19 must-read fiction books like How to Order the Universe by María José Ferrada

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How to Order the Universe

By: María José Ferrada

3.89

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

For seven-year-old M, the world is guided by a firm set of principles, based on her father D’s life…

"Life was a lonely place."

-María José Ferrada, How to Order the Universe

"Forever is a very long day."

-María José Ferrada, How to Order the Universe

"Do you remember my telling you R’s story?"

-María José Ferrada, How to Order the Universe

"When D saw Neil Armstrong take his first step on the moon, he thought that anything was possible -- all it took was the right attitude and the right outfit."

-María José Ferrada, How to Order the Universe

If you liked the fiction plot in How to Order the Universe by María José Ferrada , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of A Cabeça do Santo by Socorro Acioli

1. A Cabeça do Santo

By: Socorro Acioli

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Desenvolvido na oficina de Gabriel García Márquez, o romance de Socorro Acioli conta a história de … read more

Similar categories in Socorro Acioli's A Cabeça do Santo book and María José Ferrada's How to Order the Universe

  • fiction
  • young adult
"A consciência da solidão doía mais que qualquer outra dor."

-Socorro Acioli, A Cabeça do Santo

"[...] porque às vezes nem Deus livra o homem de enlouquecer. O demônio é artista."

-Socorro Acioli, A Cabeça do Santo

"Era tudo tão lindo que nem coube nos seus pequenos sonhos. Ela precisou aprender a sonhar mais."

-Socorro Acioli, A Cabeça do Santo

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2. Tony ninguno

By: Andrés Montero

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Vi la tierra que levantaba la carreta del arabe al alejarse del circo y luego observe al nino y le… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Lady and the Little Fox Fur by Deborah Levy, Violette Leduc, Derek Coltman

3. The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

By: Deborah Levy , Violette Leduc , Derek Coltman

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Trapped in the depths of poverty, an old woman escapes into an existence where objects, streets, an… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction

4. Utz

By: Bruce Chatwin

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Utz collects Meissen porcelain with a passion. His collection, which he has protected and enlarged … read more

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5. Chilean electric

By: Nona Fernández

4.16

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

El escenario de Chilean Electric está completamente a oscuras. Es la condición necesaria de un libr… read more

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  • spanish literature

6. Mapocho

By: Nona Fernández

3.56

Format: 256 pages,

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7. L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

By: Ágota Kristóf

4.11

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Onze chapitres pour onze moments de sa vie, de la petite enfance en Hongrie à l'apprentissage du fr… read more

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  • literature
"You become a writer by writing with patience and obstinacy, without ever losing faith in what you write."

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

"في الغالب أكتفي بالكتابة في ذهني . ذلك اسهل . داخل الراس تجري الامور كلها بيسر . لكن ما ان نشرع في الكتابة حتى تتغير الأفكار .تتشوه.تصير خاطئة"

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

8. Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran

By: Shahrnush Parsipur , Kamran Talattof , Jocelyn Sharlet , None

3.67

Format: 208 pages,

Shortly after the 1989 publication of Women Without Menin her native Iran, Shahrnush Parsipur was a… read more

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9. Nie mówię żegnaj

By: Han Kang

3.77

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Zdobywczyni nagrody Man Booker Prize 2016, Han Kang, powraca po 5 latach z nową, pełnowymiarową pow… read more

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  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Hið heilaga orð

By: Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir

3.78

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Ung kona hverfur af heimili sínu, frá nýfæddu barni. Lögreglan er ráðalaus, en fjölskyldan sendir b… read more

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  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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11. Duft - söfnuður fallega fólksins

By: Bergþóra Snæbjörnsdóttir

4.01

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Prins var enn einu sinni farinn yfir í næsta líf og skildi ekkert eftir sig nema skelina. Nú lá han… read more

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12. DJ Bambi

By: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

3.96

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

Bambi er 61 árs gömul trans kona sem vann áður sem plötusnúður en er í dag sérfræðingur í smæstu by… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Long Live the Post Horn! by Vigdis Hjorth

13. Long Live the Post Horn!

By: Vigdis Hjorth

3.67

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Ellinor, a 35-year-old media consultant, has not been feeling herself; she's not been feeling much … read more

Similar categories in Vigdis Hjorth's Long Live the Post Horn! book and María José Ferrada's How to Order the Universe

  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A letter is practically a gift."

