14 best-selling fiction books like Bezorgde ouders by Gerard Reve

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Bezorgde ouders

By: Gerard Reve

3.50

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

"Bezorgde Ouders" behelst het goeddeels historische verhaal over één etmaal in het geteisterde leve…

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1. The Marquise of O— and Other Stories

By: Heinrich von Kleist , None , Nigel Reeves

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baff… read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"In M---, an important town in northern Italy, the widowed Marquise of O---, a lady of unblemished reputation and the mother of several well-brought-up children, inserted the following announcement in…"

-Heinrich von Kleist, The Marquise of O— and Other Stories

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2. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

By: Nikolai Gogol

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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3. Castle Dor

By: Daphne du Maurier , None

3.44

Format: 48 pages, ebook

br>A spellbinding love story, Castle Dorwas the unfinished last novel of the British novelist Sir A… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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4. Nostalgia

By: Mircea Cărtărescu , Julian Semilian

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Mircea Cartarescu, born in 1956, is one of Romania's leading novelists and poets. This translation … read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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5. How I Came to Know Fish

By: Robert McDowell , Ota Pavel , Jindriska Badal

4.05

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Unassuming and unforgettable, the stories of How I Came to Know Fish memorialize Ota Pavel's childh… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"When I felt better, I tried to remember what had been beautiful in my life. I did not think about love or how I had wandered all over the world. I did not think about night flights across the ocean o…"

-Robert McDowell, How I Came to Know Fish

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6. A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction

7. A Song of Truth and Semblance

By: Cees Nooteboom , Adrienne Dixon

4.10

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

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8. I racconti di Pietroburgo

By: Nikolai Gogol , Pietro Zveteremich

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nei racconti del ciclo pietroburghese la capitale (che all'ucraino Gogol appare come una citta non … read more

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9. Het verdriet van België

By: Hugo Claus

4.09

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

Het verdriet van Belgieomspant de periode 1939-1947: vrede, oorlog en vrede. Louis Seynaeve is elf … read more

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10. Journey to the End of the Night

By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann

4.19

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of soci… read more

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  • fiction
  • novels
  • classics
  • 20th century
"If you aren't rich you should always look useful."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"When you write, you should put your skin on the table."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"Sonuçta savaş dediğiniz şey, anlamadığınız ne varsa odur"

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

11. Het dwaallicht

By: Willem Elsschot

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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12. Alles wat er was

By: Hanna Bervoets

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Acht mensen komen op een zondag in een schoolgebouw samen voor de opnamen van een wetenschapsprogra… read more

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13. De Camino

By: Anya Niewierra

4.00

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

In het nieuwe boek van Hebban Thrillerprijs-winnaar Anya Niewierra komt er een duister geheim naar … read more

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  • fiction
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14. Serotonin

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.58

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

»Es ist nicht die Zukunft, es ist die Gegenwart, die dich tötet, die wiederkommt, um an dir zu nage… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"[...] chiaramente sto semplificando ma se non si semplifica non si conclude niente."

-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin

"nic nas nie koi równie łatwo jak świadomość innych niż nasze dramatów, które nam zostały oszczędzone"

-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin

"An atmosphere of general catastrophe always alleviates individual catastrophe- that's probably why suicides are so rare in wartime"

-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin

"... it isn't the future but past that kills you, that comes back to torment and undermine you, and effectively ends up killing you."

-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin

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15. Lessons

By: Ian McEwan

4.00

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, … read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Books are difficult to tidy. Hard to chuck out. They resist."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"Only the backward look, the well-researched history could tell peaks and troughs from portals."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"What must it be, to burst out of deep infant sleep into the shocking singular fact of existence."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"The years slid over old deaths like a heavy lid. Nearly everything that happens to you in life you forget. Should have kept a journal."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

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16. Time Shelter

By: Georgi Gospodinov

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his l… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Има ли миналото срок на годност?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Time feeds on us. We are food for time."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Ако не сме в нечия памет, има ли ни изобщо?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"There is no time machine except the human being."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

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17. Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris

By: Anjet Daanje

4.38

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

Eliza May Drayden, het hoofdpersonage van Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris, is al dood als de ro… read more

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  • dutch literature
  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"De berg heeft zijn duistere kant verloren, het is een vriend geworden, zijn enige, want hij durft niemand meer te vertrouwen."

-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris

"Alles verliest zijn waarde als het er altijd is, alsof je langzaam blind wordt. Dat hij van Sally hield, begreep hij ook pas toen ze langer de zijne was."

-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris

"Een uur is een object, zo lijkt het, waarvan ze de omvang inschat aan de hand van wat haar ogen zien, en hier is niets dan duisternis, als een nachtkaars is de tijd gedoofd."

-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris

"Alleen vanaf de drempel kijkend naar onze versimpelde, geordende wereld der grote dingen, ervaren we verandering, en dus Tijd. Die Tijd is het gevolg van ons onvermogen om de wereld te zien zoals hij…"

-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris

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18. Faith, Hope and Carnage

By: Nick Cave

4.44

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more

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"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

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19. Gezinsverpakking

By: Bart Chabot

3.26

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

De Chabotten ― vier broers, twee ouders en een hond. Alle zeven verhalen ze in Gezinsverpakking ove… read more

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  • dutch literature
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20. Flamingo beach

By: Suzanne Vermeer

2.55

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

Tara en haar man Amir beleven hun droomvakantie in een prachtig resort op Curaçao. Maar dan, midden… read more

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  • fiction
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21. Bezorgde ouders

By: Gerard Reve

3.50

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

"Bezorgde Ouders" behelst het goeddeels historische verhaal over één etmaal in het geteisterde leve… read more

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  • classics
  • dutch literature
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • novels
  • queer

8 Best novels books like Bezorgde ouders by Gerard Reve

Transform Your Habits

The Marquise of O— and Other Stories

Heinrich von Kleist , None , Nigel Reeves

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Nostalgia

Mircea Cărtărescu , Julian Semilian

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Journey to the End of the Night

Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Serotonin

Michel Houellebecq

3.58

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7 Top fiction books like Flamingo beach by Suzanne Vermeer

Transform Your Habits

De Camino

Anya Niewierra

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Stemmen in het duister (Maud O'Connor, #2)

Nicci French

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Flamingo beach

Suzanne Vermeer

2.55

Transform Your Habits

De nomade

Anya Niewierra

4.06

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