16 best-selling fiction books like The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse

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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.…

"...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

"...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 it..."

-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 it..."

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

If you liked the fiction plot in The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Min kamp 6 (Min kamp #6)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

3.50

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

I det anmelderroste selvbiografiske romanvaerk, Min kamp, udforsker Karl Ove Knausgard nadelost og … read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 21st century
  • novels
  • scandinavian literature

2. Solenoid

By: Mircea Cărtărescu

3.59

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

,,Vreau sa scriu o dare de seama despre anomaliile mele. In viata mea obscura, in afara oricarei is… read more

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3. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

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4. Kairos

By: Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."

-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos

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5. Nattskolen (Morgenstjernen, #4)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.37

Format: 484 pages, Hardcover

Årets roman fra Karl Ove Knausgård, «Nattskolen», inngår i det store Morgenstjernen-verket som åpne… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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6. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • philosophy
  • fiction
  • novels
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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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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  • nobel prize
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8. The Years

By: Annie Ernaux

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work and a breakout bestseller when… read more

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  • nobel prize
  • contemporary
"Sauver quelque chose du temps où l'on ne sera plus jamais."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"The profusion of things concealed the scarcity of ideas and the erosion of beliefs."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"Je ne suis nulle part dans le temps. Il est l'ange qui fait revivre le passé, rend éternel."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

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9. The Pole

By: J.M. Coetzee

3.69

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

A psychologically probing, compulsively readable novel about dogged love and the unpredictability o… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
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10. Castelul din orașul meu

By: Ioana Bâldea Constantinescu

4.48

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

În cartierul evreiesc al Bucureştiului, pe lângă un imobil galben, scorojit în eleganţa lui interbe… read more

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11. The Wolves of Eternity (Morgenstjernen, #2)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.03

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a sprawling and deeply human novel… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • philosophy
  • fiction
  • novels
  • scandinavian literature
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12. The Third Realm (Morgenstjernen, #3)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.33

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a kaleidoscopic novel about human nature in the face o… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • scandinavian literature
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13. Ten się śmieje, kto ma zęby

By: Zyta Rudzka

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

W zachwycającej niekonwencjonalną formą powieści Ten się śmieje, kto ma zęby Zyta Rudzka po raz kol… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Białe noce

By: Urszula Honek

3.77

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Z pozoru nic się nie dzieje: mała podgórska miejscowość, kilka osób, nieuchwytny czas. A jednak świ… read more

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  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. 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

Similar categories in Jon Fosse's The Other Name: Septology I-II book and Jon Fosse's The Other Name: Septology I-II

  • nobel prize
  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 21st century
  • novels
  • scandinavian literature
"...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

Cover of Łakome by Małgorzata Lebda

16. 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
  • contemporary
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17. 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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18. 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
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19. 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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  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
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20. 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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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

10 best-selling contemporary books like The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse

Transform Your Habits

Min kamp 6 (Min kamp #6)

Karl Ove Knausgård

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Transform Your Habits

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Transform Your Habits

The Years

Annie Ernaux

4.17

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12 best-selling fiction books like Toń by Ishbel Szatrawska

Transform Your Habits

Agla. Aurora

Radek Rak

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Stramer

Mikołaj Łoziński

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Ten się śmieje, kto ma zęby

Zyta Rudzka

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Białe noce

Urszula Honek

3.77

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