20 best-selling fiction books like Un'eredità e la sua storia by Ivy Compton-Burnett

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Un'eredità e la sua storia

By: Ivy Compton-Burnett

3.56

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

Unico plausibile parallelo a Jane Austen, Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884-1969) passò una vita in apparen…

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1. A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"A Murder is Announced" is a staple of crime fiction and often considered as the best Miss Marple n… read more

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"الناس في الظلام مختلفين كثيرا"

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"Use that fluff of yours you call a brain."

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy."

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"إن الجرائم الصغيرة تؤدي إلى الجرائم الكبيرة .. أليس كذلك ؟"

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

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2. The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel

By: Hiromi Kawakami , Allison Markin Powell

3.74

Format: 336 pages,

From the author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this funny, heartwarming story about love, life, … read more

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  • fiction
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3. The Soul of Kindness

By: Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Bailey

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

' "Here I am!" Flora called to Richard as she went downstairs. For a second, Meg felt disloyalty. I… read more

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  • fiction
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4. Burial Rites

By: Hannah Kent

2.62

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant literary debut, inspired by a true story: the final days of a young woman accused of mu… read more

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Cover of A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple, #10) by Agatha Christie

5. A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple, #10)

By: Agatha Christie

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

There is no rest or relaxation for Miss Marple. Miss Jane Marple, Agatha Christie's most appealing… read more

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  • fiction
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6. I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death

By: Maggie O'Farrell

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary memoir--told entirely in near-death experiences--from one of Britain's best-sellin… read more

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7. A Quiet Place

By: Seichō Matsumoto , Louise Heal Kawai

3.43

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a he… read more

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8. La solterona

By: Edith Wharton

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Edith Wharton firma una nouvelle magistral, que explota la que fuera una de sus obsesiones recurren… read more

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9. Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #23)

By: Agatha Christie

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Set at the Jolly Roger, a posh vacation resort for the rich and famous on the southern coast of Eng… read more

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10. The End of the Affair

By: Graham Greene , Monica Ali

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look… read more

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  • fiction
"As long as one suffers one lives."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"Why do we have this desire to tease the innocent? Is it envy?"

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"I can never think of you as a friend. You can do without a friend."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

11. La balada del norte. Tomo 1

By: Alfonso Zapico , None

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Hardcover

Madrid, 1933. Tristan Valdivia, periodista sin periodico, editor sin exito y amante sin ilusion, ab… read more

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12. Out Stealing Horses

By: Per Petterson , Anne Born

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

We were going out stealing horses. That was what he said, standing at the door to the cabin where I… read more

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13. Clarissa

By: Stefan Zweig , None

4.62

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

<>: ainsi Stefan Zweig resumait-il le theme de ce roman, entrepris dans les derniers temps de sa vi… read more

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14. The Sound of the Mountain

By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

By day Ogata Shingo is troubled by small failures of memory. At night he hears a distant rumble fro… read more

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15. The Price of Salt, or Carol

By: Patricia Highsmith , Claire Morgan

4.02

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Patricia Highsmith's story of sexual obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely … read more

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"She hated cleaning up after making something."

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

"Love was supposed to be a kind of blissful insanity."

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

"It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?"

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

"What else mattered except being with Carol, anywhere, anyhow?"

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

16. Bonsai

By: Alejandro Zambra

3.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Winner of Chile's Literary Critics' Award for Best Novel" Now a Major Motion Picture Hailed as a g… read more

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17. Bad Girls

By: Camila Sosa Villada

4.43

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Gritty and unflinching, yet also tender, fantastical, and funny, a trans woman’s coming-of-age tale… read more

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"Nosotras habíamos nacido ya expulsadas del armario,esclavas de nuestra apariencia."

-Camila Sosa Villada, Bad Girls

"Cuando una puerta se cierra, se abre una ventana, pero hay que ser muy ágil para entrar o salir por la ventana"

-Camila Sosa Villada, Bad Girls

"La infancia y las travestis son incompatibles. La imagen de una travesti con un niño en brazos es pecado para esa gentuza."

-Camila Sosa Villada, Bad Girls

"A las travestis no nos nombra nadie, salvo nosotras. El resto de la gente ignora nuestros nombres, usa el miso para todas: putos."

-Camila Sosa Villada, Bad Girls

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18. Case Study

By: Graeme Macrae Burnet

3.60

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

“I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting … read more

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  • fiction
"Forget about meaning’, he said. ‘Life’s not about meaning, it’s about experience."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

"It is impossible to walk behind someone on a narrow cliff path without the idea of shoving them over the edge crossing one’s mind."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

"To be in another country, speaking another language, was to be another person, and in being another person I felt for the first time that I was myself."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

"Her handbag, he said, was found on the scene. I made a mental note to carry out a thorough spring clean of contents of my own bag before throwing myself in front of any trains."

-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study

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19. La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

By: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Un magistral roman d'apprentissage, une saisissante enquête sur les traces d'un mystérieux auteur m… read more

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  • fiction
"Nunca intentes decir de qué habla un gran libro. O si lo haces, la única respuesta posible es: de nada."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"He alcanzado el estado terminal de la inmigración: simplemente ya no creo en la posibilidad del regreso."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"Estuvo tanto tiempo en el exilio - medio siglo! - que nos decíamos que debía de haberse dejado una parte de sí mismo por el camino"

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"Nos apetece hablar de todo, menos del exilio. De todas formas, no hay nada que decir sobre el exilio. No conozco un tema más molesto en este mundo."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

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20. El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

By: Tatiana Țîbuleac

4.35

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Plena de emoción y crudeza, Tatiana Ţîbuleac muestra una intensísima fuerza narrativa en este bruta… read more

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  • fiction
"De ce nu începuse mama să moară mai devreme?"

