Y'all are delivering so hard on suggestions for books from around the world! Thank you all so much! Maybe once I've cleaned up the list I'll post it on my website or something so it can be a reference for anyone who wants to try a similar challenge ❤️ *UPDATE* Here's the blog post with the list: www.plantbasedbride.com/blog/reading-around-the-world & in this video I read one book from each continent to kick off this challenge: ruclips.net/video/1wAs4jjinN8/видео.html
I am curious for your opinion as a Vegan person. I am not yet Vegan but working my way towards it. I own a wool peacoat, do I need to get rid of it? I don't have a coat to replace it and wouldn't the environmental impact of getting a new coat be worse than keeping my current one?
a list on your website would be awesome. (ps I'm Canadian as well and many years ago in high school I went through a hard Robertson Davies and Margaret Lawrence addiction lol. Odd for a high school student. I own many of the books and they are worth rereading every few years.) I'd be curious as to recommendations for newer authors as it does seem like so many books are from the USA)
I would love a list of books around the world. I’m trying to read more and am curious about books from different places. I’m from The Netherlands but don’t read Dutch books often, so sadly don’t have a good recommendation for you. Anyway looking forward to more book content :) xx
These ideas are so inspiring! For a book from Finland, I recommend Tove Jansson who wrote in Swedish, which is our minority language. Her books about the Moomins are funny, sweet, adventurous and emotional, and even though they are aimed at children adults have loved them probably even more. Moominpappa at Sea or Moominsummer Madness are two I think you’d like! ✨
We have friends in Finland and growing up, we went there every year and I always wanted to visit the Moominland, so seeing your comment made me feel nostalgic 💗🥺
Plus one for moomins, they are huge in Eastern Europe and not known so much in the west. If you like the earlier ones, the Moominvalley in November is my favourite (but not the best to start with). And from Finland I also read Purge by Sofi Oksanen (it takes place in Estonia, but I think was written in Finnish) which is hard hitting adult story you might like.
Omg, I grew up with listening to the audiobooks and reading the books about the Moomins ... they always took my mind on an adventure! I love them so much!
From Russia: I highly recommend "The Master and Margarita" by M.A. Bulgakov. Different worlds and eras intersect with fantastic events. This book is about attitude to life, about love, about everyday life. This is one of my favorite works of Russian literature!
I did a "reading through history" challenge last year and one of my favorite selections was Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey. It was such a vibrant and accessible read for a story that has been around for thousands of years. Also, if you read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, it can count as a novel from France AND as a doorstopper!
Hi from Brazil! One of my favorite books is Amora by Natalia Borges Polesso. It’s a collection of sapphic short stories and it was released in English in 2020! I hope you like it if you decide to read it! 💖
Hi from Australia!! I would recommend “The Boy From The Mish” by Gary Lonesborough. This is an indigenous Australian queer YA novel that is such a great read.
What a great video! I’m from Spain, here are my recommendations for Spanish literature: “Patria”, Fernando Aramburu and “La sombra del viento”, Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
La sombra del viento is such an amazing book, and it has received a lot of international recognition. Of the best Spanish comtemporary authors, so sad he passed away last year, his stories are absolutely stunning and the descriptions are exquisite.
Wonderful ideas!!! 📚💖 I'm a Japanese Literature teacher, so I will recommend to you a work that will fill several of your categories in this video: The Genji monogatari by Murasaki Shikibu. It is a non-Western classic, it is from the year 1000, it is definitely a door stopper, it teaches you about the customs from another era and place, etc. I can go on and on 😝 And, since I'm from Chile, I will recommend Isabel Allende, although she has been living outside Chile, so she is more an international writer now. And also, I will like to recommend the amazing poetry of Gabriela Mistral 📚💖📚
Hi from Germany :) One of my favourite books is "Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders" by Patrick Süskind. The English version is called "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer". It's a tale of sensual obsession and bloodlust in 18th century Paris - very deep and interesting. Unlike anything else I have read!
If you are looking for a translated graphic work with a disabled character, I would try Perfect World. It is a manga series featuring a paralyzed hero who is in a wheelchair. The first volume or two feel much more abelist, as our heroine gets to know our hero, but the journey they go on throughout the series truly is lovely, and I love seeing how both of their world views change from getting to know one another.
Years back in Uni I randomly picked up a novel from the German lit stacks called Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada, it's still easily one of my top 10 books. It was written in the span of 24 days back in 1946 and is based off a true story. It's not quite a doorstopper, but it is kinda old and translated.
Recommendations from Sweden here! In high school we read alot of swedish classics, and one of them that I actually liked was Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg. It was very provocative for it's time. Otherwise Astrid Lindgren's childrens books are amazing. If you're into scandi noir Camilla Läckberg is one of the big names at the moment. The Evil by Jan Guillou is also a good one about attending boarding school in the Swedish forests. I'm always amazed by people who can read 22 books in like a month, my goal is to get through 12 this year. Thanks for all the inspiring videos!
Other swedish recommendations are the author Johan Ajvide Lindqvist - let the right one in or handling the undead are pretty good and worth checking out which you might like. Also Sofie Sarenbrandt writes some pretty good books as well
@@camillasoderbaum3871 I came here to also recommend John Ajvide Lindqvist! 😄 He's a horror writer, and the stories are very much anchored in everyday Swedish life. I just finished Människohamn (Harbour), it's great! I also recently finished A history of bees by Danish author Maja Lunde, also a great book.
For Brazil can I suggest “captains of sand”? It’s my favorite classic from here and I think it’s not appreciated enough haha. It’s a story about a group of boys that live on the streets of Bahia ad it’s beautifully written (not sure how well it was translated).
