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 a selection set in Togo, a translated book from a female writer, and a memoir from a writer from Southeast Asia.

Togo*:
Nominate a book set in Togo.
Togo Book List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Togo Bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Women in Translation
Nominate a translated book from a female author that is translated from either Spanish, Catalan, or Euskara. Examples of countries/regions where a significant percentage of residents speak these languages include Andorra, Argentina, Balearic Islands, Basque region, Bolivia, Belize, Canary Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Easter Island, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Galapagos Islands, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

World Memoirs
Nominate a memoir or autobiography from one of the following countries in Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. The book must be a non-fiction memoir and set in one of these countries/regions.

For a list of books we have read in previous months, click here: Previously Read Group Read Books

*For our featured world country selection (this month it is Togo): If the book selected by popular vote is not written by a native or resident author of at least 1 year, the book written by a native/resident author with the highest votes will also be selected, resulting in two book selections for that country.

For Togo, I nominate An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie

Togo: The Shadow of Things to Come by Kossi Efoui

Women in Translation- La Bastarda: A Novel
World Memoirs- A Burmese Heart

For Togo,I nominate Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja.

For Women in Translation, I nominate The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo. This is originally in Catalan and has been translated into 26 languages including most European languages, Hebrew, Turkish, Chinese, and Vietnamese. Many of us could read it.

For women in translation, I nominate The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

for memoir, I nominate First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers Loung Ung

For women in translation, I nominate Tentacle by Rita Indiana

Nominations are now closed.