Global Reads: Books Set in Western Europe

1
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
45,347 members
734 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
20,292 members
320 reviews
4.2
5 Members
inge87, KimarieBee, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
Explanations
merrystar: Italy
3
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
46,168 members
731 reviews
4.1
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
13,073 members
245 reviews
4.1
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy
Explanations
sturlington: Netherlands
5
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
5,671 members
94 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Daisy Miller
by Henry James
3,748 members
85 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
7
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
47,601 members
2,169 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963
8
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
44,867 members
1,771 reviews
4
4 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,
Explanations
9
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
37,850 members
469 reviews
3.9
3 Members
KimarieBee, merrystar, ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: France
10
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
23,872 members
351 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
11
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
20,675 members
917 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
dara85, KimarieBee, ahef1963
12
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
by Jules Verne
15,727 members
236 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ahef1963: Iceland, Italy
13
Blindness
by José Saramago
13,590 members
403 reviews
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Portugal
14
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
11,396 members
491 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, ahef1963
Explanations
sturlington: France
15
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
6,613 members
208 reviews
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Italy
16
Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
5,982 members
271 reviews
4
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy
17
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
3,873 members
284 reviews
4
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963
18
Where Angels Fear to Tread
by E. M. Forster
3,275 members
58 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, kara.shamy
Explanations
merrystar: Italy
19
Lavinia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
2,315 members
97 reviews
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
20
Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
2,285 members
22 reviews
4.2
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963
21
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
by E. T. A. Hoffmann
2,266 members
27 reviews
3.9
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
22
The Dream of Scipio
by Iain Pears
2,255 members
55 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: France
23
Ysabel
by Guy Gavriel Kay
2,037 members
91 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
merrystar: France
24
Nine Coaches Waiting
by Mary Stewart
1,672 members
48 reviews
4
3 Members
inge87, merrystar, ahef1963
Explanations
inge87: France
25
Ulysses
by James Joyce
25,252 members
350 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
18,899 members
466 reviews
3.9
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963,
Explanations
ahef1963: France.
27
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo
14,853 members
194 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: France (specifically Paris)
28
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
10,252 members
350 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
29
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë
9,317 members
150 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
30
Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Peter Høeg
7,570 members
165 reviews
3.8
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
31
Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
6,193 members
142 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, kara.shamy
Explanations
aulsmith: France
32
Death in Venice
by Thomas Mann
5,575 members
107 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: Italy
33
The Keeper of Lost Causes
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
3,829 members
222 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, kara.shamy
Explanations
ahef1963: Denmark
34
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,713 members
82 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
Explanations
sturlington: unnamed European city
35
Fear of Flying
by Erica Jong
3,576 members
84 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
36
The Odessa File
by Frederick Forsyth
3,071 members
54 reviews
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, KimarieBee
37
The Enchanted April
by Elizabeth von Arnim
3,053 members
132 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
merrystar: Italy
38
Eifelheim
by Michael Flynn
1,156 members
70 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: Germany (medieval)
39
Dominion
by C. J. Sansom
1,118 members
58 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
40
Troll: A Love Story
by Johanna Sinisalo
999 members
32 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations
aulsmith: Finland
41
The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication
by John Steinbeck
992 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith: France
42
The Eiger Sanction: A Novel
by Trevanian
866 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
43
Bitter Greens
by Kate Forsyth
642 members
44 reviews
4
2 Members
inge87, KimarieBee
Explanations
inge87: France/Italy
44
The Summer of Katya
by Trevanian
565 members
14 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
45
The Wild Girl
by Kate Forsyth
288 members
22 reviews
4.1
2 Members
inge87, KimarieBee
Explanations
inge87: Germany
46
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
32,301 members
471 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
47
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
22,410 members
257 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: France
48
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
17,705 members
326 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Netherlands
49
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
13,520 members
240 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
50
A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
12,215 members
724 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
51
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
11,472 members
662 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
52
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
11,279 members
127 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
53
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann
10,156 members
179 reviews
4.2
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: I think the sanitarium was in Switzerland.
