18 best-selling fiction books like The invisible book: (epilogue) by Sergei Dovlatov

The invisible book: (epilogue)

By: Sergei Dovlatov

4.06

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

English, Russian (translation)

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1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

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"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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2. Baba Dunjas letzte Liebe

By: Alina Bronsky

4.10

Format: 154 pages, Hardcover

»Wenn ich mich in meinem Alter noch über Menschen wundern würde, käme ich nicht mehr zum Zähneputze… read more

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"Bananen sind Spiegelei für die Sinne, sie sind eigentlich zu süß, lassen sich aber gut kauen."

-Alina Bronsky, Baba Dunjas letzte Liebe

"Politika, žinoma, svarbu, bet vis tiek reikia pačiam žinoti, kada tręšti bulves, jei vėliau norėsi valgyti bulvių košę."

-Alina Bronsky, Baba Dunjas letzte Liebe

"Wir sind den Menschen unheimlich. Sie scheinen zu glauben, dass die Todeszone sich an die Grenzen hält, die Menschen auf Landkarten einzeichnen."

-Alina Bronsky, Baba Dunjas letzte Liebe

"Wie viel einfacher habe ich es mein ganzes Leben lang gehabt. Nie schön gewesen zu sein bedeutet, keine Angst gehabt zu haben, die Schönheit zu verlieren."

-Alina Bronsky, Baba Dunjas letzte Liebe

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3. L'Avversario

By: Emmanuel Carrère , Eliana Vicari Fabris

3.99

Format: 169 pages, Paperback

«Il 9 gennaio 1993 Jean-Claude Romand ha ucciso la moglie, i figli e i genitori, poi ha tentato di … read more

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"Il est notoire que les hommes les plus remarquables sont aussi les plus modestes, les moins soucieux de l'opinion qu'on a d'eux."

-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario

"Je n'ai jamais été aussi libre, jamais la vie n'a été aussi belle. Je suis un assassin, j'ai l'image la plus basse qui puisse exister dans la société, mais c'est plus facile à supporter que les vingt…"

-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario

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4. Factotum

By: Charles Bukowski

3.93

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

One of Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of as… read more

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"عشق به درد آدم‌های واقعی می‌خورد."

-Charles Bukowski, Factotum

"You bitch," I whispered, "I love you." Then I came."

-Charles Bukowski, Factotum

"A woman is a full time job. You have to choose your profession."

-Charles Bukowski, Factotum

"Моята пияна от бира душа е по-тъжна от всички мъртви коледни елхи по света"

-Charles Bukowski, Factotum

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5. The Pale King

By: David Foster Wallace , Michael Pietsch

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Hardcover

The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to ne… read more

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6. Oblomov

By: Ivan Goncharov , Stephen Pearl , Galya Diment

4.12

Format: 586 pages, Paperback

Even though Ivan Goncharov wrote several books that were widely read and discussed during his lifet… read more

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"Now or never. To be or not to be!"

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"Love was life's hardest school of all."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"You have a lunatic before you who has been infected by passion."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"The common herd of "burghers", those cattle, complete with horns, who turn millstones with their bare hands."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

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7. The Crocodile

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Samuel D. Cioran

3.18

Format: 183 pages,

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8. The Inspector General

By: Nikolai Gogol , None , None

2.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Considered the high point of Gogol's writing for the stage and a masterpiece of dramatic satire, Th… read more

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9. V.

By: Thomas Pynchon , Carlos Martín Ramírez

3.80

Format: 242 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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10. Amerika

By: Franz Kafka

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Kafka's first and funniest novel, Amerika tells the story of the young immigrant Karl Rossmann who,… read more

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11. The Queue (New York Review Books Classics)

By: Vladimir Sorokin

4.57

Format: None pages,

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12. Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more

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"Hey,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"One of these days,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

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13. The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.37

Format: 796 pages, Paperback

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more

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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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14. Bluets

By: Maggie Nelson

4.22

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color... A lyrical, philosophica… read more

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15. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

By: Raymond Carver

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Alternate-cover edition can be found  In his second collection, Carver establishes his reputation … read more

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16. Moscow to the End of the Line

By: Venedikt Erofeev , None

4.04

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

In this classic of Russian humor and social commentary, a fired cable fitter goes on a binge and ho… read more

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  • russia
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"...in Petushki the jasmine never stops blooming and the birds always sing..."

