7 best-selling nonfiction books like Nuit d'épine by Christiane Taubira

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Nuit d'épine

By: Christiane Taubira

3.83

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

La nuit, chacun la voit, la vit, la sent, l'apprivoise à sa manière. De celle de Guyane, trouée d'u…

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1. Eureka Street

By: Robert McLiam Wilson

4.17

Format: 396 pages, Paperback

In a city blasted by years of force and fury, but momentarily stilled by a cease-fire, two unlikely… read more

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"All stories are love stories."

-Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street

"The human route to sympathy or empathy is a clumsy one but it's all we've got. To understand the consequences of our actions we must exercise our imaginations."

-Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street

"Mes rideaux sont ouverts et je regarde la nuit. Je viens de passer deux bonnes heures avec moi-même. Je ne me suis jamais senti moins seul. Il a plu et les gouttes d'eau sur les vitres brillent comme…"

-Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street

"I turned on my heel and walked on. He had charm, sure, but it was so obscure. Before I got to the end of the street I heard him call after me. I stopped and turned round. He stood amidst a clutch of …"

-Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street

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2. King Kong théorie

By: Virginie Despentes

4.01

Format: 155 pages, Paperback

J’écris de chez les moches, pour les moches, les frigides, les mal baisées, les imbaisables, toutes… read more

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"Le prostitute costituiscono l'unico proletariato la cui condizione commuove tanto la borghesia"

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Dans la morale judéo-chrétienne, mieux vaut être prise de force que prise pour une chienne, on nous l'a assez répété."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Il faut être crétin, ou simplement malhonnête, pour trouver une oppression insupportable et juger l'autre pleine de poésie."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Hace falta ser idiota, o asquerosamente deshonesto, para pensar que una forma de opresión es insoportable y juzgar que la otra está llena de poesía."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

3. Three Strong Women

By: Marie NDiaye , John Fletcher

2.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this new novel, the first by a black woman ever to win the coveted Prix Goncourt, Marie NDiaye c… read more

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4. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis

4.15

Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback

«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more

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"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

5. The Ladies' Paradise (Les Rougon-Macquart, #11)

By: Émile Zola , Brian Nelson

3.03

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

The Ladies Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the rise of the modern department store in late… read more

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6. Vernon Subutex, 2 (Vernon Subutex, #2)

By: Virginie Despentes

3.10

Format: None pages,

QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more

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7. Demain les Chats

By: Bernard Werber

3.80

Format: 281 pages, Paperback

A Montmartre vivent deux chats extraordinaires. Bastet, la narratrice qui souhaite mieux communique… read more

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8. Planet of the Apes

By: Pierre Boulle , Xan Fielding

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Em pouco tempo, os desbravadores do espaco descobrem a terrivel verdade: nesse mundo, seus pares hu… read more

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9. La Dame aux Camélias

By: Alexandre Dumas fils , David Coward

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

One of the greatest love stories of all time, this novel has fascinated generations of readers. Dum… read more

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"Had she stabbed me with a knife, she could not have hurt me more."

-Alexandre Dumas fils, La Dame aux Camélias

"Life is no more than the repeated fulfilling of a permanent desire."

-Alexandre Dumas fils, La Dame aux Camélias

"We are not allowed to have hearts, under penalty of being hooted down."

-Alexandre Dumas fils, La Dame aux Camélias

"La vida es maravillosa, querido. Depende del color del cristal con que se mira"

-Alexandre Dumas fils, La Dame aux Camélias

10. Il caso Malaussène: Mi hanno mentito

By: Daniel Pennac , Yasmina Mélaouah

3.16

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

La mia sorellina minore Verdun e nata che gia urlava ne La fata carabina, mio nipote E Un Angelo e … read more

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11. Le Consentement

By: Vanessa Springora

4.30

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Au milieu des années 1980, élevée par une mère divorcée, V. comble par la lecture le vide laissé pa… read more

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"Si las relaciones sexuales entre un adulto y un menor de quince años son ilegales, ¿por qué esa tolerancia cuando son obra del representante de una élite, un fotógrafo, un escritor, un cineasta o un …"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"No, ese hombre no albergaba los mejores sentimientos. Ese hombre no era bueno. Era lo que aprendemos a temer desde niños: un ogro. Nuestro amor era un sueño tan potente que nada, ni una sola de las p…"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"I would recall my mission in life - pleasuring men. That was my condition, my status. And so I would offer my services anew, with renewed zeal, and with a simulated conviction that I even managed to …"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"What he loved more than anything was making love. Who could blame him? When it came to sex, I oscillated between feeling all-powerful and completely apathetic. Sometimes I was filled with a feeling o…"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

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12. A Man's Place

By: Annie Ernaux

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book Annie Ernaux's fat… read more

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"J'écris peut-être parce qu'on n'avait plus rien à se dire."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"Sous le bonheur, la crispation de l'aisance gagnée à l'arraché."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"Có lẽ niềm tự hào lớn nhất đối với ông, hay thậm chí là lời biện minh cho cuộc đời ông: là tôi đang thuộc về thế giới từng khinh miệt ông."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"It was in other people that I searched for the figure of my father, in the way they would call their children, sit down and looked bored in waiting rooms and wave goodbye on station platforms."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

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13. S'adapter

By: Clara Dupont-Monod

4.09

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

C’est l’histoire d’un enfant aux yeux noirs qui flottent, et s’échappent dans le vague, un enfant t… read more

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14. Lou ! Sonata 2

By: Julien Neel

4.21

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Vibrer au son de la musique n’a jamais été aussi libérateur. Alors que son amie Marie-Émilie se dés… read more

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15. Quand tu écouteras cette chanson

By: Lola Lafon

4.40

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Le 18 août 2021, j'ai passé la nuit au Musée Anne Frank, dans l'Annexe. Anne Frank, que tout le mon… read more

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16. Lou! Sonata (Lou! Sonata, #1)

By: Julien Neel

4.44

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Julien Neel l’avait promis à la fin du Tome 8 de Lou !, il revient pour une saison 2 intitulée Lou … read more

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17. The Mad Women's Ball

By: Victoria Mas

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A literary historical novel detailing the horrors faced by institutionalized women in 19th century … read more

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-Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

"As long as men have pricks, all the evil in this world will go on existing."

-Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

"Lekarz zawsze uważa, że wie lepiej niż pacjent, a mężczyzna zawsze uważa, że wie lepiej niż kobieta."

-Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

"Although madness in men is not the same as that in women: men use it against others; women turn it in on themselves."

-Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

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18. Les impatientes

By: Djaïli Amadou Amal

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Trois femmes, trois histoires, trois destins liés. Ce roman polyphonique retrace le destin de la j… read more

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19. La Panthère des neiges

By: Sylvain Tesson

3.65

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

En 2018, Sylvain Tesson est invité par le photographe animalier Vincent Munier à observer aux confi… read more

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20. Expectation

By: Anna Hope

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What happened to the women we were supposed to become? Hannah, Cate and Lissa are young, vibrant… read more

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"They discuss whether discharge - with its pejorative connotations - is itself a patriarchal term. They decide that there are as many different types of vaginal abjects as Inuits have words for snow. …"

-Anna Hope, Expectation

"Her head hurts - from the alcohol, from her mother, from the sun. _We changed the world for you and what have you done with it?_ She knows what Sarah thinks. That she has wasted time - fumbled the ba…"

-Anna Hope, Expectation

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21. Blizzard

By: Marie Vingtras

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A runaway bestseller about a boy gone missing in the middle of an Alaskan blizzard, and the people … read more

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22. The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

By: S.A. Chakraborty

4.39

Format: 625 pages, Hardcover

Return to Daevabad in the spellbinding sequel to THE CITY OF BRASS. Nahri’s life changed forever… read more

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"I've had enough of men hurting me because they were upset."

-S.A. Chakraborty, The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

"It’s a bit more difficult to hold a grudge over the good days."

