11 best-selling scandinavian literature books like The New Water by Roy Jacobsen

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The New Water

By: Roy Jacobsen

3.30

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

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1. Alone (Detective D.D. Warren, #1)

By: Lisa Gardner

3.97

Format: 451 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Alone . . . Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through… read more

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"Let me be the first to say, there isn't a hell big enough for some of the assholes we have walking here on this earth."

-Lisa Gardner, Alone (Detective D.D. Warren, #1)

"How many infants are born each day - innocent, sweet, boundless - only to be ruined by the very people who have given them life?"

-Lisa Gardner, Alone (Detective D.D. Warren, #1)

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2. Vinternoveller

By: Ingvild H. Rishøi

3.82

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

Ingvild H. Rishois boker kan ikke unnga a berore leseren, og mer enn noen annen klarer hun a fremst… read more

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3. Andvake

By: Jon Fosse

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Alida og Asle er komne til Bjorgvin for a finne arbeid og ein stad a bu. Alida er hoggravid, men in… read more

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4. Dreamers

By: Tom Geddes , Knut Hamsun

3.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

The midnight sun illumines more than fishing and fjords in this remote northern Norwegian village. … read more

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5. The Birds

By: Tarjei Vesaas , Michael Barnes , None

4.20

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

With spare simplicity, this story tells the tale of Mattis, a mentally disabled man cared for by hi… read more

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6. Lessico famigliare

By: Natalia Ginzburg , Cesare Garboli

5.00

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Lessico famigliaree la storia di una famiglia ebrea, quella della stessa scrittrice, che si svolge … read more

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7. Antarctica

By: Claire Keegan

3.86

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Published to great critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, the iridescent stories in Claire… read more

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"That's the way it is in our house, everybody knowing things but pretending they don't."

-Claire Keegan, Antarctica

"I run the house now. The last man who said I was old enough got scalded. My mother always said there was nothing as bad as a burn. And she was right. It's turning out that I'm taking no nonsense from…"

-Claire Keegan, Antarctica

"Whatever you say, I'll manage. I will live out of a water barrel and check the skies. I will learn fifteen types of wind and know the weight of tomorrow's rain by the rustle in the sycamores. Make ne…"

-Claire Keegan, Antarctica

8. 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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9. Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle (Vivian Apple, #2)

By: Katie Coyle

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

"GET ANGRY. We should all be so pissed at the Church of America that we're willing to break our han… read more

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10. Olavs draumar

By: Jon Fosse

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

DOlavs draumar er ei draumelik, urovekkjande og klaustrofobisk forteljing, mest som ei bibelsk likn… read more

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11. Kveldsvævd

By: Jon Fosse

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

Kveldsvaevder ein frittstaande oppfolgjar til Andvakeog Olavs draumar. Her moter vi gamle Ales, dot… read more

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12. Mañana y tarde

By: Jon Fosse

3.88

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Un niño que se llamará Johannes llega al mundo. Fallece un anciano llamado Johannes. Entre estos do… read more

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"Ahora tú también estás muerto, Johannes, dice Peter Te moriste esta mañana, dice Y como yo era tu mejor amigo, me enviaron a recogerte, dice Pero ¿por qué hemos pescado cangrejos? dice Johannes Tenía…"

-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde

"Vart ska vi fara? säger Johannes Nej nu frågar du som om du fortfarande var vid liv, säger Peter Inte till någon plats? säger Johannes Nej dit vi nu ska, det är inte någon plats, och därför har den h…"

-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde

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13. Jeg burde kanskje ha sagt nei: Historier om alt som har skjedd meg fordi jeg er så dårlig til å sette grenser

By: Else Kåss Furuseth

3.79

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Hele Norges komiker og programleder Else Kåss Furuseth har ofte fått spørsmålet: «Hvorfor sa du ikk… read more

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14. Skråpånatta

By: Lars Mytting

4.61

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Skråpånatta er en episk roman om et bygdesamfunn og et Norge på vei inn i krig, om slekters gang og… read more

