Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Post your nominations here for the August group reads. A significant portion of the book must be set in the featured location. We will be reading 3 books:
1) a selection set in Bolivia,
2) a book set on an island from one of the following East Asian locations: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan;
3) a book from an LGBTQ author outside of the United States.

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

Islands
Nominate a book set on an island from East Asia (see locations above). This can be an island country, territory, or island belonging to a larger country.

Minority Author
Nominate a book written by an LGBTQ author who lives outside of the United States.

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 Bolivia): 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.

**Reminder: Do not nominate your own books or books written by your friends.

Book set on an island:
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Book set in Bolivia:
Into the Jungle

Islands: The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima.

I nominate:

Bolivia: Marching Powder by Rusty Young.

Islands: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.

LBGTQ Author: Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig.

Bolivia: Marching Powder by Rusty Young.

Islands: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.

LBGTQ Author:

Bolivia : The Lost Origin

Islands: The Ghost Bride

LBGTQ Author: Infidel

LBGTQ Author: We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

Bolivia: Summer of a Thousand Pies by Margaret Dilloway

Islands: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Bolivia: Norte by Edmundo Paz Soldán

Janice wrote: "LBGTQ Author: We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

Janice, that was one of our selections from May.

Diane wrote: "Janice wrote: "LBGTQ Author: We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

Janice, that was one of our selections from May."

Sorry. :)