Note: Countries are listed by their current names, which may not be accurate for historical fiction. These cases are marked with an HF. Additionally, for some of these titles, the book is only one of several settings.

Algeria

• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (YA)*

Angola

• Call Me Cassandra by Marcial Gala

Antarctica

• Rising From Ash by Jax Meyer (South Pole)
• All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

Argentina

• Brickmakers by Selva Almada
• The Gods of Tango by Caro De Robertis
• Who is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht*
• Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk

Austria

• All of You Every Single One by Beatrice Hitchman
• Murder at the Hotel Orient by Alessandra Ranelli
• *All Girls Be Mine Alone by Sophie Strohmeier

Bangladesh

• Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam
• The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

Bermuda

• All Are Welcome by Liz Parker

Bolivia

• The Underside by Jennifer Steil

Botswana

• Wild Life by Keena Roberts (Memoir)

Brazil

• The Words That Remain by Stênio Gardel
• Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martins (YA)
• This is Our Place by Vitor Martins (YA)
• Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha (YA)

Bulgaria

• What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
• Cleanness by Garth Greenwell

Cameroon

• These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere

Chile

• Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura

China

• Blue Hunger by Viola di Grado
• A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee (Historical YA)
• From Beijing, With Love by Bei Lin (M/M Romance)
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelly Parker-Chan (Historical)
• The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
• After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (YA Sci-Fi)
• Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao (MG Sci-Fi)

Colombia

• Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You by Julián Delgado Lopera

Cuba

• Cages by Chantel Acevedo

Czechia

• The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis (HF)
• The Summer of Us by Cecelia Vinesse (YA)

Egypt

• In the Spider’s Room by Muhammed Abdelnabi
• A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
• Greenland by David Santos Donaldson
• Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi

Estonia

• And the Trees Stare Back by Gigi Griffis (YA)

Ethiopia

• Finding Joy by Adriana Herrera (M/M Romance)

Finland

• My Name is Magic by Xan van Rooyen

France

• The Last Nude by Ellis Avery
• The Disenchantment by Celia Bell
• Lie With Me by Philippe Besson
• Less by Andrew Sean Greer
• We Are the Beasts by Gigi Griffis (YA)
• Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera
• The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley
• The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
• Like We Were in Paris by Stephan Lee (YA)
• Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis
• The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
• The Paris Affair by Maureen Marshall
• The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
• Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris
• The Beasts of Paris by Stef Penney
• The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert
• The Titanic Survivors’ Book Club by Timothy Schaffert
• What’s Left of the Night by Ersi Sotiropoulos
• The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
• The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
• The Summer of Us by Cecelia Vinesse (YA)

Germany

• Blood Rouge by Jeza Belle
• Less by Andrew Sean Greer
• Paper Love by Jae
• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (YA)
• A Blood as Bright as the Moon by Andrea Morstabilini
• Black Deutschland by Darryl Pinckney
• I Make Envy on Your Disco by Eric Schnall
• The Living Realm by Jordan Tannahill
• Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall (YA)
• The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson (YA)

Ghana

• No One Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben

Greece

• The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine (Lesbos)
• Young Conquerors: A Novel of Hephaestion and Alexandros by Christopher Cosmos
• Love in Ruins by Auriane Desombre (YA)
• Antiquity by Hanna Johansson
• The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (YA)
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• Lion’s Legacy by L.C. Rosen (YA)
• Fire on the Island by Timothy Jay Smith

Greenland

• Greenland by David Santos Donaldson
• Last Night in Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussen

Honduras

• Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar

Hong Kong

• Three Months to Forever by Hudson Lin

Hungary

• This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke

Iceland

• Boulder by Eva Baltasar
• Seidman by James Erich
• Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

India

• The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella
• The Other Man by Farhard J. Dadyburjor
• *Queerly Beloved by Farhard J. Dadyburjor
• Less by Andrew Sean Greer
• Falling Into Place by Sheryn Munir
• Mother India by Tova Reich
• Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu
• The City of Devi by Manil Suri

Iran

• The Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis (YA)
• If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan (YA)
• Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (YA)
• Medusa of the Roses by Navid Sinaki

Ireland

• These Days by Lucy Caldwell
• The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
• Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary
• Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth
• Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Howarth
• The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA)
• Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA)
• The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA)
• Witches of Ash & Ruin by E. Latimer (YA)
• The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
• Thirst Trap by Gráinne O’Hare
• At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill
• Normal People by Sally Rooney
• The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth (YA)
• Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth (YA)

Israel

• Sunhead by Alex Assan (YA GN)
• A Meeting of Two Prophets by Judah Tasa
• Urban Tails by Ilana Zeffren (Comic)

