Around the World in 80 Books discussion

JenniferAustin's Challenge

A: X X X X =
B: = X X X X
C: X X X X X
D: = X X = X
E: X X X X X

Bingo! May 18, 2023 -- the "C" row
Bingo! Sept 24, 2023 -- the third column
Bingo! Oct 26, 2023 -- the second column
Bingo! Nov 12 2023 -- the fifth row

✅ A1) Translated from India Regional language - Pyre by Perumal Murugan, translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan (22 July 2023)
✅ A2) Set on an island - Cuba Straits (16 May 2023)
✅ A3) Has character that shares your profession - The Expats by Chris Pavone (8 Jan 2023)
✅ A4) Tropical setting - The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra (15 Jan 2023)
A5) BTBA award winner or nominee

B1) Fire, flood or hurricane
✅ B2) Dream vacation - The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers (9 June 2023)
✅ B3) TBR book completion - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (4 Jan 2023)
✅ B4) Central or South American author - No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez (21 Apr 2023)
✅ B5) BIPOC author Speculation by Nisi Shawl (21 May 2023)

✅ C1) Set in a Nordic country - Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indriðason (21 April 2023)
✅ C2) Set in hotels, inns, guesthouses etc - Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (11 Jan 2023)
✅ C3) An African classic - Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (15 May 2023) (view spoiler)["A modern classic in the African literary canon and voted in the Top Ten Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century" (hide spoiler)]
✅ C4) Nonfiction history - No One Would Listen by Harry Markopolos (10 May 2023)
✅ C5) LBGTQ character Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park (29 Jan 2023)

D1) Published in the year you were born
✅ D2) 2 books set in adjacent countries The Salzburg Connection by Helen MacInnes (15 Mar 2023) and The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst (15 Apr 2023)
✅ D3) Planes trains & automobiles Passenger to Frankfurt (25 Jan 2023)
D4) Polar setting
✅ D5) Fewer than 1,000 Goodreads ratings - After the Sun by Jonas Eika (4 Jan 2023)

✅ E1) Pacific Islander author - Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu (12 Nov 2023)
✅ E2) History mystery set before 1900 - The Wolf and the Watchman: 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag (26 Oct 2023)
✅ E3) Fairytale or folklore - The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens (24 Sept 2023)
✅ E4) Set during a war - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (10 Feb 2023)
✅ E5) More than 500 pages - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (3 June 2023)