7 Best historical fiction books like All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski

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All for Nothing

By: Walter Kempowski

3.98

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

In East Prussia, January 1945, the German forces are in retreat and the Red Army is approaching. Th…

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1. War and Turpentine

By: Stefan Hertmans , None , David McKay

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Shortly before his death in 1981, Stefan Hertmans' grandfather gave him a couple of filled exercise… read more

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  • literature
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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2. On Canaan's Side

By: Sebastian Barry

3.63

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Narrated by Lilly Bere, 'On Canaan's Side' opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. Call It Sleep

By: Alfred Kazin , Henry Roth , None

3.00

Format: 1118 pages, Paperback

When Henry Roth published Call It Sleep, his first novel, in 1934, it was greeted with critical acc… read more

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4. Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten

By: Kjell Askildsen

3.00

Format: 96 pages,

Inneholder tre av forfatterens noveller: Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten handler om Th… read more

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5. A Thousand Moons (Days Without End #2)

By: Sebastian Barry

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling new novel about memory and identity set in Paris, Tennessee in the aftermath of the Amer… read more

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  • historical
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"But we only have one path across the mire of remembrance in general."

-Sebastian Barry, A Thousand Moons (Days Without End #2)

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6. Odrzania. Podróż po Ziemiach Odzyskanych

By: Zbigniew Rokita

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Nowa książka Zbigniewa Rokity, laureata Nagrody Literackiej „Nike” 2021 Włóczęgowski poemat repo… read more

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7. Ciała

By: Annie Ernaux

4.28

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Jak oddać paraliżujący strach towarzyszący niechcianej ciąży i potajemnej aborcji? Jak opisać nasto… read more

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8. All for Nothing

By: Walter Kempowski

3.98

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

In East Prussia, January 1945, the German forces are in retreat and the Red Army is approaching. Th… read more

Similar categories in Walter Kempowski's All for Nothing book and Walter Kempowski's All for Nothing

  • german literature
  • literature
  • historical
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 21st century
  • novels
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9. The Other Name: Septology I-II

By: Jon Fosse

4.06

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway.… read more

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  • literature
  • 21st century
  • novels
  • fiction
"...there inside the person is what will pass away and become one with what is invisible in everything..."

-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II

"...what's beautiful in life turns out bad in a painting because it's like there's too much beauty, a good picture needs something bad in it in order to shine the way it should, it needs darkness in i…"

-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II

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10. Łakome

By: Małgorzata Lebda

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sensualna, magnetyczna, dzika. Maj. Koniec świata. Stąd wszędzie jest daleko. Dwie kobiety przyj… read more

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  • fiction
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11. The Piano Tuner

By: Chiang-Sheng Kuo

3.14

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a lifetime of secrets. An out-of-tu… read more

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  • fiction
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12. Koniec

By: Marta Hermanowicz

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Jeden z najbardziej wyczekiwanych debiutów roku. Metafizyczna, bluźniercza powieść o tragedii wo… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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13. Toń

By: Ishbel Szatrawska

4.30

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Kiedy Eichmedien stały się Nakomiadami? Kiedy Rastenburg był Rastemborkiem i kiedy stał się Kętrzyn… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Festiwal

By: Jacek Świdziński

4.01

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

Niewiele było w historii Polski Ludowej tak wielkich ekscesów jak Festiwal Młodzieży w 1955 roku. N… read more

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15. La sangre de la aurora

By: Claudia Salazar Jiménez

3.94

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

En La sangre de la aurora los destinos de tres mujeres se entrelazan y se desgarran durante lo que … read more

Similar categories in Claudia Salazar Jiménez's La sangre de la aurora book and Walter Kempowski's All for Nothing

  • literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 21st century
"I overhear the soldiers whispering. That terrorist looks a bit butch. They laugh. I turn to glare right into their mindless sheep eyes and they stiffen, pretend they don't see me. Miserable fools. Wh…"

-Claudia Salazar Jiménez, La sangre de la aurora

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16. Legendy

By: Torgny Lindgren

3.69

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Legendy w tłumaczeniu Tomasza Feliksa, to zbiór opowiadań, który mieści kilkanaście miniatur, pisan… read more

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  • fiction
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17. The Tree and the Vine

By: Dola de Jong

3.64

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

This courageous early work of lesbian fiction (1951) tells the gripping story of two women torn bet… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Wizja świata. Opowiadania wybrane

By: John Cheever

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Ach, te niedzielne wieczory w suburbiach, ach, ta chandra niedzielnej nocy!" – wykrzykuje ironiczn… read more

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  • fiction
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19. Gruby

By: Michał Michalski

3.47

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Chłopięca przyjaźń, początki dorastania, społeczne wykluczenie i potransformacyjna rzeczywistość, w… read more

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20. Hanka. Opowieść o awansie

By: Maciej Jakubowiak

3.88

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Najpierw była Albina. Skończyła parę klas w wiejskiej szkole, na więcej nie pozwolił jej ojciec. Po… read more

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21. Noc szpilek

By: Santiago Roncagliolo

3.83

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Porywający od pierwszego zdania thriller autorstwa jednego z najważniejszych współczesnych południo… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction

14 must-read fiction books like All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski

Transform Your Habits

War and Turpentine

Stefan Hertmans , None , David McKay

4.17

Transform Your Habits

On Canaan's Side

Sebastian Barry

3.63

Transform Your Habits

A Thousand Moons (Days Without End #2)

Sebastian Barry

3.90

Transform Your Habits

All for Nothing

Walter Kempowski

3.98

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13 Best nonfiction books like Hanka. Opowieść o awansie by Maciej Jakubowiak

Transform Your Habits

Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach

Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Odrzania. Podróż po Ziemiach Odzyskanych

Zbigniew Rokita

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Ciała

Annie Ernaux

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Wszystko mam bardziej. Życie w spektrum autyzmu

Jacek Hołub

4.10

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