Global Reads: Books Set in Western Europe

1
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
51,157 members
811 reviews
3.8
5 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Geneva, Switzerland and other locales
2
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
21,770 members
334 reviews
4.2
5 Members
inge87, KimarieBee, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
Explanations
merrystar: Italy
3
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
49,229 members
777 reviews
4.1
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
13,564 members
245 reviews
4.1
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy
Explanations
sturlington: Netherlands
5
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
6,192 members
112 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Daisy Miller
by Henry James
4,004 members
91 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
7
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
52,415 members
2,240 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963
8
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
47,996 members
1,819 reviews
4
4 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,
Explanations
9
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
42,103 members
491 reviews
3.9
3 Members
KimarieBee, merrystar, ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: France
10
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
25,731 members
374 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
11
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
24,037 members
967 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
dara85, KimarieBee, ahef1963
12
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
by Jules Verne
17,599 members
264 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ahef1963: Iceland, Italy
13
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
15,137 members
544 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, ahef1963
Explanations
sturlington: France
14
Blindness
by José Saramago
14,625 members
432 reviews
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Portugal
15
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
7,251 members
223 reviews
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Italy
16
Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
6,452 members
283 reviews
4
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy
17
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
4,185 members
304 reviews
4
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963
18
Where Angels Fear to Tread
by E. M. Forster
3,490 members
65 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, kara.shamy
Explanations
merrystar: Italy
19
Lavinia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
2,595 members
104 reviews
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
20
Nutcracker
by E. T. A. Hoffmann
2,588 members
29 reviews
3.9
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
21
Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
2,463 members
25 reviews
4.2
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963
22
The Dream of Scipio
by Iain Pears
2,349 members
53 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: France
23
Ysabel
by Guy Gavriel Kay
2,133 members
97 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
merrystar: France
24
Nine Coaches Waiting
by Mary Stewart
1,758 members
49 reviews
4
3 Members
inge87, merrystar, ahef1963
Explanations
inge87: France
25
Ulysses
by James Joyce
27,472 members
377 reviews
4
3 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: The monologue at the end is mostly set in Gibraltar. Made me want to go there.
26
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
20,326 members
496 reviews
3.9
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963,
Explanations
ahef1963: France.
27
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
by Victor Hugo
16,403 members
207 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: France (specifically Paris)
28
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
10,626 members
357 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
29
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë
10,092 members
158 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
30
Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Peter Høeg
7,921 members
177 reviews
3.8
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
31
Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
7,697 members
178 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, kara.shamy
Explanations
aulsmith: France
32
Death in Venice
by Thomas Mann
6,012 members
119 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: Italy
33
The Keeper of Lost Causes
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
4,149 members
233 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, kara.shamy
Explanations
ahef1963: Denmark
34
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,987 members
88 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
Explanations
sturlington: unnamed European city
35
Fear of Flying
by Erica Jong
3,747 members
89 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
36
The Enchanted April
by Elizabeth von Arnim
3,498 members
141 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
merrystar: Italy
37
The Odessa File
by Frederick Forsyth
3,295 members
58 reviews
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, KimarieBee
38
Dominion
by C. J. Sansom
1,212 members
64 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
39
Eifelheim
by Michael Flynn
1,209 members
74 reviews
3.8
2 Members
aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: Germany (medieval)
40
The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication
by John Steinbeck
1,080 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: France
41
Troll: A Love Story
by Johanna Sinisalo
1,051 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Finland
42
The Eiger Sanction
by Trevanian
918 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
43
Bitter Greens
by Kate Forsyth
679 members
47 reviews
4
2 Members
inge87, KimarieBee
Explanations
inge87: France/Italy
44
The Summer of Katya
by Trevanian
592 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
45
The Wild Girl
by Kate Forsyth
308 members
22 reviews
4
2 Members
inge87, KimarieBee
Explanations
inge87: Germany
46
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
35,901 members
532 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
47
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
24,597 members
270 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: France
48
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
18,468 members
330 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Netherlands
49
The Metamorphosis [novella]
by Franz Kafka
15,227 members
276 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
50
A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
14,399 members
790 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
51
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
12,256 members
679 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
52
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
12,171 members
139 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
53
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann
11,239 members
195 reviews
4.2
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: I think the sanitarium was in Switzerland.
