Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2605)
2361.
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A jarring, fragmented ride through the dark underbelly of Edinburgh, the festival city. There is not an advocate, a festival performer or a fur coat in sight as, with bitter passion and rancid humour, Welsh lays bare the lives of this ill-starred bunch of addicts, alcoholics and no-hopers.
2362.
The Book of Hope : A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Probably the question I am asked more often than any other is: Do you honestly believe there is hope for our world? For the future of our children and grandchildren? And I am able to answer truthfully, yes. Book jacket.
2363.
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Beowulf is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films ... continue
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The Quiet American : (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Graham Greene EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The relentless struggle of the Vietminh guerrillas for independence and the futility of the French gestures of resistance become inseparably meshed with the personal and moral dilemmas of two men and the Vietnamese woman they both love. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
2365.
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The fourth novel from the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman - one of the most authentic and talked-about voices in contemporary YA.
2366.
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Mike Mackenzie is a self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the devil in his soul. He is looking for something to liven up the days and settles on a plot to rip-off one of the most high-profile targets in the capital - the National Gallery of Scotland. So, together with two close friends from the art world, he devises a plan to lift some of the most valuable artwork around. But of course, the real trick is to rob the place for all its worth whilst persuading the world that no crime was ever committed...
2367.
This Winter : A Solitaire Novella by Alice Oseman EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
"A short novella based on the beloved characters from the graphic novel Heartstopper and Alice Oseman's debut novel Solitaire, which was praised as 'The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age' by The Times. The festive season isn't always happy for Tori Spring and her brother Charlie. And this year's going to be harder than most. I used to think that difficult was better than boring, but I know better now... I'm not going to think about the past few months, about Charlie and me, and all of the sad. I’m going to block it all out Just for today. "Happy Christmas," I say."--Back cover.
2368.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine : A Novel by Gail Honeyman EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick “Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is about the importance of friendship and human connection. I fell in love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger; I think you will fall in love, too!” —Reese Witherspoon No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her ... continue
2369.
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The third novel from the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, author of Solitaire and the graphic novel series Heartstopper - soon to be a major Netflix series.
2370.
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Fictional account of travels around Alice Springs; place names fictional; concepts of relationship between songs, land and identity.