7 must-read nonfiction books like La Sagesse du bibliothécaire by Michel Melot

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La Sagesse du bibliothécaire

By: Michel Melot

3.67

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Envisage le métier de bibliothécaire comme une voie de sagesse en sept chapitres-étapes, comme un p…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in La Sagesse du bibliothécaire by Michel Melot , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Death with Interruptions

By: Margaret Jull Costa , José Saramago

4.00

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago's brilliant new novel poses the question what happens when the gri… read more

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"Al día siguiente no murió nadie."

-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions

"Eu sunt moartea,restul nu e nimic."

-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions

"La muerte está enfadada. Es el momento de sacarle la lengua."

-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions

"Sin muerte no hay resurrección, y sin resurrección no hay iglesia"

-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions

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2. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

By: Tim Flannery , Peter Wohlleben , Jane Billinghurst , Suzanne Simard

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains… read more

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"A tree’s most important means of staying connected to other trees is a “wood wide web"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"Trees could solve the problems if people trying to improve things would only allow them to takeover"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for having lost a possible explanation or richer for having gained a mystery. But aren't both possibilities equally intriguing?"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

3. The Pilgrimage

By: Paulo Coelho , Alan R. Clarke

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

The Pilgrimagepaved the way to Paulo Coehlo's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In man… read more

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4. Happening

By: Annie Ernaux

4.32

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plag… read more

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"There is no such thing as a lesser truth."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"I was intoxicated, wrapped up in wordless intelligence."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"People judged according to the law, they didn't judge the law."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"love children are the most beautiful of all.' What a terrible statement."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

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5. La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière

By: Panayotis Pascot

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

« Ce livre me fait peur. Le processus a été douloureux. Mon père nous a annoncé qu’il n’allait pas … read more

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"Je crois que j’ai une mémoire de la souffrance qui s’efface, par sympathie pour moi-même peut-être, pour avancer avec des valises plus légères"

-Panayotis Pascot, La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière

"Daumesnil, quartier Ehpad, rempli de vieux de droite qui attendent que la mort (qui est clairement de gauche puisqu’elle attrape tout le monde sans distinction) vienne les choper dans leur sommeils"

-Panayotis Pascot, La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière

"À quoi ça sert de faire mon lit, je vais le défaire ce soir ? Si on laisse cette pensée gagner on est foutu, c’est l’essence même de la vie de faire pour défaire. Après c’est pourquoi voir mes amis, …"

-Panayotis Pascot, La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière

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6. A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.03

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe… read more

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"Before God, our blood means nothing. Virtue is in deeds, not the skin."

-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

"Fatma had heard enough. Should have known the kid wouldn't be an honest broker, not with all the wallahis he threw around."

-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

"I don’t have sad tales to tell you. I’m not some tragic character from a story, lost between two worlds. I revel in who I am. What I am."

-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

"The three of them sat there - A Ministry agent, a half-djinn, and a cat (likely), staring out past the balcony to the sleeping city they somehow had to find a way to save."

-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

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7. Sois jeune et tais-toi : Réponse à ceux qui critiquent la jeunesse

By: Salomé Saqué

4.55

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

Changer de regard sur la jeunesse. Les jeunes seraient « paresseux », « incultes », voire « égoïste… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. 葬送のフリーレン 2 [Sōsō no Frieren 2]

By: Kanehito Yamada

4.42

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

魔王を倒した勇者の死後、魔法使いが歩む旅 長生きなエルフの魔法使い・フリーレン。 弟子の魔法使い・フェルンと歩む旅の目的地は、 再び魔王城。勇者たちの魂が眠るとされる地。 … read more

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"They speak not to understand, but to deceive."

-Kanehito Yamada, 葬送のフリーレン 2 [Sōsō no Frieren 2]

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9. 葬送のフリーレン 3 [Sōsō no Frieren 3]

By: Kanehito Yamada

4.45

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

エルフの魔法使い、新たな仲間と新たな旅 勇者一行にいた魔法使い・フリーレン。 魔王軍の残党で大魔族でもある 七崩賢・断頭台のアウラと衝突。 その中で、フリーレンの史実が明… read more

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"The past doesn’t matter. The Stark the warrior I’ve known has never once ran away."

-Kanehito Yamada, 葬送のフリーレン 3 [Sōsō no Frieren 3]

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10. Ressac

By: Diglee

4.29

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Ressac (n.m.). Retour violent des vagues sur elles-mêmes, lorsqu’elles se brisent contre un obstacl… read more

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"J'aspire aujourd'hui à devenir cet Autre pour moi-même. Je veux être celle sur laquelle m'appuyer quand je coule."

