16 must-read fiction books like Rückgrat by Philippe Djian

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Rückgrat

By: Philippe Djian

3.80

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

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Cover of The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Burton Pike

1. The Sorrows of Young Werther

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Burton Pike

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette

2. The Princesse de Clèves

By: Madame de La Fayette

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Paperback

This new translation of The Princesse de Clevesalso includes two shorter works also attributed to M… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
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3. La délicatesse

By: David Foenkinos

3.80

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

« François pensa : si elle commande un déca, je me lève et je m’en vais. C’est la boisson la moins … read more

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  • france
  • fiction
"Dictionaries stop where the heart starts."

-David Foenkinos, La délicatesse

"Pourquoi sommes-nous autant marqués par un détail, un geste, qui font de ces instants minimes le coeur d'une époque?"

-David Foenkinos, La délicatesse

"Elle avançait dans leur salon et tout était là. À l'identique. Rien n'avait bougé. La couverture toujours sur le canapé. La théière aussi sur la table basse, avec le livre qu'elle était en train de l…"

-David Foenkinos, La délicatesse

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4. Ruhm

By: Daniel Kehlmann

4.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ein Schriftsteller mit der unheilvollen Neigung, Menschen, die ihm nahestehen, zu Literatur zu mach… read more

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  • fiction

5. Bad Feminist

By: Roxane Gay

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink--al… read more

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6. Becks letzter Sommer

By: Benedict Wells

3.75

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Beck ist nicht zu beneiden. Mit der Musikerkarriere wurde es nichts, sein sicherer Job als Lehrer o… read more

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7. Was man von hier aus sehen kann

By: Mariana Leky

4.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Von der unbedingten Anwesenheitspflicht im eigenen Leben Selma, eine alte Westerwalderin, kann den … read more

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8. Measuring the World

By: Daniel Kehlmann , Carol Brown Janeway

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann conjures a brilliant and gently comic novel from the live… read more

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9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog

By: Muriel Barbery , Alison Anderson

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

A moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us. We… read more

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10. Sabbath's Theater

By: Philip Roth

3.42

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Sabbath's Theateris a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is its gargantuan hero… read more

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11. Silk

By: Alessandro Baricco

3.37

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

When an epidemic threatens to destroy the silk trade in France, the young merchant Herve Joncour le… read more

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12. Vers la beauté

By: David Foenkinos

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Antoine Duris est professeur aux Beaux-Arts de Lyon. Du jour au lendemain, il décide de tout quitte… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
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13. The Postcard

By: Anne Berest

4.37

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-cen… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
"It would be wrong to call them memories; they are moments of life, that man hat es erlebt - one has lived. They are inside me, part of me, branded into my skin, you might say - but they're not memori…"

-Anne Berest, The Postcard

"After the war, women in orthodox Jewish families had made it their mission to have as many children as possible to replenish the population -- and it seemed to me that the same was true for books. Th…"

-Anne Berest, The Postcard

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14. Bournville

By: Jonathan Coe

3.81

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally fu… read more

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  • fiction
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15. The Prophet and the Idiot

By: Jonas Jonasson

3.65

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hu… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Yoga

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.87

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

C'est l'histoire d'un livre sur le yoga et la dépression. La méditation et le terrorisme. L'aspirat… read more

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  • france
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17. Der Markisenmann

By: Jan Weiler

4.35

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

Nachdem die fünfzehnjährige Kim einen katastrophalen Unfall verschuldet hat, wird sie zu ihrem Vate… read more

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  • fiction
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18. ‎22 Bahnen

By: Caroline Wahl

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Tildas Tage sind strikt durchgetaktet: studieren, an der Supermarktkasse sitzen, sich um ihre klein… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of La plus secrète mémoire des hommes by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

19. La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

By: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Un magistral roman d'apprentissage, une saisissante enquête sur les traces d'un mystérieux auteur m… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
"Nunca intentes decir de qué habla un gran libro. O si lo haces, la única respuesta posible es: de nada."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"He alcanzado el estado terminal de la inmigración: simplemente ya no creo en la posibilidad del regreso."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"Estuvo tanto tiempo en el exilio - medio siglo! - que nos decíamos que debía de haberse dejado una parte de sí mismo por el camino"

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"Nos apetece hablar de todo, menos del exilio. De todas formas, no hay nada que decir sobre el exilio. No conozco un tema más molesto en este mundo."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

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20. Kummer aller Art

By: Mariana Leky

4.15

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Alle wirken innerlich blitzblank, nur in unserem Inneren sieht es aus wie bei Hempels unterm Sofa, … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Pick Me Girls by Sophie Passmann

21. Pick Me Girls

By: Sophie Passmann

3.42

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

Sophie Passmann hat mit »Pick me girls« nicht nur ihr persönlichstes Buch geschrieben, sondern auch… read more

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22. Lügen über meine Mutter

By: Daniela Dröscher

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Daniela Dröscher erzählt vom Aufwachsen in einer Familie, in der ein Thema alles beherrscht: das Kö… read more

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  • fiction
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23. The Trees

By: Percival Everett

4.06

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive in Money, Mississippi… read more

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  • fiction
"Unknown Male is a name,"

-Percival Everett, The Trees

"Goddamnit, I hate murder more than just about anything,"

-Percival Everett, The Trees

"You should know I consider police shootings to be lynchings"

-Percival Everett, The Trees

"People should know, understand that not all Thursdays are the same."

-Percival Everett, The Trees

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24. Intermezzo

By: Sally Rooney

4.34

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.… read more

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  • fiction
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25. Rückgrat

By: Philippe Djian

3.80

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

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7 best-selling france books like Rückgrat by Philippe Djian

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The Princesse de Clèves

Madame de La Fayette

3.00

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La délicatesse

David Foenkinos

3.80

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Vers la beauté

David Foenkinos

4.16

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The Postcard

Anne Berest

4.37

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

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Caledonian Road

Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

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Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

3.85

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Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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