Books from Serbia
21 popular serbian 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 Serbia.
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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Back in a Spell by Lana Harper EN
Description:
An awkward first date leads to a sparkling romance between one of the most powerful witches in town and a magical newbie in this rom-com by Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Payback’s a Witch. Even though she won’t deny her love for pretty (and pricey) things, Nineve Blackmoore is almost painfully down-to-earth and sensible by Blackmoore standards. But after a year of nursing a broken heart inflicted by the fiancée who all but ditched her at the altar, the powerful witch is sick of feeling low and is ready to try something drastically different: a dating app. At her best friend... continue
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Directions for Use : Selected Poems by Ana Ristović EN
Description:
A rich embroidery of frank sexuality and lyric images from award-winning Serbian poet
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Fear and His Servant by Mirjana Novaković EN
Description:
Count Otto von Hausburg and his devoted servant are sent to Belgrade by the Austrian monarchy to investigate troubling reports of vampires. There they find a deeply frightened populace who are willing to believe the Count is the devil incarnate. Perhaps they are right. Novakovic brilliantly captures the atmosphere of the Balkans in the 18th century and offers up a playful twist on the Gothic imagination.
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Iron Curtain : A Love Story by Vesna Goldsworthy EN
Description:
'A piercingly evocative East-West love story' The Times This is a story of East and West. A story of love, betrayal, and lost illusions... The end of the Cold War seems unimaginable for Milena, a Red Princess trapped in a lifetime of limitless luxury. Yet when she meets Jason, a confident British poet, it's not long before she's secretly planning her escape to Britain. 1980s London defies her privileged expectations. And when she discovers Jason's concept of freedom confronts her deepest-held beliefs, the very ideas of family and state come into question... 'A wonderful, perfectly-pitched nove... continue
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La mano de la buena fortuna by Goran Petrović ES
Description:
La mano de la buena fortuna es ya un libro de culto. Miles de lectores se han sumergido en él buscando ese maravilloso concepto inventado por el autor: el de la lectura total. Son pocos los elegidos que lo logran. Los que lo hacen, se percatarán de que al interior de las páginas uno puede encontrarse con las personas que están leyendo el mismo libro en ese preciso instante.
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Landscape Painted with Tea by Milorad Pavic EN
Description:
A failed architect's search for his father, an officer who vanished in Greece during World War II, becomes a labyrinthine puzzle, inextricably bound to the history of the ancient monastery on Mount Athos.
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Migrations by Miloš Crnjanski EN
Description:
Eighteenth century Serbs flee the tyranny of the Ottoman Empire as two brothers, a soldier and a merchant, and a woman, who is wife to one and mistress to the other, face the displacement and sorrows of war.
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Papel con marca de agua by Goran Petrović ES
Description:
A finales del siglo XIV, la excéntrica e impredecible Giovanna II, reina de Nápoles, quiere escribir a su amante una carta de amor que le resulte irresistible. Para ello recluta a los diez poetas más célebres del reino, a cien soldados y a una comitiva de sirvientes, y emprende una expedición a Amalfi, donde la Congrega dei Cartari produce el papel más selecto de Europa. No obstante, dicha congregación también es famosa por el estricto proceso de selección de sus clientes, al considerar que su papel está destinado a acoger l... continue