Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Denmark.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle
EN
Description:
Utterly riveting, Solvej Balle's On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) is the grand opening of her speculative fiction septology, winner of the 2022 Nordic Council Literature Prize (Scandinavia's most important literary award) for being "a masterpiece of its time."
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On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) by Solvej Balle
EN
Description:
In the marvelous third installment of Balle's "astonishing" (The Washington Post) septology, Tara's November 18th transforms when she discovers that she is no longer alone in her endless autumnal day. For she has met someone who remembers, and who knows as well as she does that "it is autumn, but that we're not heading into winter. That spring and summer will not follow. That the reds and yellows of the trees are here to stay. That yesterday doesn't mean the seventeenth of November, that tomorrow means the eighteenth, and that the nineteenth is a day we may never see." Where Book I and II focu... continue
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On the Calculation of Volume (Book IV) by Solvej Balle
EN
Description:
We're a little more than halfway through Balle's hypnotic, monumental seven-volume novel about a woman set adrift within the walls of November 18th. Balle's riveting project continues to wring ever more fascinating dimensions from time and its hapless, mortal captives. In Book III we saw the addition of a handful of new characters to Tara's world--fellow travelers within November 18th--and now Book IV heralds the arrival of many others, and soon to be even more, roaming uncertainly through the same November day. Could this be the first stirrings of an alternate civilization? The big house in B... continue
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One of Us is Sleeping by Josefine Klougart
EN
Description:
Working in the vein of Anne Carson, Josefine Klougart's novel is both true-to-life and incredibly poetic in its relating of a brief, intense love affair and the grief and disillusionment that follow its end. While she recounts the time with her lover, the narrator is also heading back home, where her mother is dying of cancer. This contrast between recollection and the belief that certain things will always be present in your life runs throughout the book, underpinning the striking imagery and magnificent prose.
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Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen
FR
Description:
In Out of Africa, author Isak Dinesen takes a wistful and nostalgic look back on her years living in Africa on a Kenyan coffee plantation. Recalling the lives of friends and neighbours—both African and European—Dinesen provides a first-hand perspective of colonial Africa. Through her obvious love of both the landscape and her time in Africa, Dinesen’s meditative writing style deeply reflects the themes of loss as her plantation fails and she returns to Europe. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook... continue
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Oxen. Der dunkle Mann by Jens Henrik Jensen
DE
Description:
iels Oxen, der traumatisierte Elitesoldat, ist untergetaucht. Um dem mächtigen Geheimbund ›Danehof‹ das Handwerk zu legen, hat er Museumsdirektor Malte Bulbjerg brisante Unterlagen zugespielt. Doch kurze Zeit später ist Bulbjerg tot – und ein weiterer Mord wird Oxen in die Schuhe geschoben. Ihm bleibt keine andere Wahl, als aus dem Untergrund heraus zu agieren. Als es der Geheimdienstmitarbeiterin Margrethe Franck gelingt, Oxen aufzuspüren, werden beide vom ›Danehof‹ in eine raffinierte Falle gelockt.
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Oxen. Gefrorene Flammen (#3) by Jens Henrik Jensen
DE
Description:
Niels Oxen und Margrethe Franck sind »gefrorene Flammen«: Um seinen Verfolgern zu entkommen, flieht der traumatisierte Elitesoldat auf die schwedischen Schären. Seine Mitstreiterin, die ehemalige Geheimdienstmitarbeiterin Margrethe Franck, hält sich mit Aushilfsjobs über Wasser. Beide wurden vom Geheimbund Danehof zur Tatenlosigkeit verurteilt – doch innerlich brennen sie weiter. Und schliesslich schlägt der Gejagte zurück: Oxen begibt sich auf einen gnadenlosen Rachefeldzug gegen die Killer des Danehof. Denn er will sein altes Leben zurück. Um jeden Preis.... continue
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Oxen. Lupus by Jens Henrik Jensen
DE
Description:
Der Geheimbund Danehof ist zerschlagen, doch der traumatisierte Ex-Elitesoldat Niels Oxen kämpft weiter mit seinen sieben Dämonen. Für den ehemaligen Geheimdienstchef Axel Mossman soll er nun den vermissten Poul Hansen aufspüren. Die Suche führt ihn dorthin, wo er sich am besten auskennt: in den Wald. Dort trifft er auf Wölfe – und auf rätselhafte Spuren. Hansens Verschwinden scheint mit einer Entführung aus dem Jahr 1963 zusammenzuhängen. Und mit dem unaufgeklärten Fall, bei dem Oxens Partnerin Margrethe Franck ihr rechtes Bein verlor. G... continue