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I 1 Adventure: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeI 2 Nonfiction: Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
I 3 Fantasy: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
I 4 Horror: something by H P Lovecraft
I 5 Set on or about the Silk Road: The Travels by Marco Polo
N 1 Desert, Ocean or Mountains: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson or Life of Pi by Yann MartelN 2 Classic Literature: Nana by Émile Zola
N 3 Free:
N 4 Espionage: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
N 5 Greek, Roman or Norse Mythology: Nordiska gudinnor: nytolkningar av den förkristna mytologin (Norse Goddesses) by Britt-Mari Näsström or Blot - Tro och offer i den förkristna norden (about sacrificial feasts) by the same author
G 1 Retelling?G 2 Translated from Russian: Oskyldiga berättelser (Innocent stories) by
Michail Saltykov-Sjtsjedrin
G 3 Humour: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
G 4 Short Story Collection:
G 5 African Woman Author: An Elegy for Easterly: Stories by Petina Gappah
O 1 Nature Theme:O 2 Translated from Arabic: The Sand Child by Tahar Ben Jelloun
O 3 Historical fiction set before 1900: Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
O 4 Based on a True Story: A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
O 5 Food Theme: Babette's Feast by Karen Blixen a.k.a Isak Dinesen
Long time since I updated this. And I haven't yet much to say either. Only two small but magick squares will be marked for now.I 5: Set on or about the Silk Road:
The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo
and O 5: Food theme:
Babette’s Feast by Karen Blixen
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B 1 Scandinavian or Norse Writer: Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson or De dömdas ö by Stig Dagerman
B 2 Ancient History Digerdöden by Dick Harrison (about The Black Death)
B 3 Vietnamese Author: Ru by Kim Thúy
B 4 Translated from German: Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse or Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann
B 5 Apocalyptic/Sci Fi: Vi by
Jevgenij Zamjatin