Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Please post your nominations for our January 2013 books of the month, set in the country of Mongolia and the US state of Tennessee.

I have included some lists to get you started (books do not need to be present on these lists to be nominated).

Mongolia:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...

Tennessee:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...

All books nominated must be at least partially set in the featured location.

I have to put forward Genghis: Birth of an Empire for Mongolia, as it is utterly fantastic!

For Tennessee Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor.

For Tennessee a novel by Sharyn McCrumb???Sharyn McCrumb

For Tennessee A Secret Rage. I just finished reading it and it was very good.

I'm trying to find an excuse to read Calvino, so for the book in Mongolia, Invisible Cities

For Mongolia: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvinon
For Tennessee: The Reivers by William Faulkner

For Tennessee: The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor
I third Invisible Cities for Mongolia.

I would like to nominate A Death in the Family for Tennessee, sounds really interesting, won a Pulitzer after all :) Although Faulkner and Flannery are also perfect choices.

For Mongolia:My Mongolian World
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
Invisible Cities would be OK too.

Just a note about Invisible Cities, which I have read recently. It is a spectacular book. However, if you are looking for a book with insight into the Mongolian culture, this is not it. In the book, Marco Polo and Kublai Khan are in Khan's palace talking about cities they have known. It is more of a fantasy book. I'm certainly not trying to dissuade anyone from selecting it, I just wanted everyone to know what it is and what it isn't.

For Mongolia, I would like to read The Gray Earth, but I'm not sure if it is necessary to read The Blue Sky first to understand it.

For Mongolia, I vote for . I've been dying to read it.

For Tennessee, I vote for . Stephen King is almost always a fun read.

Hettie wrote: "For Tennessee A Secret Rage. I just finished reading it and it was very good."

I agree, it is an older book, but a powerful read

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