EU Fiction: 1950-2022
- 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.
- Members
- 67 participating members
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by Umberto Eco
18,665 members
295 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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40,699 members
1,700 reviews
4
Score 37.57
Added 2022-05-11, 03:34 PM
- 13 Members
- abbottthomas, terran, soffitta1, Romonko, perennialreader, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, diana.hauser, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda, Brandy1411, DoomLuz,
- Explanations
- perennialreader: Swedish 2005
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- 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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11,793 members
247 reviews
4.1
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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- 7 Members
- ablachly, dara85, soffitta1, perennialreader, katemcangus, gypsysmom, ahef1963
- Explanations
- perennialreader: Irish. 2010
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6,142 members
141 reviews
4.1
Score 22.33
Added 2022-05-12, 04:50 PM
- 7 Members
- pitjrw, abbottthomas, soffitta1, peterveen, Fioricche, steller0707, CharlesTheB
9
26,488 members
1,007 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
11,183 members
215 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.
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- 6 Members
- dara85, Romonko, janflora, perennialreader, cherpy, Brandy1411
- Explanations
- perennialreader: French 2007
13
2,196 members
106 reviews
4
Score 15.9
Added 2022-05-13, 03:25 AM
- 6 Members
- pitjrw, peterveen, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, CharlesTheB, Yuki-Onna
14
5,083 members
119 reviews
4.1
Score 15.11
Added 2022-05-13, 05:38 PM
- 5 Members
- soffitta1, peterveen, Daedalus., ManWithAnAgenda, RODNEYP
16
17,156 members
423 reviews
3.9
Score 14.43
Added 2022-05-13, 03:21 AM
- 5 Members
- sturlington, cherpy, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Yuki-Onna
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3,574 members
51 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 14.31
Added 2022-05-13, 02:23 AM
- 5 Members
- pamelad, thorold, Daedalus., CharlesTheB, RODNEYP
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5,341 members
253 reviews
4
Score 12.82
Added 2022-05-12, 10:20 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, anglemark, soffitta1, sturlington, ahef1963
21
1,416 members
103 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 11.6
Added 2022-05-11, 03:06 PM
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12,291 members
372 reviews
4.1
Score 10.77
Added 2022-05-12, 12:51 PM
- 4 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, CharlesTheB
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- 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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- 2 Members
- abbottthomas, 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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2,977 members
57 reviews
4.1
Score 6.31
Added 2022-05-12, 12:33 PM
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by Sally Rooney
2,154 members
124 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 6.19
Added 2022-05-11, 02:52 PM
- 2 Members
- katemcangus, diana.hauser
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2,720 members
171 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 Walter Moers
2,713 members
78 reviews
4.1
Score 6.04
Added 2022-05-11, 03:34 PM
- 2 Members
- anglemark, amanda4242
- Explanations
- amanda4242: German author. Published 1999.
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by Jean Giono
1,639 members
40 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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1,933 members
53 reviews
3.8
Score 5.5
Added 2022-05-19, 10:16 PM
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6,377 members
295 reviews
3.9
Score 5.42
Added 2022-05-11, 02:52 PM
- 2 Members
- katemcangus, steller0707
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6,015 members
152 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.
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3,060 members
106 reviews
3.8
Score 5.35
Added 2022-05-12, 07:31 AM
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50
2,203 members
42 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 5.14
Added 2022-05-12, 09:56 AM
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490 members
16 reviews
4.1
Score 3.82
Added 2022-05-19, 05:53 PM
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127 members
5 reviews
½ 3.4
Score 3.04
Added 2022-05-12, 04:18 AM
