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Books are the best way to escape reality, but also Crossing borders Anywhere in the world without having to leave your home. And it is precisely because of
Books are the best way to escape reality, but also Crossing borders Anywhere in the world without having to leave your home. And it is precisely because of the cultural diversity that literature offers us that people can learn more about other countries and civilizations by reading stories written by other people in other contexts, other places and other times.
Every competent reader will know the Goodreads platform. A social network for bookworms (and non-bookworms) that acts as a database with multiple entries 3.5 billion books of the whole world. It also allows users to share books they’ve read, suggest titles, make lists, and even write reviews about them.
As the largest literary database on the Internet, it is a good study resource for researching the reading trends of different countries and the tastes and interests of societies around the world. And that’s exactly what WordFinderX has done, whose team has designed a world map that shows which are the best books written by local authors in every country in the world.
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As you can see on the map, the best rated book in the world according to Goodreads Svědectví or životě and KLDR (witnesses of life in North Korea). This is Czech author Nina Špitálníková’s third book about North Korea and is based on seven interviews with refugees from that country. Despite its critical stance towards the dictatorial regime, the book paints a compelling and rarely seen picture of life in North Korea through testimonials.
If we analyze the results by country, we see that the highest-rated book written by an American in the United States is a science fiction and fantasy title. Shine QuotesPart of Brandon Sanderson Sherry Stormlight ArchiveAn epic that combines politics, war, race, religion, secret conspiracies, magic, assassins, gods, and countless other fantasy elements. So is Canada my pussyby Michael Jean. And so is Mexico Ghosts of Fernandoby author Jaime Alfonso Sandoval.
In Central and South America, biographies, memoirs, and ethnographies top the list, but also children’s books: Curly is the highest-rated book by Dominican author Claribel A. Ortega, a former reporter who writes young adult fantasies. And the highest score in all of Latin America, All MafaldasA collection of comics by Argentinian cartoonist Quino. Non-fiction books are also included. Fresh Fruit, Broken CorpsesBy Honduran author Seth M. Holmes.
On the other hand, it emerges as a modernist classic, the most valuable Peruvian. Mario Vargas Llosa was in front of you boom Latin American literature in the 1960s, alongside names such as Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez and Manuel Puig. Her Speech in the Cathedral It portrays Peru under the dictatorship of Manuel A. Odría in the 1950s. It tops the list in Colombia thing that has no nameBy Piedad Bonnett.
Europe is one of the continents with the most literature. We see all kinds of genres in the ranking: from thrillers to autobiographies. As we said before, the book with the highest score belongs to the Czech author. Svědectví or životě and KLDR (witnesses of life in North Korea), but we cannot help but mention Botanist Written by MW Craven, the top-rated book in the UK is part of a long series about the crimes and adventures of Detective Sergeant Washington Poe. So is Spain Warrior in the shadow of the cherry treeA tale of revenge and redemption for samurai lords in Japan, by David B. Gil.
According to the map, among the highest-rated books in Asia and Oceania are the following popular memoirs: escape to live between North Korean defector Yeonmi Park is a tough autobiography that gives you goosebumps. Like self-help books in Singapore doomed to reign famous evangelist Joseph Prince
Finally, in Africa we find many political and protest books, such as the feminist manifesto of Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Dear Ijeawele, and The African Origin of Civilization by Senegalese historian Cheikh Anta Diop.
Meanwhile, the most popular books by local authors in the Middle East and Central Asia include acclaimed novels, memoirs, and essay collections. A Thousand Splendid Suns author Khaled Hosseini tops Afghanistan, which spent fifteen weeks at the top of the New York Times bestseller list in 2007. Shahnameh One of Ferdowsi’s longest epic poems in the world. And in Turkey Thin Memes 4Written by Yaşar Kemal.
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*An earlier version of this article was published in July 2023.
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Ashley Johnson is a science writer for “Div Bracket”. With a background in the natural sciences and a passion for exploring the mysteries of the universe, she provides in-depth coverage of the latest scientific developments.
