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Nike | 117 comments B1 Translated from India regional language: I've got a copy translated to Swedish and I can't find an English translation here on Goodreads. There is a French edition À quatre voix. The writer is the famous Rabindranath Tagore. The Swedish title of this volume is "För fyra röster". The original language in which he wrote is Bengali and he received the Nobel Prize in Literature 1913.
B2 Set on an island: Island of the Doomed by Stig Dagerman
B3 Has a character that shares my profession: City of Glass by Paul Auster
B4 Tropical setting: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai
B5 BTBA Award winner or nominee: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

I1 Fire, flood or hurricane: The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson
I2 Dream vacation: 1Q84: Första boken by Haruki Murakami
I3 TBR Book Completion: Now You See Me by Sharon J. Bolton
I4 Central or South American author: Axolotl by Julio Cortázar
I5 BIPOC author: Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler

N1 Set in a Nordic Country: Lykttändaren av Pontus Ljunghill
N2 Är in hotels, inns and/or guesthouses: Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq
N3 An African classic: Occasion for Loving by Nadine Gordimer
N4 Nonfiction history: Art history Dada: En antologi av Ingemar Johansson
N5 LGBTQ Character: Albert Nobbs by George Moore

G1 Published in the year I was born: Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie
G2 Two books set in adjecent countries: A Tale of Two Cities, Volume I and A Tale of Two Cities, Volume II by Charles Dickens
G3 Planes, trains or automobiles: The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes
G4 Polar setting: The Silver Road by Stina Jackson
G5 Fewer than 1000 Goodreads ratings: Våra främlingar by Lydia Davis

O1 Pacific islander author: Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh
O2 History; Mystery set before 1900: 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag
O3 Fairytale or folklore: Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren
O4 Set during a war: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
O5 More than 500 pages: The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel


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Nike | 117 comments I managed all but one! (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠❤


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