There is a great new meme I discovered thanks to Judith at leeswammes: Cassandra of Indie Reader Houston has started “5 Best Books” - a different topic is suggested each week and participants list what they think are the 5 best book for that topic.
This week's topic is 5 Books Set in a Foreign Country
This is a great topic for me because I LOVE reading books set in foreign countries and in history. I read both fiction and non-fiction, but I will limit this list to fiction because that is what usually inspires me to travel:
- A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (India). This is one of my all-time favorite books that I need to re-read. It provides a glimpse into both the good and not-so-good sides of India in the years after achieving independence.
- A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka (Poland). This novel shows the city of Krakow at two different times of rebirth - at the beginning of Communism in Poland and after its fall.
- A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cosse (France). Anything set in Paris and about a bookstore will get my attention every time.
- The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (Japan). A simple novel that to me embodied what I consider Japanese life to be.
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (England). I absolutely love this book and its story of postwar life on the island of Guernsey.
I love this list! I'm finding so many new books to read. I haven't read any of these, though I've heard of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. I've heard it's really good.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining up! I can't wait to see your next list!
Eeek, Suzanne. The first 4 books I want to read, I mean I really want to read them, and the fifth is one I really enjoyed too. We must be book twins! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cassandra -- I am glad I found out about this meme.
ReplyDeleteJudith -- great minds think alike, hmmm? ;-)
A Novel Bookstore is on my must read list!!!!
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