Recommended English books

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The Read Around The World Challenge is a global challenge. Anyone can join the challenge from anywhere in the world in any language they want. This is the list of all English books added by participants of this reading challenge.

1941.

Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
A disarming novel that asks a simple question: Can gentle people change the world? In this charming and truly unique debut, popular Irish musician Ronan Hession tells the story of two single, thirty-something men who still live with their parents and who are . . . nice. They take care of their parents and play board games together. They like to read. They take satisfaction from their work. They are resolutely kind. And they realize that none of this is considered . . . normal. Leonard and Hungry Paul is the story of two friends struggling to protect their understanding of what’s meaningful in ... continue

1942.

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo EN

Rating: 5 (10 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
A thrilling tale of narrow escapes, romance in the midst of a revolution, and heroism at Waterloo, this classic forms a parable of a morally empty state that values retribution rather than justice.

1943.

Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize) : A Novel by Andrew Sean Greer EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of "arresting lyricism and beauty" (New York Times Book Review). WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE National Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of 2017 A Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2017 A San Francisco Chronicle Top Ten Book of 2017 Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the Lambda Award and the California Book Award "I could not love LESS more."--Ron Charles, Washington Post "Andrew Sean Greer's Less is excellent company. It's no less than bedazzling, ... continue


1945.

Let the Dead Lie by Malla Nunn EN

0 Ratings
Country: Africa / Eswatini flag Eswatini
Description:
Krimi. A stunning novel about murder, power, and a dangerous South African underworld. Cooper works undercover surveillance on the seedy Durban docks, but when a young boy is brutally murdered he must elude the police to conduct his own investigation. He discovers an international tussle for the political soul of South Africa

1946.

Let the Old Dreams Die by John Ajvide Lindqvist EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Continues the story of Oskar and Eli from the author's "Let the Right One In," and includes "Equinox," in which a woman makes a disturbing discovery while taking care of her vacationing neighbor's house.

1947.

Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season : Selected Poems by Forough Farrokhzad EN

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Country: Asia / Iran flag Iran
Description:
A ravishing new translation of Iran's trailblazing, feminist poet in a comprehensive and indispensable collection

1948.

Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
One of Zweig's best-loved stories in a translation by Anthea Bell, plus three other Zweig tales, new in English.

1949.

Letter to Jimmy by Alain Mabanckou EN

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Country: Africa / Congo flag Congo
Description:
Written on the twentieth anniversary of James Baldwin’s death, Letter to Jimmy is African writer Alain Mabanckou’s ode to his literary hero and an effort to place Baldwin’s life in context within the greater African diaspora. Beginning with a chance encounter with a beggar wandering along a Santa Monica beach—a man whose ragged clothes and unsteady gait remind the author of a character out of one of James Baldwin’s novels— Mabanckou uses his own experiences as an African living in the US as a launching pad to take readers on a fascinating tour of James Baldwin’s life. As Mabanckou reads Baldwi... continue
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1950.

Letters from a Stoic by Seneca EN

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Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
"It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us...without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry." For several years of his turbulent life, Seneca was the guiding hand of the Roman Empire. His inspired reasoning derived mainly from the Stoic principles, which had originally been developed some centuries earlier in Athens. This selection of Seneca's letters shows him upholding the austere ethical ideals of Stoicism—the wisdom of the self-possessed person immune to overmastering emotions and life’s setbacks—while valuing friendship and the courage of ordinary men, and criticizing t... continue


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