Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2679)
1391.
Country: Europe / 
Montenegro
Montenegro
Description:
Building can be seen as a master metaphor for modernity, which some great irresistible force, be it Fascism or Communism or capitalism, is always busy rebuilding, and Houses is a book about a man, Arsénie Negovan, who has devoted his life and his dreams to building. Bon vivant, Francophile, visionary, Negovan spent the first half of his life building houses he loved and even named—Juliana, Christina, Agatha—while making his hometown of Belgrade into a modern city to be proud of. The second half of his life, after World War II and the Nazi occupation, he has spent in one of those houses, looked... continue
1393.
1394.
An Interrupted Life: The Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum 1941-43 by Etty Hillesum EN
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
A collection of the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum (1914-43) who lived in Amsterdam that were composed in the shadow of the Holocaust, but their interest lies in the light-filled mind that pervades them and in the internal journey they chart.
1395.
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
"Originally published as Hex in 2013 by Luitingh-Sijthoff in Amsterdam"--Colophon.
1396.
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The darkly suspenseful tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives—all over the course of one meal. Now a major motion picture. “Chilling, nasty, smart, shocking, and unputdownable.”—Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl It’s a summer’s evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food and over the scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new ... continue
1397.
Humankind : A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
From the author of New York Times bestseller UTOPIA FOR REALISTS, a revolutionary argument that the innate goodness and cooperation of human beings has been the greatest factor in our success. If one basic principle has served as the bedrock of bestselling author Rutger Bregman's thinking, it is that every progressive idea -- whether it was the abolition of slavery, the advent of democracy, women's suffrage, or the ratification of marriage equality -- was once considered radical and dangerous by the mainstream opinion of its time. With Humankind, he brings that mentality to bear against one of... continue
1398.
When we cease to understand the world by Benjamin Labatut EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 'A monstrous and brilliant book' Philip Pullman 'Wholly mesmerising and revelatory... Completely fascinating' William Boyd Sometimes discovery brings destruction When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled lives we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers... continue
1399.
The Opposite of a Person by Lieke Marsman EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
If people were evil, and I wished to be good, then I had to�make sure that I was the opposite of a person.
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Mei by Anna Enquist (pseud. van C. Widlund-Broer.) NL
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
A collection of short stories in Dutch by one of the best Dutch authors.