Around the World in 80 Books discussion

A1) Translated from India Regional language: Urdu to English: The Paradise of Food by Khalid Javed
A2) Set on an island: Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber
A3) Has character that shares your profession
A4) Tropical setting: Trinidad: Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein
A5) BTBA award winner or nominee

B1) Fire, flood or hurricane: Breakwater by Marijke Schermer
B2) Dream vacation
B3) TBR book completion
B4) Central or South American author: Columbia: Abyss by Quintana. Pilar|21497426]
B5) BIPOC author: The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé

C1) Set in a Nordic country Sigga of Reykjavik by Solveig Eggerz
C2) Set in hotels, inns, guesthouses etc
C3) An African classic
C4) Nonfiction history: The Lionkeeper of Algiers: How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland from War by Des Ekin
C5) LBGTQ character Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black

D1) Published in the year you were born
D2) 2 books set in adjacent countries: South Africa: Innards: Stories by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene and Zimbabwe: Harare Voices and Beyond by Andrew Chatora
D3) Planes trains & automobiles
D4) Polar setting: The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica by Naira de Gracia
D5) Fewer than 1,000 Goodreads ratings: Dear Chrysanthemums[author:V.V. Ganeshananthan:

E1) Pacific Islander author
E2) History mystery set before 1900
E3) Fairytale or folklore
E4) Set during a war: Sri Lankan Civil War: Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
E5) More than 500 pages: Picasso the Foreigner: An Artist in France, 1900-1973 by Annie Cohen-Solal