Books from Belgium
78 popular belgian books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Belgium.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Jouw vlees & bloed by Anne Resseler NL
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Esthers wereld eindigt aan haar voordeur. Alles wat ze ooit zou willen, heeft ze binnen de muren van haar appartement: videogames, een warrig manuscript en haar hamster Pim. En wanneer ze zich ‘s avonds eenzaam dreigt te voelen, zoekt ze troost bij het skelet dat onder haar bed slaapt. Wanneer Pim ziek wordt, moet Esther wel de wereld trotseren die ze al jaren ontvlucht. Dat is hoe ze Ulrike ontmoet, een alleenstaande moeder met drie eigenaardige kinderen die in het appartement tegenover dat van Esther woont. Ulrike wekt in Esther verlangens op die ze niet kan plaatsen. Wanneer Ulrike la... continue
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Kom hier dat ik u kus by Griet Op de Beeck NL
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De ontwikkeling van een jonge vrouw wordt sterk beinvloed door haar omgeving.
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La cage de verre by Georges Simenon FR
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Le bruit saccadé de la machine à écrire le réveilla et il vit, comme d'habitude, les draps pâles du lit de sa femme de l'autre côté de la table de nuit. Qui avait décidé qu'il y aurait des lits jumeaux ? Après dix-huit ans, il n'aurait pu le dire avec certitude. D'ailleurs, les événements de cette époque-là étaient confus et, pour des raisons qu'il n'essayait pas de démêler, il préférait les chasser de sa mémoire. C'était probablement elle. Et il n'avait pas protesté. Il ne protestait jamais. En définitive, il ne leur était pas arrivé une seule fois de dormir ensemble.
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La Nieve estaba sucia by Georges Simenon ES
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Bajo la ocupacion alemana, Frank Friedmaier, un hombre cinico y sin escrupulos, vive mas alla del bien y del mal, en el despreocupado y dorado ocio del burdel que regenta su madre. Entre los personajes hoscos que frecuenta y con los que se entrega a toda suerte de traficos, esta Fred Kromer, quien incita a su amigo, como un desafio y por puro juego, a matar a un oficial aleman, cuya reluciente pistola fascina a Frank. Y es que los B+juegosB; de estos dos seres, colaboracionistas sin principios, que se mueven en medio de una espantosa guerra, solo pueden ser abyectos. Como de las simas del Mal ... continue
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La Nostalgia Feliz by Amélie Nothomb ES
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Todo lo que amamos se convierte en una ficción. De las mías, la primera fue Japón.» Con esta estimulante frase Amélie Nothomb abre La nostalgia feliz. Anuncia una nueva entrega de sus ficciones autobiográficas. En la novela la belga retoma el hilo de Ni de Eva ni de Adán, la narración de un idilio de juventud de su sosias literaria con Rinri. Dieciséis años más tarde, Nothomb acepta la invitación de una televisión francesa de regresar a su país natal. Allí no sólo se reencontrará con Rinri, sino también con su niñera, Nishio-san. El Japón de Nothomb son sus orígenes y un Shangri-La literario. ... continue
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Loving Sabotage by Amélie Nothomb EN
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I lived everything daring those three years: heroism, glory, treachery, love, indifference, suffering, humiliation. It was China; I was seven years old." So announces the narrator of Loving Sabotage, Amelie Nothomb's critically acclaimed novel about a young girl who seems already stripped of illusions. The daughter of diplomats posted to Peking in the mid-seventies, she charges about the grim confines of the gated government enclave battling tirelessly against boredom, concocting a fantasy life as rich as her surroundings are bleak. During one of her tours of duty in a war that has broken out ... continue
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Luci nella notte by Georges Simenon IT
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Quarantacinque milioni di auto. Tante ne sono previste sulle strade americane in questo primo week-end di settembre. Come altre migliaia di newyorchesi, Steve e Nancy Hogan partono per il Maine, dove i loro due figli hanno trascorso le vacanze in un campeggio chiamato Walla Walla. Una coppia come tante, con una bella casa a Long Island e un più che discreto tenore di vita. Ma anche con la rabbiosa scontentezza di un amore logorato dai risentimenti. Né l’uno né l’altro sospettano che questa volta il ponte del Labor Day segnerà nella loro esistenza una svolta drammatica, e al tempo stesso, forse... continue
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Madhouse at the End of the Earth : The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton EN
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing” (The New York Times) true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry—with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter “The energy of the narrative never flags. . . . Sancton has produced a thriller.”—The Wall Street Journal In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of... continue
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Maigret and the Man on the Bench by Georges Simenon EN
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“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian Inspector Maigret must untangle the web of lies left behind by a murdered man whose family didn’t know him as well as they thought When a man is found stabbed to death in an alley off Boulevard Saint-Martin, his identity card shows a workplace that had gone out of business three years earlier. As far as his wife knew, he still worked there, and she insists that the shoes and a tie h... continue