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"France, Paris", "Algeria"

• Sherazade by Leila Sebbar

Abba, Nigeria

• Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Abomey, Benin

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Agra, India

• The Twentieth Wife: A Novel by Indu Sundaresan

Alberta, Canada

• Tamarind Mem by Anita Rau Badami

Alegría, Dominican Republic

• The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat

Ancient Greece

• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Antigua, Leeward Islands

• A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

Appalachia, USA

• Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

Argus, North Dakota, USA

• The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich
• The Master Butchers Singing Club: A Novel (Erdrich, Louise) by Louise Erdrich (fictional)

Athens, Greece

• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

• What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day (Oprah's Book Club) by Pearl Cleage
• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver ( Emory University)

Australia

• Eating Fire and Drinking Water by Arlene J. Chai

Ayemenem, India

• The god of small things by Arundhati Roy

Bandundu, Congo

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Banningville)

Bangassou, Central African Republic

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Bangladesh

• Brick Lane: A Novel by Monica Ali
• White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith

Beijing, China

• Summer of Betrayal: A Novel by Ying Hong

Beirut, Lebanon

• The Stone of Laughter (Interlink World Fiction) by Hoda Barakat
• Sitt Marie-Rose: A Novel by Etel Adnan

Belgium

• The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman by Ken Bugul

Bethlehem, Georgia, USA

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Bombay, India

• Bombay Time: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar
• Bombay Talkie (Old Edition) (High Risk) by Ameena Meer
• The Space Between Us: A Novel (P.S.) by Thrity Umrigar
• Baumgartner's Bombay by Anita Desai
• For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Living Is Easy by Dorothy West
• The Dirty Girls Social Club: A Novel by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
• The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri

Brazzaville, French Congo

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

The Bronx, New York, USA

• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

• The Stone Virgins: A Novel by Yvonne Vera

Bulungu, Congo

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Burma Road

• Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan

Cabuche, New Mexico, USA

• The Guardians: A Novel by Ana Castillo (fictitious)

Calcutta, India

• Desirable Daughters: A Novel by Bharati Mukherjee
• The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Sister of My Heart by Chitra Divakaruni

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Tamarind Mem by Anita Rau Badami

California, USA

• Crawfish Dreams: A Novel by Nancy Rawles
• The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Le Thi Diem Thuy
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan
• Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

• The Inheritance of Loss: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) by Kiran Desai

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

• The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri

Canada

• Concubine's Children by Denise Chong

Cane River, Louisiana, USA

• Cane River by Lalita Tademy

Capivari, Corrientes, Argentina

• The Lizard's Tail (Masks) by Luisa Valenzuela

Caracas, Venezuela

• Dona Ines Vs. Oblivion: A Novel (Pegasus Prize for Literature) by Ana Teresa Torres

Chiapas, Mexico

• Nine Guardians by Rosarios Castellanos

Chicago, Illinois, USA

• Sharmila's Book by Bharti Kirchner
• Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
• The house on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Chicokema, Georgia, USA

• Meridian by Alice Walker

Chihuahua, Mexico

• If I Die in Juárez (Camino Del Sol) by Stella Pope Duarte

Chile

• Paula by Isabel Allende

China

• Concubine's Children by Denise Chong
• Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min
• Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA

