Challenge: Read Across the World Challenge

Color our World by reading books that take place in different regions! In the Read Across the World Challenge, earn 10 points for reading a book from our curated list of titles from different regions in the world. Earn up to 50 bonus points if you read 5 books from the 5 different regions.

When you complete 5 tasks, you will earn 10 points and a badge.

Blue circle with "Color Our World" written in the center.
Blue circle with "Color Our World" written in the center.
Task
Read River Sing Me Home [The Americas - Caribbean] by Eleanor Shearer
Read How to Say Babylon [The Americas - Jamacia] by Safiya Sinclair
Read Pineapple Street [The Americas - United States] by Jenny Jackson
Read Fever Dream [The Americas - Argentina] by Samanta Schweblin
Read Infinite Country [The Americas - Colombia] by Patricia Engel
Read Violeta [The Americas - South America] by Isabel Allende
Read The Ardent Swarm [Africa - Tunisia] by Yamen Manai
Read Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives [Africa - Congo] by Siddharth Kara
Read The Missing American [Africa - Ghana] by Kwei Quartey
Read Small Country [Africa - Burundi] by Gael Faye
Read River Spirit [Africa - Sudan] by Leila Aboulela
Read She Would Be King [Africa - Liberia] by Wayétu Moore
Read The Far Field [Middle East & Asia - India] by Madhuri Vijay
Read Salt Houses [Middle East & Asia - Palestine] by Hala Alyan
Read The Storm We Made [Middle East & Asia - Malaysia] by Vanessa Chan
Read Lady Tan’s Circle of Women [Middle East & Asia - China] by Lisa See
Read The Cat Who Saved Books [Middle East & Asia - Japan] by Sosuke Natsukawa
Read Run Me To Earth [Middle East & Asia - Laos] by Paul Loon
Read Anxious People [Europe - Sweden] by Fredrik Backman
Read The Glassmaker [Europe - Italy] by Tracy Chevalier
Read The Rachel Incident [Europe - Ireland] by Caroline O’Donoghue
Read Maya & Natasha [Europe - Russia] by Elyse Durham
Read Between Shades of Gray [Europe - Lithuania, Russia] by Ruta Sepetys
Read The Island of Missing Trees [Europe - Cyprus] by Elif Shafak
Read All That’s Left Unsaid [Australia & Pacific Islands - Australia] by Tracey Lien
Read The Light Between Oceans [Australia & Pacific Islands - Australia] by M.L. Stedman
Read Hula [Australia & Pacific Islands - Hawaii] by Jasmin Iolani Hakes
Read Poūkahangatus: Poems [Australia & Pacific Islands - New Zealand] by Tayi Tibble
Read Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare: Stories [Australia & Pacific Islands - Hawaii] by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
Read Call Me Evie [Australia & Pacific Islands - New Zealand] by J.P. Pomare