Books from Finland
72 popular finnish 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 Finland.
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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Kollektivt selvmord by Arto Paasilinna NO
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Historien tar til en midtsommeraften da den mildt sagt deprimerte direktør Rellonen etter nok en konkurs er på vei inn i låven for å skyte seg. Der oppdager han offiseren Kemppainen som er i ferd med å feste repet til en bjelke. De bestemmer seg for å utsette handlingen, og etter en lang natt med diskusjon, badstue og sprit finner de en løsning. De vil samle selvmordskandidatene rundt om i landet. Etter et seminar bestemmer dermed en gruppe seg for å begå kollektivt selvmord, og den vannvittige reisen i luksusbuss mot dødsriket starter. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.
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Las vacas de Stalin by Sofi Oksanen ES
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Tres mujeres, tres generaciones: La historia de una Europa dividida entre el este y el oeste, el hambre y la bulimia.
Anna no está dispuesta a creer en las malas consecuencias de la bulimia salvaje que padece. ¿Qué puede haber de malo en algo que le provoca un placer comparable al del sexo y hace que se sienta divina? Perdida en sus obsesiones, necesita controlar su destino y no quiere repetir los errores de su madre, Katariina, que huyó de la Estonia soviética a Finlandia y desde entonces malvive entre la paranoia y la amargura. Del otro lado de la frontera... continue
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Lempo by Sara Valta EN
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The story of women's magic in agrarian Finnish Karelia. Two women struggle with their lives: Eila is a girl in love with farmhand Seppo and Aino's marriage feels like hard work. It also seems like the whole village suspects Aino of using vile magic to get married. When the two of them meet they decide it's time to take matters into their own hands and visit wicked spirit Lempo for help.
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Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen EN
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DIVPREMIERING ON NETFLIX IN MARCH 2025. The arrival of a meteorite in a small Finnish town causes chaos and crime in this poignant, chilling and hilarious new thriller from the King of Helsinki Noir ***The Times BOOK OF THE YEAR*** ***Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award*** ***Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger*** 'With moral dilemmas, plenty of action, and the author's trademark mixture of humour and melancholy, this is Tuomainen's best yet' Guardian 'Scandinavia's answer to Carl Hiaasen delivers another hectically silly crime caper involving a military chaplain, a suicida... continue
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Memory of Water : A Novel by Emmi Itäranta EN
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An amazing, award-winning speculative fiction debut novel by a major new talent, in the vein of Ursula K. Le Guin. Global warming has changed the world’s geography and its politics. Wars are waged over water, and China rules Europe, including the Scandinavian Union, which is occupied by the power state of New Qian. In this far north place, seventeen-year-old Noria Kaitio is learning to become a tea master like her father, a position that holds great responsibility and great secrets. Tea masters alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that Noria’s father te... continue
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Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson EN
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Everyone knows the Moomins sleep through the winter. But this year, Moomintroll has woken up early. So while the rest of the family slumber, he decides to visit his favorite summer haunts. But all he finds is this strange white stuff. Even the sun is gone! Moomintroll is angry: whoever Winter is, she has some nerve. Determined to discover the truth about this most mysterious of all seasons, Moomintroll goes where no Moomin has gone before.
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My First Murder by Leena Lehtolainen EN
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After a student choir's practice session at a Helsinki villa turns deadly, Detective Maria Kallio finds herself in the middle of the action -- and her first murder case. Someone in the group wanted playboy Tommi Peltonen dead, but that's one song these suspects refuse to sing. Behind the choir's jovial facade lies bitter passion, and the victim's seemingly perfect life hid a host of sins that made him a target of almost everyone in the villa. As a young female -- and a redhead to boot -- Maria knows that solving this case will help her overcome her perceived shortcoming in the eyes of her coll... continue