13 best-selling classics books like Haiku by Matsuo Bashō

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Haiku

By: Matsuo Bashō

4.06

Format: 64 pages, Mass Market Paperback

By combining the ideals of karumi - lightness of touch - and oneness with nature, Bashō (1644-94) r…

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Cover of رباعيات خيام by محمدعلی فروغی, Omar Khayyám, None

1. رباعيات خيام

By: محمدعلی فروغی , Omar Khayyám , None

4.17

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Khayyam as a poet possesses a singular originality. His … read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
"فعاشر الناس على ريبة .. منهم ولا تكثر منَ الأصدقاء"

-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام

"Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires."

-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام

"Ah, my Belovéd, fill the cup that clears To-day of past Regret and future Fears."

-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام

"The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one."

-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام

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2. A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees

By: Yoshida Kenkō , Meredith McKinney

3.74

Format: 51 pages, Paperback

'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune wi… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"It is the ephemeral nature of things that makes them wonderful."

-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees

"After all, things thought but left unsaid only fester inside you."

-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees

"Knowledge leads to deception; talent and ability only serve to increase earthly desires."

-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees

"I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky"

-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees

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3. Averno

By: Louise Glück

4.18

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Averno is a small crater lake in southern Italy, regarde… read more

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  • poetry
  • fiction
"Is it possible to miss the opportunity of one's life?"

-Louise Glück, Averno

"What will you do, when it is your turn in the field with the god?"

-Louise Glück, Averno

"My memory is like a basement filled with old papers: nothing ever changes."

-Louise Glück, Averno

"If your soul died, whose life are you living, and when did you become that person?"

-Louise Glück, Averno

Cover of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda, W.S. Merwin, Cristina García

4. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

By: Pablo Neruda , W.S. Merwin , Cristina García

4.21

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown p… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
"Tonight I Can Write"

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

"I remembered you with my soul clenched"

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

"I want to fill my mouth with your name."

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

"Every day you play with the light of the universe."

-Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Cover of The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

5. The Masque of the Red Death

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

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6. Les Fleurs du Mal

By: Charles Baudelaire , Richard Howard

4.20

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

Charles Baudelaire's 1857 masterwork was scandalous in its day for its portrayals of sex, same-sex … read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
"L'orage rajeunit les fleurs"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"I am the vampire at my own veins."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"Beauty, you walk on corpses, mocking them;"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

Cover of Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, Gia-Fu Feng, Jane English, Jacob Needleman, Toinette Lippe

7. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Cover of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind

8. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

By: Peter Biskind

4.12

Format: None pages,

This down-and-dirty romp through Hollywood in the 1970s introduces the young filmmakers--Coppola, S… read more

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9. The Illustrated Man

By: Ray Bradbury

4.13

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Oh, death in space was most humorous."

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

"I shall remain on Mars and read a book."

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

"Did all dying people feel this way, as if they had never lived?"

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

"Nothing ever likes to die--not even a room. (p.23 --> The Veldt)"

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

Cover of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, Edward Gorey

10. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

By: T.S. Eliot , Edward Gorey

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

T. S. Eliot's playful cat poems have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since t… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories by Joyce Carol Oates

11. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

The sixties and seventies witnessed the emergence of Joyce Carol Oates as one of America's foremost… read more

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  • classics
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12. Six Characters in Search of an Author

By: Luigi Pirandello , Edward Storer

3.91

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

One of the major figures of modern theater, Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) wrote dramas and satires t… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction

13. The Star Rover

By: Jack London , Lorenzo Carcaterra

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

The Star Rover, in the UK published as The Jacket, is a collection of short stories revolves around… read more

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14. Akira, Vol. 1

By: None , Katsuhiro Otomo , None , None

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The science fiction tale set in 2019 in Tokyo after the city was destroyed by World War III, follow… read more

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15. The Joke

By: Milan Kundera

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its p… read more

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16. The World of Yesterday

By: Stefan Zweig , Harry Zohn

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, but it was his biographies that expre… read more

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17. Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures

By: André Gide

3.68

Format: 248 pages, Pocket Book

« Nathanaël, je t'enseignerai la ferveur. Une existence pathétique, Nathanaël, plutôt que la tranq… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
"ای کاش «اهمیت» در نگاه تو باشد نه در چیزی که به آن می‌نگری."

-André Gide, Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures

"My happiness is made of fervour. Through the medium of all things without distinction, I have passionately worshipped"

-André Gide, Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures

"Commandements de Dieu, vous avez rendu malade mon âme, / Vous avez entouré de murs les seuls eaux pour me désaltérer."