54
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway
10,179 members
213 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
55
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves
10,125 members
181 reviews
4.2
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Italy
56
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
by Gregory Maguire
9,333 members
147 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Netherlands
57
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
by Thomas Mann
6,491 members
113 reviews
4.2
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Germany
58
Call Me by Your Name
by André Aciman
5,865 members
177 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Italy
59
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn
5,719 members
247 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
60
The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie
5,339 members
110 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: France
61
Stones from the River
by Ursula Hegi
4,934 members
69 reviews
4
Member
dara85
62
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale
by Sheridan Le Fanu
4,793 members
187 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
63
Beautiful Ruins
by Jess Walter
4,731 members
286 reviews
3.8
Member
merrystar
Explanations
merrystar: Italy
64
The Miniaturist
by Jessie Burton
4,648 members
237 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
65
The Castle of Otranto
by Horace Walpole
4,340 members
143 reviews
3.1
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Italy
66
Against Nature
by Joris-Karl Huysmans
3,998 members
80 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
67
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
by Susan Vreeland
3,370 members
99 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
68
A Most Wanted Man
by John le Carré
3,321 members
97 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Germany
69
The Mysteries of Udolpho
by Ann Radcliffe
3,305 members
66 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
70
Sidetracked
by Henning Mankell
3,283 members
79 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Sweden
71
Jar City
by Arnaldur Indriðason
3,155 members
145 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
73
Baltasar and Blimunda
by José Saramago
2,808 members
57 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Portugal
74
The Berlin Stories
by Christopher Isherwood
2,418 members
42 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Germany
75
The Third Man
by Graham Greene
2,329 members
72 reviews
3.8
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: Austria
76
The American
by Henry James
2,288 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
77
Police
by Jo Nesbø
2,286 members
92 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Norway
78
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder
2,171 members
62 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep
79
The History of the Siege of Lisbon
by José Saramago
1,999 members
25 reviews
3.8
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: Portugal
80
A Soldier of the Great War
by Mark Helprin
1,922 members
37 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
81
The Scapegoat
by Daphne Du Maurier
1,747 members
53 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
82
The Vacationers
by Emma Straub
1,673 members
115 reviews
3.2
Member
kara.shamy
83
The Enormous Room
by E. E. Cummings
1,668 members
29 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
84
The Marble Faun
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
1,603 members
17 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
85
Arctic Chill
by Arnaldur Indriðason
1,587 members
89 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Iceland
86
Don't Look Back
by Karin Fossum
1,444 members
64 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
87
Airs Above the Ground
by Mary Stewart
1,399 members
28 reviews
3.9
Member
merrystar
Explanations
merrystar: Austria
88
Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party
by Graham Greene
1,294 members
29 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Switzerland
89
The Kommandant's Girl
by Pam Jenoff
1,186 members
50 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
90
Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin
by Leon Uris
1,122 members
8 reviews
3.8
Member
KimarieBee
91
The Raphael Affair
by Iain Pears
1,086 members
27 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
KimarieBee
92
The rider on the white horse
by Theodor Storm
1,026 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: Germany
93
My Father's Glory
by Marcel Pagnol
984 members
11 reviews
4
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: France
94
Hadrian the Seventh
by Frederick Rolfe
899 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
95
Zoo Station
by David Downing
863 members
33 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Germany (mostly Berlin)
96
Thunder on the Right
by Mary Stewart
857 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
merrystar
Explanations
merrystar: France
97
Dear Mr M
by Herman Koch
779 members
86 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Netherlands
98
Crossings
by Alex Landragin
722 members
21 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
99
I Remember You
by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
707 members
55 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Iceland
100
My Mother's Castle
by Marcel Pagnol
696 members
9 reviews
4
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: France