5 must-read literature books like Heart Sutra by Yan Lianke

Cover of Heart Sutra by Yan Lianke

Heart Sutra

By: Yan Lianke

3.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Multi-prizewinning and internationally acclaimed Yan Lianke -- 'China's most controversial novelist…

"If you truly want to leave, there will always be a way."

-Yan Lianke, Heart Sutra

"... books were still books - printed words on paper, like any other commodity that can be thrown away after being used. A book's fate is like a person's life, and no one can escape this inexorable path toward death..."

-Yan Lianke, Heart Sutra

If you liked the literature plot in Heart Sutra by Yan Lianke , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Nälkävuosi by Aki Ollikainen

1. Nälkävuosi

By: Aki Ollikainen

4.07

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

Nalka on se kissanpentu jonka Paju-Lauri pisti sakkiin ja hukutti avantoon. Se raapii pienilla kyns… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of A Summer to Remember (Bedwyn Prequels, #2) by Mary Balogh

2. A Summer to Remember (Bedwyn Prequels, #2)

By: Mary Balogh

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Mary Balogh weaves a tantalizing web of wit and seduction in her new novel--an irresistible tale of… read more

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  • fiction

3. No One Writes Back

By: Jung Yewon , None

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

Communication--or the lack thereof--is the subject of this sly update of the picaresque. read more

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4. Winter Notes on Summer Impressions

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Gary Saul Morson , David A. Patterson , David Patterson

4.43

Format: 85 pages, Paperback

Winter Notes on Summer Impressions (?????? ??????? ? ?????? ????????????) is an early book-length e… read more

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5. Greek Lessons

By: Han Kang

3.47

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • novels
"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

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6. Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

By: Leah Hazard

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus--from birth to death, in sickness and in h… read more

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7. Żywot i śmierć pana Hersha Libkina z Sacramento w stanie Kalifornia

By: Ishbel Szatrawska

4.38

Format: 203 pages, Paperback

Ocalały z Shoah emigrant z Polski przybywa do Stanów Zjednoczonych, by robić karierę w Hollywood. W… read more

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  • fiction
"Ja tylko chcę być raz w życiu człowiekiem! Ja chcę raz w życiu zobaczyć, że nie jestem inny! Że jestem postacią, która ma własne życie!"

-Ishbel Szatrawska, Żywot i śmierć pana Hersha Libkina z Sacramento w stanie Kalifornia

"W ogóle mamy tendencję, by wspominać spektakularne wydarzenia. Jak pan się zastanowi, zorientuje się pan, że życie to także drobiazgi i to głównie one dodają całości smaku. Nieważne, co pan ma na tal…"

-Ishbel Szatrawska, Żywot i śmierć pana Hersha Libkina z Sacramento w stanie Kalifornia

Cover of Wszyscy tak jeżdżą by Bartosz Józefiak

8. Wszyscy tak jeżdżą

By: Bartosz Józefiak

4.20

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Samochód to wolność. Za pomocą samochodu pokazujemy, na co nas stać. Polacy od lat przodują w liczb… read more

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9. Bliscy

By: Annie Ernaux

4.14

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Czy da się uciec od swojego pochodzenia? Jak pragnienie awansu społecznego wpływa na kolejne pokole… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Chwile wieczności by Kjersti Anfinnsen

10. Chwile wieczności

By: Kjersti Anfinnsen

3.92

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Wszyscy się kiedyś zestarzejemy - Chwile wieczności mogą nas do tego przygotować. Na Chwile wiec… read more

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  • fiction
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11. Golden Age

By: Wang Xiaobo

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Like Gary Shteyngart or Michel Houellebecq, Wang Xiaobo is a Chinese literary icon whose satire for… read more

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  • novels
  • literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • china
"Death was always at your back, an infinite darkness coming to swallow you. I felt miniscule. No matter what I did, I would still be just as miniscule. But so long as I could walk, I could outrun deat…"

-Wang Xiaobo, Golden Age

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12. Ghost Music

By: An Yu

3.51

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For three years, Song Yan has filled the emptiness of her Beijing apartment with the tentative note… read more

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  • asian literature
  • literary fiction
  • china
  • fiction
"What brought me a touch of comfort was knowing not that my husband was there, asleep on the other side of the wall, but that there was a stranger, across the street, still awake and listening to the …"

-An Yu, Ghost Music

Cover of The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse

13. 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

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  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
"...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 Jak nie zabiłem swojego ojca i jak bardzo tego żałuję by Mateusz Pakuła

14. Jak nie zabiłem swojego ojca i jak bardzo tego żałuję

By: Mateusz Pakuła

4.11

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

To jest opowieść o umieraniu. Szczera, intymna do granic, groteskowa, brutalna, smutna i okropnie ś… read more

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Cover of Łakome by Małgorzata Lebda

15. 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
Cover of Sterben im Sommer by Zsuzsa Bánk

16. Sterben im Sommer

By: Zsuzsa Bánk

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Seinen letzten Sommer verbringt der Vater am Balaton, in Ungarn, der alten Heimat. Noch einmal sitz… read more

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17. A History of Burning

By: Janika Oza

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic, sweeping historical debut novel spanning continents and a century, and how one act of surv… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"What was love but one long act of forgiveness, of choosing to return, over and over again."

-Janika Oza, A History of Burning

Cover of Ulica Żółtego Błota by Can Xue

18. Ulica Żółtego Błota

By: Can Xue

3.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Can Xue to jeden z najbardziej wyrazistych głosów literackiej sceny Chin. Autorka kilkunastu powieś… read more

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  • china
Cover of Brotherhood by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

19. Brotherhood

By: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s searing and thought-provoking debut novel, Brotherhood takes place in the im… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of Heart Sutra by Yan Lianke

20. Heart Sutra

By: Yan Lianke

3.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Multi-prizewinning and internationally acclaimed Yan Lianke -- 'China's most controversial novelist… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • china
"If you truly want to leave, there will always be a way."

-Yan Lianke, Heart Sutra

"... books were still books - printed words on paper, like any other commodity that can be thrown away after being used. A book's fate is like a person's life, and no one can escape this inexorable pa…"

-Yan Lianke, Heart Sutra

Cover of Magiczna rana by Dorota Masłowska

21. Magiczna rana

By: Dorota Masłowska

3.73

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Długo oczekiwany prozatorski powrót Doroty Masłowskiej Trashowa powieść, która w obłąkańczo zaba… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction

14 Top fiction books like Heart Sutra by Yan Lianke

Transform Your Habits

Nälkävuosi

Aki Ollikainen

4.07

Transform Your Habits

A Summer to Remember (Bedwyn Prequels, #2)

Mary Balogh

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Greek Lessons

Han Kang

3.47

Transform Your Habits

Żywot i śmierć pana Hersha Libkina z Sacramento w stanie Kalifornia

Ishbel Szatrawska

4.38

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21 Top fiction books like Greek Lessons by Han Kang

Transform Your Habits

Greek Lessons

Han Kang

3.47

Transform Your Habits

Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

Cho Nam-Joo

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Baumgartner

Paul Auster

3.78

Transform Your Habits

L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

Michael Bible

3.60

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