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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Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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“A lush, vibrant feast of a book.” – Margaret Rogerson, NYT bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens “A wholly unique book for the YA shelf.” – Adrienne Young, NYT bestselling author of Sky in the Deep “A spellbinding, vivid debut.” – Rebecca Ross, author of Queen's Rising Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximena’s motivated by her insatiable thirst for revenge, and her rare ability to spin thread from moonl... continue

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Writers & Lovers by Lily King EN

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An extraordinary new novel of art, love, and ambition from Lily King, the New York Times bestselling author of Euphoria Following the breakout success of her critically acclaimed and award-winning novel Euphoria, Lily King returns with an unforgettable portrait of an artist as a young woman. Blindsided by her mother's sudden death, and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child golf prodigy, she now waits tables in Harvard Square... continue

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Writers and Lovers : A Novel by Lily King EN

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An extraordinary new novel of art, love and ambition from Lily King, the New York Times-bestselling author of Euphoria, which sold over 400,000 copies in North America. Following the breakout success of her critically acclaimed and award-winning novel Euphoria, Lily King returns with an unforgettable portrait of an artist as a young woman. Blindsided by her mother's sudden death, and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child gol... continue

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Written In Black by KH Lim EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Brunei flag Brunei
Description:
A darkly humorous coming-of-age novel set in Brunei on the island of Borneo, Written in Black offers a snapshot of a few days in the life of ten-year-old Jonathan Lee, attending the funeral of his Ah Kong, or grandfather, and still reeling from the drama of his mother leaving for Australia and his brother getting kicked out of the house and joining a rock band. Annoyed at being the brunt of his father’s pent-up anger, Jonathan escapes his grandfather’s wake in an empty coffin and embarks on a journey through the backwaters of Brunei to bring his disowned brother back for the funeral and to lea... continue

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Written in Bone by Sue Black EN

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Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow. Drawing upon her years of research and a wealth of remarkable experience, the world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dame Sue Black takes us on a journey of revelation. From skull to toe, via the teeth, spine, chest, arms, hands, pelvis and legs, she delicately reverse engineers events, piecing together the evidence in our remains to discover thedetails of lives once lived. All that we eat, where we go, everything we do leaves a trace, a message that waits patiently in our bones for the forensic... continue

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë EN

Rating: 4 (17 votes)
Description:
"Wuthering Heights" is one of the most famous love stories in the English language. It is also one of the most potent revenge narratives. The passionate tale of Catherine and Heathcliff is presented here in a new edition that examines the qualities that make it such a compelling novel.
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Xala by Ousmane Sembène EN

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Country: Africa / Senegal flag Senegal
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"Ousmane's satirical fable tells of the downfall of El Hadji, a member of the African elite who have taken the place of white businessmen in Francophone Africa. The protagonist is stricken with xala--impotence--in a racous bedrroom scene with his new young wife. The novel subtly traces the interplay among his three wives as El Hadji desperately tries to over come the affliction. In his obsession he resorts to primitive incantation, and his unscrupulous business associates cynically reject their former friend."--Cover

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Y/N by Esther Yi EN

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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"My definition of an unputdownable book . . . witty, astute, and self-aware." —Melissa Broder, author of Milk Fed “Wondrous and weird.” —New York Times "Gorgeous." —New Yorker "High Brow x Brilliant." —NY Mag (Approval Matrix) "Piercing, feverish, and frequently astonishing." —Entertainment Weekly "Utterly brilliant." —Cosmopolitan "A true novel of the era." —Elle "Freakish and hallucinatory." —Vulture "Absurdly funny." —Ms. Magazine "Haunting." —Esquire "Riveting and innovative." —TIME "Sophisticated." —Chicago Review of Books "Strange, haunting, and undeniably beautiful." —Publishers Weekly ... continue

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Yak Girl by Dorje Dolma EN

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Country: Asia / Nepal flag Nepal
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This unusual memoir of a spirited girl in the remote region of Nepal described in Peter Matthieson’s The Snow Leopard vividly portrays life in her primitive mountain village in the 80s, her struggles in bewildering Kathmandu, and her journey to America to receive life-saving surgery. An inspiring story of an indomitable spirit conquering all obstacles, a tale of a girl with a disability on her way to becoming a dynamic woman in a new world.

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Yamilia by Chinguiz Aitmátov EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan flag Kyrgyzstan
Description:
Es 1942 y Yamilia vive con su familia política en una pequeña aldea kirguiza rodeada de montañas. A casi todas partes la acompaña el joven Seit, todavía un niño, fascinado por el magnético carácter y el descaro de la joven y siempre dispuesto a defenderla de cualquier agravio. Como el resto de hombres, el esposo de Yamilia lucha en el frente en defensa de la madre patria, y las mujeres, los niños y los heridos deben asumir las duras labores del campo: una tarea que se repite cada día, desde el amanecer hasta el ocaso. Pronto... continue


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