Books we've read . . .
| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith | Africa |
| The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama | Japan |
| The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle | Mexico |
| Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie | China |
| The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini | Afghanistan |
| The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy | India |
| The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunanti | Italy |
| Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris | France |
| The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver | Congo |
| Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See | China |
| Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | India |
| The Ditchdigger’s Daughters by Yvonne S. Thornton and Jo Coudert | USA |
| Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi | Iran |
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller |
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe |
| A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry | India |
| Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz | Egypt |
| Cellophane by Marie Arana | Peru |
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama |
USA |
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy |
Cuba |
| Exile by Richard North Patterson | Middle East |
| River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler | China |
| Bel Canto by Ann Patchett | Unnamed South American Country |
| Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee | South Africa |
| What Is the What by Dave Eggers | Sudan |
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert |
Italy, India & Indonesia |