Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2567)
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Night Driver by Marcelle Perks EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A most unlikely heroine, pregnant Frannie must stay one step ahead of her murderous pursuer on the darkest of roads in order to survive.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is unquestionably the most famous dystopian novel of all times. Written in the year of 1948, the author swapped the last two digits while describing a future totalitarian society where the minds, attitudes and actions of the subjects are thoroughly scrutinized by the "Thought Police", suspected dissidents tracked down and where the worship of the mythical party leader Big Brother is forced upon the masses. The low-ranking party member Winston Smith begins secretly to question the whole system and initiates a forbidden love affair with another party member.
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Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A novel from the author of Giving Up the Ghost and A Place of Greater Safety.
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The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
During World War II an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio program called The Kitchen Front is putting on a cooking contest, and the grand prize is a job as the program's first-ever female co-host. For four very different women, winning the contest presents a crucial chance to change their lives
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Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
'Riveting, twisty, page-turning stuff' Guardian A 'best books of 2020' pick for BBC Radio 4 Open Book, the Guardian, the Telegraph and Good Housekeeping 'The page turner you've been looking for. Sly, witty and gripping . . . I devoured it' Naomi Alderman 'An utter joy . . . wonderfully skilled' Sarah Perry 'Beguiling, brilliantly creepy, and an utterly compelling read' Claire Fuller 'Tender, creepy and gripping' Sunday Times 'Spellbinding and spooky . . . a dazzling high wire act, superbly absorbing' Sunday Mirror When the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the mid... continue
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A Woman of No Importance : The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Independent Review of Books, PopSugar, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookBrowse, the Spectator, and the Times of London Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography “Excellent…This book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down.” -- The New York Times Book Review "A compelling biography of a masterful spy, and a reminder of what can be done with a few brave people -- and a little resistance." - NPR "A meticiulous history that reads like a... continue
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The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Originally published: Great Britain: Harvill Secker, 2016.
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The Willows by Algernon Blackwood EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Blackwood writes of unearthly realms that defy logical explanation in this classic tale.
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Scris pe trup by Jeanette Winterson RO
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Traducere de Vali Florescu Cărțile scriitoarei britanice Jeanette Winterson sunt publicate în peste 35 de țări. „De ce măsura iubirii este pierderea ei?" Așa începe un roman frumos ca o scrisoare de dragoste, în care protagoniștii se caută, se găsesc într-o noapte ploioasă, se iubesc nebunește și în cele din urmă rătăcesc iremediabil drumul unul spre celălalt. Pe ea o cheamă Louise. Are păr prerafaelit și pielea albă ca laptele. Dar persoana pe care o iubește și care-i așterne pe hârtie povestea n-are nici nume, nici chip, nici sex. Însă dragostea nu cunoaște astfel de îngrădiri. E, așa cum de... continue