Quiz for World Book Day 2021

Friday 23 April marks World Book Day. Do you want to use the occasion to broaden your horizon with literature from all over Europe? Do you want to have fun while picking your book? Then the Council Library may have something for you!

Many of our Council trainees have selected a colourful mixture of books that will help your mind wander through both space and time. You might want to read about a medieval noblewoman defying the wishes of her family and going her own way. Or maybe you could read about bustling turn-of-the-century Paris. Or perhaps the peaceful countryside is more to your taste (with a hint of backstabbing intrigue, of course). You could even experience adventures on the sea.

The trainees have suggested books from every member state, which cover a wide timespan from the Middle Ages until well into the new millennium. They portray the social and political developments in Europe. Some are funny, some are sweetly melancholic, but all are worth a read.

To make your choice a bit easier, the trainees have also created a fun, short quiz with questions about your next read. Based on your results, you will be given a choice of three books to pick from.

• Take the quiz

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Staff of the Council can borrow many of the recommendations via our online catalogue Eureka.

• Search Eureka

About World Book Day

The World Book and Copyright Day was established by the United Nations in 1995 to promote the pleasure of reading and remind us of authors who have contributed to the worldʼs literature. They have hugely enhanced the social and cultural progress of humanity.

Its date, the 23rd of April, was chosen for its great symbolic value. Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died on this date in the year 1616. Many other authors were born or died on the same date, including Henry Vaughan, Vladimir Nabokov and Maurice Druon.

This post does not necessarily represent the positions, policies, or opinions of the Council of the European Union or the European Council.

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