Exploring the World Through Books: How Reading Can Satisfy Your Wanderlust

In the article, Read the World: From Grief to Opportunity, I shared my story about creating a reading challenge when my mom died. Today, I will share a partial reading list. I read over 80 books from around the world, and you’ll find 15 below.

Books have an incredible power to transport you to different places, offering rich cultural insights and allowing you to explore the world from the comfort of your own home. The 15 books I write about can satisfy your wanderlust by taking you on journeys across diverse cultures, landscapes, and historical periods.

I offer summaries, so you can decide if you want to read any of the 15 books. Please comment if you’d like the entire list of the books I read while on the Read the World Tour.

1. Whale Music, by Paul Quarrington, Canada

2. Ru: A Novel, Kim Thúy, Vietnam, Canada

3. Buffalo Jump (Jonah Geller), Howard Shrier, Canada

4. The Dew Breaker, Edwidge Danticat, Haiti

5. Hunger: A Novel, Knut Hamsun, Norway

6. Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse, Germany

7. Out Stealing Horses: A Novel, Per Petterson, Norway