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 Oresteia : Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides by Aeschylus EN

Rating: 3.5 (5 votes)
Country: Europe / Greece flag Greece
Description:
In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration. In Agamemnon, a king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution; The Libation Bearers deals with the aftermath of Clytemnestra's regicide, as her son Orestes sets out to avenge his father... continue
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The Oresteian Trilogy by Aeschylus EN

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Country: Europe / Greece flag Greece
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Comprised of three tragedies - The theme is the chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argus, a chain finally broken only by the intervention of the goddess Athene_______________
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The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hanna Arendt EN

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

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The Orphan Sky by Ella Leya EN

Rating: 4 (6 votes)
Country: Asia / Azerbaijan flag Azerbaijan
Description:
Leila, a young classical pianist, dreams of winning international competitions and bringing awards to her beloved country Azerbaijan. When she receives an assignment from her communist mentor to spy on a music shop suspected of traitorous Western influences, she is determined to prove her worth to the Party. When Leila meets Tahir, the painter who owns the music shop, his jazz recordings, abstract art, and subversive political opinions crack open the veneer of the world she's been living in. Now her comrades force her to make an impossible choice.

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The Orphanage: A Novel by Serhiy Zhadan EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
"A Margellos World Republic of Letters Book."

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The Other Americans by Laila Lalami EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
***2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST*** Winner of the Arab American Book Award in Fiction Finalist for the Kirkus Prize in Fiction Finalist for the California Book Award Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize A Los Angeles Times bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Dallas Morning News, The Guardian, Variety, and Kirkus Reviews Late one spring night in California, Driss Guerraoui—father, husband, business owner, Moroccan immigrant—is hit and killed by a speeding car. The aftermath of his death brings together a diverse cast... continue

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The Other Face

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The Other Jerusalem by Michel Kichka EN

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Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Michel Kichka's newest autobiography tells how a comics-obsessed kid from industrial Belgium became an author and militant media illustrator from Israel. As he shows in the book, the Covid pandemic and resulting lockdown were fertile breeding ground for the creative energy Kichka needed for this intimate and funny traipse around Jerusalem -- and down memory lane.

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The Other Name : Septology I-II by Jon Fosse EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Norway flag Norway
Description:
An elegiac meditation on our unlived lives, from the author of Scenes from a Childhood.

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The Other Side of Paradise : A Memoir by Staceyann Chin EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
Staceyann Chin has appeared on television and radio discussing issues of race and sexuality, but it is her extraordinary voice that launched her career as a performer, poet, and activist—here, she shares her unforgettable story of triumph against all odds in this brave and fiercely candid memoir. No one knew Staceyann's mother was pregnant until a dangerously small baby was born on the floor of her grandmother's house in Lottery, Jamaica on Christmas Day. Staceyann's mother did not want her and her father was not present—no one, except her grandmother, thought Staceyann would survive. It was h... continue


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