Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (4411)
Finland752.
Lempo by Sara Valta EN
Description:
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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Datura by Leena Krohn EN
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The narrator works as an editor and writer for a magazine specializing in bringing oddities to light, a job that sends her exploring through a city that becomes by degrees ever less familiar.
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Troll : A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo EN
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Returning to his apartment, Angel finds a group of drunken teenagers taunting a wounded troll, so Angel decides to take him in, a decision that changes Angel's life forever.
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The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo EN
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In a society where women are created to be subservient breeders, Vanna, who is secretly intelligent, teams up with Jare to rescue her sister by illegally trafficking chilli peppers, coming across a strange religious cult in the process.
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The Egyptian by Mika Waltari EN
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First published in the 1940s and widely condemned as obscene, The Egyptian outsold every other American novel published that same year, and remains a classic; readers worldwide have testified to its life-changing power. It is a full-bodied re-creation of a largely forgotten era in the world’s history: an Egypt when pharaohs contended with the near-collapse of history’s greatest empire. This epic tale encompasses the whole of the then-known world, from Babylon to Crete, from Thebes to Jerusalem, while centering around one unforgettable figure: Sinuhe, a man of mysterious origins who rises from ... continue
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The Howling Miller by Arto Paasilinna EN
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"When Gunnar Huttunen turns up in a small village to restore a dilapidated mill, its inhabitants are instinctively wary. He's big. He's a bit odd. And he's a stranger. Everyone loves his brilliant animal impressions but these feelings soon sour when he starts to howl wildly at night. And once the mean-spirited, small-minded locals realise Gunnar won't conform, they conclude he must be mad. Hounded from his mill and persecuted for being different, only the love of his life and the local drunk stand by him. Can he survive? And how? The Howling Miller is a modern fable that is both beautifully wr... continue
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The Moonday Letters by Emmi Itäranta EN
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An effortlessly rich and lyrical mystery wrapped in a love story that bends space, time, myth and science, perfect for fans of Octavia Butler and Emily St. John Mandel. Sol has disappeared. Their Earth-born wife Lumi sets out to find them but it is no simple feat: each clue uncovers another enigma. Their disappearance leads back to underground environmental groups and a web of mystery that spans the space between the planets themselves. Told through letters and extracts, the course of Lumi’s journey takes her not only from the affluent colonies of Mars to the devastated remnants of Earth, but ... continue
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