Nominations Open for January Books of the Month

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Post your nominations here for the January group reads. A significant portion of the book must be set in the featured location. We will be reading a selection set in Zimbabwe, a book set on an island in the Pacific Ocean, and a book from a Latinx author.

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

Islands
Nominate a book set on an island in the Pacific Ocean. This can be an island country, territory, or island belonging to a larger country.

Minority Author
Nominate a book written by a Latinx 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 Zimbabwe): 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.

[RachelG.]

I would like to nominate for Zimbabwe: This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga

[Nike]

I nominate for Zimbabwe An Elegy for Easterly: Stories by Petina Gappah

[Susan]

For the Pacific islands, I have this set of books. PRIZE-WINNING PACIFIC STORIES
I'll nominate the first one of the series House of Skin: Prize-Winning Stories

[Mome_Rath]

Just for clarification, would Pacific Islands include New Zealand, but exclude Australia?

At any rate, here would be two recommendations for me for the islands:

Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl (French Polynesia)

Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt (Samoa)

For Latinx authors, I'll suggest:

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Mome_Rath wrote: "Just for clarification, would Pacific Islands include New Zealand, but exclude Australia?

At any rate, here would be two recommendations for me for the islands:

Kon-Tiki by [author:..."

It can include islands belonging to Australia, but not mainland Australia. All of New Zealand counts.

[Carmen]

Hola!
My nominations:
Zimbabwe: Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire
Islands: The Tree and the Canoe: History and Ethnogeography of Tanna by Joël Bonnemaison (Tanna-Vanuatu)
I just love The House on Mango Street

[Simone]

I nominate this one for Zimbabwe: We Need New Names

[Carol]

For Latinx authors, I nominate Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, resident of Canada.

[Valerie]

For Pacific Islands I would like to nominate Patricia Grace's Potiki

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Nominations are now closed.