These are the books we've liked best so far....

World Book Group Edinburgh, first UNESCO World City of Literature Rank - Country - Author - Title - Score 1. New Zealand – Keri Hulme – The bone people – 8.7 2. Iran – Khaled Hosseini – The kite runner – 8.5 2. Dominican Republic – Julia Alvarez – In the time of the butterflies – 8.5 2. Norway – Per Petterson – Out stealing horses – 8.5 5. Albania – Ismail Kadare – Broken April – 8.4 5. Sudan – Leila Aboulela – The translator – 8.4 5. USA – James Welch – Fools Crow – 8.4 5. Mexico – Graciela Limón – The day of the moon – 8.4 9. Spain – Bernardo Atxaga – The accordionist’s son – 8.33 10. Nigeria – Chinua Achebe – Anthills of the savannah – 8.3 11. Sweden – Marianne Fredriksson – Hanna’s daughters – 8.25 12. France – Marcel Pagnol – Jean de Florette – 8.17 13. Tanzania – Abdulrazak Gurnah – By the sea - 8.1 13. Japan – Fumiko Enchi – The waiting years – 8.1 15. Libya – Ibrahim al-Koni – The bleeding of the stone – 8.0 15. Russia – Mikhail Lermentov – A hero of our time – 8.0 15. Germany – Patrick Susskind – Perfume – 8.0 18. Roma – Louise Doughty – Stone Cradle 7.91 19. Israel – Meir Shalev – Blue mountain – 7.9 19. Zimbabwe – Shimmer Chinodya – Harvest of thorns – 7.9 21. Czechoslovakia – Bohumil Hrabal – Closely observed trains – 7.8