• Bone by Fae Myenne Ng

Cholapatti, India

• The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan

Chollak, Korea

• Fox Girl by Nora Okja Keller

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

• Beloved by Toni Morrison

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

• If I Die in Juárez (Camino Del Sol) by Stella Pope Duarte

Ciudad Juárez, Juárez, Mexico

• If I Die in Juárez (Camino Del Sol) by Stella Pope Duarte

The Congo, Africa

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Connecticut, USA

• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Coyoacán, Mexico

• Song of the Hummingbird by Graciela Limon

Cuba

• In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd by Ana Menendez

Dakar

• The Children of Segu by Maryse Conde

Dakar, Senegal

• So Long a Letter (African Writers) by Mariama Ba

Daring, California, USA

• Dreaming Water: A Novel by Gail Tsukiyama

Delhi, India

• Babyji by Abha Dawesar

Delta, Louisiana, USA

• The Black Rose by Tananarive Due

Dominican Republic

• In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

Dominican Republic; USA

• Yo!: A Novel by Julia Alvarez

Eatonville, Florida, USA

• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Egg Fork, Kentucky, USA

• Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

EL Paso, Texas, USA

• The Guardians: A Novel by Ana Castillo

Enugu, Nigeria

• Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Excelsior, Minnesota, USA

• The Days of Rondo (Minnesota) by Evelyn Fairbanks

Florida, USA

• In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd by Ana Menendez
• Zora Neale Hurston : Novels and Stories : Jonah's Gourd Vine / Their Eyes Were Watching God / Moses, Man of the Mountain / Seraph on the Suwanee / Selected Stories (Library of America) by Zora Neale Hurston
• Zora Neale Hurston : Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings : Mules and Men, Tell My Horse, Dust Tracks on a Road, Selected Articles (The Library of America, 75) by Zora Neale Hurston
• The Chin Kiss King by Ana Veciana-Suarez
• Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston

Freetown

• The Children of Segu by Maryse Conde

Freetown, Sierra Leone

• Ancestor Stones: A Novel by Aminatta Forna

Georgetown, Guyana

• The Ventriloquist's Tale by Pauline Melville

Georgia, USA

• Soul Kiss by Shay Youngblood
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Ghana, Africa

• Our Sister Killjoy: Or, Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint (Longman African Writers) by Ama Ata Aidoo

Grace, Arizona, USA

• Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver

Greenville, South Carolina, USA

• Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Guadeloupe

• Crossing the Mangrove by Maryse Conde

Haiti

• Zora Neale Hurston : Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings : Mules and Men, Tell My Horse, Dust Tracks on a Road, Selected Articles (The Library of America, 75) by Zora Neale Hurston
• The Dew Breaker (Today Show Book Club #23) by Edwidge Danticat
• Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Harlem, New York, New York, USA

• Friday Nights at Honeybee's by Andrea Smith
• Jazz: A Novel by Toni Morrison

Harlem, New York, USA

• The Street (Beacon Paperback, 699) by Ann Petry

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Havana, Cuba

• Dancing to "Almendra": A Novel by Mayra Montero

Heaven, Oklahoma, USA

• Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver

Himalayas

• The Inheritance of Loss: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) by Kiran Desai

Hong Kong

• The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

• Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah

Huntington Beach, California, USA

• Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

• Nampally Road by Meena Alexander

Ibuza

• Joys of Motherhood: A Novel by Buchi Emecheta

Idaho, USA

• Nisei Daughter by Monica Itoi Sone

Idlewild, Michigan, USA

• What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day (Oprah's Book Club) by Pearl Cleage

Imchouk, Morocco

• The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma

India

• The Inheritance of Loss: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) by Kiran Desai
• Tamarind Mem by Anita Rau Badami
• Sharmila's Book by Bharti Kirchner
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• The Space Between Us: A Novel (P.S.) by Thrity Umrigar
• A River Sutra by Gita Mehta
• The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Divakaruni
• Memories of Rain: A Novel by Sunetra Gupta
• The Vine of Desire: A Novel by Chitra Divakaruni
• Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee
• Shiva Dancing by Bharti Kirchner

Iran

• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
• Savushun : A Novel About Modern Iran by Simin Danishvar
• The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther
• Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope by Shirin with Azadeh Moaveni Ebadi

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Jamaica

• How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan
• White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith

Japan

• The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
• The Waiting Years (Japan's Women Writers) by Enchi Fumiko
• My Year of Meats: A Novel by Ruth L. Ozeki

Jenne

• The Children of Segu by Maryse Conde

Johannesburg, South Africa

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Jordan

• Pillars of Salt: A Novel (Emerging Voices) by Fadia Faqir

Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico

• The Guardians: A Novel by Ana Castillo

Juárez, Mexico

• If I Die in Juárez (Camino Del Sol) by Stella Pope Duarte

Kalimpong

• The Inheritance of Loss: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) by Kiran Desai

