5 must-read classics books like Blue Boy by Jean Giono

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Blue Boy

By: Jean Giono

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

This novel is a fictionalized autobiography of the author's boyhood in the the countryside of Prove…

"My father loved wounds and the sick."

-Jean Giono, Blue Boy

"My father loved wounds and the sick."

-Jean Giono, Blue Boy

"The little girl was always dressed in red. She would flatten her shoulders and her folded arms on the windowsill, and her yellow and black head seemed to be floating in blood."

-Jean Giono, Blue Boy

"The little girl was always dressed in red. She would flatten her shoulders and her folded arms on the windowsill, and her yellow and black head seemed to be floating in blood."

-Jean Giono, Blue Boy

If you liked the classics plot in Blue Boy by Jean Giono , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Erik of het klein Insectenboek by Godfried Bomans, Karel Thole

1. Erik of het klein Insectenboek

By: Godfried Bomans , Karel Thole

4.04

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Boven het bed van Erik Pinksterblom hangt een schilderij van wuivend gras onder een blauwe lucht me… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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2. Tikkop

By: Adriaan van Dis

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

TIKKOP is een roman over verraad, maar ook over vriendschap en liefde voor een taal en een land. He… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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3. 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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  • novels
  • fiction

4. The World of Yesterday

By: Stefan Zweig , Harry Zohn

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, but it was his biographies that expre… read more

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5. Phèdre

By: Jean Racine

3.69

Format: 55 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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  • classics
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
"Maintenant je me cherche et ne me trouve plus."

-Jean Racine, Phèdre

"Mes crimes désormais ont comblé la mesure. Je respire à la fois l'inceste et l'imposture"

-Jean Racine, Phèdre

"Présente je vous fuis; absente, je vous trouve; Dans le fond des forêts votre image me suit"

-Jean Racine, Phèdre

"Hélas! de vos malheurs innocente ou coupable, / De quoi pour vous sauver n'étais-je point capable?"

-Jean Racine, Phèdre

6. Jean Christophe: in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, The House

By: Romain Rolland

4.46

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was cond… read more

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7. Jean Christophe Vol I

By: Romain Rolland

4.46

Format: 170 pages,

Translated by Gilbert Cannan One word only! No more talk of money. I hate money--the word and the t… read more

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8. L'isola di Arturo

By: Elsa Morante

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Il romanzo e un'esplorazione attenta della prima realta verso le sorgenti non inquinate della vita.… read more

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

By: None , David Floyd

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

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10. Le Roi se meurt

By: Eugène Ionesco

3.75

Format: 166 pages,

MARGUERITE, se dirigeant vers le Roi: Sire, je dois vous mettre au courant. MARIE : Non, taisez-vou… read more

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11. Harvey

By: Mary Chase

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

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12. A Shining

By: Jon Fosse

3.49

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and lef… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

"Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, …"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

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13. Whale Fall

By: Elizabeth O'Connor

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dis… read more

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  • fiction
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14. Siblings

By: Brigitte Reimann

3.55

Format: 133 pages, Paperback

'Spare, chilling, with wild flashes of vivid colour and the tempo of a thriller, Siblings jolts us … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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15. Perspective(s)

By: Laurent Binet

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Florence, 1557. Le peintre Pontormo est retrouvé assassiné au pied des fresques auxquelles il trava… read more

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  • novels
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
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16. Treurwil

By: Rik Van Puymbroeck

3.94

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

Op de laatste avond van oktober 1984 ziet een jongen hoe zijn beste vriend verongelukt. Het is zijn… read more

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"Elke dag is Allerheiligen als de dood de gezel van het leven geworden is."

-Rik Van Puymbroeck, Treurwil

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17. Löwenherz

By: Monika Helfer

3.97

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Monika Helfer macht aus Lebenserinnerungen Literatur. Nach „Die Bagage“ und „Vati“: der neue Roman … read more

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18. Een ander leven

By: Bart Moeyaert

4.34

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

In januari 1996 verrast Bart Moeyaert zijn zeventigjarige moeder met een verjaardagscadeau. Ze gaan… read more

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19. Guli kafbáturinn

By: Jón Kalman Stefánsson

3.93

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

Miðaldra rithöfundur staddur í almenningsgarði í London á brýnt erindi við Paul McCartney sem situr… read more

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  • fiction
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20. Blue Boy

By: Jean Giono

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

This novel is a fictionalized autobiography of the author's boyhood in the the countryside of Prove… read more

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  • classics
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • novels
"My father loved wounds and the sick."

-Jean Giono, Blue Boy

"The little girl was always dressed in red. She would flatten her shoulders and her folded arms on the windowsill, and her yellow and black head seemed to be floating in blood."

-Jean Giono, Blue Boy

Cover of We Do Not Part by Han Kang

21. We Do Not Part

By: Han Kang

3.76

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE “[Han Kang writes in] intense poeti… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction

11 Top fiction books like Blue Boy by Jean Giono

Transform Your Habits

Erik of het klein Insectenboek

Godfried Bomans , Karel Thole

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Tikkop

Adriaan van Dis

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Dit zijn de namen

Tommy Wieringa

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Phèdre

Jean Racine

3.69

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14 Top fiction books like Phèdre by Jean Racine

Transform Your Habits

Antigone

Jean Anouilh , Lewis Galantibre

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Tartuffe

Martin Sorrell , Molière , Curtis Hidden Page

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Hernani

Victor Hugo , John J. Janc

4.57

Transform Your Habits

The Princesse de Clèves

Madame de La Fayette

3.00

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