Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2679)
1421.
De erfenis van Richard Grenville by Natalie Koch NL
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Als de negentienjarige Alexa Westerhof een semester aan een kleine Londense universiteit gaat studeren, ontdekt ze al snel dat het gotische gebouw geheimen herbergt, geheimen die ook haar leven voorgoed zullen veranderen. Een dramatische gebeurtenis op de campus brengt haar in contact met magi, mensen met bijzondere krachten, waar ze zelf ook over blijkt te beschikken. Terwijl ze colleges volgt en van het studentenleven geniet, bestudeert ze in het geheim magie en leert haar krachten ontwikkelen. Ze ontdekt dat Londen vol geheime plekken zit, van verborgen kelders en kroegen tot spookmetrostat... continue
1423.
Footsteps of Fate by Louis Couperus, Clara Bell, Edmund Gosse EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Couperus (1863-1923) is considered one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature. This novel was originally published in 1890 and appeared in Clara Bell's English translation with an introduction by Edmund Gosse in the following year.
1424.
The Tree and the Vine by Dola De Jong EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
A lesbian love story set during the Nazi occupation in Holland.
1426.
The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Neil Gaiman meets Hans Christian Andersen in this delicious fairy tale full of mysterious spirits, daring escapes, and a beautiful message about the power of found families. In all the years that Elinora Gassbeek has been matron of the Little Tulip Orphanage, not once have the Rules for Baby Abandonment been broken. Until the autumn of 1880, when five babies are left in outrageous circumstances; one in a tin toolbox, one in a coal bucket, one in a picnic hamper, one in a wheat sack, and finally, one in a coffin-shaped basket. Those babies were Lotta, Egg, Fenna, Sem, and Milou. And although th... continue
1427.
Nesuferitele zile de luni by Arnon Yasha Yves Grunberg RO
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Cavalcada existentei tanarului Arnon incepe dupa ce renunta la liceu pentru o viata diurna petrecuta la slujbe plicticoase si una nocturna, marginala, pe strazile din Amsterdam, unde sexul e moneda de schimb. Ca sa-si omoare timpul, bate barurile si restaurantele hotelurilor la moda si pleaca fara sa-si plateasca nota, vrea sa incerce toate cocteilurile din lume, frecventeaza prostituate nu cu mult mai in varsta sau mai experimentate decat el. In periplul lui inocent si aparent fara tinta, se ascund tristetea si angoasele unui tanar caruia sensibilitatea exacerbata ii alimenteaza setea de aven... continue
1428.
Todo está tranquilo arriba by Gerbrand Bakker ES
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Helmer es un granjero que, con cincuenta y cinco años y una vida marcada por la soledad, está a punto de tomar las riendas de su vida. Gerbrand Bakker nos envuelve en los pensamientos de un protagonista que trata de entender su propio aislamiento a través de un lenguaje directo que nos divierte, emociona y nos lleva a preguntarnos el porqué de nuestras propias decisiones. Los constantes viajes entre el pasado y el presente nos hacen partícipes de una historia que podría haber sido diferente.
1429.
The Boy Between Worlds : A Biography by Annejet van der Zijl EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of An American Princess comes the true story of an unconventional family divided by war and prejudice during WWII. When they fell in love in 1928, Rika and Waldemar could not have been more different. She was a thirty-seven-year-old Dutch-born mother, estranged from her husband. He was her immigrant boarder, not yet twenty, and a wealthy Surinamese descendant of slaves. The child they have together, brown skinned and blue eyed, brings the couple great joy yet raises some eyebrows. Until the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands explodes their promising li... continue
1430.
All Souls' Day by Cees Nooteboom EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Arthur Daane, a documentary film-maker and inveterate globetrotter, has lost his wife and child in a plane crash. This title follows Arthur as he wonders the streets of Berlin, a city which provides the backdrop for a self-funded film that will show the world through his eyes.