11 Best czech literature books like Letters from Holland by Karel Čapek

Cover of Letters from Holland by Karel Čapek

Letters from Holland

By: Karel Čapek

3.98

Format: None pages, None

Schetsen in woord en beeld van Nederland door de Tsjechische auteur (1890-1938) bij diens bezoek aa…

If you liked the czech literature plot in Letters from Holland by Karel Čapek , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal, Josef Škvorecký, Edith Pargeter

1. Closely Watched Trains

By: Bohumil Hrabal , Josef Škvorecký , Edith Pargeter

3.74

Format: 85 pages, Paperback

Bohumil Hrabal's post-war classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovak… read more

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  • 20th century
  • czech literature
"آن غرش و سر و صدای یک قطار در حال حرکت،همیشه یکسان است،درست مثل زمان صلح که قطار، هر شب، مربع‌ها و مستطیل‌های نور را از پنجره‌های درخشان خود می‌پراکند."

-Bohumil Hrabal, Closely Watched Trains

Cover of Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

2. Pygmalion

By: George Bernard Shaw

3.89

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and Ne… read more

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"What you are to do without me I cannot imagine."

-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion

"Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby"

-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion

"La vida no consiste en buscarse a sí mismo, sino en crearse a sí mismo"

-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion

"I'm willing to tell you. I'm wanting to tell you. I'm waiting to tell you."

-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion

Cover of Kytice by Karel Jaromír Erben

3. Kytice

By: Karel Jaromír Erben

3.96

Format: 162 pages,

Sbírka baladických básní K. J. Erbena právem patří mezi klasická díla české literatury. Nejznámější… read more

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  • czech literature
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4. On the Road

By: Jack Kerouac

3.61

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more

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  • travel
  • 20th century
"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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5. Hana

By: Alena Mornštajnová

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Treti roman uspesne ceske autorky. Existuje-li neco, co proveruje opravdovost lidskeho zivota, pak … read more

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  • czech literature
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6. The Egg

By: Andy Weir

3.41

Format: None pages, ebook

A short story about the universe. read more

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7. 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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8. A Single Man

By: Christopher Isherwood

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving p… read more

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9. Death in Venice

By: Thomas Mann , Michael Cunningham , Michael Henry Heim

3.74

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann -- here in a new translation by Michael … read more

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"Nothing gladdens a writer more than a thought that can become pure feeling and a feeling that can become pure thought."

-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

"Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph."

-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

"Denn der Mensch liebt und ehrt den Menschen , solange er ihn nicht zu beurteilen vermag, und die Sehnsucht ist ein Erzeunis mangelhafter Erkenntnis."

-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

"Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden."

-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

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10. Audience

By: Václav Havel

2.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Forming part of the Vanek Plays trilogy, Audience is a cleverly-constructed satire on power and tho… read more

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  • czech literature
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11. Krysař

By: Viktor Dyk

3.69

Format: 79 pages, Paperback

Útlá knížka, jejímž jádrem je staroněmecká pověst, je vrcholem autorova prozaického díla, jakousi r… read more

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  • czech literature
"Srdce jest drobná a zcela zbytečná věc."

-Viktor Dyk, Krysař

"Nebylo třeba pomoci boží; pomohu si sám."

-Viktor Dyk, Krysař

"Mějte ženy, ale nedopouštějte, aby ženy měly vás."

-Viktor Dyk, Krysař

"Nejmenuji se; jsem nikdo. Jsem hůř než nikdo, jsem krysař."

-Viktor Dyk, Krysař

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12. The Man Who Planted Trees

By: Jean Giono

3.85

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, The Man Who Planted Trees is a parable for modern t… read more

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13. Feet of Clay (Discworld, #19; City Watch, #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Sorry?' said Carrot. If it's just a thing, how can it commit murder? A sword is a thing' - he drew… read more

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Cover of Pierre and Luce by Romain Rolland, Andrew Moore, None

14. Pierre and Luce

By: Romain Rolland , Andrew Moore , None

3.59

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Paris, 1918: Amidst the cries of fanatic patriots bent on war, a tender relationship slowly develop… read more

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  • 20th century

15. More Than We Can Tell

By: Brigid Kemmerer

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of Letters to the Lostcomes a heart-wrenching story of two teens with big secrets a… read more

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16. Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Neighbours... hah. People'd live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their w… read more

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17. Dobytí severního pólu Čechem Karlem Němcem 5. dubna 1909

By: Zdeněk Svěrák , Jára Cimrman , Ladislav Smoljak

3.74

Format: 646 pages, Paperback

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18. May

By: Marcela Sulak , Karel Hynek Mácha , None

3.42

Format: 121 pages, Hardcover

Often compared to Byron, Keats, Shelley, and Poe, called Lautreamont's "elder brother" by the Czech… read more

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  • czech literature
"Time yet to come? Tomorrow's day? Still, still some dream will time repay, Or sleep too deep for dreaming? Perhaps this life which here I live Is but a sleep, and dawn will give Only another seeming?…"

-Marcela Sulak, May

Cover of Baptism of Fire (The Witcher, #3) by Andrzej Sapkowski

19. Baptism of Fire (The Witcher, #3)

By: Andrzej Sapkowski

4.25

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher … read more

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"Nie polują wilcy samotnie! <...> Jedyną czynnością, która dobrze wychodzi samotnym, jest samogwałt."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Baptism of Fire (The Witcher, #3)

"«Sulla strada dell’eternità, ognuno procederà lungo la propria scala, portando il proprio fardello.»"

