18 books like Five Days in Paris

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Zoya Danielle Steel · 1980 · ★ 4.1 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and World War I Europe, Zoya, young cousin to the Tsar, flees St. Petersburg to Paris to find safety. Her entire world forever changed, she faces hard times and joins the Ballet Russe in Paris. And then, when life is kind to her, Zoya moves on to a new and glittering life in New York. The days of ease are all too brief as the Depression strikes, and… Shares: Paris

Safe harbour Danielle Steel · 2003 · ★ 4.1 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Moderate An unforgettable story of survival...and of the extraordinary acts of faith and courage that bring – and keep – families together...On a wind-swept summer day, as the fog rolls across the San Francisco coastline, a solitary figure walks down the beach, a dog at her side. At eleven, Pip Mackenzie's young life has already been touched by tragedy; nine months before, a terrible accident plunged her… Shares: Community pick

The Gift James Patterson · 1998 · ★ 3.8 · 341p · ≈ 11h · Moderate After escaping imprisonment by the totalitarian regime known as the New Order, siblings Wisty and Whit Allgood, who possess magical powers, establish themselves as leaders of the Resistance, a hidden community of teenagers like themselves, hunted by the state and determined to defy its ban on the arts, magic, and all other forms of creativity. Shares: Community pick

The judgment of Paris Gore Vidal · 1952 · 353p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In post-war Europe, fresh-out-of-law-school Philip Warren takes a year to discover his future. In this classic coming-of-age story, Philip journeys through various affairs, misadventures, and cities full of unforgettable characters that prompt his self-discovery and lessons on taking pleasure in both love and life. Shares: Americans in fiction, Paris, Americans

The Lands of the Saracen Bayard Taylor · 1854 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Challenging This volume comprises the second portion of a series of travels. This work includes author's adventure travels in Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Sicily and Spain. Shares: Description and travel, Travel

Journey Without Maps Graham Greene · 1936 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Challenging This is an account of a trip Graham Greene made in 1935 with his cousin, Barbara Greene, through the previously unexplored interior of Liberia. It was an extremely uncomfortable journey, with Greene falling seriously ill halfway through the trip. Possibly as a result of this he also made a point of noting the many illnesses with which the local inhabitants were assailed, particularly malaria and… Shares: Description and travel, Travel

Daisy Miller Henry James · 1877 · ★ 3.4 · 62p · ≈ 2h · Challenging A beautiful American girl, Daisy Miller, is pursued by the sophisticated Winterbourne, who moves in fairly conservative circles. Their courtship is frowned upon by the other Americans they meet in Switzerland and Italy because Daisy is too vivacious and flirtatious and neither belongs to, nor follows the rules of, their society. The novella is a comment on American and European attitudes towards… Shares: Americans in fiction, Americans, Travel

Our Old Home Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1863 · 398p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Our Old Home, a series of English sketches by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This volume of charming sketches was published in 1863, and (in the words of the author) presents “a few of the external aspects of English scenery and life, especially those that are touched with the antique charm to which our countrymen are more susceptible than are the people among whom it is of native growth.” Shares: Americans, Description and travel, Travel

A Tramp Abroad Mark Twain · 1878 · ★ 3.9 · 631p · ≈ 21h · Demanding Twain's account of traveling in Europe. A Tramp Abroad sparkles with the author's shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture. A Tramp Abroad includes among its adventures a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mont Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art. Shares: Americans in fiction, Americans, Description and travel, Travel

Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia George Kennan · 1870 · 425p · ≈ 14h · Challenging An account of a period living in Siberia in pursuit of a plan to carry a telegraph line across land to Europe through Siberia in consequence of the failure of efforts to carry a telegraph line to Europe under the Atlantic. Shares: Description and travel, Travel

Seta Alessandro Baricco · 1920 · ★ 3.9 · 126p · ≈ 4h · Challenging France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, silkworm breeder Herve Joncour has to travel overland to distant Japan, out of bounds to foreigners, to smuggle out healthy silkworms. In the course of his secret negotiations with the local baron, Joncour's attention is arrested by the man's concubine, a girl who does not have oriental eyes. Although they are unable… Shares: Cuentos de amor, Travel

The Black Madonna T. Davis Bunn · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Als haar kunsthandel bijna failliet is, krijgt een Amerikaanse antiekspecialiste spectaculaire opdrachten van een anonieme opdrachtgever. Shares: Americans in fiction, Americans

The Wings of the Dove Henry James · 1902 · ★ 3.8 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Beautiful Kate Croy may have been left penniless by her relatives, but her bold, ambitious nature ensures she will not succumb meekly to a life of poverty. If the financial circumstances of Merton Densher, the man she is passionately in love with, are not sufficient to secure her future, perhaps her cunning will. So when Milly Theale arrives in Europe from America, laden with wealth but also… Shares: Americans in fiction, Americans, Travel

Dark Destiny Christine Feehan · 2004 · ★ 4.5 · 391p · ≈ 13h · Moderate They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light.... Her childhood had been a nightmare of violence and pain until she heard his voice calling out to her. Golden and seductive. The voice of an angel. He had shown her how to survive, taught her to use her unique gifts, trained her in the ancient art of hunting the vampire. Yet he could not bend her to his… Shares: Cuentos de amor, Ficción

Tales of Henry James · 1893 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Challenging The last of the Valerii.--The real thing.--The lesson of the master.--Daisy Miller. Shares: Americans in fiction, Americans, Travel

Giovanni's Room James Baldwin · 1956 · ★ 4.3 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Considered an 'audacious' second novel, GIOVANNI'S ROOM is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence. This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores, with uncompromising clarity, the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity. Shares: Americans in fiction, Americans

Dark Desire Christine Feehan · 1999 · ★ 4.5 · 369p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Dark #2 A lovely American travels to the mysterious Carpathian Mountains and stumbles upon a darkly handsome stranger—and true love. hey were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light... The stranger silently summons her from across the continents, across the seas. He whispers of eternal torment, of endless hunger...of dark, dangerous desires. And somehow… Shares: Cuentos de amor, Ficción

The American Henry James · 1877 · ★ 3.7 · 473p · ≈ 15h · Challenging A reprint of Henry James' "The America" that includes a textual history of the novel, background and source materials, and critical articles by James and others. Shares: Americans in fiction, Americans, Travel

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