12 must-read fiction books like The Bird by Oh Jung-hee

Cover of The Bird by Oh Jung-hee

The Bird

By: Oh Jung-hee

3.66

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

After the death of their mother, U-mi and her little brother, U-il, are shuttled between relatives …

If you liked the fiction plot in The Bird by Oh Jung-hee , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Het pauperparadijs by Suzanna Jansen

1. Het pauperparadijs

By: Suzanna Jansen

3.75

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Amsterdam-Noord tijdens de crisisjaren: Roza Dingemans, moeder van een door schulden en alcoholisme… read more

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Cover of Vele hemels boven de zevende by Griet Op de Beeck

2. Vele hemels boven de zevende

By: Griet Op de Beeck

4.04

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Lou is 12, Eva 36, Elsie 42, Casper 46 en Jos 71. Vijf mensen, met elkaar verbonden, vertellen hun … read more

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  • fiction
"Beširdžių žmonių nėra - tai tik nelaimingi žmonės."

-Griet Op de Beeck, Vele hemels boven de zevende

"Misschien, als het erop aankomt, kan niemand voor iemand iets doen."

-Griet Op de Beeck, Vele hemels boven de zevende

"Sommige mensen blijven altijd mooi, ook als ze weglopen, hoe pijnlijk dat ook is"

-Griet Op de Beeck, Vele hemels boven de zevende

"Norint turėti tave mylinčius vaikus reikia bent kiek dėl to šiame pasaulyje pasistengti."

-Griet Op de Beeck, Vele hemels boven de zevende

Cover of Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2) by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Max Lane

3. Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2)

By: Pramoedya Ananta Toer , Max Lane

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In Child of All Nations, the reader is immediately swept up by a story that is profoundly feminist,… read more

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  • asia
  • fiction
"Kau tak kenal bangsamu sendiri."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2)

"Kehidupan lebih nyata daripada pendapat siapapun tentang kenyataan."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2)

"Kehidupan lebih nyata daripada pendapat siapa pun tentang kenyataan."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2)

"Tak ada satu hal pun tanpa bayang-bayang, kecuali terang itu sendiri."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2)

4. In the Miso Soup

By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

It is just before New Year's. Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on… read more

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  • fiction

5. Hollywood

By: Charles Bukowski

3.40

Format: 96 pages,

Henry Chinaski siempre ha estado en pie de guerra, sin bajar la guardia contra el <>y sus infinitos… read more

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6. Primeval and Other Times

By: Olga Tokarczuk , Antonia Lloyd-Jones

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Tokarczuk's third novel, Primeval and Other Timeswas awarded the Koscielski Foundation Prize in 199… read more

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7. The Joke

By: Milan Kundera

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its p… read more

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8. My Father's Notebook: A Novel of Iran

By: Kader Abdolah , Susan Massotty

3.26

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When he was a boy, Aga Akbar, the deaf-mute illegitimate son of a Persian nobleman, traveled with h… read more

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9. Bonita Avenue

By: Peter Buwalda

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

"Dazzling...Critics hailed Buwalda as 'The Dutch answer to Jonathan Franzen', but his brilliance is… read more

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Cover of Bumi Manusia by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

10. Bumi Manusia

By: Pramoedya Ananta Toer

4.42

Format: 535 pages, Paperback

Roman Tetralogi Buru mengambil latar belakang dan cikal bakal nation Indonesia di awal abad ke-20. … read more

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  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
"Eropa gila sama dengan Pribumi gila."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

"Pelacur makhluk lemah tanpa pelindung."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

"Keindahannya ada dalam kenang-kenangan."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

"Yang berani mengalah terinjak-injak, Bunda."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

11. Please Look After Mom

By: Shin Kyung-Sook , Chi-Young Kim , None

4.62

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

An international sensation and a bestseller that has sold over 1.5 million copies in the author's n… read more

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12. De wetten

By: Connie Palmen

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Het verhaal gaat over de studente Maria, die in zeven jaar tijd met zeven verschillende mannen omga… read more

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13. Pan: From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers

By: Knut Hamsun , Sverre Lyngstad

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

A lone hunter accompanied only by his faithful dog, Aesop, Thomas Glahn roams Norway's northernmost… read more

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Cover of Monterosso mon amour by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

14. Monterosso mon amour

By: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

3.64

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Wordt ontevredenheid tevredenheid als je je erbij neerlegt?’ Carmen, een kinderloze vrouw van iets … read more

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  • fiction
"Ze voelde zich oud want ze hield van lezen"

-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Monterosso mon amour

"Je moet het verhaal zorgvuldig opbouwen van inleiding naar climax en met tergende precisie chronologisch vooruit kruipen van aankomst naar conversatie, woord voor woord naverteld met aandachtig voor …"

-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Monterosso mon amour

Cover of Luister by Sacha Bronwasser

15. Luister

By: Sacha Bronwasser

3.95

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Het nieuws reisde snel, zoals dat soort nieuws doet. Ik wist dat het ook over jou ging zodra het ee… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Idol, Burning by Rin Usami

16. Idol, Burning

By: Rin Usami

3.23

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more

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  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

Cover of Schemerleven by Jaap Robben

17. Schemerleven

By: Jaap Robben

4.44

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Wanneer de jonge, vrijgevochten Frieda Tendeloo op een late wintermiddag in 1963 de dichtgevroren W… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Saha by Cho Nam-Joo

18. Saha

By: Cho Nam-Joo

2.97

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A National Book Award Finalist hailed as “a social treatise as well as a work of art” (Alexandra Al… read more

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  • asian literature
  • fiction
Cover of Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima

19. Territory of Light

By: Yūko Tsushima

3.59

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Territory of Light is the luminous story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her three-yea… read more

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  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
"Why were children the only ones who ever got to melt down?"

-Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light

"During the night, there had been a sound of water on the other side of the wall. In my sleep I was looking out from the fourth-floor bedroom at nearby buildings bathed in rain, gleaming with neon and…"

-Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light

Cover of The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff

20. The Fortnight in September

By: R.C. Sherriff

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The Fortnight in September embodies the kind of mundane normality the men in the dug-out longed for… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Bird by Oh Jung-hee

21. The Bird

By: Oh Jung-hee

3.66

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

After the death of their mother, U-mi and her little brother, U-il, are shuttled between relatives … read more

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  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction

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