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Name a book (or books) from a country other than your own that you love. Or aren’t there any?


Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

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60 responses

  1. Ms. C

    Good question! I have to say that I’m a Canadian with a love for American work. Feel free to look over my full response and browse my blog at http://coffeetalereviews.blogspot.com/

  2. Dutchie

    Good question, I look forward to seeing everyone else’s response (and getting ideas)!

    Here’s mine

  3. greyz

    Okay too early for this one, finally! Anyway here’s my BTT for this week.

  4. Ayanami Faerudo

    Oh dear, my answer is too long. Therefore, I would just leave you a link to my actual response. http://bit.ly/da7RSd

  5. gautami tripathy

    Succinct!

    http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-foreign.html

  6. Margaret

    I really enjoyed thinking and writing about these books.

    http://www.booksplease.org/2010/10/21/booking-through-thursday-foreign/

  7. The Literary Omnivore

    Here’s my answer! Nice question!

  8. Kah Woei

    That’s an easy one for me … almost all of my books come from another country. LOL.

    Just to name one series here. Harry Potter. 🙂

  9. jlshall (Joy's Blog)

    Fun question. Should be some good answers to this one. Here’s mine:

    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday-foreign.html

  10. MizB

    I answered an older question, as I –once again– didn’t have an answer for the current one.

    ~MizB

  11. Ann

    My answer is here: http://annsreadingcorner.blogspot.com

  12. Li

    Interesting question! Here’s my response for this week: http://www.rulethewaves.net/blog/?p=1809

  13. bookeywookey

    There are many!
    http://bookeywookey.blogspot.com/2010/10/foreign-invasion.html

  14. DawnTreader

    Here’s my link: http://islandofvoices.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday-foreign.html

  15. Alayne

    I don’t really read many foreign books actually. I like wine from Germany… but I don’t know about their literature. 🙂 If anyone’s interested I started a new meme today called What Were They Thinking? Over at The Crowded Leaf. Stop on by!

  16. Terry Elisabeth

    Hello! My answer is here : http://pandabox33.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/booking-through-thursday-foreign/

  17. Ginger

    You can find my answer here: http://g-reads.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday_21.html

  18. mervih

    http://mervih.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/foreign/
    None of my favorite writers come from my country.

  19. Kim

    A great question! My answer is here: http://thecaffeinateddivareads.multifacetedmama.com/?p=350! Thank you!

  20. Cheryl "Mash"

    Only one came to mind. Here is my BTT
    CMash

  21. Sarah

    While several came to mind. One definitely stood out. My list is Here

  22. Jim Randolph

    Don’t have time to post today. I won’t count all the British, Australian, Canadian, etc. literature I have. So other languages would have to be Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but that’s probably everyone’s favorite. Well, other than the Russians…

  23. Novroz

    I like a lot of foreign authors. I try to cut down my list of books 🙂

    http://novroz.blogspot.com/2010/10/btt-foreign.html

  24. frogboots

    i’ve got a tidy list of non-Anglo titles: http://tinyurl.com/24dzepd

  25. Ms. C

    Great question! I’m a Canadian with a love for American fiction…. read all of my response at http://www.coffeetalereviews.blogspot.com

  26. Hilde

    Almost all my favourite books are foreign: http://turn-of-the-page.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday-foreign.html

  27. crestina

    Here’s mine…

    http://addlife21.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-prefer-foreign.html

  28. Kat

    Sad to say, in my case, it’s the opposite. I can barely name a book from my country that I like, but I can give you at least twenty books that are from another country that I keep coming back to. There are a lot of great writers here, but the problem is the topics they write about are too depressing or ones I’m not into, or their writing style is not something that entices me to read.

    Hmm. A topic I hope to expound on. 🙂

  29. Jessica

    Loved this weeks question! Find out my answer here 🙂 http://jessheartsbooks.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday.html

  30. Marisa

    It’s been awhile since I did a BTT! Here’s my answer:
    http://mylittlecthulhu.livejournal.com/73448.html

  31. Alison

    There are certainly a few that I love.

  32. bekkah

    my top 5 favs are all from another country 🙂

    http://ttlensphotography.blogspot.com/2010/10/btt-foreign.html

  33. Kelly

    Here’s mine: Reading the Paranormal

  34. Liska

    Here’s mine: http://modernradiotimes.blogspot.com/2010/10/from-booking-through-thursday-name-book.html

  35. Sheery

    Great question; my response: http://sheeryhall.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday-books-from.html

  36. smellincoffee

    Mine is up! IT’s one of my very favorite books. I adore it.

    http://thisweekatthelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday-foreign.html

  37. Hannah

    Here’s Mine! I had quite a few to mention.

    http://amongstories.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/btt-foreign/

  38. vampira2468

    http://dementedreading.blogspot.com/2010/10/hunting-aboard.html

  39. Jennie

    What a great question! I love exploring new places through books.

    http://www.jenrothschild.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday.html

  40. Kristie

    Here’s mine:

    http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/booking-through-thursday-foreign/

  41. Matthew

    I read a lot of translated fiction. My full answer is up.

  42. La Coccinelle

    Cool question! Here’s mine.

  43. sara

    I have a few and since I am Canadian I decided to list books outside of the US and Canada to really make it foreign!!

    http://readandbead.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday-foreign.html

  44. Meaghan

    Here is my answer:
    http://bookworm-meags222.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday_21.html

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  46. iwriteinbooks

    Nice to get back to doing this, finally!

    http://iwriteinbooks.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/booking-through-thursday-expat-paperbacks/

  47. Kristy S.

    Here is my post:

    Coffee & Literature (Booking Through Thursday)

  48. Meaghan

    Mine’s over here!

  49. Sylvere ap Leanan

    Uh…my favorite “foreign” authors all wrote poetry and/or plays. Do those count?

    http://www.themusereviews.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday.html

  50. thefreshchuff

    It’s not quite Thursday anymore in my timezone, but I’ve still given my answer here: http://thefreshchuff.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/booking-through-thursday/

  51. Elisha

    Here is mine:
    http://bookjunkiemom.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday.html

  52. Dee

    Great question, you can find my answer here.

  53. B. H. Morrigan

    This is my first time participating in a meme. I hope you enjoy my post!

    http://morrigansmethodsandmadness.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-name-is-red.html

  54. Elen

    Good question.
    My answer is here :
    http://www.thoughts.com/FunkyPurpleTiger/favourite-books-from-other-countries

  55. Anne

    I absolutely must be forgetting some:

    http://chicagovolunteering.blogspot.com/2010/10/btt-foreign.html

  56. Zja Zja

    http://bookbitesoz.blogspot.com/2010/10/booking-through-thursday-foreign.html

    I didn’t quite answer this question, but rather asked why someone _wouldn’t_ read novels from other countries. I also recommended some non-American and non-English authors for readers to try 🙂

  57. Liro

    I know its late but this is such a good question. I have several favorites. Check out my full response at http://pageflippinaddict.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/booking-through-thursday-foreign/

  58. Megan

    Hello all, I’m only like a week late leaving this link but what’s new really 😛

    Anyway, HERE it is 🙂

  59. Cheryl "Mash"

    My answer is here.
    CMash

  60. C in DC

    I’m not going to include books from predominantly English-speaking places, since that feels like cheating.

    Two come to mind.
    Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado and
    Smila’s Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg

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