The books read for this project. An * indicates a book read in another language.
- China: Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
- France: Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin
- Iceland: Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
- Italy: The Eight Mountains by Paolo Cognetti
- Japan: The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
- Liberia: This Child Will Be Great by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- Mexico: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Morocco: In the Country of Others by Leila Slimani
- Oman: Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharti
- Poland: The Tower of Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski
- South Korea: 82년생 김지영 (Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982)* by Cho Nam-ju
- Sri Lanka: Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
- Thailand: Little Angels by Phra Peter Pannapadipo
- Ukraine: Death and the Penguin by Andrey Karkov
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