Books from all around the world:
Aura by Carlos Fuentes, Latin America
The Bonesetters Daughter by Amy Tan, set in China
Julie and Julia set in NYC
The Inheritance of Loss from India
Tudor Adventurers
Hellhound on His Trail from the American South
In the Time of Butterflies, the DR
The Death of Vishnu, also from India
Race Matters by Cornel West
Room by Canadian Emma Donoghue
Assassination Vacation, US