Read Around Europe Challenge

Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.

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Best books from Europe (1757)
131.

The Other Jerusalem by Michel Kichka EN

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Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Michel Kichka's newest autobiography tells how a comics-obsessed kid from industrial Belgium became an author and militant media illustrator from Israel. As he shows in the book, the Covid pandemic and resulting lockdown were fertile breeding ground for the creative energy Kichka needed for this intimate and funny traipse around Jerusalem -- and down memory lane.

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Post mortem : roman by Peter Terrin ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Een schrijver ontloopt een etentje met een smoes over familie-omstandigheden, maar dan wordt zijn gezin echt getroffen door een ramp.
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134.

De engelenmaker by Stefan Brijs NL

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Een embryoloog gaat bij zijn pogingen een mens te klonen tot het uiterste.

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Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian In Simenon’s iconic first novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces a fraudster’s true identity Inspector Jules Maigret, a taciturn detective and commissaire of the Paris Brigade Criminelle, receives notice from Interpol that a notorious conman known only as Peitr the Latvian is en route to France. Armed with a br... continue

136.

The Misfortunates : A Novel by Dimitri Verhulst EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Following in his father and uncle's footsteps down the path of inebriation, Dimmy, who has grown up amid the stench of stale beer, decides to embrace sobriety and moderation as he starts to piece together his own plan for the future. 30,000 first printing.

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Zielsveel

Zielsveel by Marc Legendre NL

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Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Een tienermeisje praat met haar studiebegeleider over haar depressieve vader en haar moeder wier minnaar de vader van haar vriendje is.

138.

Diario de Golondrina by Amélie Nothomb ES

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Primero fue la pérdida de un gran amor. Después el bloqueo de las emociones y, más tarde, el descubrimiento de que ya no había vuelta atrás. Así empieza este libro intimista y descarnado en el que un hombre de identidad cambiante descubre que la única manera de recuperar el placer es con experiencias radicalmente nuevas. El primer umbral será la música de Radiohead. El segundo, el asesinato. Mata por encargo, al principio, y después las víctimas son elegidas al azar. Hasta que un día se enamora... La pluma de A... continue

139.

El vigilante by Peter Terrin ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Dos vigilantes, aislados en el aparcamiento de un edificio de lujo, esperan la llegada de su relevo y de las provisiones que les mantienen con vida. Tienen prohibido comunicarse con los residentes, y la situación se agrava cuando observan cómo todos excepto uno abandonan el edificio en el mismo día. La suposición de que en el mundo exterior haya ocurrido una catástrofe, la falta de provisiones y la posibilidad de que todo sea una prueba para conseguir un ascenso les llevarán al límite de su resistencia. El miedo al exterior y al otro, la necesi... continue

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Monte Carlo by Peter Terrin EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
It is the Monaco Grand Prix in May 1968. Jack Preston, a mechanic for Team Sutton, is making the final checks on his car as the beau monde mingles with the drivers under the eyes of the world's press and the galleries of spectators. DeeDee, a starlet of great beauty, seems to be walking towards him, or perhaps towards the royal box. Without warning a fireball rips across the starting grid. Preston will always bear the scars as a consequence of his unthinking heroism, his saving the life and the beauty of the girl, but details of the accident remain vague - no photographs capturing the moment h... continue