Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2885)
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Garden by the Sea by Mercè Rodoreda EN
SpainDescription:
A Gatsby-esque novel about Spain in the 1920s on the eve of the Spanish Civil War
2082.
Fog : A Novel by Miguel de Unamuno EN
Description:
Fog is a fresh new translation of the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno’s Niebla, first published in 1914. An early example of modernism’s challenge to the conventions of nineteenth-century realist fiction, Fog shocked critics but delighted readers with its formal experimentation and existential themes. This revolutionary novel anticipates the work of Sartre, Borges, Pirandello, Nabokov, Calvino, and Vonnegut. The novel’s central character, Augusto, is a pampered, aimless young man who falls in love with Eugenia, a woman he randomly spots on the street. Augusto’s absurd infatuation offers an ir... continue
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The shadow of the wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón EN
Description:
Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra del Viento' by Julian Carax. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from La Sombra del Viento, a chara... continue
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Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra EN
Description:
Follows the fortunes of the Estanyol family in medieval Barcelona, whose rise from peasantry is marked by their stoneworker son's role in building the Santa Maria del Mar cathedral and his forbidden love for a Jewish woman.
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Meddling Kids : A Novel by Edgar Cantero EN
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Four former kid detectives have grown up and apart, each haunted by disturbing memories of their final night in an old haunted house. The time has come to get the team back together, face their fears, and find out what actually happened all those years ago at Sleepy Lake.
2088.
Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón EN
Description:
A mysterious ritual in a cemetery leads two teenagers to a journey into Barcelona's forgotten past
2089.
Such Small Hands by Andrés Barba EN
Description:
Shirley Jackson meets The Virgin Suicides, set at an all-girls orphanage.
2090.
Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero EN
Description:
Combining the raw realism and vulnerability of Shuggie Bain and Detransition, Baby with the poignant sensibility of Pedro Almodóvar, a staggering coming-of-age novel deeply rooted in the class struggles of a trans woman growing up in Madrid in the last decades of the twentieth century. "I saw a whole generation of boys fall like irredeemable angels." Told in the heartrending voice of a girl trapped within the body of a boy, Bad Habit is a story of coming-of-age in working class Madrid-in a godforsaken neighborhood ironically named after a saint. Alana S. Portero's spunky protagonist struggles ... continue