Popular European Adult Books

Find adult books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (210)

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Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø EN

Rating: 3 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / Norway flag Norway
Description:
"Two women--a police detective and a psychotherapist--are faced with the question: how much suffering can one human being inflict upon another before he ceases to be human and becomes a monster?" --


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Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
When Alina's brother-in-law defects to the West, she and her husband become persons of interest to the secret services, causing both of their careers to come grinding to a halt. As the strain takes its toll on their marriage, Alina turns to her aunt for help the wife of a communist leader and a secret practitioner of the old folk ways. Set in 1970s communist Romania, Sophie van Llewyn's novella-in-flash draws upon magic realism to weave a tale of everyday troubles, that cant be put down.

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Bride by Ali Hazelwood EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
#1 Indie Next Pick! A Hall of Fame LibraryReads pick! One of People’s Best Books to Read in February A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically and The Love Hypothesis. Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyre... continue

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Brisbane by Eugene Vodolazkin EN

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Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
In this complex novel from the winner of two of Russia's biggest literary prizes, a celebrated guitarist robbed of his talent by Parkinson's disease seeks other paths to immortality. For readers of Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Umberto Eco, and Solzhenitsyn, this richly layered new novel from the author of Laurus follows a musical prodigy in search of inner peace as he faces an incurable disease. Like Vodolazkin's earlier novels, this personal story of a lifetime quest for meaning will resonate with any mortal who has grasped for eternity. At fifty, Gleb Yanovski, an acclaimed guitar virtuoso, is diag... continue

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Cain by José Saramago EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Portugal flag Portugal
Description:
In a reimagining of the Old Testament, Cain, condemned to wander forever for murdering his brother, journeys through time and space to witness key biblical events that impress upon him the unjust nature of God's edicts.

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Cartea râsului şi a uitării by Milan Kundera RO

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
„Această carte este în totalitatea ei un roman în formă de variaţiuni. În succesiunea lor, fiecare capitol constituie o etapă diferită a unei călătorii ce duce în interiorul unei teme, în interiorul unei idei, în interiorul unei situaţii unice, a cărei înţelegere se pierde pentru mine în nemărginire. E un roman despre Tamina şi, din clipa în care Tamina părăseşte scena, devine un roman pentru Tamina.Ea este personajul principal şi principalul ascultător, toate celelalte întâmplări fiind o variaţiune a propriei sale poveşti... continue

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Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
In this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, life’s moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart. Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory’s focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious “Kingkiller” Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and ... continue

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Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage. Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a Green Card. But their impulsive m... continue

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Codex 632: The Secret Identity of Christopher Columbus by José Rodrigues dos Santos EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Portugal flag Portugal
Description:
When Thomas Noronha, a professor of history and an expert cryptographer, is called upon to finish an unresolved investigation involving an aged scholar who is found mysteriously dead in his hotel room, his life takes several unexpected and dramatic turns. As Thomas slowly begins to unravel the cryptograms and enigmas that shroud the old professor's work, he finds a code that could possibly change the course of historical scholarship:Moloc Ninundia OmastoosIn his quest to decipher this mysterious code, Thomas travels around the world from Lisbon to Rio, New York, and Jerusalem. He quickly immer... continue