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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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Petronille by Amélie Nothomb ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Disponer de un buen compañero de borrachera es un asunto muy serio. Aficionada al champán, Amélie Nothomb encuentra a la camarada ideal de manera imprevista en una librería donde ha sido invitada a firmar ejemplares de El sabotaje amoroso. Pétronille Fanto, un ser andrógino de veintidós años que parece que tenga quince, una especialista en Christopher Marlowe con aspecto de poligonera, se convertirá con el tiempo en una escritora prolífica y, quizás, en un álter ego maligno de la misma Nothomb. La amistad etílica entre la escritora consagrada y la novel se transforma en duelo dialéctico, diver... continue

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Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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Description:
“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 In Simenon’s iconic first novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces a fraudster’s true identity Inspector Jules Maigret, a taciturn detective and commissaire of the Paris Brigade Criminelle, receives notice from Interpol that a notorious conman known only as Peitr the Latvian is en route to France. Armed with a br... continue

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Post mortem : roman by Peter Terrin ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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Description:
Een schrijver ontloopt een etentje met een smoes over familie-omstandigheden, maar dan wordt zijn gezin echt getroffen door een ramp.
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54.

Real Life by Adeline Dieudonne EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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Description:
This international bestseller by French author Adeline Dieudonné is one girl's bitingly funny coming-of-age tale within a violent, savage family.


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Ronduit : overpeinzingen van een possibilist by Caroline Pauwels NL

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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Description:
Als kind was ik bedreven in het laten opspringen van keien op het water. Dan verschenen er op het wateroppervlak uitdijende kringen. Dat fascineerde me mateloos.Õ Als een beweging van kringen ziet Caroline Pauwels het leven. Van de kleine intieme cirkels van de persoonlijke levenssfeer tot de almaar grotere cirkels van de universiteit, de samenleving en de wereld. Cirkels hebben geen begin en geen einde. Hun ronde vorm is een remedie tegen hokjesdenken. Dat is ook hoe Caroline Pauwels zichzelf ronduit. Cirkels hebben een eigen dynamiek, ze zitten vol mogelijkheden. Als possibilist geloo... continue



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Sulphuric Acid by Amélie Nothomb EN

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Description:
Tells the fictional story of a reality TV death camp show which becomes an obsession with the French public, and how it is played out in the media.

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The Adventures of Tintin: Volume 1 by Hergé EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Three classic graphic novels in one deluxe hardcover edition: Tintin in America, Cigars of the Pharaoh, and The Blue Lotus.


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