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Baptism of Fire (The Witcher, #3)

"Cuando alguien me comunica que es apolítico, siempre pregunto en qué política concreta está pensando."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Baptism of Fire (The Witcher, #3)

"In tutto il mondo l’onore è sceso di prezzo, perché al giorno d’oggi è una merce difficile da vendere"

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Baptism of Fire (The Witcher, #3)

Cover of The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

20. The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1

By: Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Half-demon Luo Binghe rose from humble beginnings and a tortured past to become unrivaled in streng… read more

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"Dumfuck Author, Dumbfuck Novel!"

-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1

"Dumbfuck author, dumbfuck novel!"

-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1

"The more they felt, the greater the damage they received."

-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1

"Shen QingQiu lo fissò, e disse, “Vuoi diventare forte? Abbastanza forte da non avere pari, al punto che nessuno sotto questi cieli possa gareggiare con te?"

-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1

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21. Sunkissed

By: Kasie West

3.81

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Will the stars align? Avery has always used music as an escape. But after her best friend betray… read more

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"He gave me a slow smile. 'If she likes me back, she probably doesn't do a lot of thinking."

-Kasie West, Sunkissed

Cover of Rozložíš paměť by Marek Torčík

22. Rozložíš paměť

By: Marek Torčík

4.38

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Ve 3.37 probudí hrdinu románu telefon a noční hovor s matkou rozčeří hladinu vzpomínek. Vrací ho do… read more

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  • czech literature
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23. The Years

By: Annie Ernaux

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work and a breakout bestseller when… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Sauver quelque chose du temps où l'on ne sera plus jamais."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"The profusion of things concealed the scarcity of ideas and the erosion of beliefs."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"Je ne suis nulle part dans le temps. Il est l'ange qui fait revivre le passé, rend éternel."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

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24. Call It What You Want

By: Brigid Kemmerer

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When his dad is caught embezzling funds from half the town, Rob goes from popular lacrosse player t… read more

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"One choice doesn’t determine your whole future."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"I don't carry a grudge but I have a functioning memory."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"Other people don’t have the challenges we have... but that doesn’t mean they don’t have their own."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

"When you've lost everything,' he says, 'sometimes you don't see anything wrong with taking a little back."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Call It What You Want

Cover of Listopád by Alena Mornštajnová

25. Listopád

By: Alena Mornštajnová

4.23

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Ptali jste se někdy sami sebe, jaký by byl váš život, kdyby v listopadu 1989 dopadlo všechno jinak?… read more

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  • czech literature
Cover of Srpny by Jakub Stanjura

26. Srpny

By: Jakub Stanjura

4.30

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

Kam až jsme schopni kvůli tomu druhému zajít? Daniela vyrůstá v rodině, kde ji místo lidí objíma… read more

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  • czech literature
Cover of Národní opruzení by Karolína Zoe Meixnerová

27. Národní opruzení

By: Karolína Zoe Meixnerová

3.95

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Detektivka s romantickou zápletkou postavená na historických událostech českého národního obrození … read more

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  • czech literature
Cover of The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart

28. The Saints of Swallow Hill

By: Donna Everhart

4.12

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

It takes courage to save yourself... In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners l… read more

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Cover of Já, Smrt by Aleš Novotný

29. Já, Smrt

By: Aleš Novotný

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

NĚKDY JSME SCHOPNI ČEHOKOLIV, ABYCHOM DOSÁHLI SPRAVEDLNOSTI… Místní gymnázium se potýká s vandal… read more

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30. Letters from Holland

By: Karel Čapek

3.98

Format: None pages, None

Schetsen in woord en beeld van Nederland door de Tsjechische auteur (1890-1938) bij diens bezoek aa… read more

Similar categories in Karel Čapek's Letters from Holland book and Karel Čapek's Letters from Holland

  • travel
  • czech literature
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • travelogue
Cover of Russian Fairy Tales (Illustrated) (Fairy eBooks) by Alexander Afanasyev

31. Russian Fairy Tales (Illustrated) (Fairy eBooks)

By: Alexander Afanasyev

4.16

Format: 90 pages, Kindle Edition

Several famous Russian fairy tales with color illustrations by Ivan Bilibin. The tales were recorde… read more

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