23 Best fiction books like Menschen neben dem Leben by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

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Menschen neben dem Leben

By: Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

4.12

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Leicht haben es die Protagonisten in Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’ Debütroman nicht. Sie sind die wah…

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1. Pienin yhteinen jaettava (#1)

By: Pirkko Saisio

3.88

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

Isän äkillinen kuolema sysää keski-ikäisen tyttären muistot liikkeelle, ja lapsuuden maisema saa uu… read more

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  • fiction
"Avaan kirjan. Luen ensimmäisen sivun kirjasta. Koska lukeminen sujuu aika hyvin, luen heti perään toisenkin rivin. Luen koko sivun. Luen koko kirjan. Sitten makaan nuorisohetekalla ja itken, enkä ymm…"

-Pirkko Saisio, Pienin yhteinen jaettava (#1)

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2. El busto del emperador

By: Joseph Roth

4.02

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

Escrito en 1934 este breve relato se ocupa de uno de los grandes temas de Joseph Roth: el derrumbe … read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
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3. La leggenda del santo bevitore

By: Joseph Roth , Chiara Colli Staude

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

La leggenda del santo bevitorefu pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1939, pochi mesi dopo la morte d… read more

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  • german literature
  • novels
  • fiction
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4. The Stone Diaries

By: Carol Shields

3.89

Format: 361 pages, Paperback

The Stone Diaries is one ordinary woman's story of her journey through life. Born in 1905, Daisy St… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"From surfeit to loss is a short line."

-Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries

"Here's to another year and let's hope it's above ground."

-Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries

"It was as though she had veered, accidentally, into her own life."

-Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries

"A bedjacket speaks of desperation, and what it says is: toodle-oo."

-Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries

5. Measuring the World

By: Daniel Kehlmann , Carol Brown Janeway

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann conjures a brilliant and gently comic novel from the live… read more

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6. Invisible Collection

By: Stefan Zweig

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The first of these two Stefan Zweig tales, The Invisible Collection, is about a blind collector of … read more

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7. Prophet Song

By: Paul Lynch

4.10

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more

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  • fiction
"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

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8. Morele ambitie

By: Rutger Bregman

3.71

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

De grootste verspilling van onze tijd is de verspilling van talent. Iedere carrière duurt 2.000 wer… read more

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"De geschiedenis doet niks. Mensen doen dingen."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

"Het doel van leiderschap is om meer leiders te produceren, niet meer volgers."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

"De grote advieskantoren zitten vol met toptalenten die niet weten wat ze met hun talent aan moeten, en daarom maar consultant zijn geworden."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

"Ja, we hebben activisten nodig die strijden tegen al het onrecht in het hier en nu, maar er is ook behoefte aan makers en bouwers van de toekomst."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

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9. 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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  • german literature
  • novels
  • germany
  • fiction
"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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10. Shy

By: Max Porter

3.63

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you’… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"He could learn to speak this language: night-end."

-Max Porter, Shy

"He feels colossally sad. Blisteringly sad. Almost ecstatically sad."

-Max Porter, Shy

"Shy said It's our music, coming out of our shit towns, it's not from Staten Island or Seattle or Detroit, it's from Walsall and Watford. Shaun and his mate Andy burst out laughing and Andy did a sque…"

-Max Porter, Shy

"He smells of pond. Everything smells of pond. He feels like he could sniff his way into individual microbes, earthy worming growgreen liquid stink, newts and shoots, silty, fruity, and as he walks he…"

-Max Porter, Shy

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11. Das Café ohne Namen

By: Robert Seethaler

3.68

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

Ein Café und seine Menschen. Ein Mann, der seiner Sehnsucht folgt. Robert Seethalers neuer Roman. … read more

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  • german literature
  • novels
  • fiction
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12. Day

By: Michael Cunningham

3.57

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"

-Michael Cunningham, Day

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13. Ik ga naar de schapen

By: Marieke De Maré

4.14

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In dit verhaal proberen vijf mensen het moeilijkste raadsel ter wereld op te lossen. Als ze dat ni… read more

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14. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

By: Nathan Thrall

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Named a Best Book of the Year by The N… read more

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15. The City and Its Uncertain Walls

By: Haruki Murakami

3.82

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessen… read more

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  • fiction
"Vielleicht ist das einer der Problempunkte an der Ewigkeit. Dass man nun mal nicht weiß, wohin man sich fortan wenden soll. Aber was ist eine Liebe wert, die nicht nach Ewigkeit strebt?"

-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

"Später war er so freundlich, mir in einem Satz zu erklären, warum er im Alltag immer einen Rock trug. "Vor allem fühle ich mich, wenn ich einen Rock trage, wie die Zeilen eines schönen Gedichts."

