Ideas for the 2023 Grid?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Post any ideas here for 2023's Magic Squares Grid.

[Iris]

My suggestions:
Translated from Hindi and
Set in Hotels, Inns, Guesthouses etc.

[Barbara]

1.Fire, Flood or Hurricane
2.Set in adjacent countries

[Linda C]

Set in a Nordic country: includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland.
AND/OR
Scandinavian author: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
OR
Nordic author: see above

Historical Mystery set before 1900

[Anna]

A few ideas
Published the year we were born
A character that shares a profession with us

[Linda C]

Iris wrote: "My suggestions:
Translated from Hindi and
Set in Hotels, Inns, Guesthouses etc."

How do you go about finding books translated from Hindi? The few listopias I see seem to include more than just Hindi language translations. If this gets used can you help us find some titles you recommend?

[Mome_Rath]

Title includes a month (i.e. Broken April, July’s People, The Hunt for Red October)

Pacific Islander author

TBR book completion

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Great ideas so far. Keep them coming.

[Iris]

If possible, I would like to change my suggestion into Translated from an Indian regional Language. I believe this way the book quest would be easier.

Linda C wrote: "Iris wrote: "My suggestions:
Translated from Hindi and
Set in Hotels, Inns, Guesthouses etc."

How do you go about finding books translated from Hindi? The few listopias I see seem to include more..."

Linda C, to answer your question
here are the 5/6 hindi books I had in mind when I made my first suggestion:
The Gift of a Cow: A Translation from the Hindi Novel
In the City a Mirror Wandering
Tomb of Sand
A Window Lived in the Wall
Tamas
Raag Darbari

I found more hindi books in these lists:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
and browsing this award: https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...

[Anna]

A few more ideas I though of
1. Set on an island
2. an African Classic
3. Fairytale or folk lore

[Linda C]

Iris wrote: "If possible, I would like to change my suggestion into Translated from an Indian regional Language. I believe this way the book quest would be easier.

Linda C wrote: "Iris wrote: "My suggestions:..."

None of the individual books you listed are in my library system but I will keep looking at the lists. I can't afford to buy many books for these challenges, but if need be I did see one for 4.99 on Kindle
I noticed that many of the books with English titles listed on the Award list are written by Hindi authors but who write in English. Would that be acceptable?
I know this is getting way ahead of the challenge, but I had some free time after the Holidays to look into things.

[Bluemoon]

Treasure hunters
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Tropical Setting
Polar Setting
Dream Vacation