Danish Literature - in English

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We, the Drowned
We, the Drowned 4.24 avg rating — 11,895 ratings
2.
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow 3.73 avg rating — 51,271 ratings
3.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,909 ratings
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The Murder of Halland
The Murder of Halland
by: Pia Juul
3.23 avg rating — 704 ratings
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Seven Gothic Tales
Seven Gothic Tales 3.87 avg rating — 3,696 ratings
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Baboon
Baboon 3.60 avg rating — 1,730 ratings
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The History of Danish Dreams
The History of Danish Dreams 3.51 avg rating — 1,372 ratings
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The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid 3.98 avg rating — 29,694 ratings
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Niels Lyhne
Niels Lyhne 3.97 avg rating — 2,561 ratings
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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen 4.29 avg rating — 5,223 ratings
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The Painted Room: A Tale of Mantua
The Painted Room: A Tale of Mantua 3.57 avg rating — 106 ratings
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The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories
The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories 4.29 avg rating — 108,190 ratings
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The Brummstein
The Brummstein 3.38 avg rating — 259 ratings
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The Prophets of Eternal Fjord
The Prophets of Eternal Fjord
by: Kim Leine
3.95 avg rating — 3,435 ratings
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Babette’s Feast
Babette’s Feast 3.85 avg rating — 7,293 ratings
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Mercy (Department Q, #1)
Mercy (Department Q, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 87,838 ratings
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it
it 4.47 avg rating — 597 ratings
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Azorno
Azorno 4.06 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Youth
Youth 4.22 avg rating — 10,541 ratings
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Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)
Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1) 4.10 avg rating — 15,959 ratings
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Out of Africa - and - Shadows on the Grass
Out of Africa - and - Shadows on the Grass 4.21 avg rating — 11,730 ratings
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The Downfall of the Gods
The Downfall of the Gods 3.80 avg rating — 289 ratings
23.
Marie Grubbe
Marie Grubbe 3.43 avg rating — 461 ratings
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The Library of Shadows
The Library of Shadows 3.38 avg rating — 3,778 ratings
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Mogens and Other Stories
Mogens and Other Stories 3.77 avg rating — 571 ratings
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One of Us Is Sleeping
One of Us Is Sleeping 3.24 avg rating — 657 ratings
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So Much for That Winter
So Much for That Winter 3.49 avg rating — 582 ratings
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Rock, Paper, Scissors
Rock, Paper, Scissors 3.34 avg rating — 605 ratings
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Disgrace (Department Q, #2)
Disgrace (Department Q, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 44,467 ratings
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The Journey of Niels Klim to the World Underground
The Journey of Niels Klim to the World Underground 3.51 avg rating — 517 ratings
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Light, Grass, and Letter in April (New Directions Paperbook)
Light, Grass, and Letter in April (New Directions Paperbook) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 110 ratings
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The Dangerous Age
The Dangerous Age 3.57 avg rating — 192 ratings
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The Exception
The Exception 3.81 avg rating — 2,726 ratings
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Tales of the Night
Tales of the Night 3.80 avg rating — 1,073 ratings
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When We Leave Each Other
When We Leave Each Other 4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings
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alphabet
alphabet 4.35 avg rating — 2,356 ratings
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The Fall of the King
The Fall of the King 3.72 avg rating — 2,470 ratings
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Minna Needs Rehearsal Space
Minna Needs Rehearsal Space 3.48 avg rating — 264 ratings
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The Seducer’s Diary
The Seducer’s Diary 3.58 avg rating — 6,956 ratings
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Tine (1889)
Tine (1889) 3.50 avg rating — 646 ratings
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Butterfly Valley (Poetry Europe Series)
Butterfly Valley (Poetry Europe Series) 4.33 avg rating — 1,347 ratings
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Karate Chop
Karate Chop 3.56 avg rating — 1,643 ratings
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Katinka (Modern Classics Series, No 3)
Katinka (Modern Classics Series, No 3) 3.48 avg rating — 1,470 ratings
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Michael
Michael 3.29 avg rating — 55 ratings
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The Quiet Girl
The Quiet Girl 3.22 avg rating — 3,063 ratings
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The Apothecary's Daughters
The Apothecary's Daughters 3.09 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Doghead
Doghead 3.80 avg rating — 2,196 ratings
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Minna
Minna 3.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Silence in October
Silence in October 3.72 avg rating — 868 ratings
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The Woman and the Ape
The Woman and the Ape 3.35 avg rating — 2,842 ratings
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The King's Hounds (The King's Hounds #1)
The King's Hounds (The King's Hounds #1) 3.72 avg rating — 2,726 ratings
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Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves 4.32 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Journey in Blue: A Novel About Hans Christian Andersen
Journey in Blue: A Novel About Hans Christian Andersen 3.42 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Ind i en stjerne
Ind i en stjerne 4.28 avg rating — 526 ratings
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The Gold Ball
The Gold Ball 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Karate Chop & Minna Needs Rehearsal Space
Karate Chop & Minna Needs Rehearsal Space 3.71 avg rating — 172 ratings
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Dependency
Dependency 4.41 avg rating — 13,158 ratings
56.
