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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The Tiger who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr EN
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This classic story has been loved by millions of children since it was first published 30 years ago. This special anniversary edition celebrates its timeless appeal. Perfect for reading aloud, or for small children to read to themselves again and again, this modern classic is now on almost every recommended reading list for pre-school children.
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The Giddy Death of the Gays & the Strange Demise of Straights by Redfern Jon Barrett EN
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A compelling comedy of polyamorous romance and nonbinary adventure, this reissue of The Giddy Death of the Gays and the Strange Demise of Straights--includes a Foreword by the author and an Afterword by noted queer writer Meg-John Barker. Caroline and her Dom live out their normal lives amongst the poverty, alcoholics, and street preachers of Swansea, Wales. But when Dom and his straight roommate fall in love--a passionate, secret, non-sexual love--their lives are transformed into a queer chaos of cross-dressing, gender-bending and free love. Will Dom hold on to his relationship? Can religious... continue
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Der Reisende : Roman by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz DE
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Deutschland im November 1938. Otto Silbermanns Verwandte und Freunde sind verhaftet oder verschwunden. Er selbst versucht, unsichtbar zu bleiben, nimmt Zug um Zug, reist quer durchs Land. Inmitten des Ausnahmezustands. Er beobachtet die Gleichgültigkeit der Masse, das Mitleid einiger Weniger. Und auch die eigene Angst. »Ein wirklich bewegender, aber auch instruktiver Text. Ein großer Gewinn! Für einen Dreiundzwanzigjährigen ein ganz erstaunliches Werk.« Brigitte Kronauer Der jüdische Kaufmann Otto Silbermann, ein angesehenes Mitglied der Gesellschaft, wird in Folge der Novemberpogrome aus sein... continue
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Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier EN
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Liv has been dealing with a lot lately. She and her family have just moved in with her mother's new boyfriend in London, and she's starting over (again) at a new school. But Liv isn't sure that explains her dreams, which have gone from odd to...well, bizarre. Lately, her nighttime hours have been filled with talking stone statues, mysterious corridors, and creepy rituals conducted by four boys in a graveyard. The strangest part is that Liv recognizes the boys. They're classmates from her new school, and they seem to know things about her that they couldn't possibly know...unless they actually ... continue
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Muntele vrăjit by Thomas Mann RO
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Una dintre capodoperele literaturii din secolul XX, Muntele vrăjit strânge laolaltă într-o frescă intelectuală toate forţele care acţionează asupra omului modern. În acest roman, Thomas Mann descrie societatea europeană înainte de Primul Război Mondial - o lume bolnavă care se năpusteşte spre catastrofă.
"Ce v-aş putea spune despre această carte şi despre felul în care ar trebui ea citită? Cred că modul deosebit în care este construită compoziţia ei face ca plăcerea lecturii să fie mai mare şi mai profundă când o citeşti a doua oară - aşa cum şi ... continue
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Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann EN
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"John E. Woods is revising our impression of Thomas Mann, masterpiece by masterpiece." —The New Yorker "Doctor Faustus is Mann's deepest artistic gesture. . . . Finely translated by John E. Woods." —The New Republic Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now newly rendered into English by acclaimed translator John E. Woods, is a modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which Germany sells its soul to the Devil. Mann's protagonist, the composer Adrian Leverkühn, is the flower of German culture, a brilliant, isolated, overreaching figure, his radical new music a breakneck ga... continue
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Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann DE
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Aufstieg und Niedergang einer Lübecker Kaufmannsfamilie im Verlauf von vier Generationen zwischen 1830 und 1890
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Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann DE
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Sehnsucht und Begehren, Schönheit und Tod. Wo sonst als im alten Venedig kann man sich so verlieben und verzehren wie der Schriftsteller Gustav Aschenbach in Thomas Manns berühmter Novelle. Vom »Einbruch der Leidenschaft« erzählt Thomas Mann, von der verbotenen Liebe des Schriftstellers zu dem schönen Jungen Tadzio. Zugleich aber erzählt er auch vom Ausbruch einer Pandemie, der Cholera, an der Aschenbach schließlich stirbt. Von Luchino Viscontis Verfilmung bis zu John Neumeiers Ballett hat die Novelle sehr unterschiedliche Künstler inspiriert &nd... continue
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Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson EN
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Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That’s me. This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of... continue