Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Post your nominations here for the January group reads. A significant portion of the book must be set in the featured location. We will be reading 3 books:
1) a selection set in Vatican City,
2) an award-winning book set in Africa
3) a Booker Award-winning book set outside of the US or the UK

World Tour*:
Nominate a book set in Vatican City: Vatican City
Bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Vatican City Book List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Award-Winning Books
Here is a ink to various book awards: https://www.goodreads.com/award
1) Nominate an award-winning book set anywhere on the African continent.
2) Nominate a Booker Award-winning book set outside of the US or the UK (winner, not a nominee)

For a list of books we have read in previous months, click here: Previously Read Group Read Books

**Reminder: Do not nominate your own books or books written by your friends

I nominate:

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga - Zimbabwe (Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Africa 1989)

The Promise by Damon Galgut - South Africa (Booker Prize 2021)

Hello, I nominate

The Order by Daniel Silva

I nominate:
Set in Vatican City: The Vatican Cellars by André Gide.
Booker Prize winning book: Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner (set in Switzerland and 1984 winner).
Award-winning book set in Africa: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Orange Prize for Fiction 2007).

I nominate:

Schindler's List (set in Poland, Booker Prize 1982)

Who Fears Death (set in a future version of Sudan, World Fantasy Award for Best Novel 2011)

I would like to nominate Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Booker Award-winner and set on the Pacific Ocean)

Here are some nominees for award-winning books:

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (set in South Africa, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner 1949)

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey (set in Australia, Booker Prize 1988)

And for Vatican City, Go in Peace: A Gift of Enduring Love by Pope John Paul II

Finally, since the link above currently isn't working, here's the link to Previously Read Group Read Books