-S.A. Chakraborty, The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

"Go steal some happiness for yourself, my friend," she said shortly. "Trust me when I say the chance doesn't always come back."

-S.A. Chakraborty, The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

"Ah, Darayavahoush, there are always people to save. And always cunning men and women around who find a way to take advantage of that duty and harness it into power."

-S.A. Chakraborty, The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

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23. La familia grande

By: Camille Kouchner

4.09

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

« Souviens-toi, maman : nous étions tes enfants. » C.K. C’est l’histoire d’une grande famille q… read more

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"Victime de la perversité. Pervertie, mais pas perverse, maman."

-Camille Kouchner, La familia grande

"It’s parents who make their children keep these things quiet. Not brothers."

-Camille Kouchner, La familia grande

"My silence is the result of your breakdown and the lack of trust at home, mum."

-Camille Kouchner, La familia grande

"Je suis interdite de passé. Quel chagrin d'être privée des souvenirs de son enfance, et des gens qu'on aimait."

-Camille Kouchner, La familia grande

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24. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

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25. Betty

By: Tiffany McDaniel

4.41

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians in which a young girl di… read more

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"The earth is warm enough."

-Tiffany McDaniel, Betty

"A girl comes of age against the knife. She must learn to bear its blade. To be cut. To bleed."

-Tiffany McDaniel, Betty

"Your life is what makes you rich,' they insisted. 'The people you love and the people who love you back."

-Tiffany McDaniel, Betty

"She was born to a woman as telling as a dream and to a man who was a Cherokee, a moonshiner, and a mythmaker."

-Tiffany McDaniel, Betty

Cover of The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3) by S.A. Chakraborty

26. The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)

By: S.A. Chakraborty

4.50

Format: 766 pages, Hardcover

The final chapter in the Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join… read more

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"Grandfather?"

-S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)

"It is not blasphemous to say this world is vast, that much of its history remains shrouded. There are things God set beyond our understanding."

-S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)

"You bet on whether or not I kissed your wife?" Ali was aghast. "What is wrong with the two of you?" When his brother and sister only cackled harder, he drew up. "I hate you. "I hate you both."

-S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)

"Come now. Where is the woman who once braggingly picked a lock in Daevabad's library? I'd think you'd be delighted by the challenge." "Have you an actual plan or just wild fantasies that will end wit…"

-S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)

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27. The Awkward Squad (Awkward Squad / Anne Capestan, #1)

By: Sophie Hénaff

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Suspended from her job as a promising police officer for firing "one bullet too many", Anne Capesta… read more

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28. Un miracle

By: Victoria Mas

3.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Sœur Anne, religieuse chez les Filles de la Charité, reçoit d’une de ses condisciples une prophétie… read more

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29. Sauvagines

By: Gabrielle Filteau-Chiba

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Raphaëlle, garde-forestière, vit seule avec sa chienne Coyote dans une cabane de la forêt québécois… read more

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30. El dique (Blackwater, #2)

By: Michael McDowell

3.82

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Mientras Perdido se recupera de la inundación, se propone la construcción de un dique que impida un… read more

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"Grace began to understand. "I have friends," she protested. "I have Zaddie." "Zaddie is just a little colored girl," Mary-Love pointed out. "It's all right to play with Zaddie, but she's not your rea…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"Mary-Love liked to see herself as the family cornucopia, dispensing all manner of good things, unstintingly, unceasingly. She considered herself amply rewarded by her children's gratitude, and if she…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"That her niece should find such profound pleasure in the company of a thirteen-year-old black girl--and, more to the point, always within the precincts of Elinor's house--was a slap in Mary-Love's fa…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"To the little girl the house seemed a gigantic head, and she only a morsel of meat conveniently positioned in its gaping mouth. The front porch was that grinning mouth, the white porch railing its lo…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

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31. Nuit d'épine

By: Christiane Taubira

3.83

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

La nuit, chacun la voit, la vit, la sent, l'apprivoise à sa manière. De celle de Guyane, trouée d'u… read more

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