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.

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The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After : Epilogues by Julia Quinn EN

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents a novella featuring Violet Bridgerton along with a collection of “second epilogues” to her Bridgerton series—her beloved Regency-set novels featuring her charming, powerful Bridgerton family—now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. Ever wonder what happens after the Happily Ever After? Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series remains one of the most beloved among historical romance readers, and this collection of “second epilogues”—stories that take place after the original books end—offers fans more from their favorite characters. Also u... continue

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz EN

Rating: 3 (3 votes)
Description:
The Long-Awaited First Novel From One Of Today S Most Original And Electrifying Literary Voices. Things Have Never Been Easy For Oscar. A Ghetto Nerd Living With His Dominican Family In New Jersey, He S Sweet But Disastrously Overweight. He Dreams Of Becoming The Next J. R. R. Tolkien And He Keeps Falling Hopelessly In Love. Poor Oscar May Never Get What He Wants, Thanks To The Fukú - The Ancient Curse That Has Haunted His Family For Generations, Dooming Them To Prison, Torture, Violent Accidents And, Above All, Ill-Starred Love. With Dazzling Energy And Insight Díaz Immerses Us In The Tumultu... continue

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz EN

Rating: 4 (10 votes)
Description:
Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year One of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, and many more... Nominated as one of America’s best-l... continue
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The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran EN

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
Country: Asia / Lebanon flag Lebanon
Description:
This is the exquisitely tender story of love that beats desperately against the taboos of Oriental tradition. With great sensitivity, Gibran describes his passion as a youth for Selma Karamy, the girl of Beirut who first unfolded to him the secrets of love. But it is a love that is doomed by a social convention which forces Selma into marriage with another man. Portraying the happiness and infinite sorrow of his relationship with Selma, Gibran at the same time probes the spiritual meaning of human existence with profound compassion.

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The Bronze Eagle by Emmuska Orczy EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Hungary flag Hungary
Description:
The perfect calm of an early spring dawn lies over headland and sea—hardly a ripple stirs the blue cheek of the bay. The softness of departing night lies upon the bosom of the Mediterranean like the dew upon the heart of a flower.A silent dawn.Veils of transparent greys and purples and mauves still conceal the distant horizon. Breathless calm rests upon the water and that awed hush which at times descends upon Nature herself when the finger of Destiny marks an eventful hour.But now the grey and the purple veils beyond the headland are lifted one by one; the midst of dawn rises upwards like the... continue

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The Brothers by Asko Sahlberg EN

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Country: Europe / Finland flag Finland
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A Shakespearean drama from icy Finland. Finland, 1809. Henrik and Erik are brothers who fought on opposite sides in the war between Sweden and Russia. With peace declared, they both return to their snowed-in farm. But who is the master? Sexual tensions, old grudges, family secrets: all come to a head in this dark and gripping saga. Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'This is a historical novel in miniature form. It deals in dark passions and delivers as many twists as a 500-page epic. And if that were not enough, each character speaks in a distinct voice and expresses a unique take on rea... continue

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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky EN

Rating: 5 (9 votes)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel, considered to be the culmination of his life's work, "The Brothers Karamazov" is the story of the murder of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, whose four sons are all to some degree complicit in the crime. Fyodor is a contemptible man who during his two marriages has three sons, Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei. A fourth, Pavel, whom he employs as his servant, is suspected to be the illegitimate product of a union with "Reeking Lizaveta," a mute woman of the street who died in childbirth. Fyodor takes little interest in the raising of his children and as a result finds himse... continue

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The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Two brothers share many adventures after their death when they are reunited in Nangiyala, the land from which sagas come.

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The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
The author of When the Emperor Was Divine presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early 20th century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage and the prospect of wartime internment.


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