danish literature!
Below you'll find a collection of Danish and Danish American books we find significant.
Feel free to submit a book suggestion for our list here.
Fiction
After the Sun
Jonas Eika
Babette's Feast
& Other Stories
Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy
Tove Ditlevsen
The Employees
Olga Ravn
The King's Coin
Finn Bille
This Should be Written in the Present Tense
Helle Helle
Victim 2117
Jussi Adler Olsen
Nonfiction
Dementia Handbook
Torben Riise, PhD
Denmark: The State of Green Solutions
Produced by the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC
Eat Smart in Denmark
Carol Schroeder & Katrine Schroeder
Genuine Journeys of Life
Mike Henriksen & Cindy Lea Bahe
Gone Viking
Bill Arnott
Here and Hereafter
Joy Ibsen
Our Danish Connection
Nina York
The Spirit of Solvang
Ann Dittmer & Esther Jacobsen Bates
The Year of Living Danishly
Helen Russell
We Share the Same Sky
Rachael Cerrotti
Learning Danish
Danish Tutor
Anne Grydehøj & Jesper Hansen
Short Stories in Danish
Books in Danish
Dansk Whisky
Per Gregersen
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