-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

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16. Whale Fall

By: Elizabeth O'Connor

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dis… read more

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  • fiction
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17. Das späte Leben

By: Bernhard Schlink

3.77

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Martin, sechsundsiebzig, wird von einer ärztlichen Diagnose Ihm bleiben nur noch wenige Monate. Se… read more

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  • german literature
  • novels
  • germany
  • fiction
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18. Lichtspiel

By: Daniel Kehlmann

4.28

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

Einer der Größten des Kinos, vielleicht der größte Regisseur seiner Epoche: Zur Machtergreifung dre… read more

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  • german literature
  • novels
  • germany
  • fiction
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19. Siblings

By: Brigitte Reimann

3.55

Format: 133 pages, Paperback

'Spare, chilling, with wild flashes of vivid colour and the tempo of a thriller, Siblings jolts us … read more

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  • german literature
  • novels
  • germany
  • fiction
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20. In het oog

By: Marijke Schermer

3.92

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Op een dag krijgt Nicola geen geld meer voor haar bacterie-onderzoek, terwijl ze iets groots op het… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Ik wist dat volwassen mensen dit soort gesprekken voerden, dit soort gesprekken hoorden te voeren, dat je moest praten en je gevoelens moest uiten en naar de gevoelens van de ander moest luisteren en…"

-Marijke Schermer, In het oog

"Maakt het uit, vroeg ik, maakt het iets uit of je weet waarom iemand je verlaat? Leiden gesprekken over waarom en hoe en met welke gevoelens ergens toe? Het verhaal kan immers een leugen zijn, en de …"

-Marijke Schermer, In het oog

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21. Des diables et des saints

By: Jean-Baptiste Andrea

4.36

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

C'est une histoire d'orphelin et d'amour. Celle d'un vieil homme qui joue divinement du Beethoven s… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Je sortis, ivre de ces premières colères de l'adolescence, les poings remplis d'éclairs qu'on lance au petit bonheur."

-Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Des diables et des saints

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22. Bechamel Mucho

By: Dimitri Verhulst

3.44

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

In dit ultieme zomerboek volgen we Alex, entertainer bij een clubhotel op Mallorca. Wie zijn we als… read more

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  • fiction
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23. There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

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24. Duidelijkheid

By: Tom-Jan Meeus

3.88

Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition

'Duidelijkheid' is het essay van de Maand van de Filosofie 2024. Vanaf de eeuwwisseling veranderen … read more

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25. De ondergang van de familie Boslowits

By: Gerard Reve

3.59

Format: 50 pages, Hardcover

Novelle over de ondergang van een joods gezin in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. read more

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  • fiction
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26. Ma reine

By: Jean-Baptiste Andrea

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Un conte initiatique où tout est vrai, tout est rêve, tout est roman. Shell n’est pas un enfant … read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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27. Menschen neben dem Leben

By: Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

4.12

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Leicht haben es die Protagonisten in Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’ Debütroman nicht. Sie sind die wah… read more

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  • german literature
  • novels
  • germany
  • fiction
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28. Zukunftsmusik

By: Katerina Poladjan

3.35

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Der neue Roman von Katerina Poladjan über vier Generationen von Frauen, eine Kommunalka und das End… read more

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  • german literature
  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of Marte in Ariete by Alexander Lernet-Holenia

29. Marte in Ariete

By: Alexander Lernet-Holenia

3.69

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Questo romanzo non solo racconta un’avventura, che oscilla fra il nostro e altri mondi, ma la sua o… read more

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  • fiction
"Quando si ama veramente qualcuno, disse lei, avesse anche perduto gli occhi, si riuscirebbe comunque a vederlo, e avesse anche perduto le braccia, si riuscirebbe comunque ad abbracciarlo."

-Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Marte in Ariete

"Il cielo sopra la sua vettura era disseminato di un'enorme quantità di stelle, sembrava addirittura una polvere d'oro - l'oro che i conquistadores inviavano ai loro sovrani via mare - rovesciata da s…"

-Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Marte in Ariete

"Sleep: the moon still hasn't moved the width of a constellation since you were a girl. Since you have become a woman, the stars that stand above the halls of Palladios have not yet disappeared behind…"

-Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Marte in Ariete

"Without a doubt the sense of beauty does not lie determined in the concreteness of an individual beautiful thing or person. Rather its purpose is much more the enchantment of the soul, for there is n…"

-Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Marte in Ariete

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30. De havermelkelite

By: Jonas Kooyman

3.45

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

Ben je twintiger of dertiger (of vooruit, veertiger)? Woon in je in een voormalige volksbuurt in d… read more

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31. Wolf

By: Lara Taveirne

4.74

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Lara groeit op in een bruisend gezin van vijf kinderen. De jongste, het nakomertje, heet Wolf. Op z… read more

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15 must-read novels books like Menschen neben dem Leben by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

Transform Your Habits

La leggenda del santo bevitore

Joseph Roth , Chiara Colli Staude

3.69

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The Stone Diaries

Carol Shields

3.89

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Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

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Shy

Max Porter

3.63

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L'Epaisseur d'un cheveu

Claire Berest

3.55

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Reste

Adeline Dieudonné

3.55

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Éric Chacour

4.43

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Lilia Hassaine

3.59

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