Around the World in 80 Books discussion

I will chart my progress here.

Planning:

Mystery: Hong Kong Noir
Over 500 Pages: City Sister Silver
Translated from French: Bel-Ami
Set in Asia: Last Words from Montmartre
Immigrant experience: Behold the Dreamers
Translated from Spanish: Down the Rabbit Hole
Set in Africa: The Promised Land
Historical fiction: Ballad of Forgotten Years
Award winning
Woman author: The Blind Kingdom
Set in South America: Bonsai
Sci-fi/fantasy: Binti
Wild card
Translated from Chinese: The Invisibility Cloak
Classic: The Radetzky March
Memoir: The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing
Set during a war: The War Works Hard
Set in Oceania: The Piano
YA/Children's: A Girl Like That
Translated from Japanese: The Twilight Years
Caribbean author: Anabasis
Graphic novel: The Prince and the Dressmaker
Translated from Portuguese: The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
Set on an island: 33 Revolutions
Set in a MENA country: The Curious Case of Dassoukine’s Trousers