The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, Billy @ Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer relaunched the hop on February 15, 2013. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end the following Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop’s purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to their own blog.
The question this week is:
Do you read books by authors from outside your country?Any book recommendations? Also, if you’re not from the US/UK, could you name one author/book from your country? (submitted by Kristin @ Lukten av Trykksverte)
Going by my Goodreads record for 2020 I’ve mostly read books by authors from the UK. I have read books authors from the US, and also a few books by authors from Ireland, France, New Zealand, and an author who was born in the Netherlands but now lives in the UK, with his family. Does that count? 
In the past I have read translated fiction from Scandinavia and Japan and read books by authors from Australia and Canada.
Secret Library Book Blog 
All the time! I love to travel either really or vicariously through my reading.
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Fantastic Linda! I love to read books set in other locations, but the authors are mostly from the UK.
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I find writers from other places are usually fascinating…
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My blog is about Nordic literature which has been translated into English.
It’s mainly crime fiction but not exclusively. I’m based in Scotland so although near these countries Scotland is not considered Nordic (although we share some similarities). You may also find the odd thing about Nordic TV and film or book festivals over on my blog. Come over and check it out. It’s all about community! ♥️
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Thanks I’ll check it out!
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One memoir I read was The Girl With Seven Names …I believe the author lives in South Korea?
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Fantastic! I just realise that I’ve read Japanese translations as well. I must edit this post!
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I read novels written by authors from outside Australia all the time. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which I recently read was written by Swedish author Stieg Larsson and I’m currently reading Tolkien, a South African born author.
One of my favourite Australian authors is Kimberley Freeman, who wrote the historical romance Evergreen Falls. She also writes speculative fiction under the name Kim Wilkins.
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Excellent!
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All are UK/US books and I read them all the time but occasionally I read book by Indian authors as well. My favourite Indian Author is Anuja Chandramauli.
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I’ll have to check Anuja Chandramauli. what sort of books do they write?
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Indian Mythology
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Interesting!
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This is a great question, and it just so happens that I’m currently reading a book by an Argentinian author! I’ve been trying to read more fiction in translation this year, but it’s still only around 10% of the books I read
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I don’t think read anything by an Argentinian author Jo. Hope you’re enjoying it! x
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I do have an overweight of UK authors, but I try to read international novels as well. For some reason, I have really taken to Japanese literature. Originally, I am from Scandinavia and (in my humble opinion 😉 ) there is a lot of great books from that region. In particular crime fiction, but one of my favourites in recent time is A Man Called Ove.
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Yes there’s lots of good Scandi Noir isn’t there!
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I only read books by authors from outside my country 😂 Lots of UK and US, some Irish, some Spanish and Latin Americans and (mostly through Orenda Books) I read many Scandi authors as well.
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Brilliant!
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Since I live in Israel, almost all of the books I read are outside my country. Mind you, I am from the US, but even so, again, most of the books I read aren’t set in the US.
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Fantastic!
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As a French woman? I read books outside my country most of the time!
As a Londoner? Whoops, I read so many books set in the UK! xxx
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You’ve got the best of both worlds! xx
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I am very lucky 😃 xx
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Absolutely, being Canadian, I read a lot of books from the US, UK, and Australia. One of my favourite Canadian Authors is Linwood Barclay.
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Excellent! I didn’t know that Linwood Barclay was Canadian!
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Yup, him and Margaret Atwood are our two most well known.
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How do you find that info on Goodreads – I must investigate!
Great question and answer – I imagine I read mostly UK authors too.
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Thanks! It’s from my Goodreads Challenges, which you find via your profile, if you’re looking on a PC.
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This is an interesting question! I’ve read a few books over the years that are translated, but I think the majority of books I read are set in England (where I’m from) or the U.S. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this 🙂
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Gad you liked the question Eleanor!
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As I’m originally from The Netherlands, currently live in Argentina and almost exclusively read English books, about 99% of the books are from outside my country haha. I do love discovering books from non UK/US authors and try to read not only nordic noir titles but also other translated fiction whenever I have the chance. xx
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😂 I think you’ve won this week! xx
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xD
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I think most of the authors I read are also from the US or UK hahaha It’s always nice to go beyond those regions and discover authors from other countries though. 😮
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It seems eveyone is reading authors from there too! 😀
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Haha I only read novels outside my country.. I did try one or two in the past (and lots I had to read in school) but I haven’t discovered any great reads here so it’s only natural that I started to search further abroad right. I have read great UK, US, German, Danish and other authors now!
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Brilliant! 😂
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I love to have a diverse read list, and this year I am doing the Reading Women Challenge which has 24 prompts, all encouraging you to read books by women authors / with women protagonists which are not from your country. It is challenging but very rewarding 🙂
Also I would recommend The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. Happy Reading!
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Sounds like a real challenge!
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