-Diglee, Ressac

"Un voile rose est tombé sur la lande : ses cheveux d'or, le banc de pierres, les façades blanches des maisons couvertes de ronces, tout est désespérément noyé dans le rose. Je grimpe, silencieuse. Ma…"

-Diglee, Ressac

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11. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.98

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 returns to the alternate Cairo of Clark's short fiction, where humans … read more

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12. Forbidden Notebook

By: Alba de Céspedes

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri, Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cu… read more

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13. The Lying Life of Adults

By: Elena Ferrante

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Two years before leaving home my father said to my mother that I was very ugly. The sentence was u… read more

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"I'm not wise, but I read a lot of novels."

-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

"As coisas feias que você não conta se tornam cães que comem a sua cabeça enquanto você dorme."

-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

"...the dead are objects that have broken, a television, the radio, the mixer, and the best thing is to remember them as they were when they were working, because the only acceptable tomb is memory."

-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

"I’m still fascinated by how our brains elaborates strategies and carries them out without revealing them. To say that it’s a matter of the unconscious seems to me approximate, maybe even hypocritical."

-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

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14. Les Filles de Salem : Comment nous avons condamné nos enfants

By: Thomas Gilbert

3.78

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

1692. Salem, en Nouvelle-Angleterre. Abigail, 17 ans, raconte l'histoire des sorcières de Salem don… read more

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15. Les Souvenirs de Ferdinand Taupe (Mémoires de la forêt, #1)

By: Mickaël Brun-Arnaud

4.53

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

Dans la forêt de Bellécorce, au creux du chêne où Archibald Renard tient sa librairie, chaque anima… read more

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16. Les Carnets de Cornélius Renard (Mémoires de la forêt, #2)

By: Mickaël Brun-Arnaud

4.53

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Les festivités d’automne débuteront bientôt à Bellécorce. La forêt prend des airs de fête et tout l… read more

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17. Numéro deux

By: David Foenkinos

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

En 1999 débutait le casting pour trouver le jeune garçon qui interpréterait Harry Potter et qui, pa… read more

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"A más fama, más parece poseer la gente una opinión sobre tu pasado."

-David Foenkinos, Numéro deux

"Cuando no hay huella física de la felicidad se reduce el riesgo de que posteriormente lo embargue a uno la nostalgia."

-David Foenkinos, Numéro deux

"Es raro que uno tenga acceso a su destino opuesto; nuestro camino único no brinda el menor acceso a los senderos no tomados."

-David Foenkinos, Numéro deux

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18. The Black God's Drums

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.01

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Instead, she wants to … read more

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19. とんがり帽子のアトリエ 9 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 9]

By: Kamome Shirahama

4.53

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

渡り星が渡ったら、それは祭りの合図。 タータの手伝いで魔法使いのお祭り「銀夜祭」に参加することになったココたちは、それぞれ作った魔法器を手に、開催場所である島都エズレストへ向かう。 屋台が立… read more

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"Do you think I can become a witch just like you?"

-Kamome Shirahama, とんがり帽子のアトリエ 9 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 9]

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20. とんがり帽子のアトリエ 8 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 8]

By: Kamome Shirahama

4.49

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Luego de aprobar el examen recuperatorio en el Gran Auditorio, Coco y sus amigas regresan al atelie… read more

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"There are all sorts of barriers out there that you never even notice unless they affect you personally."

-Kamome Shirahama, とんがり帽子のアトリエ 8 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 8]

"When I was your age, Master Beldaruit insisted on following me everywhere. It used to irk me to no end. But now that I can see the other side of that coin... Trust me when I say the adults in your li…"

-Kamome Shirahama, とんがり帽子のアトリエ 8 [Tongari Bōshi no Atelier 8]

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21. 圕の大魔術師 5 [Toshokan no Daimajutsushi 5]

By: Mitsu Izumi

4.43

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

司書試験に合格したシオは見習い司書としてのスタートを切った。 故郷で培った体力と運動神経の良さから実技の成績がズバ抜けてよいシオ。 そんなシオを一方的にライバル視する首席合格者のアヤ。 シオは… read more

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22. Décomposée

By: Clémentine Beauvais

4.27

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Au bord d'un chemin, une femme gît, en décomposition. Passant par là au bras de son aimée, un poète… read more

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23. 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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24. The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader as Metaphor (Material Texts)

By: Alberto Manguel

4.02

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

As far as one can tell, human beings are the only species for which the world seems made up of stor… read more

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25. La Sagesse du bibliothécaire

By: Michel Melot

3.67

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Envisage le métier de bibliothécaire comme une voie de sagesse en sept chapitres-étapes, comme un p… read more

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Cover of La riada (Blackwater, #1) by Michael McDowell

26. La riada (Blackwater, #1)

By: Michael McDowell

3.74

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Descubre el primer volumen de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal. Mujeres poderosas que luc… read more

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10 Best contemporary books like Ressac by Diglee

Transform Your Habits

Bien sûr que les poissons ont froid

Fanny Ruwet

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Les Orageuses

Marcia Burnier

4.23

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Quand tu écouteras cette chanson

Lola Lafon

4.40

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