6 must-read classics books like Winter's King by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Winter's King

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

3.82

Format: 32 pages, ebook

"Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a phil…

"Comfort came to them rare, welcome, and unsought: an accident, like joy."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, Winter's King

"Comfort came to them rare, welcome, and unsought: an accident, like joy."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, Winter's King

If you liked the classics plot in Winter's King by Ursula K. Le Guin , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Famine, Affluence, and Morality

By: Peter Singer

4.11

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

In 1972, the young philosopher Peter Singer published "Famine, Affluence and Morality," which rapid… read more

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2. The Gathering

By: Anne Enright

3.13

Format: 261 pages, Paperback

Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular voice… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"A drinker does not exist. Whatever they say, it is just the drink talking"

-Anne Enright, The Gathering

"I must console him for the distance we have moved from the place where he stopped."

-Anne Enright, The Gathering

"the kind of person took milk in his tea on one day and decided against it on the next."

-Anne Enright, The Gathering

"Jej błękit zajął miejsce w szarych zakamarkach jego mózgu i pozostał tam do końca życia"

-Anne Enright, The Gathering

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3. The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)

By: Edward Abbey

4.08

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Ed Abbey called The Monkey Wrench Gang, his 1975 novel, a "comic extravaganza." Some readers have r… read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"The night. The stars. The river."

-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)

"I piss on you from a considerable height."

-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)

"Poor Hayduke: won all his arguments but lost his immortal soul."

-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)

"There are some places so beautiful they can make a grown man break down and weep."

-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)

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4. The Third Policeman

By: Flann O'Brien

3.97

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death… read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Strange enlightenments are vouchsafed to those who seek the higher places."

-Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

"The first beginnings of wisdom...is to ask questions but never to answer any."

-Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

"My father...was a man who understood all dogs thoroughly and treated them like human beings."

-Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

"Thoughts which have no chance of succeeding do not take the trouble to come into your head at all."

-Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

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5. Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.46

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"I don't see where you get off fretting about whether or not the end of the world is family-friendly."

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"Hey there," the steely abomination said with infinite, Buddha-like compassion, "it looks like you're trying to come to grips with the existence of events and entities far beyond your experience and, …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"Are you kind enough, on your little planet, not to shut that rhythm down? Not to crush underfoot the singers of songs and tellers of tales and wearers of silk? Because it's monsters who do that. Who …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"But all he had up Robert's perfect sleeve was two rubbishy songs that were more gimmick than the white-hot fire of real music , the sort of music people would play over and over in their bedrooms at …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

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6. To a God Unknown

By: John Steinbeck , Robert DeMott

3.95

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne … read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
  • american
"He's eating God the way a bear eats meat against the winter."

-John Steinbeck, To a God Unknown

"مرگ حتی هنگامی‌که میدانیم باید بیاید ما را به وحشت می‌اندازد."

-John Steinbeck, To a God Unknown

"ما همه او را دوست داشتیم، اما میان محبت و تنفر فاصله اندکی وجود دارد."

-John Steinbeck, To a God Unknown

"These were words to clothe a naked thing, and the thing is ridiculous in clothes."

-John Steinbeck, To a God Unknown

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7. Babel-17

By: Samuel R. Delany

4.25

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Babel-17is all about the power of language. Humanity, which has spread throughout the universe, is … read more

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  • classics
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
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8. Oorlogswinter

By: Jan Terlouw

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Michiel van 15 maakt de laatste bittere oorlogswinter van 1944/45 mee. Eerst als toeschouwer, later… read more

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  • fiction

9. CryoBurn (Vorkosigan Saga, #14)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

10. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.06

Format: None pages, ebook

Three years after her famous husband's death, Cordelia Vorkosigan, widowed Vicereine of Sergyar, st… read more

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11. Babel-17/Empire Star

By: Samuel R. Delany

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Author of the bestselling Dhalgrenand winner of four Nebulas and one Hugo, Samuel R. Delany is one … read more

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12. The Purloined Letter

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.00

Format: 468 pages, Library Binding

The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his t… read more

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13. The Flowers of Vashnoi

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.10

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

Still new to her duties as Lady Vorkosigan, Ekaterin is working together with expatriate scientist … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Tea Master and the Detective (The Universe of Xuya) by Aliette de Bodard

14. The Tea Master and the Detective (The Universe of Xuya)

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.85

Format: 93 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the Scattered Pearls Belt, a collection of ring habitats and orbitals ruled by exiled hu… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
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15. Defekt (LitenVerse, #2)

By: Nino Cipri

4.09

Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition

Derek is LitenVärld's most loyal employee. He lives and breathes the job, from the moment he wakes … read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. The Easy Life

By: Marguerite Duras

3.79

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For the first time in English, literary icon Marguerite Duras's foundational masterpiece about a yo… read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
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17. The Black God's Drums

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.01

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Instead, she wants to … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. Riot Baby

By: Tochi Onyebuchi

3.72

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor's son murdered … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"When you have a purpose that doesn't involve hurting someone else, it changes the way you walk."

-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby

"Look at outside. We don't have drug dealers on the corners anymore. I can't remember the last time someone was shot on this block. My church-goers can come and go in peace." "When there isn't a curfe…"

-Tochi Onyebuchi, Riot Baby

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19. Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2)

By: Emily Tesh

3.98

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This second volume of the Greenhollow duology once again invites readers to lose themselves in the … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

20. The Genesis of Misery

By: Neon Yang

3.44

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy from Neon Yang, author of The Black Tides of Heaven, full … read more

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  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Winter's King by Ursula K. Le Guin

21. Winter's King

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

3.82

Format: 32 pages, ebook

"Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a phil… read more

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  • classics
  • american
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"Comfort came to them rare, welcome, and unsought: an accident, like joy."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, Winter's King

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