Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2670)
2381.
Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes by J. K. Rowling DE
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Es ist Harry Potters schwerste Aufgabe: Er muss die übrigen Horkruxe von Lord Voldemort aufspüren und vernichten. Findet er die Kraft, diese Aufgabe zu erfüllen, die ihm Professor Dumbledore hinterlassen hat?
2382.
Igualtat de ritus by Terry Pratchett CA
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Catalan version of Equal Rites.
A funny story of a little girl that became a powerful wizard by mistake.
2383.
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe DE
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Nach einem Schiffbruch landet Robinson Crusoe auf einer einsamen Insel. Gemeinsam mit seinem Gefährten Freitag meistert er das Leben in der Wildnis. Der Roman basiert auf einem Tatsachenbericht eines schottischen Seemanns. (Verlagstext).
2384.
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1969. On a hot January evening that he will remember for decades, Elias Cole first catches sight of Saffia Kamara, the wife of a charismatic colleague. He is transfixed. Thirty years later, lying in the capital's hospital, he recalls the desire that drove him to acts of betrayal he has tried to justify ever since. Elsewhere in the hospital, Kai, a gifted young surgeon, is desperately trying to forget the pain of a lost love that torments him as much as the mental scars he still bears from the civil war that has left an entire people with terrible secrets to keep. It fal... continue
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Radio Congo : Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War by Ben Rawlence EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
In this extraordinary debut – called ‘gripping’ by The Times of London – Ben Rawlence sets out to gather the news from a forgotten town deep in Congo’s ‘silent quarter’ where peace is finally being built after two decades of civil war and devastation. Ignoring the advice of locals, reporters, and mercenaries, he travels by foot, bike, and boat, introducing us to Colonel Ibrahim, a guerrilla turned army officer; Benjamin, the kindly father of the most terrifying Mai Mai warlord; the cousins Mohammed and Mohammed, young tin traders hoping to make their fortune; and talk show host Mama Christine,... continue
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Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
"HYSTERICAL!" --The Philadelphia Inquirer The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation. They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vicepresident of the Campaign for Real Time, ... continue
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The Mission Song by John Le Carre EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Working as an interpreter for British Intelligence, Bruno Salvador, the abandoned son of an Irish father and Congolese mother, is sent to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference among Central African warlords.
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Reluctant galactic wanderer Arthur Dent finds himself back on Earth, which has been restored after having been demolished for a hyperspace bypass, and again sets out on his travels with a girl who went mad at the Earth's destruction.
2389.
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.
It's Midwinter's Eve, the day before Will's eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. This will be a birthday like no other. Will discovers that he has the power of the Old Ones, and that he must embark on a quest to vanquish the terrifyingly evil magic of the Dark.
2390.
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Adams is back with the amazing, unprecedented, logic-defying, but-why-stop-now fifth novel in the Hitchhiker Trilogy. Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, has grown up on a remote world at the edge of the universe. Now she sets out on a transgalactic quest to find the planet of her ancestors. . . . Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.