How to find books from or set in different countries – ENGLAND

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Whichbook.net is a resource for finding books that are from or set in different countries. You can also look up works by their individual characteristics. You can even match moods and emotions to your unread next read. Free access, no limit, and it’s fun!

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Celtika | Robert Holdstock

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Summary: Part fantasy, part alternative history, this novel takes you on a walk with Merlin on his path across Northern Europe. The history and the timelines of recognisable events are fantastically twisted and dislocated, so if you’re a fan of dates and things happening in the correct order, you’ll have to make an effort to hold on to the story. A strange fireside tale which is the perfect way to hide away from day-to-day reality.

Recommendation: Whichbook provides multiple methods by which you might find a new item to read. Explore this link to play with the software yourself: https://www.whichbook.net/world-map/

Visit each country in turn to discover works you MIGHT find through the Smithton Public Library District (all those titles recommended here ARE available through our system for borrowing).

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The Sea House | Esther Freud

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Summary: The architect Klaus Lehmann loves his wife, Elsa, with a passion that continues throughout their married life despite long periods of separation. Almost half a century after Lehmann’s death in the village of Steerborough, a young woman, Lily, arrives to research his life and work. Pouring over Klaus’s letters to Elsa, Lily pieces together the story of their lives together and apart. And alone in her rented cottage by the sea, she begins to sense an absence in her own life that may not be filled by simply going home.

Recommendation: Whichbook provides multiple methods by which you might find a new item to read. Explore this link to play with the software yourself: https://www.whichbook.net/world-map/

Visit each country in turn to discover works you MIGHT find through the Smithton Public Library District (all those titles recommended here ARE available through our system for borrowing).

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After You’d Gone | Maggie O’Farrell

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Summary: This is a compulsive read with many mysteries running through it. Did Alice really mean to kill herself? What did she see in Edinburgh that drives her to this? And most importantly where has John, the love of her life, gone? This is an amazingly accurate account of that marvellous feeling when the world shifts, and you know that you are totally in love – and the gut-wrenching grief that descends when that love is no more.

Recommendation: Whichbook provides multiple methods by which you might find a new item to read. Explore this link to play with the software yourself: https://www.whichbook.net/world-map/

Visit each country in turn to discover works you MIGHT find through the Smithton Public Library District (all those titles recommended here ARE available through our system for borrowing).

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Unicorn’s Blood | Patricia Finney

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Summary: An alternative history full of intrigue and political skullduggery set in the court of Elizabeth I. A thrilling and mesmerising read that brings all the sights and smells of sixteenth century London with it. Powerful stuff!

Recommendation: Whichbook provides multiple methods by which you might find a new item to read. Explore this link to play with the software yourself: https://www.whichbook.net/world-map/

Visit each country in turn to discover works you MIGHT find through the Smithton Public Library District (all those titles recommended here ARE available through our system for borrowing).

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White Teeth | Zadie Smith

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Summary: They say little is good – well, bigger is better. White Teeth has 542 pages and that’s a big book, covering big issues – suicide for starters, plus drugs, fanatical groups (racial and religious), the war, animal experimentation …. Serious stuff, but would you believe the biggest impact the book makes comes from its massive helping of humour throughout. Unputdownable.

Recommendation: Whichbook provides multiple methods by which you might find a new item to read. Explore this link to play with the software yourself: https://www.whichbook.net/world-map/

Visit each country in turn to discover works you MIGHT find through the Smithton Public Library District (all those titles recommended here ARE available through our system for borrowing).

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