English books from Europe
Recommended English books (1865)
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If you speak English here are some English books from Europe for the next part of the "Read Around The World Challenge".
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I must betray you by Ruta Sepetys EN
RomaniaDescription:
Trapped by an evil dictatorship, will Cristian be forced to betray his family or will he risk everything he loves to resist? A powerful, heart-breaking thriller based on real events. *Winner of the Yoto Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing 2023* Cristian has lived his entire life in the grip of a repressive dictatorship. The country is governed by fear. When the secret police blackmail him, Cristian has an impossible choice. Save the life of his sick grandfather by informing on his family, or risk his life - and all of theirs - by resisting? At 17, Cristian dreams of being free but doe... continue
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I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir EN
IcelandDescription:
A terrifying ghost story from the queen of Icelandic crime writing.
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I Saw Her That Night by Drago Jančar EN
SloveniaDescription:
"I Saw Her That Night is a tragic love story set amid the atrocities of World War II in Slovenia" --
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I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal EN
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
A comic, picaresque novel set against the backdrop of twentieth-century Czech history, about the rise and fall of an ambitious busboy in Prague.
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I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The third novel from the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, author of Solitaire and the graphic novel series Heartstopper - soon to be a major Netflix series.
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I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman EN
BelgiumDescription:
Discover the haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy set in a deserted world. Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus? Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be t... continue
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I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere by Anna Gavalda EN
FranceDescription:
I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere explores how a life can be changed irrevocably in just one fateful moment. A pregnant mother's plans for the future unravel at the hospital; a travelling salesman learns the consequences of an almost-missed exit on the motorway in the newspaper the next morning; while a perfect date is spoilt by a single act of thoughtlessness. In those crucial moments Gavalda demonstrates her almost magical skill in conveying love, lust, longing, and loneliness. Someone I Loved is a hauntingly intimate look at the intolerably painful, yet sometimes valuable consequ... continue
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I, Francis by Carlo Carretto EN
ItalyDescription:
"The 40th anniversary edition of an Orbis classic-Francis of Assisi's spirituality and life explained in the inimitable voice of Carlo Carretto"--
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RussiaDescription:
The development of robot technology to a state of perfection by future civilizations is explored in nine science fiction stories.
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé EN
Description:
CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from FrenchThis book has been supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agencY