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

"Te he querido, Aleksy, te he querido como he podido."

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

"Ni rien ni personne ne m'intéressait, et je ne pensais ni à l'avenir ni au présent. Je vivais du passé, comme les pauvres vivent de pain rassis."

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

"La imposibilidad de morir cuando tenía la necesidad absoluta de hacerlo fue la injusticia más grande que se ha cometido conmigo, y conmigo se han cometido muchas injusticias."

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

Cover of El ángel de la ciudad (Kraken, #2) by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi

21. El ángel de la ciudad (Kraken, #2)

By: Eva García Sáenz de Urturi

3.92

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Un espléndido y decadente palazzo arde en una pequeña isla veneciana donde se celebra un encuentro … read more

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Cover of Agua y jabón by Marta D. Riezu

22. Agua y jabón

By: Marta D. Riezu

3.78

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Preguntaron a Cecil Beaton: ¿qué es la elegancia? Y respondió: agua y jabón. Que es lo mismo que de… read more

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"Hay un tipo de persona terca, libre y con empuje para apartarse del discurso ortodoxo de su gremio. Ni siquiera se da cuenta, no funciona a la contra, solo hace lo que le da la gana y cree en ello ci…"

-Marta D. Riezu, Agua y jabón

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23. Un amor

By: Sara Mesa

3.58

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

La historia de Un amor ocurre en La Escapa, un pequeño núcleo rural donde Nat, una joven e inexpert… read more

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24. La familia

By: Sara Mesa

3.73

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

La contundente radiografía de una familia, de sus heridas latentes, fragilidades, contradicciones y… read more

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"Cansa que siempre haga eso, pero no lo puede evitar, ella es así, piensa como una cirujana, con la frialdad de una cirujana."

-Sara Mesa, La familia

"La contempla con lo que a ella le parece una sospecha impropia, ese tipo de actitud suspicaz de aquellos de quienes se ríen todo el tiempo y ya no se fían de nadie"

-Sara Mesa, La familia

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25. La città dei vivi

By: Nicola Lagioia

4.20

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Nel marzo 2016, in un anonimo appartamento della periferia romana, due ragazzi di buona famiglia di… read more

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"Ci sono le città dei vivi, popolate da morti. E poi ci sono le città dei morti, le uniche dove la vita abbia ancora un senso."

-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi

"Distruggere il più debole. Oppure indebolire il più forte per poi distruggerlo. L'aggressione come garanzia per la sopravvivenza. Colpire per sottrarsi alla paura di essere colpiti. Sentirsi impotent…"

-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi

"«A questo punto mi pare evidente che il problema siamo noi, – fece uno degli scrittori, – intendo noi romani, la classe dirigente è lo specchio del nostro marciume, tutto è marcio, anche i turisti. I…"

-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi

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26. Luna llena

By: Aki Shimazaki

4.00

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

En una pequeña localidad japonesa, el matrimonio compuesto por Tetsuo y Fujiko Nire vive apacibleme… read more

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27. Supersaurio

By: Meryem El Mehdati

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Se llama Meryem, pero nadie escribe bien su nombre. Tiene veinticinco años y acaba de empezar a tra… read more

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"La literatura e Internet me salvaron en la adolescencia: suena exagerado, pero es la realidad. De no haber sido por ambas yo ahora sería otra persona. Una facha, o peor, una liberal."

-Meryem El Mehdati, Supersaurio

"Cuando te endureces nada puede tocarte así que nada te hace daño, no sientes ni padeces y durante un tiempo está bien, ser invulnerable, impenetrable, un cactus al sol. Tarde o temprano descubres que…"

-Meryem El Mehdati, Supersaurio

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28. La señora Potter no es exactamente Santa Claus

By: Laura Fernández

3.26

Format: 605 pages, Paperback

La fama de la desapacible Kimberly Clark Weymouth, una pequeña ciudad eternamente aquejada por hela… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of El dique (Blackwater, #2) by Michael McDowell

29. El dique (Blackwater, #2)

By: Michael McDowell

3.82

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Mientras Perdido se recupera de la inundación, se propone la construcción de un dique que impida un… read more

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"Grace began to understand. "I have friends," she protested. "I have Zaddie." "Zaddie is just a little colored girl," Mary-Love pointed out. "It's all right to play with Zaddie, but she's not your rea…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"Mary-Love liked to see herself as the family cornucopia, dispensing all manner of good things, unstintingly, unceasingly. She considered herself amply rewarded by her children's gratitude, and if she…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"That her niece should find such profound pleasure in the company of a thirteen-year-old black girl--and, more to the point, always within the precincts of Elinor's house--was a slap in Mary-Love's fa…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"To the little girl the house seemed a gigantic head, and she only a morsel of meat conveniently positioned in its gaping mouth. The front porch was that grinning mouth, the white porch railing its lo…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

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30. Un'eredità e la sua storia

By: Ivy Compton-Burnett

3.56

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

Unico plausibile parallelo a Jane Austen, Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884-1969) passò una vita in apparen… read more

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10 must-read novels books like Un'eredità e la sua storia by Ivy Compton-Burnett

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Transform Your Habits

The Soul of Kindness

Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Bailey

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The End of the Affair

Graham Greene , Monica Ali

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Case Study

Graeme Macrae Burnet

3.60

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Las primas

Aurora Venturini

3.91

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Things We Lost in the Fire

Mariana Enríquez , Megan McDowell

4.06

Tengo Miedo Torero

Pedro Lemebel

4.00

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Bad Girls

Camila Sosa Villada

4.43

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