Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Post your nominations here for the October group reads. A significant portion of the book must be set in the featured location. We will be reading books set in Kyrgyzstan, the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, and the historical county of Leicestershire in the UK . Here are our group lists to get you started:

Kyrgyzstan:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Champagne-Ardenne Region of France:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (please scroll all the way down to the "Books Set in Champagne-Ardenne" heading).

UK County of Leicestershire:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (please scroll all the way down to the "Books Set in Leicestershire" heading).

Books do not need to be present on these lists to be nominated. Authors, please do not nominate your own books.

For a list of books we have read in previous months, click here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

For Kyrgyzstan, I nominate Jamilia by Chingiz Aitmatov.

For Champagne - Ardenne, I nominate The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden.

For UK County of Leicestershire, I nominate The Z Murders by J. Jefferson Farjeon.

For Kyrgyzstan, I nominate The White Steamship by Chingiz Aitmatov

Anya wrote: "I've read almost every major work written by Chingiz Aitmatov (in my opinion, the greatest Kyrghyz author and one of the greatest Russian language authors period). I'm a bit puzzled as to why "Jami..."

Perhaps Jamilia was made available in English before other Aitmatov works? I don't know, but I nominated Jamilia because I was intrigued by the synopsis and trusted friends' positive reading experiences. I'd like to read it with this group.

Are you nominating one of Aitmatov's other books? It wasn't clear from your post.

Anya wrote: "I've read almost every major work written by Chingiz Aitmatov (in my opinion, the greatest Kyrghyz author and one of the greatest Russian language authors period). I'm a bit puzzled as to why "Jami..."

I enjoyed Jamilia quite a bit, but it is the only book of his I have read thus far. My guess as to its popularity over the rest are that it is both easier to find and also very short, compared to the others.

Champagne - Ardenne: Losing Julia by Jonathan Hull

County of Leicestershire: The Queen and I by Sue Townsend

For the county of Leistershire, I nominate The Sunne in Splendour. Though long, it has great reviews and Tudor England is really interesting. This one is about Richard III ...