From Italy 🇮🇹 I recommend “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante. It is the first book of a series and it is set in the southern Italy (Naples and around) in the 60s and 70s. It is a book about a very peculiar and strong friendship and its development during the years. Totally recommend it 🥰
I saw you got a suggestions from Finland already, but here's another one. The Egyptian by Mika Waltari. This book made look up so many other authors and books about the history of Egypt and got me hooked on historical fiction.
hi Hanna, I recommended this book as well before looking at the comments! So nice to see fellow minded commenters. I've read everything by Valtari I could get my hands on, though unfortunately many of them remain untranslated! Cheers
@@vtheb1299 oh cool, never met a fellow (what ever would be the equivalent of a potterhead in this case). I especially love the fact that Waltari could write all these very detailed descriptions of a time and place he never visited and in a time where there were so much less facts and ways of obtaining them. I don't know if Komissaario Palmu has been translated into English, but they are making a movie about an unfinished book of Waltari's.
An adorable German book is "eine tüte grüner Wind" from Gesine Schulz. It's a kids book but one of my faves. The story is about a girl who has to spend her summer holidays with her aunt paula she never met, in Ireland. At first, she really dislikes it. But then she is slowly beginning to grow fond of Ireland and the new people she met. I always love those cozy spreads 💛📖
I love the series tracker - I feel it would help me keep track of the many, many ebooks I buy because I cannot possibly wait for the next book to be delivered (or for me to get to a shop...) For recommendations: Probably THE German classic would be Goethe's Faust (part 1 mainly... part 2 is wild...) or maybe "Intrigue and Love" by Friedrich Schiller. In school I was very fond of Theodor Fontane's "Effi Briest". If you are looking for something contemporary I can seriously recommend "Look who's back" by Timur Vermes. It is a very biting satire about German media and German society - basically what would happened if Adolf Hitler woke up in Berlin in 2012. For me it is hard to tell how the humor and intent of the author translates to other languages and cultures, but I liked the insights and the intelligence.
For around the world, Croatian Tales of Long Ago by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić would be a fun one. Good for diving into slavic culture, very fun and whimsical, plus she is one of the better authors. I grew up w these tales. Plus they're illustrated! 🇭🇷🇭🇷
Beautiful spreads. Some historical books I liked were: The Prince (Machiavelli), The Art of War (Sun Tzu), Kama Sutra [illustrated] (Vatsayana), all of Shakespeare's works, the Greek academic philosophers (Plato, Socrates arisotle) The Campaigns of Alexander (Arrian), The Bible (KJV), The Campaigns of Hannibal (Patrick Leonard MacDougall), Histories Vol I & II (Polybius), etc. There is also a fabulous curated collection called 'The Great Books' which contains a reading plan plus all the best books throughout history....
Hay from Bulgaria! Love the ideas and a few really inspired me to take on my reading journal again (I got a little tired of it). My suggestion for a book from my country is The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov. It is a compilation of stories that weave together a bigger picture and it has a lot to do with our history and culture, both the good and the bad! 📚
I hated the Physics of Sorrow so bad LOL. I think I've read everything by Gospodinov and never liked any of it so it just doesn't work for me. But I do believe that books we don't like also have something to teach us. And we shouldn't forget 'the dangers of a single story' as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gracefully put it. If you (generic 'you') read one book from the US you don't think "this is what US literature is like" but it's just one book. But with less represented/visible countries it's a very real problem. Whether you like it or not, it's just one book, it's not "the" Bulgarian literature. Unfortunately my favorite Bg books are not translated.
Recommendation from Germany: the Ruby Red triology by Kerstin Gier. It's a middle grade/YA fantasy series about time travel that I loved when I first read it and I still enjoy it at 22. Be careful with the movies though, they tell a totally different story...
I'm french and I love Gilles Legardinier ! He's a contemporary author. I highly recommend Le premier miracle.
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Loved all of these spreads! The country one is definitely a big challenge! 📚 I would love if you could do a video where you show or explain how you get through so many books in such a short time. It’s only been a month and a half of this year and you’ve read 24 books😱 I just started my third😂😂
"Number 1 ladies detective agency" by Alexander Mcall Smith is a great series of books set in Botswana written by a Zimbabwean born author - there are actually 22 books in the series but they can each be read as stand alone. Really loved this idea of reading around the world and would love to see your list! 💕
There's a novel written my the national hero of the Philippines, Jose Rizal, entitled "Noli Me Tangere" (English title: The Social Cancer.) It has some historical significance to the country since it was written and set during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. It was originally written in Spanish but English translations exist. Just my recommendation for your books around the world/translated books 😁
Recommendation from Portugal has to be José Saramago! His most acclaimed work is Blindness, but my personal favorite from the ones I've read so far is Death with Interruptions. It's about what would happen if Death decided to go on a strike and people suddenly stopped dying. It's so fun that you're doing a world reading challenge, I would love your list of books for each country if you would like to share!
Hello there! Your spreads helped me think about something more I could add to my TBR. Something for your TBR from Germany could be Hermann Hesse Steppenwolf or Demian. A japanese book I read years ago was 64 by Hideo Yokoyama. Take care :)
Your series page is already doing the good work--I read and loved Binti a few months ago, and had no idea there was a sequel. I'll admit I paused the video to see what you were reading, and I'm glad I did, because now I can go track that down.
I've also been working on reading books from around the world this year! I actually have a map to keep track of books from around the world and then a map to keep track of settings around the world. I'm really excited about it!
A handbook for my lover and Cuckold - both are from India and amazing books, so beautifully written. There are so many more Indian books that are great. The writing, the story the characters.
Loved all of these spreads. As a mom, I’m lucky if I have the motivation/energy to read a chapter a week. 😔 A video on ideas for reading routines as a bujo spread, including recording achievements or notes in the bujo spreads would be wonderful! Also, the volume that you read in a month blows my mind, babe! 🤯 So inspiring! 🥰
Just an American but I have read 100 books this year and I have a few diverse and stunning adds: 1.Confessions by Kanae Minato Japan, Jaw dropping story about a class of students, two of which killed the teacher's young daughter, Full of plot twists that will leave you gasping in the end. 2, Don't let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandria Fuller Zimbabwe, 3. In Cuba, I was a German Shepard short stories: heartwrenching stories of Cubans who immigrated to Miami after Castro came into power. My husband is from Calgary!
