International Reading Challenge 2020 TBR

Wow, SO MANY TBR posts. I’m so sorry. Seriously, it must be getting pretty boring. Luckily, this is the PENULTIMATE TBR! (Actually, there might be 2 more after this… sorry!)

Anyway, this is a particularly important TBR, because it’s a TBR for a reading challenge that I AM CO-HOSTING with the lovely Adele of @bookishdella. The aim of the challenge is to encourage us all to read books written by authors from many different countries. There are prompts, read-a-longs, points to be won etc. so we would love to have you! If you’re interested, check out the announcement post and the Goodreads group!

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PROMPTS

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Note: these are the variations of the prompts that I am going to do! Please check out the announcement post to see variations/alternatives for some (e.g. #1).

1. read a book written in a language that is not your mother tongue.
2. read a classic by an international author
3. read a book set in a third-world country
4. read a book by an author from a country you’ve never visited
5. read a book set in a country from which the author does not come
6. read a book written by an author from a country you want to visit
7. read a book featuring an international LGBTQIA+ character
8. read a book set in eastern europe that is not about world war 2
9. read a book with a character who comes from a different culture
10. read a non-fiction book about a country you are interested in 
11. read a manga
12. read a book containing folklore from a country that is not your own

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READ-A-LONG BOOKS

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• JAN-FEB: Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami (Japan)
• MAR-APR: Die Verwandlung (Metamorphosis) von Franz Kafka (Czech Republic)
• MAY-JUN: Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera (Mexico)
• JUL-AUG: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (Sudan)
• SEP-OCT: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Russia)
• NOV-DEC: The Vegetarian by Han Kang (Korea)

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OTHER BOOKS

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• The Other World (Asia)
• The Office of Gardens and Ponds by Didier Decoin (France)
• Human Acts by Han Kang (Korea)
• A History of Korea by Kyung Moon Hwang

• The Royal Tutor Vol 4. by Higasa Akai (Japan)
• The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke (China)
• The Deep by Rivers Solomon
• An einem klaren, eiskalten Januarmorgen zu Beginn der 21. Jahrhunderts von Roland Schimmelpfennig (Germany)
• Glittering City by Cyprian Ekwensi (Nigeria)

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And that’s all! Are you going to be joining us in the challenge? Please let me know, and if you do, be sure to leave a link to any TBRs or other posts/videos you do so that I can check them out!

Happy reading,

Keira x.