Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2886)
2011.
La mano de la buena fortuna by Goran Petrović ES
SerbiaDescription:
La mano de la buena fortuna es ya un libro de culto. Miles de lectores se han sumergido en él buscando ese maravilloso concepto inventado por el autor: el de la lectura total. Son pocos los elegidos que lo logran. Los que lo hacen, se percatarán de que al interior de las páginas uno puede encontrarse con las personas que están leyendo el mismo libro en ese preciso instante.
2012.
The Legend of the Sleepers by Danilo Kis EN
Description:
'Sleepers awake in a remote cave and the ancient mystic Simon Magus attempts a miracle, in these two magical, otherworldly tales from one of the greatest voices of twentieth-century Europe.
2013.
2014.
Walk Through Walls : A Memoir by Marina Abramovic EN
Description:
“I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at all—and it intoxicated me.” In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramović’s MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit across from her and communicate with her nonverbally in an unprecedented durational performance that lasted more than 700 hours. This celebration of nearly fifty years of groundbreaking performance art demonstrated once again that Marina Abramović is truly a force of nature. The child of Communist war-hero parents ... continue
2015.
Fear and His Servant by Mirjana Novaković EN
Description:
Count Otto von Hausburg and his devoted servant are sent to Belgrade by the Austrian monarchy to investigate troubling reports of vampires. There they find a deeply frightened populace who are willing to believe the Count is the devil incarnate. Perhaps they are right. Novakovic brilliantly captures the atmosphere of the Balkans in the 18th century and offers up a playful twist on the Gothic imagination.
2016.
The Cyclist Conspiracy by Svetislav Basara EN
Description:
The Cyclist Conspiracy tells the tale of a secret Brotherhood who meet in dreams, gain esoteric knowledge from contemplation of the bicycle and seek to move in and out of history, manipulating events. The brothers are part of a conspiracy so vast and so secret that, in many cases, the conspirators themselves are unaware of their participation in it. The novel details the story of these interventions and the important moments where the Brotherhood had made its influence felt.
2017.
Directions for Use : Selected Poems by Ana Ristović EN
Description:
A rich embroidery of frank sexuality and lyric images from award-winning Serbian poet
2018.
Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper EN
Description:
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The L Word in this fresh, sizzling New York Times bestselling rom-com by Lana Harper. Emmy Harlow is a witch but not a very powerful one—in part because she hasn't been home to the magical town of Thistle Grove in years. Her self-imposed exile has a lot to do with a complicated family history and a desire to forge her own way in the world, and only the very tiniest bit to do with Gareth Blackmoore, heir to the most powerful magical family in town and casual breaker of hearts and destroyer of dreams. But when a spellcasting tournament that her family serves ... continue