The reading around the world idea is so interesting! My parents are from Mauritius but I was born in the UK and I must admit my mind is actually blown that I’ve never read anything by a Mauritian author. Thanks for the inspiration Elizabeth! 🇲🇺📚
Hi from Hungary! I would recommend you Molnár Ferenc: Pál utcai fiúk (Paul street boys is the translated title). It is a quite short novel (compulsory in our schools) and takes place in the early 1900s. Have fun with your amazing challanges!
I'm from Brazil and I read this book when I was a kid! Not mandatory, but I got it from my school's library. I remember I liked it a lot, I should read it again sometime.
For Germany I would definitely recommend Cornelia Funke! She is a YA/Middle Grade author but her stories and writing are amazing and I still enjoy reading them even today. Maybe you have already read Inkheart/The Thief Lord/Reckless, but if you haven’t I would definitely recommend them! Also Michael Ende “The Neverending Story” is a beloved classic, or of course Kafka, etc.
Just saved this video so I can come back to the comments for the recommendations. Wild Swans, Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang. 99% set in China until the very end. It starts with the authors grandmother, then her mother, then of course, the author. This was an outstanding read!
A book recomendation from Denmark, even though I must admit I'm not done reading it myself. And I also don't know if it is translated... but here goes: It's called "Hvad er et menneske?" which means "What is a human being?" written by Svend Brinkmann who is a psychologist, philosopher and much more. A very interesteing person even though he is just a white cishet male. The thing I love most about him is solidaric life and world view. This book is his first fictional book, other books by him are academic or self help and such, but he also writes for news papers and such. Happy reading! 📕
Thank you for the encouragement! I can't wait to get started, so many excellent ideas. The comments are so amazing, I am eager to 🕊️ fly into another authors book from abroad.
From Cuba 🇨🇺 I can recommend “A Kingdom of this World” by Alejo Carpentier! Your spread of books from around the world has inspired me to start one on my own reading journal!
H.C Andersen is a very famous Danish author. His books are olde, but you can also read the modified version. He has written “The little mermaid” and “The ugly duckling”, etc.
From Argentina: "Martin Fierro" by José Hernández may be the biggest national classic. I also recommend Liliana Bodoc for latin america-inspired high fantasy!
Hi from Switzerland ! A swiss author I'd recommend is Friedrich Dürrenmatt. He wrote this theater piece, "Die Besuch der alten Dame" or in French "La visite de la vieille dame" (I think in english it's "The visit of the old lady", but I'm not 100% sure). It's often described as a comedy/tragicomic play, and it's considered to be one of the best works of Dürrenmatt.
I am French and if you get the chance, I'd recommend you read Antigone d'Anouilh: it is a tragedy from the 1940s that is beautiful, in my opinion! I hope it can also count for your "reading through history" :D. Have a great week!
australian here! i always recommend two of sarah wilson's books- 'first we make the beast beautiful' and 'this one wild and precious life'. good reads calls them self-help books, but they are so much more than that! as for fiction, melina marchetta's books are fantastic. you may have read 'looking for alibrandi' already (i dont know how popular it is overseas, but it's very well known here), but 'saving francesca' and 'on the jellicoe road' made me bawl my eyes out. i also studied cate kennedy's short stories in my literature class and really enjoyed those as well!
"The Blind Owl" by Sadiq Hedaayat and "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Taahere Maafi are Persian books from Persian authors:) Here are 2 book recommendations to color in Iran in your map😌💚
That's such a good idea to pick one book from every country in the world!! I'm doing something similar but smaller and going to see about reading one book from every province (I'm Canadian too)📚
Hi ! French and Brazilian here ! 🇧🇷 I highly recommend The spy by Paolo Coelho, it's a biography of Mata Hari, and it's soooo good (i read it in french personally) 🇲🇫 I recommend Vertige by Franck Thilliez, it's a thriller, don't know if it has been translated but you challenged yourself to read in french so there you are 😋
One thing I have enjoyed about homeschooling is exposing my son (8) to ancient literature. Our history curriculum has included Beowulf, Epic of Gilgamesh, the Iliad and the Odyssey . In age appropriate levels. He loved the Odyssey. 📖
For a German book I can highly recommend The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells. I’ve recommended it to lots of non-German friends and so far everyone has loved the book too. ☺️ Cornelia Funke is also an incredible author. Her most notable book series is probably Inkheart.
South Africa - Fiela's Child or Circles in the Forest by Daleen Mathee. There were original written in Afrikaans, so would also count as Translations. :)
I love these spreads! I'm from Hungary and personally I would recommend the works of Jenő Rejtő. I especially liked The Blonde Hurricane and The 14-Carat Roadster. He's not as famous as other Hungarian authors but a personal favourite of my family :)
I loved the video, as a Brasilian girl I suggest the books of Clarice Lispector (A hora da estrela) or Cecilia Meireles (O menino azul)! Both are amazing Brasilian author's and they books are quite old, filling upo two challenges 😁📚
Also from Germany here and I'd recommend Patrick Suskind's The Perfume! It is haunting and weird and fascinating and there's even a movie with Alan Rickman :) had to read it for school but still one of my fave German books :)
Hello 👋 From Australia🇦🇺, I really recommend Melina Marchetta and her books ‘on the jellicoe road’ (one of my all time favourites) and/or ‘Looking for Alibrandi’
I came to see who else was from Australia :D I suggested: Traci Harding, Colleen McCullough, Kate Forsyth; then there are the amazing classics of AussieLit, Picnic at Hanging Rock's author Joan Lindsay and the ever captivating author Di Morrissey :D That is only a few who I can suggest, the actual count is in the dozens :) but these are the ones who have kept me going & going :D
Paradise Lost is a good one to go along with Dante’s Divine Comedy. I have read and love Dante as well as Gilgamesh, The Iliad and Odyssey, another few would be Beowulf, Jason and the Argonauts.
