The Summer Book
By: Tove Jansson , Esther Freud , Thomas Teal , Sophia Jansson
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter while away a summer together on a tiny island …
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1. Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)
By: Christianna Brand
3.55
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
At a medieval pageant, Inspector Cockrill investigates a dramatic death Ever since she drove her… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"But now the streets were not like the streets she knew. They were so silent: and so empty. On the doorsteps, little groups of milk bottles huddled with their dirty white collars, waiting for the roun…"-Christianna Brand, Death of Jezebel (Inspector Cockrill #4)
2. The Summer Book
By: Tove Jansson , Esther Freud , Thomas Teal , Sophia Jansson
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter while away a summer together on a tiny island … read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- finnish literature
- short stories
- fiction
- novels
- scandinavian literature
3. A Month in the Country
By: J.L. Carr , Michael Holroyd
3.76
Format: None pages,
In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken ma… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- fiction
- novels
4. The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant, #3)
By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
Robert Blair was about to knock off from a slow day at his law firm when the phone rang. It was Mar… read more
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5. Foster
By: Claire Keegan
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when s… read more
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6. Tove Jansson: Tee työtä ja rakasta
By: Tuula Karjalainen
4.27
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Tove Jansson (1914-2001) on Suomen tunnetuimpia taiteilijoita, ja hanen kirjojaan on kaannetty tall… read more
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7. Summer Lightning
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.06
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
The Honourable Galahad Threepwood has decided to write his memoir--a tell-all that could destroy po… read more
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8. Århundradets kärlekssaga
By: Märta Tikkanen , Henrik Tikkanen
4.24
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Diktromanen Arhundradets karlekssagaar en av de mest uppmarksammade bocker som kommit ut i Sverige … read more
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9. The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
By: Anthony Trollope , David Skilton
3.75
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The Warden centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in p… read more
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- novels
- classics
- fiction
"It is much less difficult for the sufferer to be generous than for the oppressor."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"... In what I do I may appear to be interfering with you, and I hope you will forgive me for doing so."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"He never quarreled with his wife, but he never talked to her;--he never had time to talk, he was so taken up with speaking."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"They say that faint heart never won fair lady. It is amazing to me how fair ladies are won, so faint are often men's hearts!"-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
10. Small Things Like These
By: Claire Keegan
4.18
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal me… read more
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- literary fiction
- short stories
- fiction
"Always, Christmas brought out the best and the worst in people."-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
"for people were bound, he knew, to reveal not only themselves, but what they knew, in conversation"-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
"And then the nights came on and the frosts took hold again, and blades of cold slid under doors and cut the knees off those who still knelt to say the rosary."-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
"When he reached the yard gate and found the padlock seized with frost, he felt the strain of being alive and wished he had stayed in bed, but he made himself carry on and crossed to a neighbour’s hou…"-Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
11. Elolliset
By: Iida Turpeinen
4.38
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Vuonna 1741 luonnontieteilijä ja teologi Georg Wilhelm Steller seilaa kapteeni Vitus Beringin retki… read more
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- fiction
- finnish literature
12. 36 uurnaa : väärässä olemisen historia
By: Sirpa Kähkönen
3.59
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Kirjailija Sirpa Kähkösen äiti Riitta (s. 1941) kuoli maaliskuussa 2022 pitkään sairastettuaan. Elä… read more
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- novels
- fiction
- finnish literature
13. Huono tyttö
By: Sara Al Husaini
4.03
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Vuoden pakolaisnaisen omakohtainen esikoisromaani ravistelee ytimiä myöten. Äiti saattaa pelosta… read more
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- finnish literature
14. Post After Post-Mortem
By: E.C.R. Lorac
4.00
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine, with scores of treatises, revi… read more
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- classics
- fiction
15. Stacken
By: Annika Norlin
4.16
Format: 300 pages, ebook
Vad är det som händer nere vid vattnet? Emelie har flytt staden förr skogen och ser plötsligt en g… read more
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- novels
- scandinavian literature
- fiction
16. Jävla karlar
By: Andrev Walden
4.07
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
"En gång hade jag sju pappor på sju år. Det här är berättelsen om de åren. Om något låter påhittat … read more
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- novels
- scandinavian literature
- fiction
"Min pappa är indian och nu ska jag berätta det för blomma."-Andrev Walden, Jävla karlar
17. The Details
By: Ia Genberg
3.90
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
An acclaimed Swedish author makes her English language debut with this intoxicating novel in the ve… read more
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- literary fiction
- scandinavian literature
- fiction
"La fiducia resta lettera morta, se non la si sente nelle ossa."-Ia Genberg, The Details
"L'io , o meglio, il cosidetto "io", non è altro che questo: ciò che resta delle persone a cui ci siamo stretti."-Ia Genberg, The Details
"La vita mi ha regalato la mia buona dose di magia, e il più delle volte è successo all'incontro con gli altri. Lì c'è qualcosa. Lì, soltanto lì."-Ia Genberg, The Details
"Per i morti la successione del tempo non ha importanza, l'unica cosa che conta sono i dettagli, la densità, il come e il cosa e tutto ciò che riguarda il chi."-Ia Genberg, The Details
18. Tytöille, jotka ajattelevat olevansa yksin
By: Ujuni Ahmed
4.12
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
Henkilökohtainen puheenvuoro vapaudesta, omaksi itseksi tulemisesta ja odotusten ylittämisestä. … read more
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- finnish literature
19. Liv!
By: Helmi Kekkonen
3.72
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
Kaksikymmentäkaksivuotias Liv viettää perheensä kesäpaikassa viimeistä lomaviikkoaan, hän on raukea… read more
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- fiction
- finnish literature
20. Kaffe med mjölk
By: Ella-Maria Nutti
3.70
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
En mamma och en dotter. Ett avstånd mellan dom lika långt som mellan Gällivare och Stockholm. En ma… read more
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- fiction
21. Äkkimakea
By: Oona Pohjolainen
3.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Mio on nuoresta iästään huolimatta ehtinyt saavuttaa paljon: hän on maailmankuulu pop-tähti. Hänen … read more
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- fiction
- finnish literature
