Read Around Europe (60 books)

A selection of over 50 works that are set in every country of Europe!
Many are translations by native authors, some are merely stories set in those countries as this list includes only books with English Translations.
There are histories, novels, poems, short stories, classics - something for everyone!

In some cases I have included principalities/devolved nations - Greenland, for instance, appears on this list despite being *technically* Denmark. Included also are separate entries for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, rather than the broader category of the UK.
It is also worth bearing in mind that many countries, particularly those that have broken from the former Soviet block, have changed names and borders numerous times; historical accounts of Serbia may also apply to Bosnia, and vice versa. I have tried to stay ass accurate to current borders and names as possible, but there are likely to be some errors. Likewise, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan all have history as part of Russia - their stories will intersect.

I will add a comment with the breakdown of which books are from which countries, and if you have any suggestions, or I've somehow missed somewhere, let me know!

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1	When Secrets Bloom: A gripping, enchanting Transylvanian historical fiction novel: Some secrets heal. Others kill. (Blood of Kings, Heart of Shadows Book 1) by Patricia Furstenberg (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 46 ratings score: 800, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 4.14 avg rating — 393,200 ratings score: 273, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.10 avg rating — 923,339 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Broken April by Ismail Kadare really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,376 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 4.21 avg rating — 839,982 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson 4.18 avg rating — 3,423,858 ratings score: 149, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich 4.40 avg rating — 64,282 ratings score: 145, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Of Trust & Heart by Charlotte Anne Hamilton (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Wind of Change: An American Journey in Post-Soviet Russia by Kenneth Maher (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Cruiser: A Billionaire Romance (The Hustlers Series, #1) by Rowan Rossler (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 163 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Breath Between Waves by Charlotte Anne Hamilton (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 263 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Teacher of Cheops by Albert Salvadó 3.13 avg rating — 433 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 1,525 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 42,639 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Confusions of Young Törless by Robert Musil 3.67 avg rating — 10,122 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Ali and Nino by Kurban Said 3.92 avg rating — 9,591 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Bruges-La-Morte by Georges Rodenbach 3.70 avg rating — 3,070 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Saša Stanišić (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 2,848 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Under the Yoke; A Romance of Bulgarian Liberty by Ivan Vazov 4.25 avg rating — 8,581 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Cyclops by Ranko Marinković 3.96 avg rating — 1,735 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Gregory: and Other Stories by Panos Ioannides 3.58 avg rating — 62 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal 3.97 avg rating — 25,992 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Exception by Christian Jungersen 3.81 avg rating — 2,758 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,382,918 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Purge by Sofi Oksanen (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 20,665 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna 3.63 avg rating — 18,107 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Three Poems: Host and Guest / Aluda Ketelauri / The Snake-Eater by Vazha-Pshavela 4.69 avg rating — 1,133 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse 4.13 avg rating — 212,994 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	What I Love: Selected Poems by Odysseas Elytis 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie 4.10 avg rating — 2,065 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Not Art by Péter Esterházy 3.33 avg rating — 190 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Blue Fox by Sjón 3.72 avg rating — 9,910 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.76 avg rating — 137,201 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Keeper of Antiquities by Iurii Osipovich Dombrovskii 4.20 avg rating — 229 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	High Tide by Inga Ābele 3.81 avg rating — 310 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Stamping Grounds by Charlie Connelly 3.89 avg rating — 223 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 274,101 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Expats (Kate Moore, #1) by Chris Pavone (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 39,404 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Kappillan of Malta by Nicholas Monsarrat 4.13 avg rating — 798 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Good Life Elsewhere by Vladimir Lorchenkov (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 722 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Loser Takes All (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by Graham Greene 3.48 avg rating — 1,563 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Head Full of Joy by Ognjen Spahić 3.65 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Milkman by Anna Burns 3.53 avg rating — 70,077 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker 3.89 avg rating — 4,398 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Grande Madre Acqua by Živko Čingo 4.16 avg rating — 386 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Hunger by Knut Hamsun 4.04 avg rating — 64,250 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Flights by Olga Tokarczuk 3.75 avg rating — 37,320 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Maias by Eça de Queirós 3.99 avg rating — 27,007 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Muzici și faze by Ovidiu Verdeş 4.05 avg rating — 298 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Republic of San Marino: The Oldest and Smallest Republic of the World by Giuseppe Rossi 2.45 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2) by Irvine Welsh 4.11 avg rating — 177,757 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1) by Ivo Andrić 4.33 avg rating — 24,899 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Seeing People Off by Jana Beňová 3.19 avg rating — 463 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Čefurji raus! by Goran Vojnović 4.02 avg rating — 1,303 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	La voz dormida by Dulce Chacón 4.44 avg rating — 8,492 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	I'm Not Stiller by Max Frisch 4.03 avg rating — 5,759 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 202,313 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov 3.78 avg rating — 22,044 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Conclave by Robert Harris (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 77,123 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Grits by Niall Griffiths 3.88 avg rating — 340 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars