Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Post your nominations here for the May group reads. A significant portion of the book must be set in the featured location. We will be reading a selection set in Singapore, a book set on an island from either Mexico, Central America, or South America, and a book from a Muslim author who is in a marginalized population in their country of residence.

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

Islands
Nominate a book set on an island from Mexico, Central America, or South America. This can be an island country, territory, or island belonging to a larger country.

Minority Author
Nominate a book written by a Muslim author who lives in a country where they are part of a minority or marginalized population.

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 Singapore): 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.

What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau is set in Mexico. The Wild Book by Juan Villoro and translated by Lawrence Schimel is also set in Mexico. Sugarbread by Bali Kaur Jaswal is set in Singapore.

I second What the Moon Saw

Audrey wrote: "I second What the Moon Saw"

Thank you, Audrey :)

Islands: K. Vonnegut Jr Galapagos

I have been wanting to read They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall which is set on a island in Mexico.

Janice wrote: " What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau is set in Mexico. The Wild Book by Juan Villoro and translated by Lawrence Schimel is also set in Mexico. [book: Sugarbread|28230013..."

The books set in Mexico need to be set on islands. Are these set on islands?

For Singapore, I nominate this one: Singapore 52
For muslim minority author, I nominate: Mycroft Holmes or alternatively: Punching the Air

I second Punching the Air

For Singapore, I nominate: The River's Song by Suchen Christine Lim.

For Islands, I nominate: Papillon by Henri Charrière.

For Minority Author, I nominate; The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.

Diane wrote: "Janice wrote: " What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau is set in Mexico. The Wild Book by Juan Villoro and translated by Lawrence Schimel is also set in Mexico. [book: Suga..."

Sorry, no they are not. I guess I was focusing on just Mexico.

For Singapore, I nominate Ministry of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee Koe.

For an Island novel, I nominate Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy by Marie Vieux-Chauvet, a trio of novellas that take place in Haiti.

For Minority Author, I nominate We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Canadian artist, activist and author Samra Habib.

Island - Isabel Alende - Largo petalo del mar is excellent book about Chile, which they inhabitants and the author consider an island, since it is surrounded with desert (north and south), the Andes and the ocean. Technically it isn‚t island in the classical sense, but ...

Island: Victoire: My Mother's Mother - Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe)