Well, I'm going to be unavailable for most of the nomination process and all of the voting process this time around (which is great for the theme I suggested, oops) so I'm going to nominate a couple books and just let them ride.
Let me start with my thought process first. We've had 18 total book selections so far for the New Leaf Book club (including The Natural). Of which 9 are books from the UK, 7 are from the US, and 1 each from Canada and France. Looking at
all book club selections, we have selected books from the UK or US 70% of the time. So, while there are a lot of good books by US/UK authors that I would love to read and discuss, I'm going to pick what I think will be great books by authors from other countries.
First, from Sweden:
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
337 pages, Sweden, 2012
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GoodReads
Quote:
In this bestselling and delightfully quirky debut novel from Sweden, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him “the bitter neighbor from hell.” But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?
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I will try to get back on later with another selection.