zambia - Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman

68. Oceania: Vanuatu - A Candle in the Dark by Hugh Steven.

69. Asia: Tibet - The Diamond Path: Tibetan Myth by Allan Lothian.

70. North America: Bermuda: The Tempest by William Shakespeare

71. Africa: Senegal - The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman by Ken Bugul.

72. Latin America: Venezuela - The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle.

73. Albania - Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare ***
74. Kuwait - Boating for Beginners by Jeanette Winterson (this was an unexpected bonus, book was only so-so though) **
75. Israel - Sotah by Naomi Ragen ****

Uncounted duplicate countries:
China - Shanghai Girls by Lisa See ****
England - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson **** and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling ****

States:
#20: Maine - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ****