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message 1: by Jenny (Reading Envy) (new)

Nov 27, 2015 12:15AM

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From now until January, let's discuss our favorite around the world reads from 2015 (does not need to be published in 2015, obviously!)

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message 2: by Andrea, Slow but steady (last edited Dec 25, 2015 10:23PM) (new)

Nov 27, 2015 01:24AM

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Great idea Jenny! I've been lucky enough to have had quite a few 4★ reads in my challenge this year, and two so far that I've rated 5★. They were A Man Called Ove (Sweden) from quite early in 2015, and A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story (um, Afghanistan), which I finished just last night.

EDIT: and I'm adding Half of a Yellow Sun (Nigeria)

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message 3: by Val (new)

Nov 27, 2015 06:26PM

I don't think I would recommend any of the ones I read this year for the tour, but the Booker prize list was good this year.
Here are some not from UK or US:
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James from Jamaica
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma from Nigeria
Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy from India
The Green Road by Anne Enright from Ireland
The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami from Morocco
The Chimes by Anna Smaill from New Zealand
(although the last two are not set there).

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message 4: by Lilisa (new)

Nov 28, 2015 01:44AM

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Here are sone of my favorite reads in 2015 -- 5 stars:

The Marriage of Opposites - St. Thomas
The Agony and the Ecstasy - Italy
Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World - Italy
Pompeii - Italy
The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress - U.S.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - U.S.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Australia/Thailand/Myanmar
Orhan's Inheritance - Turkey

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message 5: by Pauline (last edited Dec 25, 2015 07:48PM) (new)

Dec 25, 2015 07:43PM

Great idea. Here are some of my favorites from this year:
Running the Rift - Rwanda
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust - Rwanda
Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz - Poland
The Girl on the Train - England
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free - Chili
Beneath a Marble Sky - India
The Count of Monte Cristo - France/Italy

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message 6: by Lilisa (new)

Dec 26, 2015 03:02AM

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Great ones Pauline. The Girl on the Train and Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free were pretty good reads for me at 4 stars. I read Beneath a Marble Sky a few years ago and it was a 5-star for me as well. Amazing that it was John Shors first book. Have you read Temple of a Thousand Faces by him?

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message 7: by Pauline (new)

Dec 26, 2015 04:35PM

No Lilisa, I haven't read Temple of a Thousand Faces yet. Maybe I will give it a go this year. Thanks for the suggestion.

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