Books from Denmark
112 popular danish books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Denmark.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Northern Wrath : The Hanged God Trilogy Book 1 by Thilde Kold Holdt EN
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Following in the steps of Neil Gaiman & Joanne Harris, the author expertly weaves Norse myths and compelling characters into this fierce, magical epic fantasy. A dead man, walking between the worlds, foresees the end of the gods. A survivor searching for a weapon releases a demon from fiery Muspelheim. A village is slaughtered by Christians, and revenge must be taken. The bonds between the gods and Midgard are weakening. It is up to Hilda, Ragnar, their tribesmen Einer and Finn, the chief’s wife Siv and Tyra, her adopted daughter, to fight to save the old ways from dying out, and to save their... continue
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When Pierre-Anthon realizes there is no meaning to life, the seventh-grader leaves his classroom, climbs a tree, and stays there. His classmates cannot make him come down, not even by pelting him with rocks. So to prove to Pierre-Anthon that life has meaning, the children decide to give up things of importance. The pile starts with the superficial—a fishing rod, a new pair of shoes. But as the sacrifices become more extreme, the students grow increasingly desperate to get Pierre-Anthon down, to justify their belief in meaning. Sure to prompt intense thought and discussion, Nothing—already a tr... continue
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O rouxinol e o imperador da China by Hans Christian Andersen PT
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Mais uma narrativa de Hans Christian Andersen, adaptada por Cecilia R. Lopes, com ilustrações de Cláudia Scatamacchia. A história versa sobre a amizade entre um rouxinol e o imperador da China. Este desconhecia a existência do pássaro. Descobre-o ao receber um livro de presente no qual está escrito que a maior beleza de seu reino era o canto do rouxinol. Surpreendido, ordenou que o procurassem. O rouxinol encantou tanto que fez o imperador chorar. Depois de um tempo, ele recebeu de presente um sofisticadíssimo rouxinol mecânico. Diante do sucesso do outro, o rouxinol é expulso do palácio. Toda... continue
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O soldadinho de chumbo by Hans Christian Andersen PT
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O Soldadinho de Chumbo, uma das histórias mais conhecidas do autor Hans Christian Andersen, mostra como o amor verdadeiro e a determinação triunfam sobre qualquer circunstância.
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Of Darkness by Josefine Klougart EN
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Klougart mixes prose, lyric essay, drama, poetry, and images to meditate on death and loss through breathtaking, moving, apocalyptic writing.
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On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle EN
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Utterly riveting, Solvej Balle's On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) is the grand opening of her speculative fiction septology, winner of the 2022 Nordic Council Literature Prize (Scandinavia's most important literary award) for being "a masterpiece of its time."
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On the Calculation of Volume (Book II) by Solvej Balle EN
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Tara Selter's epic journey through November 18th continues in Book II of the masterly On the Calculation of Volume from one of Scandinavia's most beloved writers.
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On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) by Solvej Balle EN
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In the marvelous third installment of Balle's "astonishing" (The Washington Post) septology, Tara's November 18th transforms when she discovers that she is no longer alone in her endless autumnal day. For she has met someone who remembers, and who knows as well as she does that "it is autumn, but that we're not heading into winter. That spring and summer will not follow. That the reds and yellows of the trees are here to stay. That yesterday doesn't mean the seventeenth of November, that tomorrow means the eighteenth, and that the nineteenth is a day we may never see." Where Book I and II focu... continue