My mother and I have decided to read 50 books by Danish authors: books, we think are must-reads. We are therefore compiling a list of books written by 50 different authors and when we’re done making the list we’ll slowly work our way through them, and whenever we finish one, we’ll discus it over dinner at a restaurant or lunch at a café.
We’re still working on putting the list together. We still have too many authors to choose from and we haven’t even really started adding works to the list yet – or deciding which authors to cut …
- Vita Andersen: Get a life (2003)
- Jens Baggesen: Labyrinthen (1792-1793)
- * Herman Bang: Ved Vejen (1886) /Tine (1889)
- * Knuth Becker: Det daglige brød (1932)
- * Karen Blixen: Den Afrikanske Farm (1937) / Babettes Gæstebud (1952)
- Anders Bodelsen: De Lysende Nætters Tid
- * H.C. Branner: Ingen Kender Natten
- * Suzanne Brøgger
- * Martha Christensen: Dansen med Regitze (1988)
- * Tove Ditlevsen: Man gjorde et barn fortræd (1941) / Barndommens gade (1943) / For barnets skyld (1946)
- * Jakob Ejersbo: Nordkraft (2002)
- Jens Christian Grøndahl: Kvinden i midten (1985)/ Lucca (1998)
- Katrine Marie Guldager: Ulven (2010)
- Kirsten Hamann
- * Martin A. Hansen
- * Ludvig Holberg: Niels Klimts underjordiske rejse (1741)
- Lars Husum: Mit venskab med Jesus Kristus (2008)
- * Peter Høeg
- J.P. Jacobsen: Fru Marie Grubbe/Niels Lyhne
- Carsten Jensen: Vi, de druknede (2006)
- Erik Aalbæk Jensen
- * Johannes V. Jensen: Kongens Fald (1900-01)
- Thit Jensen: Stygge Krumpen (1936)
- Erling Jepsen: Kunsten at græde i kor (2002)
- Ida Jessen
- Christian Jungersen
- Christian Kampmann (+ Abelone Koppel: Her Fra (2011) (About Christian Kampmann’s death)
- Harald Kidde: Helten
- * Hans Kirk: Fiskerne (1928)
- Josefine Klougart
- Jakob Knudsen: Den gamle præst (1899) / Sind (1903)
- * Tom Kristensen: Hærværk (1930)
- * Kim Leine: Kalak (2007)
- Anne Marie Løn
- * Svend Åge Madsen
- * Ib Michael
- Poul Martin Møller: En Dansk Students Bekendelser (1843)
- Dea Trier Mørch
- * Martin Andersen Nexø
- * Jakob Paludan: Jørgen Stein
- * Leif Panduro
- * Nis Petersen: Sandalmagernes gade (1931)
- * Henrik Pontoppidan: Lykkeper
- Morten Ramsdal: Hundehoved (2005)
- Ebbe Kløvedal Reich
- * Klaus Rifbjerg
- * Knud Romer: Den som blinker er bange for døden (2006)
- Morten Sabroe
- * Hans Scherfig
- Hans Egede Schack: Fantasterne
- Peter Seeberg: Fugls Føde?
- Tage Skou-Hansen: De nøgne træer
- Jens Smærup Sørensen fx Mærkedage
- Jan Sonnergaard: Om atomkrigens betydning for Vilhelm Funks ungdom (2009)
- Soya
- Knud Sønderby: Midt i en jazztid
- Kirsten Thorup
- Dan Turell
- Gustav Wied
- Dorrit Willumsen
- Poul Ørum: Lyksalighedens ø
Deleted from the list:
- Kjeld Abell (plays, essays)
- Benny Andersen (poetry, children’s fiction, short stories)
- Hans Christian Andersen
- St. St. Blicher: Brudstykker af en landsbydegns dagbog (1824) (only short stories)
- Georg Brandes (criticism)
- Marie Bregendahl
- Cecil Bødker
- Inger Christensen: Mostly poetry, although she has written three novels
- Lars Saabye Christensen
- Leif Davidsen (thrillers)
- Holger Drachmann: Mostly poetry
- Leck Fischer
- N.F.S. Grundtvig (poetry)
- Thorkild Hansen
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg (plays)
- B.S. Ingemann (historical fiction inspired by Walter Scott)
- Frank Jæger (mostly poetry)
- Søren Kierkegaard (philosophy)
- Julia Butschkow: Apropos Opa (2009)
- Palle Lauring (historian)
- Kaj Munk (poetry and short stories)
- Johannes Møllehave (Christian commentary, memoirs and more)
- Henrik Nordbrandt (poetry)
- Adam Oehlenschläger (poetry)
- Halfdan Rasmussen (poetry)
- Bjarne Reuter
- Jørn Riel
- Ole Sarvig
- Helle Stangerup
- Henrik Stangerup
- Willy Sørensen (short stories, children’s fiction)
- Leonara Christina Ulfeldt: Jammersminde (memoir)
- Ole Wivel (criticism)
- Jeppe Aakjær (poetry and more)
