Books from Finland
103 popular finnish books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Finland.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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A Winter Book : Selected Stories by Tove Jansson EN
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A collection of bestselling Scandinavian author Tove Jansson's best loved and most famous stories.
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Minna Canthin parhaana pidetty teos pohtii totuuden roolia onnellisuuden tavoittelussa. 20-vuotias Anna Liisa on lupautunut Johannes Kivimaan morsiameksi. Annan Liisan mieltä painaa kuitenkin suuri salaisuus – hän tuli raskaaksi 15-vuotiaana ja menetti lapsensa mitä traagisimmalla tavalla. Nyt Anna Liisan avioliitto on purkautua, kun naisen entinen heila Mikko uhkaa paljastaa Anna Liisan salaisuuden. Pääseekö Anna Liisa yli menneisyytensä taakasta?Anna Liisa on Minna Canthin viimeiseksi jäänyt näytelmä, jonka teemat sosiaalisesta paineesta, totuudesta ja moraalista ovat jättäneet lähtemättömän... continue
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Arvejord by Maria Turtschaninoff SV
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Med en urna i famnen anländer en kvinna till ett tyst hus i en stor skog. När mammans lingonsylt till sist tar slut är det dotterns tur att vara äldst i familjen. En förtrollande episodroman om människoöden under fyra århundraden i en liten österbottnisk skogsby. Det är inte bara människan som har rötter i landskapet landskapet har djupa rötter i oss.
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Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen EN
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Spanning three centuries and linked by a long-extinct denizen of the northern oceans, a sweeping and intimate tale about a fateful encounter between man and nature. In 1741, thirty-two-year-old naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller joins Captain Bering's Great Northern Expedition to scout out a sea route from Asia to America. Plagued with hardships, captain and crew never reach their goal, but they do make a unique discovery, a gentle giant that will be named for the young explorer who described it: Steller's sea cow. In 1859, the governor of the Russian territory of Alaska sends his men to recover... continue
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Cuando Las Palomas Cayeron Del Cielo by Sofi Oksanen ES
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1941: In Communist-ruled, war-ravaged Estonia, two men are fleeing from the Red Army--Roland, a fiercely principled freedom fighter, and his slippery cousin Edgar. When the Germans arrive, Roland goes into hiding; Edgar abandons his unhappy wife and takes on a new identity as a loyal supporter of the Nazi regime.