Love your ideas! I am from Germany and would definitely recommend books by Walter Moers and Kai Meyer. Both authors have written books centered around the topics of reading and books and I think that's pretty exciting. :)
I'm from the Netherlands and I've been writing my first novel since 2017, I am hoping to publish it within the next two years. You're very welcome to read it once it's published (:
Hello from France, If you like theater you can read Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand, an old book but such a great love storie and wonderful characters. Thanks for your spreads and the ton of ideas that come with them ☺️
That's so interesting, I'm the same way with series. I used to read them all the time and prefer them. But now I prefer stand-alone, and if there is a series I wait until they're all out because otherwise the likelihood I forget about it is high.
A classic Yiddish author (from the late 19th and early 20th centuries) is Sholem Aleichem. A lot of his writing has been translated into English. It's quite funny (satirical, about Jewish life in Eastern Europe from that period).
I love your around the world spread! You should use the colors your marked for your star rankings to fill in the country so you can remember which country’s book you like the most
im french and one of my favorite french classics is candide by voltaire! it's a non-stop adventure but has some really interesting social commentary for the time it was published (mid 18th century). one of my favorite books of all time is petit pays (small country) by gaël faye and he's from burundi! the book changed mhy life
Bonjour Elizabeth, I love your bingo and books around the world ideas!! I am a French teacher in London, for their final year of high school (called year 13) my pupils have to read a French book. The one I chose to study with them is called 'No et moi': It is a beautiful story. Lou is 13 years old with an IQ of 160 tying to see how she fits in life. She is two years ahead in school and for a project in her Econ class, she decides to interview a homeless person: No (Nolwenn - 18 years old). This is the story of friendships, family, love and belonging, but it is also rough and unapologetic, it shows us the world in a light we often prefer to switch off, to pretend that social issues don't exist. A great read. And for anyone who is tempted but doesn't speak French, it has been translated -title 'No and me' by Delphine de Vigan. Hope someone reads and likes it. Jess.
One of my favorite ways to read more from other countries is to get a variety of modern and classic poetry. Classic Chinese poetry has been one of my favs so far since there is just so much content available with a plethora of accompanying meta/analysis
Hi! Italian here, I actually have a couple suggestions about spanish and french books as well 😅 For an italian book, id recommend The Cloven Viscount by Italo Calvino (I read it as a child and i remember finding it very fun! Its also quite a light read 😊) For a spanish one, The Carnivorous Lamb by Agustin Gomez Arcos (tho check trigger warnings first) As for a french one, La Princesse de Clèves by Mme de Lafayette, a 1600s romance novel (it was among the first books of this genre!)
For books on your timeline, I recommend "Pamela", "Moll Flanders", and Kristen Lavransdatter. I cannot remember the authors or what time period they were in but I read them in college and they have always stuck with me.
Hi. I'm from Germany. A must read book and one of my favourites is: - " Das Parfüm"( the Perfume) by Patrick Süskind. This book is about a young man with an extremly sharp sense of smell. Sounds a little weird but the book is very thrilling and the writing is very beautiful, in German atleast. Also good are : - "Die Verwandlung"( The Methamorphisis) or " Der Prozess"( The Trial) by Franz Kafka
Het Smelt/It Melts - Lize Spit from Belgium. Lots of my favorites are not translated to English unfortunately. John Boynes books are also so so good. He is from Ireland.
📚 From Québec you could read Kukum, from Innu author Michel Jean, or Manuel de la Vie Sauvage by Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard! both soon to be adapted for television.
Recommendation from Estonia - the Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk. It is a bittersweet story set in fantasy medieval Estonia, one of my all-time favorite books 📖
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Y'all are delivering so hard on suggestions for books from around the world! Thank you all so much! Maybe once I've cleaned up the list I'll post it on my website or something so it can be a reference for anyone who wants to try a similar challenge ❤️ *UPDATE* Here's the blog post with the list: www.plantbasedbride.com/blog/reading-around-the-world & in this video I read one book from each continent to kick off this challenge: ruclips.net/video/1wAs4jjinN8/видео.html
I know this is off topic but do you agree that the media should tone down it's bullying of female celebs?
I am curious for your opinion as a Vegan person. I am not yet Vegan but working my way towards it. I own a wool peacoat, do I need to get rid of it? I don't have a coat to replace it and wouldn't the environmental impact of getting a new coat be worse than keeping my current one?
a list on your website would be awesome. (ps I'm Canadian as well and many years ago in high school I went through a hard Robertson Davies and Margaret Lawrence addiction lol. Odd for a high school student. I own many of the books and they are worth rereading every few years.) I'd be curious as to recommendations for newer authors as it does seem like so many books are from the USA)
I'd LOVE that!!!!!
I would love a list of books around the world. I’m trying to read more and am curious about books from different places. I’m from The Netherlands but don’t read Dutch books often, so sadly don’t have a good recommendation for you. Anyway looking forward to more book content :) xx
From Thailand, ”Bright” by Duanwad Pimwana. With this book she became the first ever female thai author to get translated into english. ✨
That’s so cool!
What a milestone! I've added Bright to my list ☺️❤️
These ideas are so inspiring! For a book from Finland, I recommend Tove Jansson who wrote in Swedish, which is our minority language. Her books about the Moomins are funny, sweet, adventurous and emotional, and even though they are aimed at children adults have loved them probably even more. Moominpappa at Sea or Moominsummer Madness are two I think you’d like! ✨
Aw these look so cute! Thank you for the suggestion ❤️
We have friends in Finland and growing up, we went there every year and I always wanted to visit the Moominland, so seeing your comment made me feel nostalgic 💗🥺
Plus one for moomins, they are huge in Eastern Europe and not known so much in the west. If you like the earlier ones, the Moominvalley in November is my favourite (but not the best to start with).
And from Finland I also read Purge by Sofi Oksanen (it takes place in Estonia, but I think was written in Finnish) which is hard hitting adult story you might like.
@@alina7611 awww that’s so sweet!
Omg, I grew up with listening to the audiobooks and reading the books about the Moomins ... they always took my mind on an adventure! I love them so much!
