Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (3077)
3001.
Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Deep Wheel Orcadia is, effortlessly, a first: a science-fiction verse novel written in the Orcadian dialect, it's also the first full-length book in the Orkney language in over 50 years Astrid is returning home from art school on Mars, looking for inspiration. Darling is fleeing a life that never fit, searching for somewhere to hide. They meet on Deep Wheel Orcadia, a distant space station struggling for survival as the pace of change threatens to leave the community behind. Deep Wheel Orcadia is a magical first: a science fiction verse novel written in the Orkney dialect. This unique adventur... continue
3002.
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
3003.
Sexul cireşilor by Jeanette Winterson RO
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Primul ananas este adus în Anglia de către John Tradescant, în timpul domniei lui Charles I. Mulţimea de gură-cască îl priveşte ca pe un miracol, neputând să se hotărască între dubiu înfricoşat şi veneraţie. În aceeaşi zi, un băiat îşi dă seama că va deveni explorator. Aşa începe viaţa lui Jordan, printre mirosurile grele ale Tamisei, pe malul căreia îşi meştereşte micile corăbii de lemn.
Mama lui adoptivă, Femeia cu Câini, este o creatură monstruoasă, cu un vocabular pestriţ şi o slăbiciune pentru prostituate – „si... continue
3004.
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Jo, Bessie and Fanny take their cousin Rick on an adventure he'll never forget to the magic Faraway Tree, where he meets Moon-Face, Silky the fairy and Saucepan Man, and visits all the different lands at the top of the Faraway Tree. Like the Land of Spells, the crazy Land of Topsy-Turvy, and the land of Do-As-You-Please, where the children ride a runaway train
3005.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
In the land of Ingary, such things as spells, invisible cloaks, and seven-league boots were everyday things. The Witch of the Waste was another matter. After fifty years of quiet, it was rumored that the Witch was about to terrorize the country again. So when a moving black castle, blowing dark smoke from its four thin turrets, appeared on the horizon, everyone thought it was the Witch. The castle, however, belonged to Wizard Howl, who, it was said, liked to suck the souls of young girls. The Hatter sisters--Sophie, Lettie, and Martha--and all the other girls were warned not to venture into th... continue
3006.
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
One of Roald Dahl's funniest books for children. Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty, so the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve! This includes a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.
3007.
A Short History of England by Simon Jenkins EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Which battle was fought 'For England, Harry and St George'? Who demanded to be painted 'warts and all'? What - and when - was the Battle of the Bulge?In A Short History of England, bestselling author Simon Jenkins answers all these questions - and many more - as he tells the tumultuous story of a fascinating nation. From the invaders of the dark ages to today's coalition, via the Tudors, the Stuarts and two world wars, Jenkins weaves together a gripping narrative with all the most important and interesting dates in his own inimitable style. Until now there has been no short history of England ... continue
3008.
Poor Things [Movie Tie-In] : A Novel by Alasdair Gray EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Basis for the Major Motion Picture starring Emma Stone, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. "Witty and delightfully written" (New York Times Book Review), Alasdair Gray's Poor Things echoes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in this novel of a young woman freeing herself from the confines of the suffocating Victorian society she was created to serve. Winner of the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize In the 1880s in Glasgow, Scotland, medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter. Suppo... continue
3009.
Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
November 2022. The human race has been wiped out by a virus called 6DM. The end of the world, if you will. This is the journal of a Londoner, in her mid-thirties. She owns her own flat, has married her long-term boyfriend James and has a sensible job and the kind of life that she knows is expected of her. Like so many women she has learnt to make small compromises to herself in order to fit in. Things are fine. But in November 2022 that changes. A deadly virus has led to a global pandemic. It's pretty much the end of the world. And somehow our narrator finds herself immune to the disease that ... continue
3010.
The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Austen's riotous early stories of drunks, poisoners and prison-breaks, written for her family's entertainment when she was a teenager.