12 Best romance books like Diva by José de Alencar

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Diva

By: José de Alencar

3.31

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Diva (1864) pertence ao grupo de “romances urbanos”. Nesta narrativa, Alencar analisa e retrata a s…

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1. A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"A Murder is Announced" is a staple of crime fiction and often considered as the best Miss Marple n… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"الناس في الظلام مختلفين كثيرا"

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"Use that fluff of yours you call a brain."

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy."

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"إن الجرائم الصغيرة تؤدي إلى الجرائم الكبيرة .. أليس كذلك ؟"

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

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2. O Cortiço

By: Aluísio Azevedo , None

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Se O Cortiço é dos romances mais contundentes da literatura brasileira, este volume possui atributo… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • fiction
"[...] honestidade sem mérito, porque vinha da indolência do seu temperamento e não do arbítrio do seu caráter."

-Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço

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3. Seeds of Yesterday (Dollanganger, #4)

By: V.C. Andrews

3.84

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

They escaped their mother’s hellish trap years ago, but a cruel history of lies and deceit has come… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"You never felt like a sin."

-V.C. Andrews, Seeds of Yesterday (Dollanganger, #4)

"Only I had dry eyes, a dry heart."

-V.C. Andrews, Seeds of Yesterday (Dollanganger, #4)

"Everything she did for him she did with tenderness."

-V.C. Andrews, Seeds of Yesterday (Dollanganger, #4)

"In love with the past but even more infatuated with the future."

-V.C. Andrews, Seeds of Yesterday (Dollanganger, #4)

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4. O Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma

By: Lima Barreto

3.77

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Sátira impiedosa do Brasil oficial, considerado expoente do Pré-Modernismo brasileiro, Triste Fim d… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • fiction
"Quem uma vez esteve diante deste enigma indecifrável da própria natureza, fica amedrontado, sentindo que o gérmen daquilo está depositado em nós e que por qualquer cousa ele nos invade, nos toma, nos…"

-Lima Barreto, O Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma

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5. White Nights

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersbur… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • fiction
"E ti chiedi: “Dove sono i tuoi sogni?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Kalbim içimde konuşurken ben susmayı beceremem."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

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6. Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)

By: Agatha Christie

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The tranquility of a lovely cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgewa… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"... nu trecutul conteaza, ci viitorul."

-Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)

"It is not the past that matters,but the future"

-Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)

"Because I am Hercule Poirot, I do not need to be told."

-Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)

"Ah, but people don't run true to form in love affairs."

-Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)

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7. The Age of Innocence

By: Edith Wharton , Maureen Howard

2.64

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocenceis Edith Wharton's masterful portrait of des… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • fiction
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8. Noite na Taverna

By: Álvares de Azevedo

3.76

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (1831-1852), escritor e poeta romântico, foi em tudo coerente com… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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9. The Death of Ivan Ilych

By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude

4.13

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

10. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

By: James Hogg , John Carey

3.88

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

James Hogg wrote about the supernatural powerfully and convincingly, especially in his best-known n… read more

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11. Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant trans… read more

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12. Accidentally Married (Married #1)

By: Victorine E. Lieske

3.50

Format: None pages,

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13. Vidas secas

By: Graciliano Ramos

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Vidas secas, lançado originalmente em 1938, é o romance em que mestre Graciliano — tão meticuloso q… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • fiction
"Se aprendesse qualquer coisa, necessitaria aprender mais, e nunca ficaria satisfeito."

-Graciliano Ramos, Vidas secas

"Hell, Hell—" He couldn't believe that a word with so musical a ring could be the name of something bad."

-Graciliano Ramos, Vidas secas

"Natural, xingar a mãe de uma pessoa não vale nada, porque todo mundo vê logo que a gente não tem intenção de maltratar ninguém. Um ditério sem importância."

-Graciliano Ramos, Vidas secas

"Os meninos eram uns brutos, como o pai. Quando crescessem, guardariam as reses de um patrão invisível, seriam pisados, maltratados, machucados por um soldado amarelo"

-Graciliano Ramos, Vidas secas

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14. Auto da Compadecida

By: Ariano Suassuna

4.50

Format: 203 pages, Paperback

O Auto da Compadecida, de Ariano Suassuna, consegue o equilíbrio perfeito entre a tradição popular … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Valha-me Nossa Senhora, Mãe de Deus de Nazaré! A vaca mansa dá leite, a braba dá quando quer. A mansa dá sossegada, a braba levanta o pé. Já fui barco, fui navio, mas hoje sou escaler. Já fui menino,…"

-Ariano Suassuna, Auto da Compadecida

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15. The Hour of the Star

By: Clarice Lispector , Giovanni Pontiero

4.09

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narr… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Sou um monstro ou isso é ser uma pessoa?"

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Don't forget that for now it's strawberry season"

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing."

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Όσο για το γράψιμο, περισσότερο αξίζει ένα ζωντανό σκυλί."

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

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16. Carmilla

By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

3.86

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Love will have its sacrifices. No sacrifice without blood."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

"You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

"If your dear heart is wounded, my wild heart bleeds with yours."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

"Darling, darling. I live in you, and you would die for me. I love you so."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

17. Dom Casmurro

By: Machado de Assis

4.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

A classic story of love and jealousy, Dom Casmurro is the story of Bento and his childhood love, Ca… read more

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18. Sagarana

By: João Guimarães Rosa

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Apresentando a paisagem e o homem de sua terra numa linguagem ja entao exclusiva, por meio de conto… read more

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19. Água Viva

By: Clarice Lispector , Benjamin Moser , Stefan Tobler

4.29

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Lispector at her most philosophically radical. A meditation on the nature of life and time, Água Vi… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"I always give names to things"

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"I'm not a synonym—I'm a proper noun."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"Suddenly I was crying. It was already love."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"To write you I first cover myself with perfume."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

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20. Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

By: Machado de Assis

4.25

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A publicação de 'Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas' não só inaugura o Realismo no Brasil, como inicia… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • fiction
"Quem escapa do perigo vive a vida com outra intensidade."

