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Reading North America Map

I wish I had kept better track of the places visited during my reading excursions during the year, and I also wish there had been more diversity in my book choices; but there's always next year, and with The 2014 Winter Olympics Reading Challenge, I'm sure to read more books from countries around the world.

My Reading World in 2011 {Year End Recap of The Places I've Visited While Reading}

Reading Internationally Map

The 1st map shows North & South America, and the 2nd map shows the rest of the World.

The Caribbean

  • The Lunatic by Henry Winkler (Jamaica)
  • Tide Running by Oonya Kempadoo (Tobago)
  • The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke (Barbados)

Africa

  • Mixed Blood by Roger Smith (Cape Town, South Africa)
  • The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin (Nigeria)

Asia and The Pacific

  • Aunt Dimnity Down Under by Nancy Atherton (New Zealand)
  • The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama (India)

Europe

  • Of Love and Evil by Anne Rice (California and Rome)
  • The Millenium Trilogy (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Girl Who Played with Fire) by Stieg Larsson (Sweden)
  • Slammer by Alan Guthrie (Scotland)
  • This Is Not Civilization by Robert Rosenberg (Kyrgyzstan, Istanbul & Arizona)
  • The Grey King by Susan Cooper (Wales)
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Wales)
  • The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht (Yugoslavia)
  • Blood Promise (Russia)
  • A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (England and France)
  • Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (London, England)
  • The Yellow Room Conspiracy by Peter Dickinson (England)
  • Kraken by China Mieville (England)
  • The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (London, England)
  • The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (London, England)
  • The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (England)
  • Triptych by JM Frey (England)
  • A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (England)
  • Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean (England)
  • The Map of Time by Felix Padma (England)

The Americas

  • Tales from the Town of Widows: And Chronicles Fom the Land of Men by James Canon (Columbia)
  • This Is Not Civilization by Robert Rosenberg (Arizona (and Istanbul & Turkey
  • True Evil by Greg Iles (Mississippi)

  • The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown (Ohio, USA)
  • You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews (Virginia)
  • Dime Store Magic, Kelley Armstrong (Massachusetts)
  • Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong (Miami, FL)
  • Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (Montana)
  • Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon (Vermont)
  • As She Climbed Across the Table by Jonathan Lethem (North Carolina)
  • The Wolves of Mercy Falls (Shiver, Linger & Forever) by Maggie Shiefvater (Minnesota)
  • Frostbite (Idaho and Missouri)
  • Delerium by Lauren Oliver (Maine)
  • Stolen by Kelley Armstrong (Maine)
  • Stolen by Kelley Armstrong (Maine)
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Maryland)
  • Kindred by Octavia Butler (California and Maryland)
  • The 8th Confession by James Patterson (California)
  • The Door to December by Dean Koontz (California)
  • The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey (California)
  • The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls (West Virginia & New York)
  • The Magicians by Lev Grossman (New York)
  • Zone One by Colson Whitehead (New York)
  • The Angel Experiment by James Patterson (New York)
  • The Mortal Instrument Series by Cassandra Clare (New York)
  • The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore (Illinois & New York)
  • The Angel Experiment by James Patterson (New York)
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig (MN, SD, ND, WY, CA)

I didn't include books of short stories, and since I didn't track the countries read during the year - and all of the books were borrowed from the library - there might be a few books left off where I couldn't remember or locate the setting online.

 

-: Comments :-

Helen Murdoch | December 8, 2011 7:50 PM | Reply

I really liked tracking my reading on google maps, it showed me where the gaping holes are in my "location reading". And, like you, I hope the olympics challenge will help me read about new places

Anna @ YA in the Second City | December 10, 2011 12:32 AM | Reply

Wow, I love this! Seems like you've got some pretty good coverage, but I'm also realizing just how US-centric my reading tends to be. Something to work on in the future, I suppose.

How do you map fantasies not set in real-world equivalents? Or do you leave them off entirely?

Tanya Patrice replied to comment from Anna @ YA in the Second City | December 10, 2011 7:58 AM | Reply

I left the fantasies off if they weren't set in a particular countries - like Embassytown or Across the Universe.

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