Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2783)
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Oxen. Pilgrim (#6) by Jens Henrik Jensen DE
DenmarkDescription:
Oxen hat wochenlange Gefangenschaft und grausame Kämpfe in den Katakomben überlebt, aber er ist nicht mehr derselbe. Zum ersten Mal hat er getötet, um zu leben. Um Abstand zu gewinnen und seine Taten zu sühnen, begibt er sich auf Pilgerreise.
Auch Margarethe Frank muss sich neu orientieren, denn nach einem Zerwürfnis wird sie vom dänischen Geheimdienst PET suspendiert. Da kommt die Anfrage von Axel Mossmann gerade recht. Er braucht Hilfe bei einem unbedeutend wirkenden Fall. Doch was zunächst nach einem kleinen Finanzbetrug aussieht, erreicht ungeahnte Dimen... continue
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La señorita Smila y su especial percepción de la nieve by Peter Hoeg, Ana Sofía Pascual ES
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Rigt facetteret spændingsroman om en grønlandsk-dansk kvindes forsøg på at afsløre den forbryderiske baggrund for en lille grønlandsk drengs død i København
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From the acclaimed author of The Employees, a radical, funny, and mercilessly honest novel about motherhood. After giving birth, Anna is utterly lost. She and her family move to the unfamiliar, snowy city of Stockholm. Anxiety threatens to completely engulf Anna, who obsessively devours online news and compulsively orders clothes she can’t afford. To avoid sinking deeper into her depression, she forces herself to read and write. My Work is a novel about the unique and fundamental experience of giving birth, mixing different literary forms—fiction, essay, poetry, memoir, and letters—to explore ... continue
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Termush (Faber Editions) : Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer by Sven Holm EN
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Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer, welcome to a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic 1967 dystopia ...
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The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen EN
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A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win the love of a prince and earn an immortal soul for herself.
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Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg EN
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One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop. The police pronounce it an accident. But Isaiah's neighbour, Smilla, suspects murder. She embarks on a dangerous quest to find the truth, following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow. 'A subtle novel, yet direct, clever, wistful, unforgettable' Ruth Rendell, Daily Telegraph 'On one level, both a whodunit and a thriller - ingeniously plotted. Extremely hard to put down. Peter H�eg's novel is already making for classic status' Sunday Times 'Unusual and enveloping. Extraordinarily evocat... continue
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Northern Wrath : The Hanged God Trilogy Book 1 by Thilde Kold Holdt EN
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Following in the steps of Neil Gaiman & Joanne Harris, the author expertly weaves Norse myths and compelling characters into this fierce, magical epic fantasy. A dead man, walking between the worlds, foresees the end of the gods. A survivor searching for a weapon releases a demon from fiery Muspelheim. A village is slaughtered by Christians, and revenge must be taken. The bonds between the gods and Midgard are weakening. It is up to Hilda, Ragnar, their tribesmen Einer and Finn, the chief’s wife Siv and Tyra, her adopted daughter, to fight to save the old ways from dying out, and to save their... continue
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Bye bye blackbird : krim by Jesper Stein NO
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Visepolitimester Axel Steen blir innhentet av fortiden da han får en telefon fra Kriminalteknisk Center. En DNA-prøve som er tatt i forbindelse med en voldtektssak matcher DNA fra den såkalte svarttrost-saken, et uoppklart seksualdrap fra 2004. Endelig får Axel Steen sjansen til å løse saken som har ridd han som en mare siden den gang, og som i sin tid ødela både ekteskapet hans og nesten tok livet av han. Han starter jaken på det som skal vise seg å være en sadistisk serievoldtektsforbryter. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.
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When Pierre-Anthon realizes there is no meaning to life, the seventh-grader leaves his classroom, climbs a tree, and stays there. His classmates cannot make him come down, not even by pelting him with rocks. So to prove to Pierre-Anthon that life has meaning, the children decide to give up things of importance. The pile starts with the superficial—a fishing rod, a new pair of shoes. But as the sacrifices become more extreme, the students grow increasingly desperate to get Pierre-Anthon down, to justify their belief in meaning. Sure to prompt intense thought and discussion, Nothing—already a tr... continue