From Russia: I highly recommend "The Master and Margarita" by M.A. Bulgakov. Different worlds and eras intersect with fantastic events. This book is about attitude to life, about love, about everyday life. This is one of my favorite works of Russian literature!
it is an awesome book!
also Bulgakov'ss The Fatal Eggs and Heart of a Dog.
I did a "reading through history" challenge last year and one of my favorite selections was Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey. It was such a vibrant and accessible read for a story that has been around for thousands of years. Also, if you read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, it can count as a novel from France AND as a doorstopper!
Yes, I'm hoping to read Le comte de Monte-Cristo in the original French this year! Well, at least part one 😊
For a book by a Korean author, I would recommend Human Acts by Han Kang. It is a really moving book and I would highly suggest reading it!
Hi from Brazil!
One of my favorite books is Amora by Natalia Borges Polesso. It’s a collection of sapphic short stories and it was released in English in 2020! I hope you like it if you decide to read it! 💖
I'll check it out! Thank you for suggesting it ❤
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Hi from Australia!! I would recommend “The Boy From The Mish” by Gary Lonesborough. This is an indigenous Australian queer YA novel that is such a great read.
Thank you for this suggestion! I've added it to my list ❤
What a great video! I’m from Spain, here are my recommendations for Spanish literature: “Patria”, Fernando Aramburu and “La sombra del viento”, Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
La sombra del viento is such an amazing book, and it has received a lot of international recognition. Of the best Spanish comtemporary authors, so sad he passed away last year, his stories are absolutely stunning and the descriptions are exquisite.
📚📚Recommendation from Spain: The Shadow of the Wind 😊 Great historical fiction set in the city of Barcelona
I have it on hold from my library!
“Trumpets in the Mountains” is a non fiction book about the history of theatre in Cuba- ticks so many boxes in your trackers!!
Oo interesting! I'll add it to my list 😊
Wonderful ideas!!! 📚💖 I'm a Japanese Literature teacher, so I will recommend to you a work that will fill several of your categories in this video: The Genji monogatari by Murasaki Shikibu. It is a non-Western classic, it is from the year 1000, it is definitely a door stopper, it teaches you about the customs from another era and place, etc. I can go on and on 😝 And, since I'm from Chile, I will recommend Isabel Allende, although she has been living outside Chile, so she is more an international writer now. And also, I will like to recommend the amazing poetry of Gabriela Mistral 📚💖📚
Oo thank you so much for these suggestions! Adding them all to my lists ❤
Hi from Germany :) One of my favourite books is "Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders" by Patrick Süskind. The English version is called "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer". It's a tale of sensual obsession and bloodlust in 18th century Paris - very deep and interesting. Unlike anything else I have read!
If you are looking for a translated graphic work with a disabled character, I would try Perfect World. It is a manga series featuring a paralyzed hero who is in a wheelchair. The first volume or two feel much more abelist, as our heroine gets to know our hero, but the journey they go on throughout the series truly is lovely, and I love seeing how both of their world views change from getting to know one another.
Years back in Uni I randomly picked up a novel from the German lit stacks called Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada, it's still easily one of my top 10 books. It was written in the span of 24 days back in 1946 and is based off a true story. It's not quite a doorstopper, but it is kinda old and translated.
Im french and I strongly recommend " l'étranger" from Albert Camus or " La chute " from Albert Camus as well
I've read L'étranger twice, but I'll have to check out La chute!
Japan - Convenience Store Woman is a 2016 novel by female Japanese writer Sayaka Murata. This book won a bunch of awards.
Recommendations from Sweden here! In high school we read alot of swedish classics, and one of them that I actually liked was Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg. It was very provocative for it's time. Otherwise Astrid Lindgren's childrens books are amazing. If you're into scandi noir Camilla Läckberg is one of the big names at the moment. The Evil by Jan Guillou is also a good one about attending boarding school in the Swedish forests. I'm always amazed by people who can read 22 books in like a month, my goal is to get through 12 this year. Thanks for all the inspiring videos!
Brødrene Løvehjerte er suverænt min yndlingsbog af alle de (mange) bøger jeg har læst i mit liv! Hejsan fra nabolandet 🇸🇪🇩🇰😊
Other swedish recommendations are the author Johan Ajvide Lindqvist - let the right one in or handling the undead are pretty good and worth checking out which you might like.
Also Sofie Sarenbrandt writes some pretty good books as well
Thank you for these! I've added them to my master list 😊
@@camillasoderbaum3871 I came here to also recommend John Ajvide Lindqvist! 😄 He's a horror writer, and the stories are very much anchored in everyday Swedish life. I just finished Människohamn (Harbour), it's great!
I also recently finished A history of bees by Danish author Maja Lunde, also a great book.
I love Camilla Läckberg. Also, Stieg Larsson. I'll check out the other authors you all have listed who I'm unfamiliar with.
The Odyssey is one of my favorite books. I've read it several times, including in the original classical Greek. 📚
I love the BINGO and Reading Around the World spreads! I may have to integrate these into my bujo... 📖
Aw yay, so glad you liked them!
My fav mexican book is La vida inutil de Pito Perez, such a classic , philosophy with humor
For Brazil can I suggest “captains of sand”? It’s my favorite classic from here and I think it’s not appreciated enough haha. It’s a story about a group of boys that live on the streets of Bahia ad it’s beautifully written (not sure how well it was translated).
From Italy 🇮🇹 I recommend “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante. It is the first book of a series and it is set in the southern Italy (Naples and around) in the 60s and 70s. It is a book about a very peculiar and strong friendship and its development during the years. Totally recommend it 🥰
I saw you got a suggestions from Finland already, but here's another one. The Egyptian by Mika Waltari. This book made look up so many other authors and books about the history of Egypt and got me hooked on historical fiction.
hi Hanna, I recommended this book as well before looking at the comments! So nice to see fellow minded commenters. I've read everything by Valtari I could get my hands on, though unfortunately many of them remain untranslated! Cheers
@@vtheb1299 oh cool, never met a fellow (what ever would be the equivalent of a potterhead in this case). I especially love the fact that Waltari could write all these very detailed descriptions of a time and place he never visited and in a time where there were so much less facts and ways of obtaining them. I don't know if Komissaario Palmu has been translated into English, but they are making a movie about an unfinished book of Waltari's.