Italy

• Call Me By Your Name and Find Me by André Aciman
• How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi (YA)
• Nicked by M.T. Anderson (Historical)
• Vesuvius by Cass Biehn (YA, Historical)
• A Beautiful Crime by Christopher Bollen
• Leading Men by Christopher Castellani
• Eight Strings by Margaret DeRosia
• Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett
• Maddalena and the Dark by Julia Fine (Historical)
• Less by Andrew Sean Greer
• Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer
• It Had to Be Him by Adib Khorram
• The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (YA, Historical)
• The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
• Nymph by Sofia Montrone
• The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
• The Dogs of Venice by Steven Rowley
• When Love Gives You Lemons by Steven Salvatore (YA)
• The Summer of Us by Cecelia Vinesse (YA)
• Two People by Donald Windham

Jamaica

• Songs of Irie by Asha Ashanti Bromfield (YA)
• Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke
• The Lovers, the Liars, and Me by DeAndra Davis (YA)
• Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
• The Disappearers by Marlon James
• Every Dark Desire by Fiona Zedde

Japan

• Jackson Alone by Jose Ando
• Less by Andrew Sean Greer
• Solo Dance by Li Kotomi
• Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai (YA)
• Passage to Tokyo by Poppy Kuroki
• The Night of Baba Yaga by Akiro Otani, trans. by Sam Bett
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith (YA)
• Fish and Water by Gengoroh Tagame
• Love Makes Mochi by Stephany Valentine (YA)
• Memorial by Bryan Washington
• Palaver by Bryan Washington

Korea (South)

• Flip the Script by Lyla Lee (YA)
• Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
• Violets by Kyung-Sook Shin

Lebanon

• The True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine
• Restless by Joseph Kai (GN)

Malaysia

• Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
• Bellies by Nicola Dinan (partially set)

Mexico

• Perpetual West by Mesha Maren
• Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley

Morocco

• Less by Andrew Sean Greer
• I’ll Take the Fire by Leila Slimani

Nigeria

• Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi
• Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
• God’s Little Children Are Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu
• And Then He Sang a Lullaby by Ani Kayode
• Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
• Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde
• Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde
• An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon

Norway

• Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes
• The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath (island off the coast)

Pakistan

• Other Names for Love by Taymour Soomro

Philippines

• Don’t Tell My Mother by Brigitte Bautista
• The Lease of Their Problems by Brigitte Bautista and Chi Yu Rodriguez
• “The Murders in the Rue Apartelle, Boracay” by Rin Chupeco (in His Hideous Heart)
• So Forward by Mina V. Esguerra
• Another Word For Happy by Agay Llanera
• Lulu Sinagtala and the Tagalog Gods by Gail D. Villanueva

Poland

• Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
• *Intrusive Behavior by Sebastian J. Plata
• The Fourth Courier by Thomas Jay Smith

Russia

• Let the Dead Bury the Dead by Allison Epstein
• Spring in Siberia by Artem Mozgovoy
• Wound by Oksana Vasyakina
• Steppe by Oksana Vasyakina

Scotland

• Summer at the Scottish Castle by Rachel Bowdler – P
• Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron (YA)
• Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron (YA)
• The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap
• The Needfire by MK Hardy
• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (YA)
• Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera (Amz)
• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (YA)
• All the Stars in the Daylight Sky by Maya MacGregor (YA)
• The Book of Blood and Roses by Annie Summerlee

Singapore

• When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee
• City of Others by Jared Poon
• The Spy and Her Serpent by Maria Ying

South Africa

• Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell
• The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
• The Other Me by Xan van Rooyen
• Nate Plus One by Kevin van Whye

Spain

• Countries of Origin by Javier Fuentes
• The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
• Meet Me in Madrid by Verity Lowell
• The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
• Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero (Madrid)
• All This I Will Give to You by Dolores Redondo
• Spanish Surrender by Rachel Spangler
• Briefly, a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens (Mallorca)
• The Seduction by Sara Torres

Sri Lanka

• The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
• Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai
• Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai

St. Thomas

• Hurricane Girl by Kacen Callender

Suriname

• On a Woman’s Madness by Astrid Roemer

Switzerland

• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (YA)

Syria

• The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan

Taiwan

• Solo Dance by Li Kotomi
• Taiwan Travelogue by Shuang-zi Yang 

Trinidad & Tobago

• The Dreaming by Andre Bagoo
• Sweethand by N.G. Peltier

Turkey

• No God But Us by Bobuq Sayed
• Istanbul Crossing by Timothy Jay Smith

Ukraine

• The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman

Uruguay

• Cantoras by Caro de Robertis

Vietnam

• A Banh Mi for Two by Trinity Nguyen (YA)
• She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran (YA)
• The Book of Salt by Monique Truong

Zambia

• The Lion’s Den by Iris Mwanza