Beyond the Bookends 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by jackie_beyondthebookends

April- Read a Book Set Abroad

All books added
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

The Paris Library

Janet Skeslien Charles

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties

Aunties #3

Jesse Q. Sutanto

288 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction mystery romance adventurous dark medium-paced
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

R.F. Kuang

21 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
KULT by Stefan Malmström

KULT

Stefan Malmström

387 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Murder at Sissingham Hall by Clara Benson

The Murder at Sissingham Hall

Angela Marchmont Mystery #1

Clara Benson

268 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee

The Idea of You

Robinne Lee

11 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional fast-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

The Persian Boy

Alexander the Great #2

Mary Renault

432 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional informative slow-paced
Once Upon a Leap Year by Anna Bell

Once Upon a Leap Year

Anna Bell

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Hercule Poirot #4

Agatha Christie

288 pages • first pub 1926 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced