# Recommend a book in Esperanto

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 23, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-in-esperanto/522259 "2009-12-23T00:47:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-in-esperanto/522259/1 "2009-12-23T00:47:02Z")

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I’d like to read an original book in Esperanto, preferably a novel or short stories, and preferably one considered good, not just an example of a book in Esperanto. I’m not asking you to do a search; I can do that. I’m asking for recommendations from you or your Esperanto-speaking peeps. Bonus points for books available in the US. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-in-esperanto/522259/2 "2009-12-23T00:54:10Z")

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> [@susan](#):
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> I’d like to read an original book in Esperanto, preferably a novel or short stories, and preferably one considered good, not just an example of a book in Esperanto. I’m not asking you to do a search; I can do that. I’m asking for recommendations from you or your Esperanto-speaking peeps. Bonus points for books available in the US. Thanks.

¿Que?

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-in-esperanto/522259/3 "2009-12-23T01:49:33Z")

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One of my favourites is _Glaŭka lum’_, an anthology of poetry on gay subjects; another one is _Verse reversi_, a difficult but highly evocative book of poetry.

I’m not sure about availability in the US, but the [Flandra Esperanto-Ligo](http://esperanto.be/fel/but/ls_serchu.php) has a bookstore with a large selection.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-in-esperanto/522259/4 "2009-12-23T15:20:09Z")

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-in-esperanto/522259/5 "2010-04-26T22:05:45Z")

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(How’d I miss this thread?)

How about _[Kroata Milita Noktlibro](http://katalogo.uea.org/katalogo.php?inf=4354&id=865&recenzo=montru)_ (Nightbook of the Croatian War) by Spomenka Štimec? It’s a relatively-short novel of what it was like to live through the wars as Yugoslavia broke up.