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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Iain Banks
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๐ฌ๐ง Charles Stross' Laundry Files
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2025
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Ooh, Iain Banks, good call.
Hans Rosling ๐ธ๐ช
๐ฎ๐ช Sally Rooney
๐ฆ๐ฑ Ismail Kadere
๐ฉ๐ช Hermann Hesse
๐ฎ๐น Elena Ferrante
Poland:
- Stanislaw Lem (Science Fiction)
Austria:
- Wolf Haas (dark humour, detective stories)
Sweden:
- stieg Larsson (crime fiction - he wrote The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
- Astrid Lindgreen (children's books)
England:
- Douglas Adams (science fiction, he wrote the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy)
- Oscar Wilde
- j.r.r. Tolkien - the lord of the rings , the hobbit
- Agatha Christie - crime novels
Germany:
- Walter Moers ( Fantasy but his own kind, not elves and orks)
- Erich kรคstner (famous for his children's books that also are good reads for adults, famous for being present when the Nazis burned his books)
- Michael Ende (the best childrens books, and some actually too deep for children, "Momo", "The Neverending Story" to name 2)
- Herman Hesse (must read for people between 15-25)
Nice list!
I would only add England - Terry Pratchett (Fantasy, but in an ironic, funny, quirky way, in its own world....with lots of "real world" ironies and sarcasm)
Then.... its perfect ;)
I knew i forgot something. :D thanks.
Sorry if I don't abide by the format but:
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From Spain: Federico Garcรญa Lorca, Miguel Hernรกndez, Marcos Ana. All three are amazing poets. All of them have the spanish civil war as an over arching theme in their works.
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Julio Cortรกzar, wrote tales, nouvelles and novels. He was born in Switzerland, migrated to Argentina then spent his last years in France. His most acclaimed novel, Hopscotch, is a labyrinth of short stories that connect to create a greater narrative. Truly a work of art.
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Hugo Pratt. A graphic novel writer, author of Corto Maltese, probably my favourite graphic novel of all times. It's a classic. He was born in... Crete I think? Began publishing in Italy, then migrated to Argentina where he made most of his carreer.
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Neil Gaiman. Author of The Sandman, an all-time favourite of mine, Books Of Magic, famously the work which "inspired" J K Rowling... He is british, although he migrated to America. Sadly he has recently been known for his abusive practices towards his female employees.
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Herman Hesse. Pretty sure he was german, awarded a novel prize. He was the go to author during my teenage years. His books are aimed to a young adult audience and are filled with existential and philosophical debates. My favourite book, The Glass Bead Game, was a turning point in my life.
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๐ฌ๐ง Ed Winters
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๐ฌ๐ง Mary Beard
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๐ฌ๐ง George Orwell
๐ฎ๐น Alessandro Baricco
๐ฎ๐น Andrea de Carlo
Andrey Kurkov (Death and the Penguin) Albert Camus Franz Kafka
- ๐ธ๐ช Karin Tidbeck
๐ฌ๐ง Agathe Christie - the best selling author in the world, creator of Hercule Poirot and Ms. Marple as well as the best selling novel of all time: "And Then There Were None"
๐ฌ๐ง P. G. Wodehouse - a wonderful wielder of words and the creator of Jeeves and Wooster (although I prefer the Blandings novels)
๐ฌ๐ง Mick Herron - the best spy fiction author since John le Carrรฉ but with a lot more failure and stains
๐ฌ๐ง Terry Pratchett - the Discworld creator and excellent satirist
Hmm, how dreadfully anglocentric of me. Hopefully this thread will give me some other ideas!