Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2856)
2721.
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Jess needs a fresh start. Her half-brother Ben didn't sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn't say no. Only when she shows up he's not there. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother's situation, and the more questions she has. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it's starting to look like it's Ben's future that's in question. Everyone's a neighbour. Everyone's a suspect. And everyone knows something they're not telling. Author of "The Guest List." Print run 300,000.
2722.
Tell Me Why You Fled: True Stories of Seeking Refuge by Karen O’Reilly EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A candid and irreverent memoir about helping people find refuge - from war, and torture and genocide - as a young woman seeking refuge from herself.
2723.
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A woman reeling from a disastrous love affair finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine. 'A novel to savour' SUNDAY TIMES 'A vital storyteller' ALI SMITH After years away from her family's homeland, and reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir returns to Haifa to visit her older sister Haneen. On her arrival, she finds her relationship to Palestine is fragile, both bone-deep and new. When Sonia meets the charismatic Mariam, a local director, she joins a production of Hamlet in the West Bank. Soon, Sonia is rehearsing with a dedicated, if competitive, group of men - yet... continue
2724.
Liquid Gold: Bees and the Pursuit of Midlife Honey by Roger Morgan-Grenville EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
'This delightful memoir is an inspiring account of changing direction in mid-life, and a passionate plea on behalf of the honeybee.' Daily Mail 'A light-hearted account of midlife, a yearning for adventure, the plight of bees, the quest for "liquid gold" and, above all, friendship.' Sunday Telegraph After a chance meeting in the pub, Roger Morgan-Grenville and his friend Duncan decide to take up beekeeping. Their enthusiasm matched only by their ignorance, they are pitched into an arcane world of unexpected challenges. Coping with many setbacks along the way, they manage to create a colony of ... continue
2725.
Genius & Anxiety : How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 by Norman Lebrecht EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
This lively chronicle of the years 1847–1947—the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world—is “[a] thrilling and tragic history…especially good on the ironies and chain-reaction intimacies that make a people and a past” (The Wall Street Journal). In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the world. Many of them are well known—Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Wit... continue
2726.
Hard Times by Charles Dickens EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Novel depicting Victorian industrial society.
2727.
Sold : A Story of Modern-day Slavery by Zana Muhsen EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. When her father told her she was to spend a holiday with relatives in North Yemen, she jumped at the chance. Aged 15 and 13 respectively, Zana and her sister discovered that they had been literally sold into marriage, and that on their arrival they were virtually prisoners. They had to adapt to a completely alien way of life, with no running water, dung-plastered walls, frequent beatings, and the ordeal of childbirth on bare floors with only old women in attendance. After eight years of misery and humiliation Zana succeeded in esca... continue
2728.
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Copyright page.
2729.
The Ghost Cat : 12 Decades, 9 Lives, 1 Cat by Alex Howard EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Schwab's The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.'The Ghost Cat is an Edinburgh delight: "mizzle-ridden" days were made for books like this!'LUCY RIBCHESTER, author of The Hourglass Factory'A beautiful story' Tiktok's @beansthegingercat'Enchanting, entertaining and engaging ...[Bokinfo].
2730.
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an introduction by Philip Horne. The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, t... continue