Experience Europe Through Literature: A Reading List

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If you can’t make it to Europe just now, travel around Europe through books. The best books about Europe are the ones that will transport you there no matter where you are.

Solve crimes in a dystopian future in London, explore small picturesque villages in the Tuscan hills, visit a German bathhouse with Mark Twain or delve into the Spanish Civil War in Andalusia, Spain.

The book is a biographical novel about arguably the greatest sculptor and artist that has ever lived – Michelangelo Buonarroti.

The Agony and the Ecstasy – Florence, Italy

The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a beautiful yet horrifying story (based on true events) of the life of Lale, a Slovakian Jewish man who spent 2.5 years as a prisoner at Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Auschwitz, Poland

Ernest Hemingway’s novel A Moveable Feast is one of my favorite readings. I love how he describes the Paris of the Roaring Twenties and all his adventures with his wife Haley in the City of Lights.

A Moveable Feast  – Paris, France

Beatrix Potter is best known for her beautifully illustrated children’s books that were inspired by her time spent in the Lake District. The local wildlife, which included rabbits, hedgehogs, toads and mice formed the main characters of her stories.

The Lake District – United Kingdom

The story centers around Frédéric, a young man with overly romantic ideals and his head in the clouds. Frédéric’s grand illusions of Paris are akin to those of most first-time visitors to Paris today; they arrive wide-eyed, awed, enamored.

A Sentimental Education – Paris, France

It narrates the story of a young British woman who goes on a weekend getaway to Granada and discovers the complicated history of the city during the Spanish Civil War.

The Return – Granada, Spain

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