Recommended English books

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The Read Around The World Challenge is a global challenge. Anyone can join the challenge from anywhere in the world in any language they want. This is the list of all English books added by participants of this reading challenge.

3711.

The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket EN

Rating: 4.5 (2 votes)
Description:
Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumber mill.

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The Misfortunates : A Novel by Dimitri Verhulst EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Following in his father and uncle's footsteps down the path of inebriation, Dimmy, who has grown up amid the stench of stale beer, decides to embrace sobriety and moderation as he starts to piece together his own plan for the future. 30,000 first printing.

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The Mission Song by John Le Carre EN

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Working as an interpreter for British Intelligence, Bruno Salvador, the abandoned son of an Irish father and Congolese mother, is sent to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference among Central African warlords.

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The Mist by Ragnor Jonasson EN

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Country: Europe / Iceland flag Iceland
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A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Is this the best crime writer in the world today?' The Times 'Triumphant. Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense' Ian Rankin 'A world-class crime writer' Sunday Times _______ 1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland. The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn't. The couple should never have let him in. But they did. An unexpected guest, a liar, a killer. Not all will survive the night. And Detective Hulda will be haunted forever . . . FROM THE TWO MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR _______ 'This is Icelandic... continue
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The misterious affair at styles by Agatha Christie EN

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Brace yourself for a cunning whodunit steeped in English charm. World War I veteran Captain Hastings seeks solace at a grand country estate, only to be embroiled in a shocking murder. The wealthy owner, Mrs. Inglethorp, is found dead, her fortune casting a long shadow over the household. Enter the enigmatic Hercule Poirot, a retired Belgian detective with a mind as sharp as his mustache. With a cast of suspicious characters and a web of secrets, Poirot must untangle the truth behind the poisoning. Will he expose the killer lurking amidst the seemingly respectable guests? Listen to "The Mysteri... continue

3716.

The Monotonous Chaos of Existence by Hisham Bustani EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Jordan flag Jordan
Description:
The stories within Hisham Bustani's The Monotonous Chaos of Existence explore the turbulent transformation in contemporary Arab societies. With a deft and poetic touch, Bustani examines the interpersonal with a global lens, connects the seemingly contradictory, and delves into the ways that international conflict can tear open the individuals that populate his world-all while pushing the narrative form into new and unexpected terrain.


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The Moon Is Following Me by Cecil Browne EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
This collection of short stories recalls an era when the village was the centre of life in the Caribbean island of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Nostalgic, but not sentimental, these stories are based on real events and relate the experiences of a range of characters striving to make a name for themselves; they are people in search of a larger stage.The title story, The Moon is Following Me, paints a picture of school life as it was in the seventies. It features a headmaster who is fond of rum and a teacher who works for half a day only, but it is essentially a story of young love and hope. T... continue

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The Moon Represents My Heart by Pim Wangtechawat EN

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Country: Asia / Thailand flag Thailand
Description:
Soon to be a major Netflix series, The Moon Represents My Heart is a lush, hopeful novel, for fans of The Immortalists and Everything I Never Told You, that follows a Chinese-British family of time travelers as they seek connections over borders--both national borders and those created by time. A love lost in time. An eternity to find it. The Wang family is hiding a secret--they all have the ability to time travel. When parents Joshua and Lily depart for the past and never return, their children Tommy and Eva are forced to deal with their grief alone. Eva tries to find her place in the present... continue

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The Morningside : A Novel by Téa Obreht EN

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Country: Europe / Serbia flag Serbia
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From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland, a magical novel of mothers and daughters, displacement and belonging, and myths both old and new. There’s the world you can see. And then there’s the one you can’t. Welcome to the Morningside. After being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant-future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in a place called Island City where Silvia’s aunt Ena serves as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her new life because her mother has been so di... continue


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