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 Mysterious Affair at Styles : A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Warbler Classics) by Agatha Christie EN

Rating: 4 (8 votes)
Description:
One morning at Styles Court, a country manor, the elderly owner is found dead of strychnine poisoning. Arthur Hastings, who is staying there, asks for help from Hercule Poirot, an eccentric Belgian inspector. Thus one of the most famous characters in detective fiction makes his debut. Contains the original illustrations and a detailed biography.

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The Mysterious Balloon Man by Albert Salvadó EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Andorra flag Andorra
Description:
As the 18th century ends and the 19th century begins, changes abound all over Europe. Absolute monarchy is coming to an end, England and Spain struggle for supremacy in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and France is in conflict with all its neighbours. Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean, a new power is starting to emerge: the United States of America. In the midst of all these changes, Alfred Gordon, a civil servant employed by the British secret service, makes a discovery that will totally revolutionise global espionage. He realises that the nobility, the traditional spies, are in d... continue

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The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
To recall his memories, Yambo withdraws to the family home where he searches old newspapers, comics, records, photo albums, and diaries to relive the story of his generation: Mussolini, Catholic education and guilt, Josephine Baker, Flash Gordon, and Fred Astaire.
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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Although The Mysterious Island is technically a sequel to Vernes' enormously popular Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this novel offers a vastly different take on similar thematic motifs. As with all of Verne's best-known works, The Mysterious Island is a masterpiece of the action-adventure genre, with a heaping dash of science fiction influence thrown in for good measure.

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The Mystery Guest : A Maid Novel by Nita Prose EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Description:
When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty—in a standalone novel featuring Molly Gray, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, a Good Morning America Book Club Pick Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J.D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowne... continue


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The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
The delightful first title in a new collaboration with Channel 4's Walter Presents: a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels compelled to bring it back to Paris to publish it. The book is a sensation, prompting fevered interest in the identity of its author - apparently one Henri Pick, a now-deceased pizza chef from Cro... continue

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The Mystery of the Yellow Room : Extraordinary Adventures of Joseph Rouletabille, Reporter by Gaston Leroux EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
How could a crime take place in a locked room which shows no sign of being entered? Leroux's landmark tale of foul play and deception remains a blueprint for the detective novel genre.

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The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Africa / Algeria flag Algeria
Description:
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • An internationally acclaimed author delivers one of the most influential works of the twentieth century, showing a way out of despair and reaffirming the value of existence. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide—the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly presents a crucial exposition of existentialist thought.

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The Myth of the Eternal Return : Cosmos and History by Mircea Eliade EN

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Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
"A Princeton classic edition"--P. 4 of cover.
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