2008 world books stats

Number of books: 105
Number of pages: 27,376
Mean pages/book: 260.7
Books of the world (first book for the country, and read in 2008):

1. Algeria: Yasmina Khadra: In the Name of God*
2. Angola: Ondjaki: Good Morning Comrades
3. Bangladesh: Amitav Ghosh: The Hungry Tide
4. Burkina Faso: Malidoma Patrice Somé: Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman
5. Brazil: Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist
6. Burundi: Gilbert Tuhabonye and Gary Brozek: This Voice in My Heart: A Genocide Survivor's Story of Escape, Faith, and Forgiveness
7. Croatia: Dubravka Ugrešić: The Ministry of Pain
8. Dominican Republic: Junot Díaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
9. Ethiopia: Dinaw Mengestu: The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
   
10. Finland: Johanna Sinisalo: Troll: A Love Story
11. Ghana: Ama Ata Aidoo: Our Sister Killjoy, or Reflections from a Black-eyed Squint
12. Greenland (member country of the Kingdom of Denmark): Gretel Ehrlich: This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
13. Guadeloupe (overseas department of France): Gisèle Pineau: The Drifting of Spirits
14. Guinea:  Camara Laye: The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy
15. Iran: Marjane Satrapi: The Complete Persepolis*
16. Iraq: Hiner Saleem: My Father's Rifle: A Childhood in Kurdistan
17. Korea, North: Richard E. Kim: Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood
    
18. Malaysia: Tash Aw: The Harmony Silk Factory
19. Mozambique: Lina Magaia: Dumba Nengue: Run for Your Life: Peasant Tales of Tragedy in Mozambique
20. Nepal: Samrat Upadhyay: Arresting God in Kathmandu
21. Palestine: Raja Shehadeh: Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine
22. Portugal: José Saramago: Blindness
23. Saint Lucia: Derek Walcott: The Prodigal: A Poem
24. Saudi Arabia: Rajaa Alsanea: Girls of Riyadh
25. Serbia: Milorad Pavić: Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel
26. Singapore: Gerrie Lim: Invisible Trade: High Class Sex for Sale in Singapore
27. Somalia: Fadumo Korn with Sabine Eichhorst: Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival
28. Sri Lanka: Michael Ondaatje: Running in the Family
29. Turkey: Orhan Pamuk: The White Castle
30. Uganda: Doreen Baingana: Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe
31. Vietnam: Monique Truong: The Book of Salt*

*I've read books from this country before, but am using this one for the challenge.

(Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet) not counted because I think it's fake.

Goal for 2009: 104+ books, with attention to these challenges: Books of the World, Great African Reads, Scavella's Caribbean Reading Challenge.