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 Finland.
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.
1.
A Winter Book : Selected Stories by Tove Jansson
EN
Description:
Drawn from youth and older age, and spanning most of the 20th century, this newly translated selection provides a thrilling showcase of the great Finnish writer's prose.
3.
De jacht op het snoekje by Juhani Karila
NL
Description:
Zoals elk jaar keert Elina Ylijaako terug naar haar geboortedorp in het oosten van Lapland, een lege moerassige wereld die werkt volgens zijn eigen regels. Daar heeft ze drie dagen de tijd om haar jaarlijkse snoek te vangen. Maar dit jaar gaat niets zoals gepland. Wanneer een watergeest uit een meertje verschijnt en Elina’s opdracht in de weg staat, wordt haar zomerse traditie plotseling een avontuur op leven en dood. Ondertussen zoekt een politieagente haar op verdenking van moord en raakt ze zelf betrokken bij het reilen en zeilen van mysterieuze wezens waardoor de magische wereld en de real... continue
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Fair Play by Tove Jansson
EN
Description:
'Fair Play' portrays a love between two older women, a writer and artist, as they work side-by-side in their Helsinki studios, travel together and share summers on a remote island.
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Ice by Ulla-Lena Lundberg
EN
Description:
In the summer of 1947, a young priest, Petter, his wife and baby daughter, arrive by mail boat at a tiny island. They are to take over its drafty homestead from where Petter is to minister to the scattered community. In this evocative tale, Ulla-Lena Lundberg draws us into the minutiae of an austere yet purposeful life where the demands of self-sufficiency - cows to milk and sheep to graze - are tempered by the kindness of neighbours. With each season, the family's love of the island grows and when the winter brings ice a new and tentative link is created. Told through the eyes of Petter, the ... continue
10.
Memory of Water : A Novel by Emmi Itäranta
EN
Description:
An amazing, award-winning speculative fiction debut novel by a major new talent, in the vein of Ursula K. Le Guin. Global warming has changed the world’s geography and its politics. Wars are waged over water, and China rules Europe, including the Scandinavian Union, which is occupied by the power state of New Qian. In this far north place, seventeen-year-old Noria Kaitio is learning to become a tea master like her father, a position that holds great responsibility and great secrets. Tea masters alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that Noria’s father te... continue