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Peter Høeg

Born

in Copenhagen, Denmark

May 07, 1957

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery

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Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Before becoming a writer, he worked variously as a sailor, ballet dancer, and actor. He published his first novel, A History of Danish Dreams (1988), to positive reviews. However, it was Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1992), a million-copy best seller, that earned Høeg immediate and international literary celebrity. His books have been published in more than thirty countries.

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Average rating: 3.66 · 69,062 ratings · 4,941 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Smilla's Sense of Snow 3.73 avg rating — 50,924 ratings — published 1992 — 211 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borderliners 3.67 avg rating — 4,057 ratings — published 1993 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Høeg, Martin Aitken (Translator) 3.44 avg rating — 3,334 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quiet Girl 3.23 avg rating — 3,043 ratings — published 2006 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman and the Ape by Peter Høeg, Barbara Haveland (Translator) 3.35 avg rating — 2,819 ratings — published 1996 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Effekten af Susan 3.34 avg rating — 1,959 ratings — published 2014 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Danish Dreams 3.51 avg rating — 1,364 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of the Night by Peter Høeg, Barbara Haveland 3.80 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 1990 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sinun silmiesi kautta by Peter Høeg, Sanna Manninen (Translator) 3.41 avg rating — 856 ratings — published 2018 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Темная сторона Хюгге by Peter Høeg, Kim Leine (Goodreads Author), Charlotte Weitze 3.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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For our September-October group read we are going to read a book that was nominated by our members, but didn't win in a poll. Here are four to choose from.

Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman

16 votes 34.0%

The Prophet by Michael Koryta

14 votes 29.8%

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg

11 votes 23.4%

The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor

6 votes 12.8%

47 total votes

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