A Change of Time
A Change of Time 3.75 avg rating — 911 ratings
59.
Frayed Opus for Springs & Wind Instruments
Frayed Opus for Springs & Wind Instruments 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings
60.
Irene Holm
Irene Holm 3.59 avg rating — 170 ratings
60.
Night Train to Nykøbing
Night Train to Nykøbing 3.43 avg rating — 21 ratings
62.
Contemporary Danish poetry: An anthology
Contemporary Danish poetry: An anthology really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
63.
Faces
Faces 3.91 avg rating — 5,491 ratings
64.
Early Spring
Early Spring
by: DiHeusen
4.24 avg rating — 1,235 ratings
65.
Complete Freedom
Complete Freedom 3.74 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The Long Journey
The Long Journey 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Silas and the Black Mare
Silas and the Black Mare 3.75 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Aladdin: Or The Wonderful Lamp, A Dramatic Poem In Two Parts (1863)
Aladdin: Or The Wonderful Lamp, A Dramatic Poem In Two Parts (1863) 3.28 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Axel and Valborg, a Tragedy in Five Acts: And Other Poems
Axel and Valborg, a Tragedy in Five Acts: And Other Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
70.
Jeppe of the Hill
Jeppe of the Hill 3.26 avg rating — 729 ratings
71.
Ludvig Holberg's Comedies
Ludvig Holberg's Comedies liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685
Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 3.42 avg rating — 245 ratings
73.
If It Really Were a Film
If It Really Were a Film it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
74.
Love from Trieste
Love from Trieste 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Deliver Us From Love
Deliver Us From Love 3.84 avg rating — 372 ratings
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According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind
According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind 3.57 avg rating — 176 ratings
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Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Shipwreck (The Inuk Quartet, Vol. 1)
The Shipwreck (The Inuk Quartet, Vol. 1) 3.96 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Arabia Felix
Arabia Felix 4.38 avg rating — 1,160 ratings
80.
Lykke-Per 1
Lykke-Per 1 4.26 avg rating — 405 ratings
81.
Grooks 1 (Grooks, #1)
Grooks 1 (Grooks, #1)
by: Piet Hein
4.34 avg rating — 424 ratings
82.
Stolen Spring
Stolen Spring 3.72 avg rating — 2,656 ratings
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The Missing Bureaucrat
The Missing Bureaucrat 3.74 avg rating — 681 ratings
84.
Kick Me in the Traditions
Kick Me in the Traditions 3.76 avg rating — 785 ratings
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Pelle the Conqueror
Pelle the Conqueror 4.01 avg rating — 297 ratings
86.
Ditte: Towards The Stars (1922)
Ditte: Towards The Stars (1922) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Havoc
Havoc 4.08 avg rating — 2,202 ratings
88.
The Fishermen
The Fishermen
by: Hans Kirk
3.86 avg rating — 826 ratings
89.
Two Minutes of Silence
Two Minutes of Silence 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings
90.
Tutelary Tales (Modern Scandinavian Literature in Translation)
Tutelary Tales (Modern Scandinavian Literature in Translation) 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings
91.
Wild Swims
Wild Swims 3.36 avg rating — 908 ratings
92.
New Passengers
New Passengers 3.85 avg rating — 1,631 ratings