Exploring Top Books of Shelfari

A number one bestseller in Britain that topped the lists there for months, Stephen Fry's astonishingly frank, funny, wise memoir is the book that his fans everywhere have been waiting for. Since his PBS television debut in the Blackadder series, the American profile of this multitalented writer, actor and comedian has grown steadily, especially in the wake of his title role in the film Wilde, which earned him a... (more)

Mysteries (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

Mysteries (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

by Tony Harrison, Knut Hamsun

Mysteries (1892) is the story of Johan Nilsen Nagel, a mysterious stranger who suddenly turns up in a small Norwegian town one summer-and just as suddenly disappears. Nagel is a complete outsider, a sort of modern Christ treated in a spirit of near parody. He condemns the politics and thought of the age, brings comfort to the insulted and injured and gains the love of two women suggestive of the biblical Mary and... (more)

George Smiley: Book 2

A Murder of Quality

by John Le Carre

John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international esionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, British secret Service Agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim. George Smiley was simply doing a favor for Miss Ailsa Brimley, and old friend and editor of a small newspaper. Miss Brimley had received a... (more)

The Road to Jerusalem (The Crusades Trilogy)

The Road to Jerusalem (The Crusades Trilogy)

by Jan Guillou

The Road to Jerusalem - Book 1 in the Crusades Trilogy.Arn Magnusson, born into an aristocratic Swedish family, is raised in an old monastery because of an old promise made by his mother. From the start he shows the natural skill and aptitude of a born fighter, yet despite his strength he is innocent in the ways of the world. He is sent from the sheltered walls of the convent to experience something of real life.... (more)

Winkie

by Clifford Chase

In Cliff Chase's scathingly funny and surprisingly humane debut novel, the zeitgeist assumes the form of a one-foot-tall ursine Everyman — a mild-mannered teddy bear named Winkie who finds himself on the wrong side of America's war on terror. After suffering decades of neglect from the children who've forgotten him, Winkie summons the courage to take charge of his fate, so he hops off the shelf, jumps out the... (more)

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today. Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an... (more)

Fakta om FinlandErlend Loe

Fakta om Finland

by Erlend Loe

Text: Norwegian

BeatlesLars Saabye Christensen

Beatles

by Lars Saabye Christensen

'"Beatles" is the story of Kim Karlsen and his three buddies, Gunnar, Ola and Seb - and, yes, they occasionally like to think of themselves as the Fab Four. They were born in 1951, and the story starts with the first wave of Beatlemania in Norway, in the spring of 1965. Each chapter tales a different Beatles song (or, near the end, post-Beatles solo songs) as its title and theme - all the way through the winter of... (more)

Der Schatten des Windes. Roman. Aus dem Spanischen von Peter Schwaar

Der Schatten des Windes. Roman. Aus dem Spanischen von Peter Schwaar

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

City of Thieves: A Novel

by David Benioff

As wise and funny as it is thrilling and original—the story of two young men on an impossible adventure A writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad. His grandmother won’t talk about it, but his grandfather reluctantly consents. The result is the captivating odyssey of two young men trying to survive against desperate odds. Lev Beniov... (more)

FAMILIEN PA GILJEJONAS LIE

FAMILIEN PA GILJE

by JONAS LIE

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A timeless, terrifying tale of one man's obsession to create life -- and the monster that became his legacy. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information • A chronology of the author's life and work • A timeline of significant events that provides the book's... (more)

Volvo lastvagnar

by Erlend Loe

Sno Vil Falle Over Sno Som Har FaltLevi Henriksen

Sno Vil Falle Over Sno Som Har Falt

by Levi Henriksen

Norwegian novel

Muleum

by Erlend Loe

De dødes tjern ("Lake of the Dead")

by Bernhard Borge

"... er en grosser I ordets egentligste forstand. Den er tildgere kommet i et opplag pa 30,000 en helt enestaende skjebnefor en norsk kriminalroman, og filmen av samme navn var en like formidabel suksess." (back cover) ... from Wikipedia: "Jarl André Bjerke was a Norwegian writer and poet. He was born January 30, 1918 in Oslo, and died January 10, 1985. His father was the author Ejlert Bjerke, and his mother Karin... (more)

Madonnagåten

by Knut Nærum,Elisabeth Botterli,Peder Udnæs

Small GodsTerry Pratchett

Small Gods

by Terry Pratchett

East of the Great GlacierHelge Ingstad

East of the Great Glacier

by Helge Ingstad

Kleifarvatn. (English)

by Arnaldur Indrioason

An international sensation, published in over twenty five countries around the world, Arnaldur Indridason attained instant fame in the English-speaking mystery world after winning the Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave . His other crime novels in the series, Jar City and Voices , have also been published to highest acclaim—U.S. readers who have already discovered this extraordinary writer are eagerly... (more)

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by Stephen Fry

by Tony Harrison, Knut Hamsun

by John Le Carre

by Jan Guillou

by Clifford Chase

by Khaled Hosseini

by Erlend Loe

by Lars Saabye Christensen

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

by David Benioff

by JONAS LIE

by Mary Shelley

by Erlend Loe

by Levi Henriksen

by Erlend Loe

by Bernhard Borge

by Knut Nærum,Elisabeth Botterli,Peder Udnæs

by Terry Pratchett

by Helge Ingstad

by Arnaldur Indrioason