This week The Broke and the Bookish has issued the challenge for 10 books that are set outside of the United States. I'm going to exclude fantasy like The Hobbit from this list because I feel that would be cheating.
Now, in no particular order:
Obviously some of these are newer while most are old, and some of the authors are American while others were writing before the U.S. even existed. What books that are set outside the U.S. have you read?
Now, in no particular order:
- Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (so obvious I almost feel like this is cheating, too)
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (yes, they're fantasy, but they start out in England)
- Born in Fire by Nora Roberts (as well as the rest of the trilogy, all of which take place in Ireland)
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
- The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Iliad by Homer
Obviously some of these are newer while most are old, and some of the authors are American while others were writing before the U.S. even existed. What books that are set outside the U.S. have you read?
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