Europe through literature discussion

Looking forward to new reads! :)

16/25

✔B1 = a fantasy novel The Two Towers (UK - 1954)
✔B2 = from a country in the Alps Narcissus and Goldmund by Herman Hesse (Switzerland/Germany - 1930)
✔B3 = originally written in a Finno-ugrian language Hundparken by Sofi Oksanen (Finland - 2019)
B4 = a title written by a Nobel Prize winner The Books of Jacob (Poland)
B5 = a group read Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf

✔I1 = a crime novel 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag (Sweden - 2017)
✔I2 = free choice Assembly by Natasha Brown (UK - 2022)
✔I3 = from a country with shores along the Atlantic Ocean Ode till havet och andra dikter av Álvaro de Campos by Fernando Pessoa (Portugal - 1915)
✔I4 = originally written in a Scandinavian language Detaljerna by Ia Genberg (Sweden - 2022)
✔I5 = a title second in the polls of 2021 My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Italy - 2011)

✔N1 = originally written in a Slavic language Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russia - 1866)
✔N2 = a poetry collection Det 3. årtusindes hjerte by Ursula Andkjær Olsen (Denmark - 2012)
✔N3 = a non-fiction title The Art of the Novel by Milan Kundera (Czechia - 1986)
✔N4 = a science fiction novel The Employees by Olga Ravn (Denmark - 2018)
N5 = from the Balkans Elias Canetti (Bulgaria)

✔G1 = a(n) (auto)biography Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen (Denmark - 1967)
G2 = originally written in a Roman / Romance language
G3 = a book with a reference to a European island
✔G4 = from a country with shores along the North Sea Vi for upp med mor by Karin Smirnoff (Sweden - 2019)
✔G5 = a historical novel The Wreath by Sigrid Undset (Norway - 1920)

O1 = a non-fiction referring to European history The Shortest History of Europe: How Conquest, Culture, and Religion Forged a Continent by John Hirsth
✔O2 = from a country along the shores of the Danube The Notebook by Ágota Kristóf (Hungary - 1986)
O3 = originally written in a minority language (e.g. in Gaelic)
O4 = a children's book Jefferson by Jean-Claude Mourlevat (France - 2018)
O5 = a graphic novel

Covers:

B1: B2: B3:B4: B5:
I1: I2:I3: I4: I5:
N1: N2: N3: N4: N5:
G1: G2: G3: G4: G5:
O1:O2:O3:O4:O5:

Hi Beyla!
Welcome to the group and to this Bingo challenge! I see you have The Books of Jacob on your list - I am 9% in (finished the first book) and loving it very much so far! Looking forward to exchanging thoughts!

Thank you, Orgeluse! Yes, let's compare notes as we go along - I thoroughly enjoyed what litte I previously read of Tokarczuk.

Had planned to get some last minute reads in before the New Year but will have to wrap it up at 16/25 books. :)

My favorites from this challenge:
✔I4 = originally written in a Scandinavian language Detaljerna by Ia Genberg (Sweden - 2022)
✔N2 = a poetry collection Det 3. Årtusindes Hjerte by Ursula Andkjær Olsen (Denmark - 2012)
✔O2 = from a country along the shores of the Danube The Notebook by Ágota Kristóf (Hungary - 1986)
✔B1 = a fantasy novel The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien (UK - 1954)
✔G1 = a(n) (auto)biography Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen (Denmark - 1967)

Thanks for sharing your favourites, Beyla!