It’s my first year doing a book journal and I’m still trying to work out the kinks. This was very inspiring, love it! 📚📚
An adorable German book is "eine tüte grüner Wind" from Gesine Schulz. It's a kids book but one of my faves. The story is about a girl who has to spend her summer holidays with her aunt paula she never met, in Ireland. At first, she really dislikes it. But then she is slowly beginning to grow fond of Ireland and the new people she met. I always love those cozy spreads 💛📖
I love the series tracker - I feel it would help me keep track of the many, many ebooks I buy because I cannot possibly wait for the next book to be delivered (or for me to get to a shop...)
For recommendations: Probably THE German classic would be Goethe's Faust (part 1 mainly... part 2 is wild...) or maybe "Intrigue and Love" by Friedrich Schiller. In school I was very fond of Theodor Fontane's "Effi Briest". If you are looking for something contemporary I can seriously recommend "Look who's back" by Timur Vermes. It is a very biting satire about German media and German society - basically what would happened if Adolf Hitler woke up in Berlin in 2012. For me it is hard to tell how the humor and intent of the author translates to other languages and cultures, but I liked the insights and the intelligence.
So many recs! Thank you 🙌
For around the world, Croatian Tales of Long Ago by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić would be a fun one. Good for diving into slavic culture, very fun and whimsical, plus she is one of the better authors. I grew up w these tales. Plus they're illustrated! 🇭🇷🇭🇷
Beautiful spreads. Some historical books I liked were: The Prince (Machiavelli), The Art of War (Sun Tzu), Kama Sutra [illustrated] (Vatsayana), all of Shakespeare's works, the Greek academic philosophers (Plato, Socrates arisotle) The Campaigns of Alexander (Arrian), The Bible (KJV), The Campaigns of Hannibal (Patrick Leonard MacDougall), Histories Vol I & II (Polybius), etc. There is also a fabulous curated collection called 'The Great Books' which contains a reading plan plus all the best books throughout history....
Hay from Bulgaria!
Love the ideas and a few really inspired me to take on my reading journal again (I got a little tired of it).
My suggestion for a book from my country is The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov. It is a compilation of stories that weave together a bigger picture and it has a lot to do with our history and culture, both the good and the bad! 📚
That sounds like an interesting book!
Oh I am so glad to hear that! And thank you, that sounds amazing! ❤
I hated the Physics of Sorrow so bad LOL. I think I've read everything by Gospodinov and never liked any of it so it just doesn't work for me. But I do believe that books we don't like also have something to teach us. And we shouldn't forget 'the dangers of a single story' as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gracefully put it. If you (generic 'you') read one book from the US you don't think "this is what US literature is like" but it's just one book. But with less represented/visible countries it's a very real problem. Whether you like it or not, it's just one book, it's not "the" Bulgarian literature. Unfortunately my favorite Bg books are not translated.
Recommendation from Germany: the Ruby Red triology by Kerstin Gier. It's a middle grade/YA fantasy series about time travel that I loved when I first read it and I still enjoy it at 22. Be careful with the movies though, they tell a totally different story...
Also the Silver-Series from her ☺️
Yes, that's also very good!
I'm french and I love Gilles Legardinier ! He's a contemporary author. I highly recommend Le premier miracle.
Loved all of these spreads! The country one is definitely a big challenge! 📚
I would love if you could do a video where you show or explain how you get through so many books in such a short time. It’s only been a month and a half of this year and you’ve read 24 books😱 I just started my third😂😂
"Number 1 ladies detective agency" by Alexander Mcall Smith is a great series of books set in Botswana written by a Zimbabwean born author - there are actually 22 books in the series but they can each be read as stand alone. Really loved this idea of reading around the world and would love to see your list! 💕
I just posted a video reading one book from every continent and published my blog post with the list!
I LOVE that series!
There's a novel written my the national hero of the Philippines, Jose Rizal, entitled "Noli Me Tangere" (English title: The Social Cancer.) It has some historical significance to the country since it was written and set during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.
It was originally written in Spanish but English translations exist.
Just my recommendation for your books around the world/translated books 😁
Recommendation from Portugal has to be José Saramago! His most acclaimed work is Blindness, but my personal favorite from the ones I've read so far is Death with Interruptions. It's about what would happen if Death decided to go on a strike and people suddenly stopped dying. It's so fun that you're doing a world reading challenge, I would love your list of books for each country if you would like to share!
Hello there! Your spreads helped me think about something more I could add to my TBR. Something for your TBR from Germany could be Hermann Hesse Steppenwolf or Demian. A japanese book I read years ago was 64 by Hideo Yokoyama. Take care :)
Your series page is already doing the good work--I read and loved Binti a few months ago, and had no idea there was a sequel. I'll admit I paused the video to see what you were reading, and I'm glad I did, because now I can go track that down.
I've also been working on reading books from around the world this year! I actually have a map to keep track of books from around the world and then a map to keep track of settings around the world. I'm really excited about it!
If you’re looking for Dutch recommendations I’ve got some. 🙋🏼♀️😊
A handbook for my lover and Cuckold - both are from India and amazing books, so beautifully written. There are so many more Indian books that are great. The writing, the story the characters.
Loved all of these spreads. As a mom, I’m lucky if I have the motivation/energy to read a chapter a week. 😔 A video on ideas for reading routines as a bujo spread, including recording achievements or notes in the bujo spreads would be wonderful! Also, the volume that you read in a month blows my mind, babe! 🤯 So inspiring! 🥰
I love these ideas. I have not been reading enough. His inspires me too get back to it. Thank you
So many great Aussie books Rachel Treasure does fabulous ones. Also Deadly Una is good and Picnic at Hanging Rock is fabulous
Just an American but I have read 100 books this year and I have a few diverse and stunning adds: 1.Confessions by Kanae Minato Japan, Jaw dropping story about a class of students, two of which killed the teacher's young daughter, Full of plot twists that will leave you gasping in the end. 2, Don't let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandria Fuller Zimbabwe, 3. In Cuba, I was a German Shepard short stories: heartwrenching stories of Cubans who immigrated to Miami after Castro came into power. My husband is from Calgary!
