Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (4449)
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East Berlin, 1986. One day in November, nineteen-year-old Katharina meets Hans on a bus, a writer in his fifties, married with a teenage son. They begin a complex and not necessarily idyllic love relationship. Meanwhile, the communist bloc begins to falter, and the GDR will eventually collapse, with the iconic image of the fall of the Wall. A time of hope opens, but also uncertainty. A time of anxiety and confusion, which each of the characters will experience in a very different way due to the difference in age that separates them. Running away from archetypes and clichés, Jenny Erpenbeck bui... continue
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Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse EN
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(Blurb on back of book)
"First off, I'm not a violent man. I didn't even kill anyone until I was forty-two."
"Björn has been given an ultimatum; repair his work-life balance, or his wife Katharina will leave him - and take their daughter.
He reluctantly starts a mindfulness class and, to his surprise, it's a revelation. He becomes calmer, more focused, and he's starting to understand what's really important in life. So when his client, the brutal crime boss Dragan Sergowicz, tries to interfere with his precious family time, Björn remembers... continue
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Momo by Michael Ende DE
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Momo, ein kleines struppiges Mädchen, lebt am Rande einer Großstadt in den Ruinen eines Amphitheaters. Sie besitzt nichts als das, was sie findet oder was man ihr schenkt, und eine außergewöhnliche Gabe: Sie hört Menschen zu und schenkt ihnen Zeit. Doch eines Tages rückt das gespenstische Heer der grauen Herren in die Stadt ein. Sie haben es auf die kostbare Lebenszeit der Menschen abgesehen und Momo ist die Einzige, die der dunklen Macht der Zeitdiebe noch Einhalt gebieten kann . . .
Michael Endes Märchen-Roman voller Poesie und Herzenswärme ü... continue
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Stones From the River by Ursula Hegi EN
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From the acclaimed author of Floating in My Mother’s Palm and Children and Fire, a stunning story about ordinary people living in extraordinary times—“epic, daring, magnificent, the product of a defining and mesmerizing vision” (Los Angeles Times). Trudi Montag is a Zwerg—a dwarf—short, undesirable, different, the voice of anyone who has ever tried to fit in. Eventually she learns that being different is a secret that all humans share—from her mother who flees into madness, to her friend Georg whose parents pretend he’s a girl, to the Jews Trudi harbors in her cellar. Ursula Hegi brings us a t... continue
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This autobiographical coming-of-age novel, written when the author was 16-years-old, tells the story of Benni, who is partially paralyzed and a serial failure, who finds other strange boys to hang with, and together they set out to experience what they can: Girls, booze, sex, and philosophy among other things.
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Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes EN
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THE SMASH-HIT HITLER SATIRE - MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD "A brilliant book" RUSSELL KANE "Brilliant and hilarious" KEN FOLLETT "An uproarious, disturbing book that will resonate long after you turn the final page" Caroline Jowett, Daily Express "There's no question that the novel has hit upon the key paradox of our modern obsession with Hitler" Philip Olterman, Observer Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have changed - no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and r... continue
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Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann EN
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A classic of modern literature: Buddenbrooks is the story of four generations of a wealthy bourgeois family in northern Germany facing the advent of modernity; in an uncertain new world, the family’s bonds and traditions begin to disintegrate. With an introduction by T. J. Reed, and translated by John E. Woods. As Mann charts the Buddenbrooks’ decline from prosperity to bankruptcy, from moral and psychic soundness to sickly piety, artistic decadence, and madness, he ushers the reader into a world of stunning vitality, pieced together from births and funerals, weddings and divorces, recipes, go... continue
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The Soul of an Octopus : A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery EN
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Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year “Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK “One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR A New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative... continue
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr EN
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Portrays the experiences of a nine-year-old Jewish girl and her family as they are forced to leave Hitler's Germany to seek refuge in neighboring countries.