International Reads discussion

Go to the 'How Nominations Work' folder to find out more. This thread will be open for nominations until midnight EST Wednesday 2nd April, so you have one week.

You can nominate one book and second one book.

I look forward to all your nominations! :)

Remember we are not nominating books from countries we have previously read.

So we will have read by May:

The Slynx- Russian
Snow Country- Japanese
Hunger - Norwegian
The Colonel - Iranian
Half of a Yellow Sun - Nigerian.
The House of the Spirits - Chilean

So please don't nominate books from any of those countries as they will not be counted.

Thanks :)

Sorry, I've just realized I was posting in the wrong topic :)

The Hour of the star - Clarice Lispector (Brazil)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

Silk - Alessandro Baricco (Italy)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

The implacable order of things - José Luis Peixoto (Portugal)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Thanks! :)

Hey guys!=)
I nominate We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen (Denmark)

I nominate Such A Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry.

I've read his other 2 books and loved them. He is an Indian author who writes excellent family dramas which break your heart.

Paula wrote: "Sorry, I've just realized I was posting in the wrong topic :)

The Hour of the star - Clarice Lispector (Brazil)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

S..."

Hi Paula,

Thanks so much for the nominations :) Unfortunately we only nominate one book each to save it from being confusing so maybe there's one of those you'd like to select?

Sorry about that! It's my first time! :)
The hour of the star, as this is a read women year :)

I nominate Last Man in Tower by Aravand Adiga. He's Indian.

Waiting by Ha Jin - China (I wasn't sure which of his was the best one to nominate, but chose this one because it's won awards and I see it on "best-of" lists, yet it still has a low-ish rating on here)

I nominate In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner


I will second Last Man in Tower.

Thanks for the second Nicole!

Nicole wrote: "I nominate In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner


I will second Last Man in Tower."

I second In the Shadow of the Banyan

I second In the Shadow of the Banyan.

Splinter by Sebastian Fitzek - Germany

I nominate Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

I second In the Shadow of the Banyan!

I second Such a Long Journey, I've read A Fine Balance and really loved his writing style.

I nominate From the Land of the Moon by Milena Agus: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
It's italian. I recently read Daddy's Wings and loved it!

I nominate Punjabi Parmesan by Pallavi Aiyar

I nominate Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin (America)

Paula wrote: "Sorry about that! It's my first time! :)
The hour of the star, as this is a read women year :)"

No worries :) Thanks for the nomination!

I nominate Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (Mexico)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I second Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (Mexico)

Hm, maybe it'll be easier if we have a theme/country in future. Because there are sooo many choices rights now, awesome choices. I don't even know what to double, they all sounds amazing...

I'm nominating Janie Chang's "Three Souls" which made it to a final round of voting previously but then we realized wasn't available everywhere. Well, NOW IT IS! Yes!

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Raises hand for Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo

Pedro Páramo!

Since I already have it and have been meaning to read it for a while, Pedro Páramo.

I nominate The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa--Peru
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

I second The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa - I've had it for nearly a year now and it sounds so good!!

I second The Bad Girl

I second Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo! I had that for over a year now and was even thinking about giving it away, but actually I really want to read it!

Second a Bad Girl as well.:)

I second In the Shadow of the Banyan