2016 European Reading Challenge

The European Reading Challenge

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Gilion is once again offering the European Reading Challenge in 2016 – where participants tour Europe through books.  And have a chance to win a prize.  Please join us for the Grand Tour!

THE GIST: The idea is to read books by European authors or books set in European countries (no matter where the author comes from). The books can be anything – novels, short stories, memoirs, travel guides, cookbooks, biography, poetry, or any other genre. You can participate at different levels, but each book must be by a different author and set in a different country – it's supposed to be a tour. (Check out the full details at her page)
THE LIST: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Vatican City. 

I'll be aiming for the FIVE STAR (DELUXE ENTOURAGE): Read at least five books by different European authors or books set in different European countries. I've listed possible titles from my TBR stacks below--the list may change as the year goes on.

1. The Girl in the Cellar by Patricia Wentworth [England/UK] (1/9/16)
2. The Philomel Foundation by James Gollin [Switzerland] (3/11/16)
3. The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas [France] (4/21/16) 
4. Death in Cyprus by M. M. Kay [Cyprus] (4/22/16)
5. The Family Tomb by Michael Gilbert [Italy] (5/10/16)
6. Running Blind by Desmond Bagley [Iceland] (5/11/16) 
7. Murder at the Savoy by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö [Sweden] (5/20/16)
8. Murder in Amsterdam by A. J. Baantjer [Netherlands] (6/3/16) 
9. The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler [Poland] (7/17/16) 
10. A Dead Man in Athens by Michael Peare [Greece] (7/28/16)
11. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre [Germany] (8/2416)
12. Grendel by John Gardner [Denmark] (12/28/16) 
13. Frame Work by Anne Faigen [Czech Republic]
14. The Private Face of Murder by John & Emery Bonett [Spain]
15. Step in the Dark by Ethel Lina White [Belgium]
16. The Private Wound by Nicholas Blake OR Bogmail by Patrick McGinley [Ireland]