A Sampling of Fiction Set Around the World

Afganistan

Born Under a Million Shadows
Busfield
(check our catalog)

Algeria

The Lovers of Algeria
Benmalek
(check our catalog)

Australia

Theft: A Love Story
Carey
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The Secret River
Grenville
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Botswana

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
McCall Smith
(check our catalog)

Burma (Myanmar)

Saving Fish From Drowning
Tan
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Canada

Landing
Donaghue
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Sylvanus Now
Morrissey
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The Forest Lover
Vreeland
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China

Once on a Moonless Night
Dai
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
See
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White Ghost Girls
Greenway
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Cuba

A Simple Habana Melody
Hijuelos
(check our catalog)

East Timor

The Canal House
(also set in Uganda)
Lee
(check our catalog)

England

Wolf Hall
Mantel
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice
King
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France

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette
Erickson
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Someone I Loved
Gavalda
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Suite Francaise
Nemirovsky
(check our catalog)

Germany

The Student Conductor
Ford
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Midnight Plague
Keizer
(check our catalog)

The Book Thief
Zusak
(check our catalog)

Greece

Nights of Rain and Stars
Binchy
(check our catalog)

Haiti/Dominican Republic

The Dew Breaker
Danticat
(check our catalog)

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz
(check our catalog)

Hungary

To Err is Divine
Bozai
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The Historian
(also set in Turkey)
By Kostova
(check our catalog)

India

Shalimar the Clown
Rushdie
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The Twentieth Wife
Sundaresan
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The Weight of Heaven
Thrity
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Haunting Bombay
Agarwal
(check our catalog)

Ireland

The Sea
Banville
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The Likeness
French
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Lake of Sorrows
Hart
(check our catalog)

Israel

Prince of Fire
(also set in Venice)
Silva
(check our catalog)

The Genizah at the House of Shepher
Yellin
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Accidents
Hedaya
(check our catalog)

Italy

The Birth of Venus
Dunant
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A Thread of Grace
Russell
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Leonardo's Swans
Essex
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Japan

The Great Fire
Hazzard
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Kafka On the Shore
Murakami
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Crossfire
Miyabi
(check our catalog)

Mexico

The Hummingbird's Daughter
Urrea
(check our catalog)

Morocco

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
(also set in Spain)
Lalami
(check our catalog)

Netherlands

The Coffee Trader
Liss
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Girl With a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier
(check our catalog)

Nigeria

Purple Hibiscus
Adichie
(check our catalog)

Norway

He Who Fears the Wolf
Fossum
(check our catalog)

Pakistan

Broken Verses
Shamsie
(check our catalog)

Paraguay

The News from Paraguay
Tuck
(check our catalog)

Philippines

Killing Rain
Eisler
(check our catalog)

Portugal

Hunting Midnight
Zimler
(check our catalog)

Poland

The History of Love
Krauss
(check our catalog)

Russia

Rasputin's Daughter
Alexander
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The People's Act of Love
Meek
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Wolves Eat Dogs
Cruz Smith
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South Africa

Skinner's Drift
Fugard
(check our catalog)

Forgive Me
Ward
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The Whale Caller
Mda
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Spain

The Constant Princess
Gregory
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The Shadow of the Wind
Ruiz Zafron
(check our catalog)

Sweden

Dark Voyage
Furst
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Sun Storm
Larsson
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The Princess of Burundi
Eriksson
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Turkey

Birds Without Wings
De Bernieres
(check our catalog)

Snow
Pamuk
(check our catalog)

Uganda

The Canal House
(also set in East Timor)
Lee
(check our catalog)

Vietnam

No Man's Land
Duong
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West Africa

The Darling 
(also set in Liberia)
Banks
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Beasts of No Nation
Iweala
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