The reading around the world idea is so interesting! My parents are from Mauritius but I was born in the UK and I must admit my mind is actually blown that I’ve never read anything by a Mauritian author. Thanks for the inspiration Elizabeth! 🇲🇺📚
I'm from The Netherlands and a Dutch book I really enjoyed was "You have to love me" by Jaap Robben.
Hi from Hungary! I would recommend you Molnár Ferenc: Pál utcai fiúk (Paul street boys is the translated title). It is a quite short novel (compulsory in our schools) and takes place in the early 1900s. Have fun with your amazing challanges!
I'm from Brazil and I read this book when I was a kid! Not mandatory, but I got it from my school's library. I remember I liked it a lot, I should read it again sometime.
Your work is so creative! I appreciate how intentional you are about expanding your reading endeavors and perspective. Very inspiring! 📚
Love your spreads, so creative! Especially the reading around the world page 🌎 📖
For Germany I would definitely recommend Cornelia Funke! She is a YA/Middle Grade author but her stories and writing are amazing and I still enjoy reading them even today. Maybe you have already read Inkheart/The Thief Lord/Reckless, but if you haven’t I would definitely recommend them!
Also Michael Ende “The Neverending Story” is a beloved classic, or of course Kafka, etc.
Just saved this video so I can come back to the comments for the recommendations. Wild Swans, Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang. 99% set in China until the very end. It starts with the authors grandmother, then her mother, then of course, the author. This was an outstanding read!
A book recomendation from Denmark, even though I must admit I'm not done reading it myself. And I also don't know if it is translated... but here goes: It's called "Hvad er et menneske?" which means "What is a human being?" written by Svend Brinkmann who is a psychologist, philosopher and much more. A very interesteing person even though he is just a white cishet male. The thing I love most about him is solidaric life and world view. This book is his first fictional book, other books by him are academic or self help and such, but he also writes for news papers and such. Happy reading! 📕
Thank you for the encouragement! I can't wait to get started, so many excellent ideas. The comments are so amazing, I am eager to 🕊️ fly into another authors book from abroad.
I LOVE your reading the world spread!
📚 Love the book journal content. Enjoying the books from other countries people are leaving in the comments. So fun!
From Cuba 🇨🇺 I can recommend “A Kingdom of this World” by Alejo Carpentier!
Your spread of books from around the world has inspired me to start one on my own reading journal!
H.C Andersen is a very famous Danish author. His books are olde, but you can also read the modified version. He has written “The little mermaid” and “The ugly duckling”, etc.
For Turkey, anything by Orhan Pamuk, but my favorite is My Name is Red, it’s full of exciting mystery and the writing is superb
From Argentina: "Martin Fierro" by José Hernández may be the biggest national classic. I also recommend Liliana Bodoc for latin america-inspired high fantasy!
I recommend Silvia Moreno Garcia. She was born in Mexico and her books are set in Mexico but she moved to Canada as an adult.
Hi from Switzerland !
A swiss author I'd recommend is Friedrich Dürrenmatt. He wrote this theater piece, "Die Besuch der alten Dame" or in French "La visite de la vieille dame" (I think in english it's "The visit of the old lady", but I'm not 100% sure). It's often described as a comedy/tragicomic play, and it's considered to be one of the best works of Dürrenmatt.
For Italy I suggest the books by Elena Ferrante and the short stories by Pirandello, Calvino' s books are very good too!
I am French and if you get the chance, I'd recommend you read Antigone d'Anouilh: it is a tragedy from the 1940s that is beautiful, in my opinion! I hope it can also count for your "reading through history" :D. Have a great week!
australian here! i always recommend two of sarah wilson's books- 'first we make the beast beautiful' and 'this one wild and precious life'. good reads calls them self-help books, but they are so much more than that! as for fiction, melina marchetta's books are fantastic. you may have read 'looking for alibrandi' already (i dont know how popular it is overseas, but it's very well known here), but 'saving francesca' and 'on the jellicoe road' made me bawl my eyes out. i also studied cate kennedy's short stories in my literature class and really enjoyed those as well!
"The Blind Owl" by Sadiq Hedaayat and "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Taahere Maafi are Persian books from Persian authors:)
Here are 2 book recommendations to color in Iran in your map😌💚
That's such a good idea to pick one book from every country in the world!! I'm doing something similar but smaller and going to see about reading one book from every province (I'm Canadian too)📚
Oo fun, I want to do this, too!
Loved all of these spreads!! Espe the world map and bingo!!📚📖🤓
Hi ! French and Brazilian here !
🇧🇷 I highly recommend The spy by Paolo Coelho, it's a biography of Mata Hari, and it's soooo good (i read it in french personally)
🇲🇫 I recommend Vertige by Franck Thilliez, it's a thriller, don't know if it has been translated but you challenged yourself to read in french so there you are 😋
One thing I have enjoyed about homeschooling is exposing my son (8) to ancient literature. Our history curriculum has included Beowulf, Epic of Gilgamesh, the Iliad and the Odyssey . In age appropriate levels. He loved the Odyssey. 📖
For a German book I can highly recommend The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells. I’ve recommended it to lots of non-German friends and so far everyone has loved the book too. ☺️ Cornelia Funke is also an incredible author. Her most notable book series is probably Inkheart.