-Vigdis Hjorth, Long Live the Post Horn!

"What do we do with our despair if our lives are too small to contain it?"

-Vigdis Hjorth, Long Live the Post Horn!

"What do we do with our despair if our lives are too small to contain it?’ . . . .accept that there’s so much we’ll never understand intellectually and try to live with things which don’t add up, that…"

-Vigdis Hjorth, Long Live the Post Horn!

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14. Humiliation

By: Paulina Flores

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The nine mesmerizing stories in Humiliation, translated from the Spanish by Man Booker Internationa… read more

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  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Literatura infantil

By: Alejandro Zambra

4.25

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Diario de paternidad, «carta al hijo» y ficción pura conviven en extraordinaria armonía a lo largo … read more

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  • literature
  • spanish literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"No recuerdo nuestro primer viaje solos, a mis tres o cuatro años, pero él lo ha contado tantas veces que su relato funciona casi como un recuerdo implantado."

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

"La biología nos asegura un lugar en sus vidas, pero igual ansiamos que nos elijan como padres. Que alguna vez digan esta frase tan maravillosamente rara: 'Mi padre fue mi verdadero padre'."

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

"Me enorgullece que la primera palabra pronunciada por mi hijo, hace cinco días, haya sido, contra toda tendencia estadística, la palabra papá. Ahora la dice a cada rato. Todavía le cuesta, eso sí, ar…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

"La lectura silenciosa es en cierto modo una conquista; quienes leemos en silencio y en soledad aprendemos, justamente, a estar solos, o mejor dicho reconquistamos una soledad menos agresiva, una sole…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

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16. Oração para desaparecer

By: Socorro Acioli

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Uma mulher nua, sem cabelos nem memória, é retirada da terra na pequena cidade de Almofala, frontei… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A vida é feita de palavras, elas explicam e fazem nascer e morrer. Se ninguém pronuncia um nome este ser está morto, mesmo que respire e leve um coração batendo no peito. Estar vivo é ser palavra na …"

-Socorro Acioli, Oração para desaparecer

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17. Voyager

By: Nona Fernández

4.22

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

La memoria de las estrellas. La memoria de una madre. Y la de su hija. La memoria de un pueblo. Cóm… read more

Similar categories in Nona Fernández's Voyager book and María José Ferrada's How to Order the Universe

  • literature
  • spanish literature
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18. Não fossem as sílabas do sábado

By: Mariana Salomão Carrara

4.31

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

Uma tragédia acaba com uma família, um amor, uma história. Mas outra história também pode começar n… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Como somos imbecis tentando aplicar a lógica patética dos vivos aos que não conseguem mais, qual a importância de um brigadeiro numa língua inteira amarga num estômago dobrado de desgosto."

-Mariana Salomão Carrara, Não fossem as sílabas do sábado

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19. La muerte viene estilando

By: Andrés Montero

4.55

Format: 129 pages, Paperback

Quedarse en pana en medio del campo chileno es también enredarse en su mitología. Abrir este libro … read more

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  • spanish literature
  • fiction
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20. How to Order the Universe

By: María José Ferrada

3.89

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

For seven-year-old M, the world is guided by a firm set of principles, based on her father D’s life… read more

Similar categories in María José Ferrada's How to Order the Universe book and María José Ferrada's How to Order the Universe

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • historical
  • coming of age
  • novella
  • young adult
  • spanish literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
"Life was a lonely place."

-María José Ferrada, How to Order the Universe

"Forever is a very long day."

-María José Ferrada, How to Order the Universe

"Do you remember my telling you R’s story?"