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

"Em verdade vos digo que toda a sabedoria humana não vale um par de botas curtas."

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

"Diz que o homem tem “uma grande vantagem sobre o resto do universo: sabe que morre, ao passo que o universo ignora-o absolutamente"

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

"هر دوره زندگی چاپ جدیدی است که چاپ قبلی را تصحیح می‌کند و خودش هم در چاپ بعدی تصحیح می‌شود، تا برسد به چاپ متن نهایی که ناشر به کرم ها تقدیم میکندش."

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

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21. O Alienista

By: Machado de Assis

4.10

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Clássico da literatura brasileira, este texto de Machado de Assis continua sendo, cento e trinta an… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • fiction
"Portando que se devia admitir como normal e exemplar o desequilíbrio das faculdades."

-Machado de Assis, O Alienista

"Bacamarte evidenced neither vanity nor modesty; he listened in silence, as impassive as a stone god."

-Machado de Assis, O Alienista

"Los locos de amor eran tres o cuatro, pero sólo les resultaban asombrosos por la curiosa índole de su delirio."

-Machado de Assis, O Alienista

"Till now, madness has been thought a small island in an ocean of sanity. I am beginning to suspect that it is not an island at all but a continent."

-Machado de Assis, O Alienista

22. If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger, #3)

By: V.C. Andrews

2.97

Format: 304 pages,

Out of the ashes of evil Chris and Cathy made such a loving home for their splendid children... Fou… read more

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23. Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4)

By: Tessa Dare

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

On the night of the Parkhurst ball, someone had a scandalous tryst in the library. • Was it Lord C… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"I'm not interrogating him. I'm merely asking him questions."

-Tessa Dare, Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4)

"You’re Piers Brandon, the Marquess of Granville, diplomat and secret agent in the Crown’s service."

-Tessa Dare, Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4)

"Bosh, she told her heart. Stop twisting and aching. He's a wealthy, powerful marquess, not a lost whelp in the rain."

-Tessa Dare, Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4)

"There was a moment of tenderness between them, and for a moment he experienced the most rare, ridiculous emotion- hope."

-Tessa Dare, Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4)

24. The Devoted Friend

By: Oscar Wilde

2.60

Format: 256 pages, Unknown Binding

"The Devoted Friend" is a short fairy tale written by Oscar Wilde. The tale concerns Big Hugh, the … read more

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25. Petals on the Wind (Dollanganger, #2)

By: V.C. Andrews

3.69

Format: 384 pages,

They were such brave children to withstand such suffering. Such clever children to escape such terr… read more

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26. The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3)

By: Tessa Dare

3.96

Format: 368 pages, ebook

They call him the Duke of Ruin. To an undaunted wallflower, he's just the beast next door. We… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"Every creature has a soft underbelly. I'm going to find yours." "Search me if you like, Your Ladyship. I warn you, it's not softness you'll find."

-Tessa Dare, The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3)

"I do not believe every problem can be cured with a kitten. I do believe in love. And perhaps love can't cure every problem, but it makes the wounds heal a bit faster, with fewer scars."

-Tessa Dare, The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3)

"Onion tartlets, pastry puffs stuffed with cheese, a terrine of mushroom and hazelnuts. There's an pharaoh-sized pyramid of exotic fruits. The pineapples alone must have cost a small fortune. And, of …"

-Tessa Dare, The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3)

"I'm not your 'poppet' any longer. I own you. And in the future, if you address me at all, it will be as Lady Penelope Duke." A more fitting idea struck her, and a cold smile touched her lips. "Better…"

-Tessa Dare, The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3)

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27. Do It Today: Overcome Procrastination, Improve Productivity, and Achieve More Meaningful Things

By: Darius Foroux

4.12

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

NOW updated with a new preface for 2022!Are you also tired of putting off your dreams until “tomorr… read more

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"Your life stops when learning stops"

-Darius Foroux, Do It Today: Overcome Procrastination, Improve Productivity, and Achieve More Meaningful Things

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28. Helena

By: Machado de Assis

3.77

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Helena e Estácio se conheceram adultos e foram apresentados como irmãos. Mas entre eles despertou o… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • fiction
"Não se deliberam sentimentos; ama-se ou aborrece-se, conforme o coração quer."

-Machado de Assis, Helena

"O casamento é a pior ou a melhor coisa do mundo; pura questão de temperamento."

-Machado de Assis, Helena

"Mas a tristeza é necessária à vida, acudiu D. Tomásia, que abrira os olhos logo à entrada do marido. As dores alheias fazem lembrar as próprias, e são um corretivo da alegria, cujo excesso pode engen…"

-Machado de Assis, Helena

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29. The Black Veil

By: Charles Dickens

3.39

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

“The Black Veil” is a gothic tale written by English author Charles Dickens (1812-1870). It was fir… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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30. A Metamorfose

By: Kafka

4.28

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Escrita em 1912 e só publicada em 1915, A metamorfose é o mais famoso livro de Kafka, um dos mais i… read more

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31. Diva

By: José de Alencar

3.31

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Diva (1864) pertence ao grupo de “romances urbanos”. Nesta narrativa, Alencar analisa e retrata a s… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • fiction

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A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

Agatha Christie

4.01

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O Cortiço

Aluísio Azevedo , None

3.89

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Seeds of Yesterday (Dollanganger, #4)

V.C. Andrews

3.84

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O Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma

Lima Barreto

3.77

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Aluísio Azevedo , None

3.89

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4.29

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