Challenge: 50 Books discussion

1 - Jussi Adler-Olsen: Erbarmen (Mercy) Denmark
2 - Zvi Jagendorf: Die fabelhaften Strudelbakers Israel
3 - Piers Paul Read: Alive. The Story of the Andes Survivors England
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
11 -
12 -
13 -
14 -
15 -
16 -
17 -
18 -
19 -
20 -
21 -
22 -
23 -
24 -

I finished 50 books counting in 50 Shades of Grey which I read but don't want to put in my list

A -
B -
C - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Fitzgerald)
D -
E -
F - Die Frau des Zeitreisenden (Niffenegger)
G - Great Expectations (Dickens)
H -
I -
J -
K -
L - Liebesbriefe großer Frauen (Anders, Hrsg.)
M - Macbeth (Shakespeare)
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T - Tochter des Fotografen, die (Edwards)
U -
V - Vampyre, the (Polidori)
W - Waldstadt (Leix)
X -
Y -
Z - Zeter und Mordio (Kemmer)
Ä -
Ö -
Ü -

1. Denmark: Jussi Adler-Olsen: Erbarmen (Mercy)

Hard to say, even though I loooove Sweden and Swedish literature, I have to admit that Adler-Olsen did a great job and really fits into the Scandinavian suspense

2. W: Bernd Leix: Waldstadt

it's only regionally interesting, not for the mass-market

3. Z: Wolfgang Kemmer et al.: Zeter und Mordio!

4. Isreal: Zvi Jagendorf: Die fabelhaften Strudelbakers (Wolfy and the Strudelbakers)

5. G: Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

classic! Though, some more sticking to the central theme wouldn't have been too bad. I liked the original ending as first proposed by Dickens, not the Hollywood-ish revision.

6. F: Audrey Niffenegger: Die Frau des Zeitreisenden (The Time Traveler's Wife)

sweet but not cheesy, that's how even I can stand the category romance

7. England: Piers Paul Read: Alive. The Story of the Andes Survivors

unagitated, to the point in every aspect, and simply, sadly, truly the story of the survivors

8. T: Kim Edwards: Die Tochter des Fotografen (The Memory Keeper's Daughter)

It was irritating, depressing and touching. It shows quite plainly how the dream of a perfect family might fail because of one lie.

9. M: William Shakespeare: Macbeth

a classic, still I like other plays by Shakespeare much more

10. V: John William Polidori: The Vampyre

For me it was a must-read... until I read it. It's boring and absolutely not what I expected of this story

11. France: Anna Gavalda: Zusammen ist man weniger allein (Hunting and Gathering)

I really liked it because of the strange characters. I didn't like the end though... It's too cheesy, too foreseeable.

12. USA: Henry Miller: Das Lächeln am Fuße der Leiter (The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder)

It's funny and sad at the same time. I read the edition illustrated by Joan Miró and the pictures just fitted perfectly into the story.

13. L: Sabine Anders: Liebesbriefe großer Frauen

14. C: F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

15. Spain: Félix J. Palma: Die Landkarte der Zeit (El mapa del tiempo)

Didn't like it. Too many references, but with a bad plot. Too many obviously stolen topics...

16. E: Carolyn Jessop: Escape

Hard to read what that woman had been through. Sometimes a bit too niggling about things she could have changed but didn't in time. But overall shocking.

17. Mexico: Laura Esquivel: Bittersüße Schokolade (Como agua para chocolate)

18. John Updike: Garp und wie er die Welt sah (The World according to Garp)

19. Germany/England: Claudia Hunt: What's for tea?

20. H. Stefan Bonner: Heilige Scheiße

21. Switzerland: Anne Gold: Tod auf der Fähre

22. S: Anne Gold: Spiel mit dem Tod

23. Italy: Umberto Eco: Das Foucaultsche Pendel (Il pendolo di Foucault)

24. England: John Niven: Kill your friends

25. R: Anne Gold: Requiem für einen Rockstar

26. Japan: Haruki Murakami: Kafka am Strand (Kafka on the Shore)

27. V: Chris Ewan: Vendetta in Las Vegas (The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas)

28. Turkey: Orhan Pamuk: Istanbul

29. Tommy Jaud: Vollidiot

30. Rolf Dobelli: Die Kunst des klaren Denkens

31. Romania: Domnica Radulescu: Zug nach Triest (Train to Trieste

32. Norway: Klaus Hagerup & Nils Nordberg: Letzter Akt

33. A: Anne Gold: Das Auge des Sehers

34. Nick Hornby: 31 Songs

35. B: Andreas Eschbach: Eine Billion Dollar

36. U: Ivana Jeissing: Unsichtbar (Invisible)

37. J: Luca di Fulvio: Der Junge, der Träume schenkte

38. Peru: Mario Vargas Llosa: Das böse Mädchen (The bad girl)

39. L: Sabine Anders: Liebesbriefe großer Männer

40. Netherlands: Cees Noteboom: Eine Karte so groß wie der Kontinent - Reisen in Europa

41. Czech Republic: Milan Kundera: Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins (The unbearable lightness of being)

42. P: Marcel Proust: Proust für Boshafte

43. O: William Boyd: Ordinary Thunderstorms

44. D: Claudia Piñeiro: Die Donnerstagswitwen (Thursday Night Widows)

45. Y: Charles McCormac: You'll die in Singapore

46. N: Paul M Stuart: Nihonsense

47. Ö: Justus Richter: Öffentliche Mülleimer dürfen nicht sexuell belästigt werden

48. Q: Sue Grafton: Q is for Quarry

49. Nick Hornby: Not a star