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[โ€“] kurikai@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now watch the price not drop

[โ€“] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is VAT the reason why people don't read in Denmark??? Seems odds, TBH.

[โ€“] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Eh, dunno about denmark, but Norwegian books are like 3x the price of the same book in German. That's mostly because it's a small market that still needs translation, though. Doubt fiddling with the VAT will make much difference.

[โ€“] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But if price was a concern, aren't libraries an option? Buying new books isn't very common, at least not in North America, where our bookstores have all but disappeared.

I'd be surprised if there was a strong or growing market anywhere in the EU.

[โ€“] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it's not looking good. There are still bookstores, but more and more it feels like a niche thing.

[โ€“] cyberslask@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

There has been no VAT on books in Norway, including e-books, since 2015. Norway scores very high on books read per capita, about double that of Denmark.

[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 10 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Any european author recommendations? ๐Ÿ˜ณ

[โ€“] pirateKaiser@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Joe Abercrombie comes to mind, bri'ish author, writes grimdark fantasy featuring amusingly dark and broken characters.

[โ€“] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Reading Best Served Cold right now, finished the first three books last month. They're good but my gods he's obsessed with people's mouths.

[โ€“] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sir Terry Pratchett, the man so funny and insightful, he waa knighted.

[โ€“] agavaa@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Jo Nesbรธ, if you're into crime/police novels.

[โ€“] Eq0@literature.cafe 4 points 1 month ago

Oh so many!

What are you into? Which country (I am personally partial to Russia, France, Italy)? Translated into English? Classics or recent?

[โ€“] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

For a nice laugh read Blindboy Boatclubs books, my partner banned the most recent one from the bedroom because I was waking her with my prolonged laughs

[โ€“] Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

The Kalevala is great.

Astrid Lindgren Frans G. Bengtsson, especially Rรถde Orm Thorbjรถrn Egner

From the top of my head