Books from Denmark
112 popular danish books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
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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David escapes from the concentration camp where he has spent his entire life and flees across Europe. He is utterly alone. Who can he trust? What will await him? All the while, how can he be sure they won't catch up with him?This is the remarkable story of David's introduction to the world: sea, mountains, flowers, the colours of Italy, the taste of fruit, people laughing and smiling. David learns that his polite mannter, his haunted eyes, and thin features are strange to other people. He must learn to fend for himself in this strange new world.An incredible story of self-discovery and surviva... continue
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Island by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen EN
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A young Danish woman explores her family's past and Faroe Islands ancestry across three generations. In the process she uncovers details of the passions and challenges her grandparents and their siblings confronted when they were her age, and considers universal themes of home and identity. Lush, lyrical prose transports the reader. Family brings the young woman back to the Faroe Islands - the windswept, rocky northern archipelago where she has never lived but which she has always called home. There she finds her stories entwining with those of her ancestors as she searches for a way to connec... continue
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Jenny by Sigrid Undset EN
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First published in 1911 when the author was 29, this unsparing novel tells the story of Jenny Winge, a talented Norwegian painter whose search for artistic inspiration in Rome lands her in the arms of a married man. Her decision to have their baby out of wedlock and raise it by herself brought charges of immorality against the author, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1928, and the book. This is a new translation and the first English edition of Jenny since 1921, with censored passages restored. Everyone and everything leaps off the page. The New York Times Book Review
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Koude angst by Mads Peder Nordbo NL
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upaarnaq is teruggekeerd naar Nuuk om haar enige vriend, Matthew Cave, te helpen zijn halfzus Arnaq te vinden, die tijdens een weekendtrip naar het verlaten stadje Færingehavn is verdwenen. De bloedvlekken in een van de vervallen huizen beloven niet veel goeds, maar pas wanneer Arnaqs moeder een telefoontje krijgt van een doodsbange Arnaq is het voor iedereen duidelijk dat er een vreselijk misdrijf dreigt plaats te vinden.
Matthews vader, Tom, was in zijn jonge jaren op de militaire basis Thule betrokken bij een geheim experiment met dodelijke afloop. Tom werd verdacht van een dubbele m... continue
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Kristin Lavransdatter : (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Sigrid Undset EN
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“[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” —Slate The turbulent historical masterpiece of Norway’s literary master A Penguin Classic In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period. Now in one volume, Tiina Nunnally’s award-winning definitive translation brings this remarkable work to life with clari... continue
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La amiga de Osito by Else Holmelund Minarik ES
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A finales de los años 50 del siglo pasado, Else Holmelund Minarik y Maurice Sendak comenzaron a publicar los títulos de una serie que, casi 60 años después, sigue conservando el encanto y la ternura de los cuentos de antaño, reforzados por el estilo de los antiguos grabados, aderezados con suaves pátinas de color. “La amiga de Osito” cuenta la ilusión que este entrañable personaje humanizado experimenta al conocer a Emilia, con quien comparte paseos, charlas y fiestas con otros habitantes del bosque, hasta el momento de tristeza en que tienen que separarse al final del verano.
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La señorita Smila y su especial percepción de la nieve by Peter Hoeg, Ana Sofía Pascual ES
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Rigt facetteret spændingsroman om en grønlandsk-dansk kvindes forsøg på at afsløre den forbryderiske baggrund for en lille grønlandsk drengs død i København