Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Post your nominations here for the December group reads. A significant portion of the book must be set in the featured location. We will be reading a selection set in Saudi Arabia, a translated book from a female writer, and a memoir from a writer from anywhere outside the US, Canada, or UK.

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

Women in Translation
Nominate a translated book from a female author that is translated into English from any other language.

World Memoirs
Nominate a memoir or autobiography from any writer outside of US, UK, and Canada.

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 Saudi Arabia): 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.

Hola!

My nominations:
Saudi Arabia: Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea

Women in translation: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich

World Memoirs: Newcomers by Lojze Kovačič

Saudi Arabia: War Songs by Antarah Ibn Shaddad and Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening by Manal Al-Sharif (I couldn't choose just one!)

For World Memoirs, Days in the Caucasus by Banine.

For Women in Translation: Iza's Ballad by Magda Szabó

Saudi Arabia: The green bicycle

For World Memoirs: Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman by Mpho M'Atsepo Nthunya.

For Saudi Arabia, I nominate Azazeel by Youssef Ziedan. Winner of the Arab Booker in 2009.

For Women in Translation, I nominate Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yōko Tawada

For World Memoirs, I nominate Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

I am unable to use Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster and Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman as they are both previously read group reads.

For Saudi Arabia, i nominate Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Yousef Al-Mohaimeed