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.
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The Buried Mirror : Reflections on Spain and the New World by Carlos Fuentes EN
Country: North America / 
Panama
Panama
Description:
An exploration of Spanish culture in Spain and the Americas traces the social, political, and economic forces that created that culture.
3392.
The Burning Bush Women & Other Stories by Cherie Jones EN
Country: North America / 
Barbados
Barbados
Description:
In these truthful and strange, funny and tragic stories set in Barbados and the USA, Cherie Jones weaves paths through the joys and suffering of women's lives - from breast cancer, madness and abortion to love, magic and a deep connectedness between women.
3393.
The Burning God by R. F. Kuang EN
ChinaDescription:
The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang’s acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect.
After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead.
Despite her losses, Rin hasn’t given up on those for whom she has sacrificed so much—the people of the southern provinces and especially Tikany, the village that is her home. Ret... continue
3394.
The Burning Plain and Other Stories by Juan Rulfo EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
A major figure in the history of post-Revolutionary literature in Mexico, Juan Rulfo received international acclaim for his brilliant short novel Pedro Páramo (1955) and his collection of short stories El llano en llamas (1953), translated as a collection here in English for the first time. In the transition of Mexican fiction from direct statements of nationalism and social protest to a concentration on cosmopolitanism, the works of Rulfo hold a unique position. These stories of a rural people caught in the play of natural forces are not simply an interior examination of the phenomena of thei... continue
3395.
The Bus Driver who Wanted to be God and Other Stories by Etgar Keret EN
IsraelDescription:
"Warped & wonderful short stories"--Cover.
3396.
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
Winner of the Munhakdongne Novel Award, South Korea's most prestigious literary prize. Cabinet 13 looks exactly like any normal filing cabinet…Except this cabinet is filled with files on the ‘symptomers’, humans whose strange abilities and bizarre experiences might just mark the emergence of a new species. But to Mr Kong, the harried office worker whose job it is to look after the cabinet, the symptomers are a headache; especially the one who won’t stop calling every day, asking to be turned into a cat. A richly funny and fantastical novel about the strangeness at the heart of even the most ev... continue
3397.
The Caiman by María Eugenia Manrique EN
Country: South America / 
Venezuela
Venezuela
Description:
The unforgettable story of a man and his alligator. When Faoro the clockmaker adopts a baby alligator, he has no idea that someday their story will travel far and wide. But the town of San Fernando de Apure would never forget this kind young man and his adoring alligator, who played with the neighborhood children, took part in Faoro's wedding, and, eventually, mourned his loss. Now their story is being shared with the world. In this delightful picture book first published in Venezuela, the author brings us back to her own childhood in Venezuela, as one of the children who used to visit this fa... continue
3398.
The Cairo Trilogy : Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street by Najīb Maḥfūẓ EN
EgyptDescription:
A series of historical fiction based on the life of a family living in Cairo during the British Colonial period and afterward.
3399.
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
H P Lovecraft is credited with reinventing the horror genre in the twentieth century. In this volume, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, S T Joshi, presents a selection of the master's fiction. These stories reveal the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establish him as a canonical - and visionary - American writer.
3400.
The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
'A beautiful, deliberate and satisfying story spanning thirty years of Korean history' Publishers' Weekly 'Kim weaves a wonderfully nuanced historical portrait, rich in detail and resonant with meaning and wisdom' Independent In Korea, Najin Han, the privileged daughter of a calligrapher, longs to choose her own destiny. Smart and headstrong, she is encouraged by her mother - but her stern father is determined to maintain tradition, especially as the Japanese steadily gain control of his beloved country. When he seeks to marry fourteen-year-old Najin into an aristocratic family, her mother def... continue
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