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Recommended books (16)
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 Switzerland. 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.
Allmen and the Dragonflies

Allmen and the Dragonflies by Martin Suter EN

Rating: 5     2 Votes
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
A thrilling--and quite funny--art heist escapade that evokes a world of European high culture and luxury, while providing a glimpse of some of the shadowy characters who people the dark underbelly of the art and antique markets.
Recommended: 31 Mar 2023

2.

Chariots of The Gods by Erich von Däniken EN

Rating: 3     25 Votes
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
All over the world there are fantastic ruins and objects that cannot be explained by conventional history, archaeology or religion. In the ground-breaking Chariots of the Gods, Erich von Daniken provides answers to these questions...why do religious texts often refer to Gods who descend from fiery chariots? Why do modern space launch sites look like constructions on the plains of Nazca in Peru? Was God an astronaut? By looking at human history and the ruins of ancient civilisations with an open mind, Erich von Daniken offers a new solution to these eternal mysteries in Chariots of the Gods. Wh... continue
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Recommended: 05 Sep 2023

3.
De waarheid over de zaak Harry Quebert

De waarheid over de zaak Harry Quebert by Joe͏̈l Dicker NL

Rating: 1     1 Vote
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
Een jonge Amerikaanse schrijver gaat op zoek naar de waarheid achter de beschuldiging van aanranding en moord tegen zijn leermeester.
Recommended: 24 Apr 2023

4.

Der Besuch der alten Dame : eine tragische Komödie by Friedrich Dürrenmatt DE

Rating: 4     2 Votes
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
A rich woman agrees to share her wealth the people in her poor village in return for the life of the man who ruined her reputation when she was young.
Genre Crime
Recommended: 06 Oct 2022

5.
Die Panne

Die Panne by Friedrich Dürrenmatt DE

Rating: 4     5 Votes
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
Weil sein Auto eine Panne hat, gerät Alfredo Traps in eine Villa, in der vier ältere Herren ein Gerichtsspiel abhalten, das ihnen, ehemaligen Richtern, Staatsanwälten und Verteidigern – zum Zeitvertreib dient. Traps übernimmt die Rolle des Angeklagten, und man versichert ihm, eine Schuld werde sich schon finden lassen.
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Recommended: 01 Jul 2023

6.
Heidi

Heidi by Johanna Spyri EN

Rating: 4     11 Votes
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
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Recommended: 03 Nov 2022

7.

Heidi : (fetiţa munţilor) by Johanna Spyri RO

Rating: 4     1 Vote
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
Recommended: 23 Sep 2023

8.
Het lot van de familie Meijer

Het lot van de familie Meijer by Charles Lewinsky NL

Rating: 3.8     4 Votes
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
De lotgevallen van een joodse familie in Zwitserland in de jaren 1871-1945.
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Recommended: 05 Dec 2022

9.
Le livre de Baltimore : Roman

Le livre de Baltimore : Roman by Joël Dicker FR

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
Jusqu'au jour du Drame, il y avait deux familles Goldman. Les Goldman-de-Baltimore et les Goldman-de-Montclair. Les Goldman-de-Montclair, dont est issu Marcus Goldman, l'auteur de La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert, sont une famille de la classe moyenne, habitant une petite maison à Montclair, dans le New Jersey. Les Goldman-de-Baltimore sont une famille prospère à qui tout sourit, vivant dans une luxueuse maison d'une banlieue riche de Baltimore, à qui Marcus vouait une admiration sans borne. Huit ans après le Drame, c'est l'histoire de sa famille que Marcus Goldman décide cette fois de ra... continue

10.

Malinois by Lukas Bärfuss DE

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
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Recommended: 02 Sep 2023


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