Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2605)
2211.
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Clarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for party and remembering those she once loved. In another part of London, Septimus Warren Smith is shell-shocked and on the brink of madness. Smith's day interweaves with that of Clarissa and her friends, their lives converging as the party reaches it glittering climax.
2212.
Fleabag : The Scriptures by Phoebe Waller-Bridge EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The complete Fleabag. Every Word. Every Side-eye. Every Fox. Order your own sacred text: Fleabag: The Scriptures includes new writing from Phoebe Waller-Bridge alongside the filming scripts and the never-before-seen stage directions from the Emmy and BAFTA winning series.
2213.
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
From one of Britain's most celebrated writers of color, a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity among an interconnected group of Black British women
2214.
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction World Fantasy Awards Finalist From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands t... continue
2215.
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
When Jane Marple receives an unusual letter from Jason Rafiel, a week after his death, she is led into a web of suspense.
2216.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
From the bustling, snowy streets of 19th-century London to the ghostly apparitions of Christmases past and future, award-winning artist Roberto Innocenti vividly renders not only the authentic detail but also the emotional impact of Charles Dickens's beloved Christmas tale. In both crowded urban scenes and intimate portraits of familiar characters, we gain a sense of the timeless humanity of the tale and perhaps catch a glimpse of ourselves.
2217.
The Christmas Appeal : A Fantastic Festive Murder Mystery from the Bestselling Author of the Appeal by Janice Hallett EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A delightful festive murder mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Appeal, in which the characters return for panto season - and a murder.
2218.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages.
2219.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
"Dr. Alfred Jones has many reasons to be content with his life. His latest paper 'Effects of Increased Water Acidity on the Caddis Fly Larva' looks set to cause a stir on the pages of Trout & Salmon, his job as a fisheries scientist is satisfactory, and he and his wife, Mary, have just celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary - for which she gave him a replacement electric toothbrush. So why does he feel as though something is missing?" "When he is asked to become involved in a project to create a salmon river in the highlands of the Yemen, Fred rejects the idea as absurd. But the propos... continue
2220.
L’uomo che scambiò sua moglie per un cappello by Oliver Sacks IT
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Oliver Sacks è un neurologo, ma il suo rapporto con la neurologia è simile a quello di Groddeck con la psicoanalisi. Perciò Sacks è anche molte altre cose: «Mi sento infatti medico e naturalista al tempo stesso; mi interessano in pari misura le malattie e le persone; e forse anche sono insieme, benché in modo insoddisfacente, un teorico e un drammaturgo, sono attratto dall’aspetto romanzesco non meno che da quello scientifico, e li vedo continuamente entrambi nella condizione umana, non ultima in quella che è la condizione umana per eccellenza, la malattia: gli animali si ammalano, ma solo l’u... continue