This Is Europe: The Way We Live Now

Chosen as a “Political Book of the Year” by The Times, Financial Times and The Telegraph.

In This Is Europe: The Way We Live Now, journalist Ben Judah presents a vivid, empathetic portrait of life across the continent today. Through a series of firsthand stories drawn from hours of interviews, he introduces readers to people living throughout Europe — longtime residents, newcomers, migrant workers, refugees, and travelers — whose lives reflect how migration, climate change, war, economic shifts, and social change are reshaping what it means to be European. The book paints a broad, human picture of contemporary Europe: sprawling, diverse, often troubled — but always alive.

“Thrilling, first-hand tales that explore the danger and ambitions of life in Europe.” — Financial Times