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Here is a list of books that I've enjoyed reading where the storyline is set outside of the USA.
1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows & Mary Ann Shaffer (England)
2. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (France)
3. The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Russia)
4. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (Iran)
5. Sold by Patricia McCormick (India/Nepal)
6. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman (Poland)
7. Dream Jungle by Jessica Hagedorn (Philippines)
8. The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander (Russia)
9. A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov (Russia)
10. I Am Livia by Phyllis T. Smith (Ancient Rome)
I haven't read any of these but I have seen The Guernsey Literary one around (and good reviews too if I remember right)- I've seen that one at the bookstore also. I like that you've got some in Russia and even ancient Rome.
ReplyDeleteI loved The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Dream Jungle seems interesting.
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: http://haphazardbookshelves.blogspot.com/2016/07/ten-books-set-outside-us.html
Nice list! I loved The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I haven't read any of the others.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! I haven't read any of them but The Zookeeper's Wife and The Kitchen Boy sounds interesting!
ReplyDeleteHaven't heard of any of these but they sound really interesting! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAh, I ought to have remembered Persepolis! Quite a few of my friends loved The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society too, I should try it :)
ReplyDeleteOoh nice! Those are all totally new to me!! Thinking that will be the theme of the day! LOL!
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The Kitchen Boy sounds good! I love stuff set in Russia!
ReplyDeleteI'm reading Guernsey at the moment and I love it! :)
ReplyDeleteI´ve read book nr one and four. The zookeepers wife, Dream jungle, The kitchen boy and I am Livia sounds very interesting to me. thak you for a great list!
ReplyDeleteSarah's Key is such a great choice! Lovely list.
ReplyDeleteI just recently bought the Sarah's Key ebook because it was on sale. I am so glad to see it on your list. :)
ReplyDeleteYou have a very sophisticated list. I made a list earlier this summer of books I've read which represent every year of my life. I couldn't come up with one for 1966 (I think) and when I looked at the list of possible books The Master and Margarita was published that year. I am now more bound and determined to read it and soon. (But does it really have vampires? Maybe it is too scary for me.) My TTT
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful mix of places! Books set in the Middle East always intrigue me (I think partly because it's a world so completely different from ours in so many ways, and also because my husband is in the military and deployed to Afghanistan a couple years ago), and I just looked up and added "Persepolis" to my to-read list. Thanks for the recommendations!
ReplyDeleteI've read and enjoyed three of these. I need to seek out the others. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these, but Sarah's Key has always been on my radar. Happy Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these but I keep hearing about Persepolis, featured several times today. Great minds read a like ;)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Haven't read any of the others but The Zookeeper's Wife looks pretty interesting :)
ReplyDeleteAll new titles to me! Always fun; gotta love discovering new books. :) Thanks so much for visiting Finding Wonderland.
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