-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line

"В Сибири вообще никто не живет, одни только негры живут. Продуктов им туда не завозят, выпить им нечего, не говоря уж "поесть". Только один раз в год им привозят из Житомира вышитые полотенца - и нег…"

-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line

"Ард түмэн үхрийн мах худалдан авч чадахгүй байна, гэтэл архи түүнээс нь хямдхан байдаг, чухам иймээс л, орос эрчүүд ядуурлаас болж архи ууцгааж байна! Ард түмэн ном худалдан авч чадахгүй байна, яагаа…"

-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line

"I like the fact that my compatriots have such vacant and protruding eyes. They fill me with virtuous pride. You can imagine what eyes are like (in the capitalist world). ...such eyes look at you with…"

-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line

17. The Savage Detectives

By: Roberto Bolaño , Natasha Wimmer

4.48

Format: 334 pages,

New Year's Eve, 1975: Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima, founders of the visceral realist movement in p… read more

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18. Le otto montagne

By: Paolo Cognetti

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Pietro e un ragazzino di citta, solitario e un po' scontroso. La madre lavora in un consultorio di … read more

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19. The Sound and the Fury

By: William Faulkner

3.86

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: bea… read more

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"I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"with that sort of gigantic delicacy of an elephant picking up a peanut."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"Caddy put her arms around me, and her shining veil, and I couldn't smell trees anymore and I began to cry."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune"

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

20. Invitation to a Beheading

By: Vladimir Nabokov

4.89

Format: 78 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found  Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a … read more

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21. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

By: David Foster Wallace

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the bounda… read more

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22. Alice in Wonderland

By: Lewis Carroll , Jane Carruth , Rene Cloke

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

This is an adaptation. For the editions of the original book, see here. Alice's Adventures in Wo… read more

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"Who ARE You?"

-Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

"Intendo dire"

-Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

"Curiouser and curiouser!"

-Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"

-Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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23. Bel-Ami

By: Guy de Maupassant , Douglas Parmée

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Guy de Maupassant's scandalous tale of an opportunistic young man corrupted by the allure of power,… read more

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"In fact living is dying."

-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami

"Vivre enfin, c'est mourir!"

-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami

"The only certainty is death."

-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami

"In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king."

-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami

24. Dubliners

By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more

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25. Triste tigre

By: Neige Sinno

4.23

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

J'ai voulu y croire, j'ai voulu rêver que le royaume de la littérature m'accueillerait comme n'impo… read more

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"C'est vrai qu'aucun [...] n'avait vu ce que nous pouvions voir nous, les enfants et ma mère, au sein du foyer, où il se comportait comme un tyran. Et c'est quand même ça qui ressort avant tout de cet…"

-Neige Sinno, Triste tigre

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26. Vi avverto che vivo per l'ultima volta. Noi e Anna Achmatova

By: Paolo Nori

3.80

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

«E noi, che cosa stiamo diventando? E io, cosa sono diventato?» si chiede Paolo Nori. E la risposta… read more

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  • russia
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27. Yoga

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.87

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

C'est l'histoire d'un livre sur le yoga et la dépression. La méditation et le terrorisme. L'aspirat… read more

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28. La ricreazione è finita

By: Dario Ferrari

4.24

Format: 480 pages, ebook

Marcello è un trentenne senza un vero lavoro, resiste ai tentativi della fidanzata di rinsaldare il… read more

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29. Post Office

By: Charles Bukowski

3.94

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life … read more

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"It began as a mistake."

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"من يراهن كثيراً يخسر حصانه ص 154"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"المحترف يذهب إلى السباقات بمفرده ص 81"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"لا تحب المرأة أن تكون في المرتبة الثانية ص 161"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

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30. I russi sono matti

By: Paolo Nori

3.61

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Quando per un viaggio organizzato si ritrova nel ruolo insolito di guida tra le strade di San Pietr… read more

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  • russia

31. The invisible book: (epilogue)

By: Sergei Dovlatov

4.06

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

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10 best-selling russia books like The invisible book: (epilogue) by Sergei Dovlatov

Transform Your Habits

Baba Dunjas letzte Liebe

Alina Bronsky

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Oblomov

Ivan Goncharov , Stephen Pearl , Galya Diment

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Crocodile

Fyodor Dostoevsky , Samuel D. Cioran

3.18

Transform Your Habits

The Inspector General

Nikolai Gogol , None , None

2.70

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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace

4.15

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Hygiène de l'assassin

Amélie Nothomb

4.11

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The Gentle Spirit

Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Libri che mi hanno rovinato la vita e altri amori malinconici

Daria Bignardi

3.26

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