Reading Challenges 2012

Read the Walk: 2012 Zoo City Challenge

I will read a book written by someone from every country Google Maps says I would pass through if I decided to walk to the Hillbrow district of Jo'Burg, home to Zinzi December in Lauren Beukes' Zoo City.

If you want to play too, here are the rules.

Choose a book that made an impression, ideally with a strong sense of place.
Enter the place name into Google maps, and get directions from your current location. Click the Walk icon to make it more interesting.
List the countries you pass through, and during 2012 read a novel either set in each country, or written by a native.

England: The Moon and Sixpence, by W. Somerset Maugham
The Netherlands: The Reunion, by Simone van der Vlugt, trans Michele Hutchison
Belgium: The Bathroom, by Jean-Philippe Toussaint, trans Barbara Bray
France: The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, trans Alison Anderson
Algeria: What the Day Owes the Night, by Yasmina Khadra
Libya: The Seven Veils of Seth, by Ibrahim Al-Koni, trans WM Hutchins
Sudan: Lyrics Alley, by Leila Aboulela
Ethiopia: Beneath the Lion's Gaze, by Maaza Mengiste
Kenya: A Grain of Wheat, by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Tanzania: The Last Gift, by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Mozambique: Under the Frangipani, by Mia Couto
South Africa: Moxyland, Lauren Beukes

19/72

Read 19 novels by British authors that were first published in 1972

The Players and the Game, by Julian Symons ***
The Malcontents, by CP Snow ***
Arthur McCann And All His Women, by Leslie Thomas ***
A Fairly Dangerous Game, by Reginald Hill ***
Who Needs Men? by Edmund Cooper ***
The Strange Story of Linda Lee, by Dennis Wheatley ***

2012 Global Reading Challenge

Read three novels written by someone born in each of these continents : Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South America and The Seventh Continent. Where possible, these should be countries not visited in the 2011 Global Challenge, and not novels read for the Zoo City Walk!