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15. Da vi var yngre

By: Oliver Lovrenski

4.27

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

Ivor vokser opp for raskt og savner det han aldri har hatt. Med seg har han Marco, Arjan og Jonas. … read more

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"de sier brødre? dere ække brødre, dere ikke er familie engang, men om vi ikke er familie, hvorfor er vi dem vi ringer hver gang ikke vi kan ringe noen andre, hvorfor er vi dem som er der når ingen an…"

-Oliver Lovrenski, Da vi var yngre

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16. Naustet

By: Jon Fosse

3.83

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

Tre dagar ein sommar utspeler det seg ei trekanthistorie mellom eg-personen, barndomskameraten Knut… read more

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"Eg går ikke ut lenger, ei uro er kommen over meg, og eg går ikkje ut."

-Jon Fosse, Naustet

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17. Blokka på Bjerke. Tretten år i tredje etasje

By: Bjørn Hatterud

4.22

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Tretten år i tredje etasje I tretten år har Bjørn Hatterud budd i ei blokk i Groruddalen i Oslo.… read more

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"Sjølvbiografiar skal ein aldri stole på, det er den mest spekulative forma for eventyr"

-Bjørn Hatterud, Blokka på Bjerke. Tretten år i tredje etasje

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18. Ik kom hier nog op terug

By: Rob van Essen

3.78

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Wanneer hij de mogelijkheid krijgt een fout uit het verleden te herstellen grijpt Rob Hollander dit… read more

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"Was het grote falen van mijn leven eigenlijk niet dat ik zo weinig had gefaald, omdat ik zo weinig had gedaan, omdat ik me zo weinig had verbonden, aan mensen, aan dingen? Ik had mezelf geen kans geg…"

-Rob van Essen, Ik kom hier nog op terug

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19. Stakkar

By: Matias Faldbakken

3.74

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

"En gang for ikke lenge siden kom et barn, stakkar, krypende ut fra skogen. Ungen kløv opp grøfteka… read more

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20. Löpa varg

By: Kerstin Ekman

3.97

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Då kom han ut. Han gjorde det med en självklarhet som var lätt att begripa; den här världen var ju … read more

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21. Minor Detail

By: Adania Shibli

4.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more

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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

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22. Wantij

By: Jaap Robben

3.98

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

De Waddenzee verdrinkt. Veel delen van het wad komen steeds vaker en langer onder water te staan, w… read more

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23. Kniven i ilden

By: Ingeborg Arvola

3.84

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Kniven i ilden er en fengslende historisk roman om arbeid og kjærlighet, sterkt samhold og fri erot… read more

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24. The Sixteen Trees of the Somme

By: Lars Mytting

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An engrossing literary novel about a family mystery, revenge, and forgiveness by the bestselling au… read more

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25. Niets is gelogen

By: Sacha Bronwasser

3.25

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Sacha Bronwasser debuteert met de prachtige roman Niets is gelogen, waarin een klein incident het u… read more

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26. De duiker (Liewe Cupido, #2)

By: Mathijs Deen

3.78

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Het tweede deel in 'De Hollander'-serie. Een dode duiker wordt gevonden voor de Duitse Waddenkust, … read more

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27. Abida Raja. Frihetens øyeblikk

By: Håkon F. Høydal

4.12

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

På 1980-tallet vokste Abida Raja opp midt i Oslo sentrum. Hun gikk på norsk skole, var norsk statsb… read more

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28. Het lichtschip

By: Mathijs Deen

3.67

Format: 125 pages, Hardcover

Voor de bemanning van het lichtschip Texel is het leven voorspelbaar, de leefruimte beperkt en de b… read more

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29. Råttkungen (Vanessa Frank, #2)

By: Pascal Engman

3.96

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

En ung kvinna hittas död i sin lägenhet i Täby, knivhuggen över tjugo gånger i bålen. Polisinspektö… read more

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30. Min skam. En historie om forventninger og løsrivelse

By: Nadia Ansar

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Med boken Min skam ønsker Nadia Ansar å bruke sin personlige og faglige stemme til å fortelle histo… read more

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31. The New Water

By: Roy Jacobsen

3.30

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

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2.67

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