-María José Ferrada, How to Order the Universe

"When D saw Neil Armstrong take his first step on the moon, he thought that anything was possible -- all it took was the right attitude and the right outfit."

-María José Ferrada, How to Order the Universe

Cover of Isla decepción (Spanish Edition) by Paulina Flores

21. Isla decepción (Spanish Edition)

By: Paulina Flores

3.22

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Tras fracasar en el amor y renunciar a un trabajo que odia, Marcela huye de su vida en Santiago par… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. The Archive of Feelings

By: Peter Stamm

3.60

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

Given a second chance with an old love, a coolly detached archivist questions the life he could hav… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Çıplak Babalar by Margit Schreiner

23. Çıplak Babalar

By: Margit Schreiner

3.63

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Margit Schreiner’in daha önce yayımladığımız “Sevmek Dedikleri” ve “Ev, Kadınlar, Seks.” kitapların… read more

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24. Of Dogs and Walls

By: Yūko Tsushima

3.68

Format: 53 pages, Paperback

Two luminous, tender stories from one of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writers, showing how ch… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Living right in the heart of Tokyo itself is quite like living in the mountains – in the midst of so many people, one hardly sees anyone."

-Yūko Tsushima, Of Dogs and Walls

Cover of Deus by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir

25. Deus

By: Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir

3.68

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

Skáldið Sigfús missir tökin á lífinu þegar hann finnur guð. Unglingurinn Ísabella glímir við stórar… read more

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26. Piñen

By: Daniela Catrileo

4.16

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

Los tres largos relatos de Piñen podrían articularse en torno a la idea de relato de iniciación, pe… read more

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  • fiction
"Ese día aprendimos que éramos mapuche para los ojos de los otros. Antes de ese día éramos solo niñas y niños. Desde ese momento, cuado digo Cafulqueo, me siento otra. Cada vez que pronuncio esa palab…"

-Daniela Catrileo, Piñen

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27. El año en que hablamos con el mar

By: Andrés Montero

4.46

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Una isla, un pacto con el diablo, la campana de oro hundida, el cementerio sin cuerpos y una tabern… read more

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28. Être ici est une splendeur. Vie de Paula M. Becker

By: Marie Darrieussecq

4.09

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

Paula Modersohn-Becker voulait peindre et c’est tout. Elle était amie avec Rilke. Elle n’aimait pas… read more

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"Les femmes n'ont pas de nom. Elles ont un prénom. Leur nom est un prêt transitoire, un signe instable, leur éphémère. Elles trouvent d'autres repères. Leur affirmation au monde, leur "être là", leur …"

-Marie Darrieussecq, Être ici est une splendeur. Vie de Paula M. Becker

Cover of Si las cosas fuesen como son by Gabriela Escobar

29. Si las cosas fuesen como son

By: Gabriela Escobar

3.52

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

Premio de narrativa Juan Carlos Onetti (Uruguay) Una ruptura amorosa obliga a la narradora de … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Quiltras by Arelis Uribe

30. Quiltras

By: Arelis Uribe

3.90

Format: 111 pages, None

Quiltras es el primer libro de cuentos de la escritora Arelis Uribe, una joven autora que ha destac… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Bolaño por sí mismo, entrevistas escogidas by Andres Braithwaite

31. Bolaño por sí mismo, entrevistas escogidas

By: Andres Braithwaite

4.42

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Este volumen reúne once entrevistas a Roberto Bolaño, todas realizadas durante los últimos años de … read more

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8 best-selling literary fiction books like How to Order the Universe by María José Ferrada

Transform Your Habits

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

Deborah Levy , Violette Leduc , Derek Coltman

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Nie mówię żegnaj

Han Kang

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Hið heilaga orð

Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Long Live the Post Horn!

Vigdis Hjorth

3.67

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Transform Your Habits

Lance

Vladimir Nabokov

3.37

Transform Your Habits

The Three Electroknights

Stanisław Lem

3.33

Transform Your Habits

Three Japanese Short Stories

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

3.28

Transform Your Habits

Fame

Andy Warhol

3.55

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