Traveling in books

I have two discussion groups "traveling" in books. They are called Around the World in 80 Days and Essencia Island, and both are among Oprah's "Online Reading Groups." Here are the lists we've made and some of the places we have "visited":

Around the World in 80 Books
2006
August ~ Storyteller's Daughter ~ by Saira Shah ~ Afghanistan
September ~ Snowflower and the Secret Fan ~ by Lisa See ~ China
October ~ A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali ~ by Gil Courtemanche ~ Rwanda
November ~ Mutant Message Down Under ~ by Marlo Morgan ~ Australia
December ~ Simon's Family ~ by Marianne Fredriksson ~ Sweden
2007
January ~ Sweetness in the Belly ~ by Camilla Gibb ~ Ethiopia
February ~ The Cigar Roller ~ by Pablo Medina ~ Cuba
March ~ The Other Boleyn Girl ~ by Philippa Gregory ~ England
April ~ Snow ~ by Orhan Pamuk ~ Turkey
May ~ Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight ~ by Alexandra Fuller ~ Zimbabwe
June ~ The Coffee Trader ~ by Daniel Liss ~ Holland
July ~ Flags of Our Fathers ~ by James Bradley ~ Iwo Jima

Essencia Island
2006
April ~ My Sister's Keeper ~ by Jodi Picoult ~ Rhode Island, USA
May ~ Girl in Hyacinth Blue ~ by Susan Vreeland ~ Groningen, Netherlands
June ~ Gilead ~ by Marilynne Robinson ~ Iowa, USA
July ~ Stolen Lives ~ by Malika Oufkir ~ Morocco
August ~ Train to Pakistan ~ by Khushwant Singh ~ Punjab, India
September ~ She's Come Undone ~ by Wally Lamb ~ New England, USA
October ~ The Name of the Rose ~ by Umberto Eco ~ Italy
November ~ Never Let Me Go ~ by Kazuo Ishiguro ~ England
December ~ The Alchemist ~ by Paulo Coelho ~ Spain, Morocco, Egypt
2007
January ~ Palace Walk ~ by Naguib Mahfouz ~ Cairo, Egypt
February ~ The Tea Rose ~ by Jennifer Donnelly ~ London, England
March ~ Embracing Defeat ~ by John W. Dower ~ Japan
April ~ Little Children ~ by Tom Perrotta ~ suburban USA
May ~ Green Grass, Running Water ~ by Thomas King ~ Canada and USA
June ~ Caravans ~ by James Michener ~ Afghanistan
July ~ Vermeer: A View of Delft ~ by Anthony Bailey ~ Delft, Netherlands
August ~ The Years with Laura Diaz ~ by Carlos Fuentes ~ Mexico
September ~ The Tenth Circle ~ by Jodi Picoult ~ Maine and Alaska, USA
October ~ Luncheon of the Boating Party ~ by Susan Vreeland ~ Paris, France
November ~ Helen of Troy ~ by Margaret George ~ Greece and Turkey
December ~ The Gilded Chamber ~ by Rebecca Kohn ~ Persia (Iran)
2008
January ~ The Secret River ~ by Kate Grenville ~ Australia
February ~ Teacher Man ~ by Frank McCourt ~ New York, USA
March ~ The Kite Runner ~ by Khaled Hosseini ~ Afghanistan
April ~ The Hours ~ by Michael Cunningham ~ London, NYC, L.A.
May ~ The Holding ~ by Merilyn Simonds ~ Canada

Which of these have YOU read? Please feel free to make comments about ANY of these books.