Oo thank you! I'll add these to my list ❤️
South Africa - Fiela's Child or Circles in the Forest by Daleen Mathee. There were original written in Afrikaans, so would also count as Translations. :)
Thank you for suggesting these! I've added them to my list ❤
I love these spreads! I'm from Hungary and personally I would recommend the works of Jenő Rejtő. I especially liked The Blonde Hurricane and The 14-Carat Roadster. He's not as famous as other Hungarian authors but a personal favourite of my family :)
I loved the video, as a Brasilian girl I suggest the books of Clarice Lispector (A hora da estrela) or Cecilia Meireles (O menino azul)! Both are amazing Brasilian author's and they books are quite old, filling upo two challenges 😁📚
For Morocco I totally recommend Dreams of Trespass by Fatema El Mernissi it's an amazing snapshot of the country in the 1950s
Also from Germany here and I'd recommend Patrick Suskind's The Perfume! It is haunting and weird and fascinating and there's even a movie with Alan Rickman :) had to read it for school but still one of my fave German books :)
If you are looking for something from Hungary, Abigail by Magda Szabo has been translated into english recently
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Hello 👋 From Australia🇦🇺,
I really recommend Melina Marchetta and her books ‘on the jellicoe road’ (one of my all time favourites) and/or ‘Looking for Alibrandi’
I came to see who else was from Australia :D I suggested: Traci Harding, Colleen McCullough, Kate Forsyth; then there are the amazing classics of AussieLit, Picnic at Hanging Rock's author Joan Lindsay and the ever captivating author Di Morrissey :D That is only a few who I can suggest, the actual count is in the dozens :) but these are the ones who have kept me going & going :D
Hi ! Amélie Nothomb is my favorite author from my country (Belgium) and I highly recommend her 🇧🇪🥰
Paradise Lost is a good one to go along with Dante’s Divine Comedy. I have read and love Dante as well as Gilgamesh, The Iliad and Odyssey, another few would be Beowulf, Jason and the Argonauts.
Love your ideas! I am from Germany and would definitely recommend books by Walter Moers and Kai Meyer. Both authors have written books centered around the topics of reading and books and I think that's pretty exciting. :)
I'm from Wales so my suggestions are Ken Follett Pillars of the Earth or Owen Sheers Pink Mist (it's a play but beautiful)
For Denmark, I would suggest Tove Ditlevsen, whose Copenhagen trilogy I think you might enjoy and it was recently translated to English 🇩🇰
I'm from the Netherlands and I've been writing my first novel since 2017, I am hoping to publish it within the next two years. You're very welcome to read it once it's published (:
📖🔖🌿 Loved your reading around the world challenge. What a great idea!
Thank you! 🤗
Hello from France,
If you like theater you can read Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand, an old book but such a great love storie and wonderful characters.
Thanks for your spreads and the ton of ideas that come with them ☺️
That's so interesting, I'm the same way with series. I used to read them all the time and prefer them. But now I prefer stand-alone, and if there is a series I wait until they're all out because otherwise the likelihood I forget about it is high.
Love your reading journals and your desire to read as diversely as possible. Thanks for sharing the reading spread ideas!
A classic Yiddish author (from the late 19th and early 20th centuries) is Sholem Aleichem. A lot of his writing has been translated into English. It's quite funny (satirical, about Jewish life in Eastern Europe from that period).
I love your around the world spread! You should use the colors your marked for your star rankings to fill in the country so you can remember which country’s book you like the most
Ooo that's a fun idea!
im french and one of my favorite french classics is candide by voltaire! it's a non-stop adventure but has some really interesting social commentary for the time it was published (mid 18th century). one of my favorite books of all time is petit pays (small country) by gaël faye and he's from burundi! the book changed mhy life
Thank you for these suggestions! Candide is on my TBR but I hadn’t heard about petit pays❤️
Bonjour Elizabeth, I love your bingo and books around the world ideas!! I am a French teacher in London, for their final year of high school (called year 13) my pupils have to read a French book. The one I chose to study with them is called 'No et moi': It is a beautiful story. Lou is 13 years old with an IQ of 160 tying to see how she fits in life. She is two years ahead in school and for a project in her Econ class, she decides to interview a homeless person: No (Nolwenn - 18 years old). This is the story of friendships, family, love and belonging, but it is also rough and unapologetic, it shows us the world in a light we often prefer to switch off, to pretend that social issues don't exist. A great read. And for anyone who is tempted but doesn't speak French, it has been translated -title 'No and me' by Delphine de Vigan.
Hope someone reads and likes it. Jess.
One of my favorite ways to read more from other countries is to get a variety of modern and classic poetry. Classic Chinese poetry has been one of my favs so far since there is just so much content available with a plethora of accompanying meta/analysis
Oh that's a great idea! Any specific favourites?
Hi! Italian here, I actually have a couple suggestions about spanish and french books as well 😅
For an italian book, id recommend The Cloven Viscount by Italo Calvino (I read it as a child and i remember finding it very fun! Its also quite a light read 😊)
For a spanish one, The Carnivorous Lamb by Agustin Gomez Arcos (tho check trigger warnings first)
As for a french one, La Princesse de Clèves by Mme de Lafayette, a 1600s romance novel (it was among the first books of this genre!)
For books on your timeline, I recommend "Pamela", "Moll Flanders", and Kristen Lavransdatter. I cannot remember the authors or what time period they were in but I read them in college and they have always stuck with me.
These spreads are so cute. Gave me a lot of inspiration for next years journal
Hi. I'm from Germany.
A must read book and one of my favourites is:
- " Das Parfüm"( the Perfume) by Patrick Süskind. This book is about a young man with an extremly sharp sense of smell. Sounds a little weird but the book is very thrilling and the writing is very beautiful, in German atleast.
Also good are :
- "Die Verwandlung"( The Methamorphisis) or " Der Prozess"( The Trial) by Franz Kafka
Het Smelt/It Melts - Lize Spit from Belgium. Lots of my favorites are not translated to English unfortunately.
John Boynes books are also so so good. He is from Ireland.
📚 From Québec you could read Kukum, from Innu author Michel Jean, or Manuel de la Vie Sauvage by Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard! both soon to be adapted for television.
Recommendation from Estonia - the Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk. It is a bittersweet story set in fantasy medieval Estonia, one of my all-time favorite books 📖