8 best-selling nonfiction books like Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia by Marie Darrieussecq

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Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia

By: Marie Darrieussecq

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A restless inquiry into the cultural and psychic sources of insomnia by one of contemporary French …

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1. Memory Theatre

By: Simon Critchley , None

3.59

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A French philosopher dies during a savage summer heat wave. Boxes carrying his unpublished miscella… read more

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2. The Young Man

By: Annie Ernaux

3.61

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • france
  • biography
  • memoir
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3. Triste tigre

By: Neige Sinno

4.23

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

J'ai voulu y croire, j'ai voulu rêver que le royaume de la littérature m'accueillerait comme n'impo… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • france
"C'est vrai qu'aucun [...] n'avait vu ce que nous pouvions voir nous, les enfants et ma mère, au sein du foyer, où il se comportait comme un tyran. Et c'est quand même ça qui ressort avant tout de cet…"

-Neige Sinno, Triste tigre

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4. The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild

By: Mathias Énard

3.59

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

To research his thesis on contemporary agrarian life, anthropology student David Mazon moves from P… read more

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  • france
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5. Madame Hayat

By: Ahmet Altan

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Fazil, le jeune narrateur de ce livre, part faire des études de lettres loin de chez lui. Devenu bo… read more

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  • france
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6. 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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"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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7. La chair est triste hélas

By: Ovidie

4.17

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

" J'ai repensé à ces innombrables rapports auxquels je m'étais forcée par politesse, pour ne pas fr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • france
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8. Aquí no es Miami

By: Fernanda Melchor

4.17

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Las crónicas de Fernanda Melchor dan cuenta de la degradación humana en uno de sus aspectos más sór… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
"El estilo narrativo de Jorge me intrigaba: sabía entretejer el relato directo de lo sucedido con fragmentos de diálogo, con ademanes aferrados a su cuerpo, con sus propios pensamientos, los presentes…"

-Fernanda Melchor, Aquí no es Miami

"Siempre me ha parecido inquietante la contigüidad que existe entre la crónica de sociales y la nota roja, no sólo porque estas dos secciones suelen aparecer juntas en los diarios del puerto (a menudo…"

-Fernanda Melchor, Aquí no es Miami

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9. Exteriors

By: Annie Ernaux

3.57

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Taking the form of random journal entries over the course of seven years, Exteriors concentrates on… read more

Similar categories in Annie Ernaux's Exteriors book and Marie Darrieussecq's Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • essays
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10. L’amour

By: François Bégaudeau

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

J'ai voulu raconter l'amour tel qu'il est vécu la plupart du temps par la plupart des gens : sans c… read more

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  • france
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11. La petite menteuse

By: Pascale Robert-Diard

3.47

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

A quinze ans, Lisa est une adolescente en vrac, à la spontanéité déroutante. Elle a eu des seins av… read more

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  • france
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12. Alphabetical Diaries

By: Sheila Heti

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour. Sheila Heti kept a… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Heti's Alphabetical Diaries book and Marie Darrieussecq's Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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13. Histoire du fils

By: Marie-Hélène Lafon

3.51

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Le fils, c'est André. La mère, c'est Gabrielle. Le père est inconnu. André est élevé par Hélène,… read more

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  • france
"Gabrielle se méfie du passé, elle s'en défend ; à son âge, cinquante-huit, bientôt cinquante-neuf ans, une femme a tout à craindre de son passé, les regrets, les remords, la nostalgie, le goût de fer…"

-Marie-Hélène Lafon, Histoire du fils

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14. It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

By: Anne de Marcken

3.82

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Co-winner of the 2022 Novel Prize, this incredible life-after-death novel asks us to consider how m… read more

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"Fasting makes sense of the hunger. The constant internal grasping. The only sensible answer to this is to always withdraw the thing after which I grasp. To subvert. To thwart. To deny. It closes the …"

-Anne de Marcken, It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

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15. Que notre joie demeure

By: Kevin Lambert

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Un spectre hante le roman de Kevin Lambert : le spectre du capitalisme. L’éblouissante Céline Wacho… read more

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  • france
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16. Mild Vertigo

By: Mieko Kanai

3.55

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Housewife Natsumi leads a small, unremarkable life in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and… read more

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17. Affinities: On Art and Fascination

By: Brian Dillon

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A meditation on the power and pleasures of the image, from paintings to photographs to migraine aur… read more

Similar categories in Brian Dillon's Affinities: On Art and Fascination book and Marie Darrieussecq's Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia

  • nonfiction
  • essays
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18. Brian

By: Jeremy Cooper

3.83

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

A tender meditation on friendship and the importance of community,  Brian  is also a tangential wor… read more

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19. The Book of All Loves

By: Agustín Fernández Mallo

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

In the wake of the Great Blackout, faced with the near-extinction of humanity, a pair of lovers spe… read more

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20. Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia

By: Marie Darrieussecq

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A restless inquiry into the cultural and psychic sources of insomnia by one of contemporary French … read more

Similar categories in Marie Darrieussecq's Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia book and Marie Darrieussecq's Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia

  • biography
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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21. La vie clandestine

By: Monica Sabolo

3.39

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"Je tenais mon sujet. Un groupe de jeunes gens assassinent un père de famille pour des raisons idéo… read more

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  • france

5 Best essays books like Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia by Marie Darrieussecq

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Fernanda Melchor

4.17

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Annie Ernaux

3.57

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4.02

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3.89

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Brigitte Giraud

3.58

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Anthony Passeron

4.31

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Veiller sur elle

Jean-Baptiste Andrea

4.28

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Fanny Ruwet

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