Note: Countries are listed by their current names, which may not be accurate for historical fiction. These cases are marked with an HF.
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 Carolina De Robertis
- Who is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht
- *Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk
Austria
-
All of You Every Single One by Beatrice Hitchman
Bangladesh
- Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam
- The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
Bermuda
- All Are Welcome by Liz Parker
Botswana
- Wild Life by Keena Roberts
Brazil
- *The Words That Remain by Stênio Gardel
- Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martins
- This is Our Place by Vitor Martins
- Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha
Bulgaria
- What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
- Cleanness by Garth Greenwell
Cameroon
- *These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere
China
- Blue Hunger by Viola di Grado
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelly Parker-Chan
- After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
- Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao
Czech Republic
- The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis (HF)
Egypt
- In the Spider’s Room by Muhammed Abdelnabi
- A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark (Amz)
- Greenland by David Santos Donaldson
Ethiopia
- Finding Joy by Adriana Herrera
Europe
These are books in which the characters traverse the continent
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
- The Summer of Us by Cecelia Vinesse
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
- The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
- The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert
- What’s Left of the Night by Ersi Sotiropoulos
- The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
Germany
- Paper Love by Jae
- Black Deutschland by Darryl Pinckney
- Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall (YA)
- The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson (YA)
Greece
- *Antiquity by Hanna Johansson
- Lion’s Legacy by L.C. Rosen
- 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
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 (Amz)
- 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
- If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
- Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Ireland
- Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary
- Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth
- The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA)
- Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA)
- Witches of Ash & Ruin by E. Latimer (YA)
- 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)
Italy
- Call Me By Your Name and Find Me by André Aciman
- How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
- A Beautiful Crime by Christopher Bollen
- Leading Men by Christopher Castellani
- Eight Strings by Margaret DeRosia (Amz)
- Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett
- Maddalena and the Dark by Julia Fine
- Two People by Donald Windham
Jamaica
- Songs of Irie by Asha Bromfield
- *Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke
- Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
- Every Dark Desire by Fiona Zedde
Japan
- Solo Dance by Li Kotomi (Amz)
- A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith
- Memorial by Bryan Washington
Korea (South)
- Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
- Violet by Kyung-Sook Shin
Lebanon
- Restless by Joseph Kai (GN)
Malaysia
- Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
- Bellies by Nicola Dinan (partially set)
Mexico
- Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley
Nigeria
- *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
- An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon
Norway
- The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath (island off the coast)
Pakistan
- Other Names for Love by Taymour Soomro (Amz)
Philippines
- Don’t Tell My Mother by Brigitte Bautista
- “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
- The Fourth Courier by Thomas Jay Smith
Russia
- *Let the Dead Bury the Dead by Alison Epstein
- Spring in Siberia by Artem Mozgovoy
- *Wound by Oksana Vasyakina
Scotland
- Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron
- Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron
- Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
- Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera (Amz)
Singapore
- The Spy and Her Serpent by Maria Ying (Amz)
South Africa
- Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell
- The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
- Nate Plus One by Kevin van Whye
Spain
- Countries of Origin by Javier Fuentes
- Meet Me in Madrid by Verity Lowell
- *Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero (Madrid)
- All This I Will Give to You by Dolores Redondo
- Briefly, a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens (Mallorca)
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
Syria
- The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan
Taiwan
- Solo Dance by Li Kotomi
Trinidad & Tobago
- The Dreaming by Andre Bagoo
- Sweethand by N.G. Peltier
Uruguay
- Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis
Vietnam
- She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran (YA)
- The Book of Salt by Monique Truong (HF)
Zambia
- *The Lion’s Den by Iris Mwanza