Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Post your nominations here for the March group reads. A significant portion of the book must be set in the featured location. We will be reading books set on the island of Denmark, the Basse-Normandie region of France, and the historical county of Durham in the UK. Here are our group lists to get you started:

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

Lower Normandy (Basse-Normadie) Region of France:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(please scroll down to the "Books Set in Lower Normandy" heading).

UK County of Durham:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (please scroll down to the "Books Set in Durham" 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 Denmark, I nominate Silence in October by Jens Christian Grøndahl.

Denmark - Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Lower Normandy region of France - Pierre and Jean by Guy de Maupassant
County of Durham - Pig Iron by
Benjamin Myers

For Denmark: The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff.

Denmark: Winter's Tales by Isak Dinesen