Setting (Outside US/Can/ENG/AUS)

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

Austria

Bangladesh

Bermuda

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cameroon

Chile

  • *Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura

China

Czech Republic

Egypt

Ethiopia

Europe

These are books in which the characters traverse the continent

Finland

France

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Greenland

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Iran

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
  • 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)
  • The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
  • 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

Jamaica

Japan

Korea (South)

Lebanon

  • Restless by Joseph Kai (GN)

Malaysia

Mexico

  • Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley

Nigeria

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 (Amz)

Philippines

Poland

Russia

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

Spain

Sri Lanka

St. Thomas

Suriname

  • On a Woman’s Madness by Astrid Roemer

Syria

Taiwan

Trinidad & Tobago

Uruguay

Vietnam

Zambia

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