-André Gide, Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures

"Que toute émotion sache te devenir une ivresse. Si ce que tu manges ne te grise pas, c'est que tu n'avais pas assez faim."

-André Gide, Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures

18. Capital of Pain

By: Paul Éluard , Mary Ann Caws , Patricia Terry

4.17

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Capital of Pain, is considered one of the key texts of surrealism. This is the first new translatio… read more

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19. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

By: Tim Burton

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burtonhas … read more

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20. Gather Together in My Name

By: Maya Angelou

3.15

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

This is a continuation of Maya Angelou's personal story, begun so unforgettably in her bestselling … read more

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21. Bonjour tristesse

By: Françoise Sagan

3.72

Format: 154 pages, Mass Market Paperback

(English follows French) La villa est magnifique, l'été brûlant, la Méditerranée toute proche. C… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Je serais intelligente, cultivée, un peu détachée, comme Anne."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Il est très vaniteux ou très peu sûr de lui, comme vous voulez."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Bet juk taip malonu paklusti savo impulsams, o paskui gailėtis..."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Et de plus, Cyril m'aimait ... cette pensée suffisait à mon euphorie."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

22. 20th Century Boys, Band 01 (20th Century Boys, #1)

By: Naoki Urasawa

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

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23. On ne badine pas avec l'amour

By: Alfred de Musset , None

3.96

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

Camille et Perdican partagent sans doute la meme religion de l'amour ideal, mais melee de vehemence… read more

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24. La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière

By: Panayotis Pascot

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

« Ce livre me fait peur. Le processus a été douloureux. Mon père nous a annoncé qu’il n’allait pas … read more

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"Je crois que j’ai une mémoire de la souffrance qui s’efface, par sympathie pour moi-même peut-être, pour avancer avec des valises plus légères"

-Panayotis Pascot, La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière

"Daumesnil, quartier Ehpad, rempli de vieux de droite qui attendent que la mort (qui est clairement de gauche puisqu’elle attrape tout le monde sans distinction) vienne les choper dans leur sommeils"

-Panayotis Pascot, La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière

"À quoi ça sert de faire mon lit, je vais le défaire ce soir ? Si on laisse cette pensée gagner on est foutu, c’est l’essence même de la vie de faire pour défaire. Après c’est pourquoi voir mes amis, …"

-Panayotis Pascot, La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière

Cover of Všetko, čo nás spája: Príbeh slovenskej Vietnamky by Kvet Nguyen

25. Všetko, čo nás spája: Príbeh slovenskej Vietnamky

By: Kvet Nguyen

4.59

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Už pri jej narodení sa vyskytli problémy s identitou, pridelili jej totiž nesprávne rodné číslo. Mo… read more

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26. Svědectví o životě v KLDR

By: Nina Špitálníková

4.78

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Dění v Severní Koreji bedlivě sledují média a politici po celém světě, přesto se k nám z této země … read more

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27. Hotel Balkán

By: Miroslava Kuľková

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Každá balkánska krajina má svoj hotel Balkán – cudzinu aj domov, v ktorom sme dočasne, a predsa je … read more

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28. Prechádzky so psami

By: Gianfranco Calligarich

3.99

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Večer čo večer berie starnúci spisovateľ svojich dvoch psíkov na prechádzku po jednej z rímskych ul… read more

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Cover of Mladík / Událost by Annie Ernaux

29. Mladík / Událost

By: Annie Ernaux

4.47

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

Kniha představuje dva texty nositelky Nobelovy ceny Annie Ernauxové. V Mladíkovi padesátiletá autor… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Palestine (Essential Translations Series) by Hubert Haddad

30. Palestine (Essential Translations Series)

By: Hubert Haddad

3.38

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Somewhere in the West Bank, an Israeli patrol is assaulted by a Palestinian commando. One Israeli s… read more

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  • fiction
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31. Haiku

By: Matsuo Bashō

4.06

Format: 64 pages, Mass Market Paperback

By combining the ideals of karumi - lightness of touch - and oneness with nature, Bashō (1644-94) r… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • japan

13 Best fiction books like Haiku by Matsuo Bashō

Transform Your Habits

رباعيات خيام

محمدعلی فروغی , Omar Khayyám , None

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Averno

Louise Glück

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Pablo Neruda , W.S. Merwin , Cristina García

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

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16 must-read fiction books like Mladík / Událost by Annie Ernaux

Transform Your Habits

Ça raconte Sarah

Pauline Delabroy-Allard

3.47

Transform Your Habits

Rozložíš paměť

Marek Torčík

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Táto izba sa nedá zjesť

Nicol Hochholczerová

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Motherhood

Sheila Heti

3.66

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