Books read for the 2014 Global Reading Challenge
Africa
- A Beautiful Place to Die (Detective Emmanuel Cooper #1) by Malla Nunn (South Africa)
- Nairobi Heat (Ishmael and O #1) by Mukoma Wa Ngugi (Kenya)
- Dead at Daybreak by Deon Meyer (Zimbabwe)
Asia
- Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje (Sri Lanka)
- Tokyo Year Zero by David Peace (Japan)
- Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco (Philippines)
Australia/Oceania
- The White Dog (Jack Irish #4) by Peter Temple (VIC, Australia)
- The Dragon Man (Inspector Challis #1) by Garry Disher (South Australia)
- Gunshot Road (Emily Tempest series) by Adrian Hyland (Northern Territories, Australia)
Europe
- I Will Have Vengeance (Commissario Ricciardi #1) by Maurizio de Giovanni (Italy)
- In Matto’s Realm (Sergeant Studer #2) by Friedrich Glauser (Switzerland)
- You’d Better Believe It (Harpur & Iles #1) by Bill James (England)
North America
- An Easy Thing ( Héctor B. Shayne #1) by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Mexico)
- L.A. Requiem (Elvis Cole #8) by Robert Crais (California)
- Havana Blue (Mario Conde #1) by Leonardo Padura (Cuba)
Central & South America
- Alone in the Crowd (Inspector Espinosa #7) by Luiz Alfredo Garcia Roza (Brazil)
- Needle in a Haystack (Inspector Lascano #1) by Ernesto Mallo (Argentina)
- The Neruda Case (Cayetano Brulé #6) by Roberto Ampuero (Chile)
The 7th choice – Speculative Fiction/Sci-fi
- The City & the City by China Miéville (Besźel/Ul Qoma)
- The Caves of Steel (Baley & Olivaw #1) by Isaac Asimov (Futuristic NYC)
- The Surrogates by Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele (Central Georgia Metropolis year 2054)
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