Africa

• The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John (South Africa)
• Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (Kenya)
• Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud (Morocco)
• Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin (Rwanda)
• Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway (Mali)
• The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (Sierra Leone)

Asia (including the Middle East and Southeast Asia)

• Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah (China)
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Indonesia)
• Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup (India)
• Leave Your Tears in Moscow by Barbara Armonas (Russia)
• A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam (Bangladesh)
• The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw (Malaysia)

Australia (and Oceania)

• I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (Australia)
• Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones (Papua New Guinea)
• The Denniston Rose by Jenny Pattrick (New Zealand)

Europe

• Driving over Lemons by Chris Stewart (Spain)
• A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke (France)
• Crooked House by Agatha Christie (England)
• Hanna’s Daughters by Marianne Fredriksson (Sweden)
• Playing for Pizza by John Grisham (Italy)
• Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist by M. C. Beaton (Cyprus)

North America (including Central America and the Caribbean)

• Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by Lois-Ann Yamanaka (U.S.)
• The Red Mass by Rosemary Aubert (Canada)
• Shaken by Eric Walters (Haiti)
• Fruit of the Lemon by Andrea Levy (Jamaica)

South America

• Rescuing the Spectacled Bear: A Peruvian Diary by Stephen Fry (Peru)
• Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene (Paraguay)