Nominations Are Open for the April Books of the Month

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Post your nominations here for the April group reads. A significant portion of the book must be set in the featured location. We will be reading books set in Germany, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, and the historical county of Staffordshire in the UK. Here are our group lists to get you started:

Germany:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region of France:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(please scroll down to the "Books Set in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur " heading).

UK County of Staffordshire:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (please scroll down to the "Books Set in Staffordshire" heading).

Books do not need to be present on these lists to be nominated. Authors, please do not nominate your own books.

For a list of books we have read in previous months, click here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Laurie]

Germany - Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
Provence-Alpes-Cotes d'Azur region - The Horseman on the Roof by Jean Giono
Staffordshire - Arthur & George by Julian Barnes

[rebel]

Germany: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

[Carol]

Germany: The Collini Case by Ferdinand von Schirach

[Sarah]

I second Stones From the River

[Carol]

For Staffordshire, I nominate The Road to Lichfield by Penelope Lively.

[Missy J]

For Germany, I nominate Youth Without God by Ödön von Horváth. Published in 1937, the author tried to warn about fascism during the rise of the Nazis.

[Jean]

For Germany, I nominate The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer.

[Wend]

For Germany I nominate Berlin Game by Len Deighton

For France Death On The Riviera by John Bude

For Staffordshire Taunting The Dead by Mel Sherratt