Recommended English books

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The Read Around The World Challenge is a global challenge. Anyone can join the challenge from anywhere in the world in any language they want. This is the list of all English books added by participants of this reading challenge.

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Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Description:
Affectionately dubbed "the Nigerian Harry Potter," Akata Witch weaves together a heart-pounding tale of magic, mystery, and finding one's place in the world. Perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone! Sunny Nwazue lives in Nigeria, but she was born in New York City. Her features are West African, but she's albino. She's a terrific athlete, but can't go out into the sun to play soccer. There seems to be no place where she fits in. And then she discovers something amazing—she is a "free agent" with latent magical power. And she has a lot of catching up to do. Soon she's part of a quartet of... continue

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Akenfield : Portrait of an English Village by Ronald Blythe EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
The story of the author's life in Akenfield paints a vivid portrait of the people and the land.


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Akin by Emma Donoghue EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
In her first contemporary novel since Room, bestselling author Emma Donoghue returns with her next masterpiece, a brilliant tale of love, loss and family. A retired New York professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes his great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother's wartime secrets. Noah is only days away from his first trip back to Nice since he was a child when a social worker calls looking for a temporary home for Michael, his eleven-year-old great-nephew. Though he has never met the boy, he gets talked into taking him along to France. This odd couple,... continue

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Alamut by Vladimir Bartol EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
Alamut takes place in 11th Century Persia, in the fortress of Alamut, where self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful of elite fighters who are to become his "living daggers." By creating a virtual paradise at Alamut, filled with beautiful women, lush gardens, wine and hashish, Sabbah is able to convince his young fighters that they can reach paradise if they follow his commands. With parallels to Osama bin Laden, Alamut tells the story of how Sabbah was able to instill fear into the ruling class by creating a small army... continue

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Alan Garner's Book of British Fairy Tales

Alan Garner's Book of British Fairy Tales by Alan Garner EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
A collection of twenty-one traditional tales from the British Isles.

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Albanian Spring

Albanian Spring : The Anatomy of Tyranny by Ismail Kadare EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Albania flag Albania
Description:
Ismail Kadare, Albania's foremost literary figure, went into self-imposed exile to France in October 1990. The Albanian Spring had proved no more substantial than the Prague Spring many years earlier.

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Albatross by Terry Fallis EN

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Description:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A funny and smart new novel about destiny--and what it means to forge your own path--from two-time Leacock Medal winner Terry Fallis. Adam Coryell is your average high-school student--well, except for that obsession with fountain pens--when his life changes forever. Based on a study by a quirky Swedish professor that claims that every human being, regardless of athletic inclination, has a body that is suited to excel in at least one sport, it turns out that Adam is good--very good, in fact--at golf. Even though he'd never even picked up a golf club. Almost instantly, and wi... continue


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Alexander the Great : A Novel by Nikos Kazantzakis EN

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Country: Europe / Greece flag Greece
Description:
The career of Alexander the Great, from age 15, to his death is portrayed in a very realistic, exciting fashion instead of the usual romanticized version.


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