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Elsa Brändström by Norgard KohlhagenBertha Von Suttner by Brigitte HamannDer Frauen Natur und Recht by Hedwig DohmBecome Who You Are by Hedwig DohmSkrifter by Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht
Early Feminists
189 books — 80 voters
The Terrorists by Maj SjöwallPippi Goes on Board by Astrid LindgrenBosnian Chronicle by Ivo AndrićDas Fräulein Von Scuderi by E.T.A. HoffmannNutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,089 books — 628 voters

Budapest 1900 by John LukacsThe Door by Magda SzabóFatelessness by Imre KertészThe Paul Street Boys by Ferenc MolnárSunflower by Gyula Krúdy
Books Set in Hungary
109 books — 72 voters
Báthory ​Erzsébet magánélete by István NemereHeroine des Grauens. Elisabeth Bathory by Michael Farin
Countess Elizabeth Báthory - Fiction & Non-Fiction
50 books — 13 voters

Sissi by Brigitte HamannSisi Emperatriz Contra Su Voluntad by Brigitte HamannSisis Verse [Tonträger] by Elisabeth-Joe HarrietSisis Schönheitenalbum by Werner Bokelberg
Empress Elisabeth
60 books — 9 voters
The Odyssey by HomerThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Iliad by HomerQueen Margot by Alexandre DumasNzingha by Patricia C. McKissack
Royal Fiction
552 books — 248 voters

Primeval and Other Times by Olga TokarczukBlood of Elves by Andrzej SapkowskiCiemno, prawie noc by Joanna Bator
Best Polish Books
578 books — 558 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,100 books — 1,010 voters

The Man Who Played with Fire by Jan StocklassaThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Girl without Skin by Mads Peder NordboDas Ende Ist Mein Anfang by Tiziano TerzaniNoch eine Runde auf dem Karussell by Tiziano Terzani
Popsugar 2020 - A Book by or about a Journalist
337 books — 188 voters
Two Women by Alberto MoraviaLove That Moves the Sun by Linda CardilloSix Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi PirandelloZeno's Conscience by Italo SvevoThe Path to the Spiders' Nests by Italo Calvino
Italy
1,027 books — 547 voters

Seven Gothic Tales by Isak DinesenOne Thousand and One Ghosts by Alexandre DumasMarina by Carlos Ruiz ZafónCoeur de goth by Aubepine DuroncierLà-Bas by Joris-Karl Huysmans
Best Gothic Books of All Time
646 books — 3,641 voters
Sea of Poppies by Amitav GhoshThe Egyptian by Mika WaltariKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Literary Historical Fiction
1,206 books — 1,388 voters

Strange Practice by Vivian ShawCirkeln by Mats Strandberg
Magic Punk
84 books — 16 voters
The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo AndrićThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria RilkeThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaUnterm Rad by Hermann Hesse
SZ-Bibliothek - 100 Great Novels of the 20th Century
101 books — 65 voters

Die Spiegel von Kettlewood Hall by Maja Ilisch
German/Deutschsprachige Neuerscheinungen Fantasy 2018
39 books — 14 voters
The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliGargantua and Pantagruel by François RabelaisThe Complete Essays by Michel de MontaignePraise of Folly by ErasmusThe Lusiads by Luís de Camões
Best Books of the 16th Century
190 books — 544 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Historical Fiction - Italy
267 books — 110 voters
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
Books Set in Venice
338 books — 282 voters

Die unendliche Geschichte by Michael EndeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMomo by Michael EndeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
TBPG Edition - Books You Should Have Read
98 books — 28 voters
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic
61 books — 40 voters

Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
2,593 books — 2,810 voters
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegRoseanna by Maj SjöwallLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistThe Man Who Went Up in Smoke by Maj SjöwallThe Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjöwall
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
339 books — 697 voters

An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel KpomassieFrom the Mouth of the Whale by SjónHouse of Evidence by Viktor Arnar IngólfssonJólasveinarnir þrettán by Elsa E. GudjonssonIceland's Bell by Halldór Laxness
Books set in Iceland and Greenland
156 books — 139 voters
LoveStar by Andri Snær Magnason
2013 Sci-Fi Award Nominees
40 books — 21 voters

LoveStar by Andri Snær MagnasonThe Marquise of O and Other Stories by Heinrich von KleistLoop by Kōji SuzukiThe Dark Forest by Liu CixinCold Skin by Albert Sánchez Piñol
Translated Speculative Fiction
405 books — 214 voters
Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman
Winners of the Nordic Council Literature Prize
59 books — 39 voters

My First Murder by Leena LehtolainenRoseanna by Maj SjöwallSnow Woman by Leena LehtolainenThe Bodyguard by Leena LehtolainenThe Lion of Justice by Leena Lehtolainen
Nordic/Scandinavian Mysteries: Female Voices
117 books — 43 voters
The World Between Two Covers by Ann MorganThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelJamilia by Chingiz AitmatovMarshall Islands Legends and Stories by Daniel A. Kelin II
A year of reading the world
277 books — 51 voters

Olas by José Ramón Torres
Immigrants from the Wide World
115 books — 69 voters
Olas by José Ramón TorresDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Literatura Hispanoamericana
29 books — 19 voters


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