Kangchenjunga

• The Inheritance of Loss: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) by Kiran Desai

Katanga Province, Congo

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Kentucky, USA

• Beloved by Toni Morrison

Kezi, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

• The Stone Virgins: A Novel by Yvonne Vera

Kilanga, Congo

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Kimvula District, Congo

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Kinshasa, Congo

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Leopoldville)

Kisangani, Congo

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Stanleyville)

Korma

• The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel

Lagos

• Joys of Motherhood: A Novel by Buchi Emecheta

Laguna Negra, Corrientes, Argentina

• The Lizard's Tail (Masks) by Luisa Valenzuela

LaJunta, Arizona, USA

• Getting Mother's Body: A Novel by Suzan-Lori Parks

Lebanon

• Women of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al Shayky

Lincoln, Texas, USA

• Getting Mother's Body: A Novel by Suzan-Lori Parks

London, England

• The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther

London, England, UK

• White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith
• Bombay Talkie (Old Edition) (High Risk) by Ameena Meer
• Brick Lane: A Novel by Monica Ali (Brick Lane)

Lorain, Ohio, USA

• The Bluest Eye: A Novel by Toni Morrison

Los Angeles, California, USA

• Crawfish Dreams: A Novel by Nancy Rawles
• Crescent: A Novel by Diana Abu-Jaber
• For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
• The Infinite Plan by Isabel Allende
• Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou

Louisiana, USA

• The Only Piece of Furniture in the House: A Novel by Diane Glancy

Lubumbashi, Katanga, Congo

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Élizabethville)

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Sunlight on a Broken Column (Virago Modern Classics) by Attia Hosain

Lusambo, Congo

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Macon, Georgia, USA

• The Days of Rondo (Minnesota) by Evelyn Fairbanks

Madras, India

• The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan

Maine, USA

• The Love Wife by Gish Jen

Manhattan, Kansas, USA

• Soul Kiss by Shay Youngblood

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA

• Wedding, The by Dorothy West

Massachusetts, USA

• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Mbandaka, Congo

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Coquilhatville)

Mexico

• Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Mexico City, Mexico

• Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
• The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel

Michigan, USA

• Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

• Diary of a Djinn: A Novel by Gini Alhadeff

Mississippi, USA

• Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell

Monamodi, Botswana

• Far and Beyon' by Unity Dow

Monmouth, Connecticut, USA

• The Narrows (Black Women Writers Series) by Ann Petry

Mughal Empire

• The Twentieth Wife: A Novel by Indu Sundaresan

Mulbery, Georgia, USA

• Ugly Ways by Tina McElroy Ansa

Mumbai, India

• Bombay Talkie (Old Edition) (High Risk) by Ameena Meer
• Baumgartner's Bombay by Anita Desai

Narmada River

• A River Sutra by Gita Mehta (India)

New England, USA

• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

New Hampshire, USA

• The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

• Zora Neale Hurston : Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings : Mules and Men, Tell My Horse, Dust Tracks on a Road, Selected Articles (The Library of America, 75) by Zora Neale Hurston
• Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau by Jewell Parker Rhodes

New York, New York, USA

• The Inheritance of Loss: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) by Kiran Desai
• Geographies of Home by Loida Maritza Perez
• Dancing to "Almendra": A Novel by Mayra Montero
• The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
• When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
• Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
• Lucy: A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid
• For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
• Camilla's Roses by Bernice L. McFadden (Queens)

New York, USA

• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
• Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

New Zealand

• The Bone People: A Novel by Keri Hulme

Nicaragua

• The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War by Gioconda Belli
• Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver (correspondence)

North Dakota, USA

• Love Medicine: A Novel by Louise Erdrich
• The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich
• The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich
• The Master Butchers Singing Club: A Novel (Erdrich, Louise) by Louise Erdrich

Nsukka, Nigeria

• Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Okeechobee, Florida, USA

• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Pearl, Mississippi, USA

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

• Trading Dreams at Midnight: A Novel by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
• The Price of a Child by Lorene Cary

The Philippines

• Eating Fire and Drinking Water by Arlene J. Chai

Pluto, North Dakota, USA

• The Plague of Doves: A Novel by Louise Erdrich

Puerto Rico

• When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago

Pusan, Korea

• Fox Girl by Nora Okja Keller

Rofathane, Sierra Leone

• Ancestor Stones: A Novel by Aminatta Forna

Round Hill, South Carolina, USA

• Clover by Dori Sanders

Ruby, Oklahoma, USA

• Paradise by Toni Morrison

Runnymede, Maryland, USA

• Bingo by Rita Mae Brown (ficticious)

Runnymede, Pennsylvania, USA

• Bingo by Rita Mae Brown (ficticious)

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

• Fifth Born: A Novel by Zelda Lockhart

Saint-Louis

• The Children of Segu by Maryse Conde

Salem Village, Massachusettes, USA

• I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde

Samanthibakkam, India

• The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan

San Antonio, Texas, USA

• Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

San Diego, California, USA

• The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Le Thi Diem Thuy

San Fernando Valley, California, USA

• A Year in Van Nuys by Sandra Tsing Loh

San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA

• The Vine of Desire: A Novel by Chitra Divakaruni
• Sister of My Heart by Chitra Divakaruni

San Francisco, California, USA

• What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day (Oprah's Book Club) by Pearl Cleage
• Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
• The Infinite Plan by Isabel Allende
• Shiva Dancing by Bharti Kirchner
• The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
• Daughter of Fortune (Oprah's Book Club) by Isabel Allende

Sanderling Island, Georgia, USA

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Sanza Pombo, Angola

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Saskatchewan, Canada

• Halfbreed by Maria Campbell

Seattle, Washington, USA

• Nisei Daughter by Monica Itoi Sone

Segu

• The Children of Segu by Maryse Conde

Senegal

• The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman by Ken Bugul

Senegal River

• The Children of Segu by Maryse Conde

Shanghai

• Tracing It Home: A Chinese Journey (Kodansha globe series) by Lynn Pan

Shanghai, China

• The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
• Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah

Shiraz, Iran

• Savushun : A Novel About Modern Iran by Simin Danishvar

Somalia

• Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad by Waris Dirie

South Africa

• Mother to Mother by Sindiwe Magona

South Carolina, USA

• Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Sri Lanka

• Mosquito by Roma Tearne

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

• Wisdom by Heather Neff

St. Loius, Missouri, USA

• The Black Rose by Tananarive Due

St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

• The Days of Rondo (Minnesota) by Evelyn Fairbanks

Sunland Park, New Mexico, USA

• The Guardians: A Novel by Ana Castillo

Tangier, Morocco

• The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma

Tehran, Iran

• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Tennessee, USA

• Daughter of the Hills: A Woman's Part in the Coal Miners' Struggle (Novel of the Thirties) by Myra Page
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Texas, USA

• The Only Piece of Furniture in the House: A Novel by Diane Glancy

Thandabantu Store

• The Stone Virgins: A Novel by Yvonne Vera

Timbuktu

• The Children of Segu by Maryse Conde

Tres Marias, Chile

• House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

Trinidad

• Sequins for Ragged Hem by Amryl Johnson

Tucson, Arizona, USA

• Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

USA

• Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee

Valparaiso, Chile

• Daughter of Fortune (Oprah's Book Club) by Isabel Allende

Van Nuys, California, USA

• A Year in Van Nuys by Sandra Tsing Loh

Vancouver,

• Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid by Evelyn Lau

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Halfbreed by Maria Campbell

Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

• The Black Rose by Tananarive Due

Vienna, Austria

• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Washington, D.C., USA

• So Good by Venise Berry

Washington, USA

• Coyote Stories by Mourning Dove

Willow Springs

• Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

A wood near by to Athens

• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

• The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri