24 Top fiction books like De walgvogel by Jan Wolkers

Cover of De walgvogel by Jan Wolkers

De walgvogel

By: Jan Wolkers

3.67

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

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1. De passievrucht

By: Karel Glastra van Loon

3.29

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

De passievrucht is de ontroerende en indringende bestseller van Karel Glastra van Loon over de zoek… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction
"Om te zien wat er in de wereld voor ons gebeurt hebben we anderen nodig, zoals blinden een geleidenhond"

-Karel Glastra van Loon, De passievrucht

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2. Joe Speedboot

By: Tommy Wieringa

3.70

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

Joe Speedboot is een roman over liefde en rivaliteit, over een verlosser zonder belofte en een hero… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction
"De absolute prijsbok van het schoolplein."

-Tommy Wieringa, Joe Speedboot

"In tijden van droogte sterven de bloemen als eerste."

-Tommy Wieringa, Joe Speedboot

"Angst en overmoed, dat is de motor van de geschiedenis."

-Tommy Wieringa, Joe Speedboot

"Het was groot machtsvertoon, de alfadieren op hun best."

-Tommy Wieringa, Joe Speedboot

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3. A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

By: Haruki Murakami , Alfred Birnbaum

3.94

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

His life was like a recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taki… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"I’m forever realizing things too late."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"A friend to kill time is a friend sublime."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"The light of morning decomposes everything."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"Sometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

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4. The Plague

By: Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert

4.02

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947. It tells the story from the point of … read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

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5. The Assault

By: Harry Mulisch , Claire Nicolas White , None , None

4.01

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

It is the winter of 1945, the last dark days of World War II in occupied Holland. A Nazi collaborat… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • fiction
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6. Hersenschimmen

By: J. Bernlef

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

Maarten Klein verliest langzaam maar zeker zijn greep op de werkelijkheid. Hij kan heden en verlede… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction
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7. Nooit meer slapen

By: Willem Frederik Hermans

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Nooit meer slapen is het meesterlijke verhaal van de jonge geoloog Alfred Issendorf, die in het moe… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction
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8. The World According to Garp

By: John Irving

4.10

Format: 610 pages, Hardcover

This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields—a feminist leader ahead o… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"...energy begets energy."

-John Irving, The World According to Garp

"Bonkie bit Garp!" Garp bit Bonkie"

-John Irving, The World According to Garp

"In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases"

-John Irving, The World According to Garp

"...the demands of writing and of real life are not always similar."

-John Irving, The World According to Garp

9. Het gouden ei

By: Tim Krabbé

4.00

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Rex Hofmans vriendin verdwijnt spoorloos bij een Frans TOTAL benzinestation, terwijl ze met Rex een… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • fiction
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10. Een schitterend gebrek

By: Arthur Japin

3.91

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In zijn memoires vermeldt Casanova terloops dat Lucia een van de weinige vrouwen is die hij ooit on… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction
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11. Caesarion

By: Tommy Wieringa

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Tijdens zware winterstormen ontlaadt de Noordzee zich op de kust van East Anglia, beetje bij beetje… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction

12. Eenzaam avontuur

By: Anna Blaman

3.59

Format: 83 pages, Hardcover

Dubbelverhaal over een schrijver wiens huwelijk mislukt en die de hierdoor in hem gewekte gevoelens… read more

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13. 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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14. The Rider

By: Sam Garrett , Tim Krabbé

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

A literary sports classic, finally available in the U.S. Originally published in the Netherlands in… read more

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15. Twee vrouwen

By: Harry Mulisch

3.71

Format: 498 pages, Paperback

'Als je je altijd een dochter voelt, is er maar een manier om van je moeder af te komen, en dat is … read more

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16. Dit zijn de namen

By: Tommy Wieringa

3.57

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Een grensstad in de steppe. Uit de vlakte duikt een groep verwilderde vluchtelingen op. Ze veroorza… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction

17. A Farewell to Arms

By: Ernest Hemingway , نجف دریابندری

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the war to end all wars. He volunteered for ambulance serv… read more

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18. De engelenmaker

By: Stefan Brijs

3.90

Format: 429 pages, Paperback

Op 13 oktober 1984 keert na een afwezigheid van bijna twintig jaar Doktor Victor Hoppe terug naar z… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction
Cover of Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Ralph Manheim, William T. Vollmann

19. Journey to the End of the Night

By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann

4.19

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of soci… read more

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  • literature
  • roman
  • fiction
"If you aren't rich you should always look useful."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"When you write, you should put your skin on the table."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"Sonuçta savaş dediğiniz şey, anlamadığınız ne varsa odur"

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

20. Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel

By: None , David Floyd

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

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21. The Twins

By: Tessa de Loo , Ruth Levitt

3.61

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Separated as young children before World War II, two sisters are reunited accidentally seven decade… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction
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22. Old God's Time

By: Sebastian Barry

3.85

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, … read more

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  • fiction
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-de immòbil, feliç i inútil"

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-se immòbil, feliç i inútil"

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

"No one minds life as long as they are not trying to leave it. Nor death, as long as they are not dying."

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

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23. The Discomfort of Evening

By: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

3.45

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

I thought about being too small for so much, but that no one told you when you were big enough ... … read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction
"In de nacht is iedereen leeftijdsloos."

-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening

"We can't simply swap God - he's the strongest Pokémon card we have."

-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening

"Onze dagen zullen verlengd worden, net zoals we boeken uit de bibliotheek verlengen om er langer in te kunnen verdwalen zonder kans te maken op een geldboete."

-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening

"En nu, doordat ik door mijn wimpers keek had ik ook het idee dat moeder en de veearts niet doorhadden dat ik meeluisterde, dat ik in gedachten de trekken rondom moeders mond en ogen uit kon gummen om…"

-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening

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24. De Camino

By: Anya Niewierra

4.00

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

In het nieuwe boek van Hebban Thrillerprijs-winnaar Anya Niewierra komt er een duister geheim naar … read more

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  • roman
  • fiction
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25. Aleksandra

By: Lisa Weeda

3.55

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Met verbluffend vertelplezier en met alle literaire stijlmiddelen die tot haar beschikking staan ve… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • fiction
Cover of La plus secrète mémoire des hommes by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

26. 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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  • literature
  • roman
  • 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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27. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

By: David Graeber

4.20

Format: 692 pages, Hardcover

A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more

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"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

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28. 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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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction
"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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29. The Dinner

By: Herman Koch

3.21

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition can be found here An internationally bestselling phenomenon: the darkly … read more

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  • fiction
"Non bisogna sempre sapere tutto l’uno dell’altro. I segreti non ostacolano la felicità"

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

"When people get a chance to come close to death without having it touch them personally, they never miss the opportunity."

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

"Ik dacht aan de tijd, de verstrijkende tijd om precies te zijn, hoe onmetelijk, hoe onafzienbaar, hoe lang en donker en leeg één uur kan zijn. Wie zo denkt heeft helemaal geen lichtjaren nodig."

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

"You sometimes hear about people who have lost their sense of smell and taste: for those people, a plate of the most delicious food means nothing at all. That was how I looked at life sometimes, as a …"

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

Cover of De walgvogel by Jan Wolkers

30. De walgvogel

By: Jan Wolkers

3.67

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction
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31. Alle tijd

By: Ronald Giphart

3.87

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Hun vriendschap begon bij de ontelbare avonden in hun stamcafé, avonden die nooit ophielden. Ze raa… read more

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  • literature
  • dutch literature
  • roman
  • fiction

21 must-read literature books like De walgvogel by Jan Wolkers

Transform Your Habits

De passievrucht

Karel Glastra van Loon

3.29

Transform Your Habits

Joe Speedboot

Tommy Wieringa

3.70

Transform Your Habits

A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

Haruki Murakami , Alfred Birnbaum

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Plague

Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert

4.02

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Transform Your Habits

De passievrucht

Karel Glastra van Loon

3.29

Transform Your Habits

Joe Speedboot

Tommy Wieringa

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Dorsvloer vol confetti

Franca Treur

3.20

Transform Your Habits

The Assault

Harry Mulisch , Claire Nicolas White , None , None

4.01

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