Read Women discussion

Or second November read will be a Read Around the World selection. We are looking to read a book set in Africa.

For this month's nomination please also include your country with your nomination, thank you.

Criteria:
1. Book must be by a female author (transwomen and women using male pseudonyms are women).
2. No books that have already been group reads within the past 3 years/36 months (check the group's bookshelf).
3. Do not nominate a book you have written or for which you are the publicist or lead marketer.
4. Consider availability. If a book is available in the US and UK (at minimum), and in paperback and ebook formats, more members can participate than if not.

To Nominate:
1. Give both the title of the book and the author's name when nominating to avoid confusion. Please use the 'add book/author' button when nominating.
2. Indicate whether you are willing or not to lead discussion if your nomination is chosen.
3. Maximum - one nomination per member.

Nominations will close in one week.

I nominate A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib. It takes place in Egypt and NYC. I can lead.

I nominate Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord which is a Senegal-inspired folk tale. I'll lead.

I nominate Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, set in Nigeria in the 1960s. I can lead.

Last call for nominations!

Polls are open through september 28th.
vote here on both November polls.

Half of a Yellow Sun wins