EU Fiction: 1950-2022
- List of the Month
- May 2022 (see all)
- Description
- In honor of Europe Day, which occurred on May 9th, our May List of the Month is devoted to contemporary EU fiction, written by authors from EU member states, and published subsequent to 1950. Authors must come from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. Please only downvote titles that do not fit the geographic and temporal parameters of the list.
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by Umberto Eco
21,777 members
334 reviews
4.2
Score 64.92
Added 2022-05-11, 03:10 PM
- 18 Members
- Aquila, podocyte, abbottthomas, soffitta1, amanda4242, Romonko, perennialreader, peterveen, gypsysmom, Cynfelyn, ahef1963, diana.hauser, Fioricche, Boand, CharlesTheB, SlavaB032020, RODNEYP, ericdac
- Explanations
- perennialreader: Italian 1980
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48,027 members
1,819 reviews
4
Score 41.57
Added 2022-05-11, 03:34 PM
- 14 Members
- lahochstetler, abbottthomas, terran, soffitta1, Romonko, perennialreader, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, diana.hauser, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda, Brandy1411, DoomLuz,
- Explanations
- perennialreader: Swedish 2005
3
14,412 members
790 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 29.7
Added 2022-05-12, 02:42 PM
- 9 Members
- dara85, Morphidae, terran, Romonko, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Fioricche, Brandy1411
- Explanations
- Morphidae: Enjoyed this book both times I read it. I could relate to a few people in it, including, at times, Ove. "She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about."
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14,308 members
284 reviews
4
Score 28.78
Added 2022-05-12, 11:17 AM
- 8 Members
- anglemark, paradoxosalpha, soffitta1, ahef1963, Daedalus., steller0707, CharlesTheB, RODNEYP
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: All writers must be readers, and Calvino was a magician, uniting That and This in his conjuration.
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- 8 Members
- ablachly, dara85, soffitta1, perennialreader, TheLOFT, katemcangus, gypsysmom, ahef1963
- Explanations
- perennialreader: Irish. 2010
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7,669 members
172 reviews
4.1
Score 22.33
Added 2022-05-12, 04:50 PM
- 7 Members
- pitjrw, abbottthomas, soffitta1, peterveen, Fioricche, steller0707, CharlesTheB
9
31,003 members
1,107 reviews
4.1
Score 20.3
Added 2022-05-11, 03:53 PM
- 7 Members
- terran, cbl_tn, perennialreader, peterveen, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, CharlesTheB
- Explanations
- perennialreader: Spanish. 2001/Spanish, 2004/English
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by Michael Ende
13,901 members
251 reviews
4.1
Score 19.96
Added 2022-05-11, 07:17 PM
- 6 Members
- Aquila, paradoxosalpha, merrystar, Heather39, janflora, aspirit
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.aspirit: German author. Published 1979.
11
- 6 Members
- dara85, Romonko, janflora, perennialreader, cherpy, Brandy1411
- Explanations
- perennialreader: French 2007
12
20,335 members
497 reviews
3.9
Score 17.79
Added 2022-05-13, 03:21 AM
- 6 Members
- sturlington, TheLOFT, cherpy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Yuki-Onna
14
6,457 members
283 reviews
4
Score 15.96
Added 2022-05-12, 10:20 PM
15
4,400 members
183 reviews
3.9
Score 15.9
Added 2022-05-13, 03:25 AM
- 6 Members
- pitjrw, peterveen, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, CharlesTheB, Yuki-Onna
16
3,008 members
68 reviews
4.1
Score 15.11
Added 2022-05-13, 05:38 PM
- 5 Members
- soffitta1, peterveen, Daedalus., ManWithAnAgenda, RODNEYP
18
4,271 members
66 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 14.31
Added 2022-05-13, 02:23 AM
- 5 Members
- pamelad, thorold, Daedalus., CharlesTheB, RODNEYP
20
1,587 members
107 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 11.6
Added 2022-05-11, 03:06 PM
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by Walter Moers
3,141 members
85 reviews
4.1
Score 10.04
Added 2022-05-11, 03:34 PM
- 3 Members
- anglemark, amanda4242, birder4106
- Explanations
- amanda4242: German author. Published 1999.
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- 3 Members
- abbottthomas, sturlington, MaureenRoy
- Explanations
- abbottthomas: I’m not sure if this is the best of the ten Martin Beck police-procedurals but it was made into a movie and consequently got wider exposure so it can represent the rest.
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27
- 3 Members
- pitjrw, EMS_24, CharlesTheB
- Explanations
- EMS_24: Italian, 1975. ( 'If This Is a Man' was published before 1950...)
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- 3 Members
- amanda4242, diana.hauser, Fioricche
- Explanations
- amanda4242: Italian author. Published 1960.
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3,288 members
63 reviews
4.1
Score 6.31
Added 2022-05-12, 12:33 PM
38
by Sally Rooney
4,193 members
165 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 6.19
Added 2022-05-11, 02:52 PM
- 2 Members
- katemcangus, diana.hauser
39
3,134 members
181 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 6.04
Added 2022-05-12, 09:51 AM
- 2 Members
- perennialreader, al.vick
- Explanations
- perennialreader: German 2008
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by Jean Giono
2,178 members
55 reviews
4.1
Score 5.71
Added 2022-05-12, 04:12 PM
- 2 Members
- Heather39, perennialreader
- Explanations
- perennialreader: French 1953
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2,347 members
59 reviews
3.8
Score 5.5
Added 2022-05-19, 10:16 PM
45
9,509 members
389 reviews
3.9
Score 5.42
Added 2022-05-11, 02:52 PM
- 2 Members
- katemcangus, steller0707
46
6,804 members
171 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 5.42
Added 2022-05-12, 11:28 AM
- 2 Members
- paradoxosalpha, RODNEYP
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: The phenomena of textual obsession, multiple authorship, and criminal intrigue tie the literary and occult halves of the story into a braided whole.
47
327 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 5.38
Added 2022-05-13, 11:45 AM
- 2 Members
- amanda4242, aspirit
- Explanations
- aspirit: French author(s)
48
3,483 members
112 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 5.35
Added 2022-05-12, 07:31 AM
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2,769 members
49 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 5.14
Added 2022-05-12, 09:56 AM
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612 members
17 reviews
4.1
Score 3.82
Added 2022-05-19, 05:53 PM
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