Around the World in 80 Books discussion

A1 - Sci-Fi:Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
A2 - Bio or Autobio: Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo
A3 - MC with disability: Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot by John Callahan
A4 - Caribbean author: (Cuba) Everyone Leaves by Wendy Guerra
A5 - Nonbinary or trans author: Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

B1 - Food-themed: The Vegetarian by Han Kang
B2 - Publ in last 3 years: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
B3 - Set in Africa: (Ghana) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
B4 - Nobel Laureate:The Plague by Albert Camus
B5 - Book by Local author: (Aranjuez/Spain) Cuadernos de Contrahistoria Local Nº3 by Juan Francisco Jiménez Rodríguez

C1 - Set in Canada or Canadian author: Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
C2 - Classic Horror:The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
C3 - Sports and/or Recreation: Kid Tunero, el caballero del ring by Xavier Montanyà
C4 - Between 100 and 200 pgs: Cronopios and Famas by Julio Cortázar
C5 - Translated woman author: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich

D1 - Debut novel: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
D2 - 19th century classic: The House of Ulloa by Emilia Pardo Bazán
D3 - Historical Fiction: Trafalgar by Benito Pérez Galdós
D4 - Translated from Korean: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
D5 - Epistolary: Querido Salvador, querido Lorquito. Epistolario 1925-1936

E1 - Country not read in 2021:(Eslovenia settle by Finn author) Purge by Sofi Oksanen
E2 - Book about a journey: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
E3 - Rivers, lakes, or swamps: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
E4 - Medieval woman author: The Tale of Genji, Part I by Murasaki Shikibu
E5 - Set in Southern Hemisphere:(Australia)The Killer Koala by Kenneth Cook

C1 - Set in Canada or Canadian author: Lives of Girls and Women

D4 - Translated from Korean: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

C3 - Sports and/or Recreation: Kid Tunero, el caballero del ring by Xavier Montanyà

A3 - MC with disability: Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot by John Callahan

A4 - Caribbean Author: Everyone Leaves by Wendy Guerra

B3 - Set in Africa: (Ghana) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

D3 - Historical Ficción: Trafalgar by Benito Pérez Galdós

B1 - Food-themed: The Vegetarian by Han Kang

I'm not sure if it is food-themed, but the food has an important role in the book, even if it is not what the book is about.

D5 - Epistolary: Querido Salvador, querido Lorquito. Epistolario 1925-1936

A5 - Non binary or trans author: Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

E3 - Rivers, lakes, or swamps: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

E4 - Medieval woman author: The Tale of Genji, Part I by Murasaki Shikibu

D2 - 19th century classic: The House of Ulloa by Emilia Pardo Bazán

B5 - Book by Local author: Cuadernos de Contrahistoria Local Nº3 by Juan Francisco Jiménez Rodríguez

Done!

It was fun, i've read many things that otherwise i won't have read.

My favorites:

E4 - Medieval woman author: The Tale of Genji, Part I by Murasaki Shikibu
E2 - Book about a journey: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
D2 - 19th century classic: The House of Ulloa by Emilia Pardo Bazán
C5 - Translated woman author: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich
C2 - Classic Horror:The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
C1 - Set in Canada or Canadian author: Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
B4 - Nobel Laureate:The Plague by Albert Camus
B3 - Set in Africa: (Ghana) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
B2 - Publ in last 3 years: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

Congratulations on finishing! Looks like some great books.

Thank you! Yes they are, i recommend most of them!

Tale of Genji? How did that go?

I found it really interesting, i was a bit intimidated with it but the lecture goes fluent and is really enjoyable and beautifull. You follow Genji story, a classic Don Juan, but he is not that important in the story like the women he seduces, he is the excuse to show the life of aristocrat women in medieval Japan. Sometimes is a bit repetitive but a worth reading if you are interested in the topic. For me is a 5/5 stars.