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Group Reading Map (2021)
Virginia, USA - Good Girls LieSouth Sudan - Woman of God (takes place in multiple locations but starts here and comes back during the book)
Saddlestring Wyoming. Savage Run (Joe Pickett,#2) by C.J.Box
Netherlands - The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (This book takes place in both Netherlands and Germany equally, I felt like there would be fewer books from Netherlands).
What We Lose - The book is set in different places, but I am certain that both Pennsylvania/United States and Johannesburg/South Africa are mentioned equally. I would even say that the most important stuff was happening in the second place.
South Korea: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
The Queen of Jasmine Country by Sharanya Manivannan — set in Tamil Nadu, India
Boston,MA., Kolkata India, Odisha India, Connecticut. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
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England - Helen with the High Hand - An Idyllic Diversion
Wyoming USA - Wait for Signs: Twelve Longmire Stories
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(Last Updated 1/29/21)
Interactive Version:
Object:
Read at least one book set in every country around the world, as a group. We will also be breaking down the United States into each of the 50 states.
It became pretty evident in 2019 that some of the areas of the world are a bit (or a lot) more neglected in our reading habits. In order to really highlight those destinations that tend to be ignored, all new locations will be noted each time the map is updated.
If you're the (awesome) member who reads a book from one of those neglected locations then you will earn a special badge (see more info about Badges here.
Rules:
Only submit the books you've finished reading.
Sure, a lot of us have our reading plans solidified for the whole year but plans have a way of changing even when we don't expect them to. It is for this reason we ask that you only submit books that you're done reading. This way, if that book you thought you'd love ends up in your did-not-finish pile or you take an unexpected hiatus from the group, we won't have to go back and try and figure out what was or wasn't read and we can end the year with a pretty accurate record.
Around the Year Challenge books only, please.
We're going to limit this to books for the main challenge to keep things simpler.
Fiction, non-fiction, doesn't matter.
As long as the book is set in or references events that occurred in a real location we can include it.
Multiple locations:
We know that there are many books set in multiple locations. If that is the case, pick one as the main setting. If you feel like there is no distinct main setting for the book (like road trip books, time travel books, part fantasy world/part real world, etc.) then feel free to post your situation here and we can troubleshoot as a group.
What do the different colors mean?
If you see that someone else has already mapped a country, submit your book anyway. The map color will change as we read more and more books set in a country.
Locations Still Needed
These are locations that have not been completed since the start of the Group Reading Map Project (2016).
Andorra
Aruba
Bahamas
Bahrain
Belize
Bermuda
Bhutan
Brunei
Burundi
Cameroon
Cayman Islands
Chad
Comoros
Curaçao
Djibouti
El Salvador
Eritrea
Fiji
Guadeloupe
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Honduras
Kosovo
Latvia
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Mayotte
Micronesia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Nauru
Niger
North Macedonia
Reunion
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San Marino
Seychelles
South Sudan
St. Helena
Suriname
Swaziland
São Tomé and Príncipe
Tajikistan
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos
Tuvalu
Uzbekistan
Western Sahara