54
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves
9,551 members
174 reviews
4.2
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Italy
55
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway
9,423 members
197 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
56
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
by Gregory Maguire
8,882 members
141 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Netherlands
57
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
by Thomas Mann
5,953 members
110 reviews
4.2
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Germany
58
Memoirs of Hadrian
by Marguerite Yourcenar
5,730 members
132 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
59
Call Me by Your Name
by André Aciman
4,860 members
161 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Italy
60
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn
4,826 members
230 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
61
The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie
4,785 members
89 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: France
62
Stones from the River
by Ursula Hegi
4,761 members
69 reviews
4
Member
dara85
63
Beautiful Ruins
by Jess Walter
4,416 members
276 reviews
3.8
Member
merrystar
Explanations
merrystar: Italy
64
The Miniaturist
by Jessie Burton
4,293 members
223 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
65
The Castle of Otranto
by Horace Walpole
3,874 members
133 reviews
3.1
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Italy
66
Against Nature
by Joris-Karl Huysmans
3,690 members
73 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
67
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
3,400 members
148 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
68
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
by Susan Vreeland
3,225 members
96 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
69
Sidetracked
by Henning Mankell
3,158 members
74 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Sweden
70
A Most Wanted Man
by John le Carré
3,077 members
93 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Germany
71
The Mysteries of Udolpho
by Ann Radcliffe
3,034 members
63 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
72
Jar City
by Arnaldur Indridason
3,020 members
144 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
73
Baltasar and Blimunda
by José Saramago
2,564 members
52 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Portugal
74
The Berlin Stories
by Christopher Isherwood
2,261 members
41 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Germany
75
The Third Man
by Graham Greene
2,184 members
70 reviews
3.8
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: Austria
76
The American
by Henry James
2,160 members
25 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
77
Police
by Jo Nesbo
2,095 members
90 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Norway
78
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder
1,993 members
61 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep
79
The History of the Siege of Lisbon
by José Saramago
1,863 members
25 reviews
3.8
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: Portugal
80
A Soldier of the Great War
by Mark Helprin
1,841 members
37 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
81
The Scapegoat
by Daphne Du Maurier
1,625 members
50 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
82
The Vacationers
by Emma Straub
1,531 members
108 reviews
3.2
Member
kara.shamy
83
The Enormous Room
by E. E. Cummings
1,529 members
26 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
84
Arctic Chill
by Arnaldur Indriðason
1,514 members
87 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Iceland
85
The Marble Faun
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
1,500 members
15 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
86
Don't Look Back
by Karin Fossum
1,397 members
60 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
87
Airs Above the Ground
by Mary Stewart
1,330 members
25 reviews
3.9
Member
merrystar
Explanations
merrystar: Austria
88
Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party
by Graham Greene
1,213 members
24 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ahef1963
Explanations
ahef1963: Switzerland
89
The Kommandant's Girl
by Pam Jenoff
1,086 members
51 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
90
Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin
by Leon Uris
1,064 members
7 reviews
3.8
Member
KimarieBee
91
The Raphael Affair
by Iain Pears
1,043 members
27 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
KimarieBee
92
The rider on the white horse
by Theodor Storm
956 members
20 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: Germany
93
My Father's Glory
by Marcel Pagnol
903 members
12 reviews
4
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: France
94
Hadrian the Seventh
by Frederick Rolfe
841 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
95
Zoo Station
by David Downing
824 members
33 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Germany (mostly Berlin)
96
Thunder on the Right
by Mary Stewart
816 members
17 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
merrystar
Explanations
merrystar: France
97
Dear Mr M
by Herman Koch
724 members
84 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Netherlands
98
My Mother's Castle
by Marcel Pagnol
642 members
9 reviews
4
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: France
99
I Remember You
by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
617 members
53 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Iceland
100
The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci: The Forerunner
by Dmitri Merejkowski
600 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda