14 best-selling hungarian literature books like My Happy Days In Hell by György Faludy

Cover of My Happy Days In Hell by György Faludy

My Happy Days In Hell

By: György Faludy

4.54

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

My Happy Days in Hell (1962) is Gyorgy Faludy's grimly beautiful autobiography of his battle to sur…

If you liked the hungarian literature plot in My Happy Days In Hell by György Faludy , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of A Journey Round My Skull by Oliver Sacks, Frigyes Karinthy, Vernon Duckworth Barker

1. A Journey Round My Skull

By: Oliver Sacks , Frigyes Karinthy , Vernon Duckworth Barker

4.13

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

The distinguished Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy was sitting in a Budapest café, wondering wheth… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Sacks's A Journey Round My Skull book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • biography
  • memoir
  • hungarian literature
  • nonfiction
  • hungary
"Art is a complementary source of truth, for it enlists the help of the imagination to carry mankind beyond a mere observation of facts. Real achievement is possible only when both work in association."

-Oliver Sacks, A Journey Round My Skull

"My head ached. I was thinking of the pain, and wondering how it was possible for physical agony to be so intense. I had never imagined that such a torture could be endured. Yet here was I, both consc…"

-Oliver Sacks, A Journey Round My Skull

Cover of L'Écume des jours by Boris Vian

2. L'Écume des jours

By: Boris Vian

3.93

Format: 351 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Chick, Alise, Chloé et Colin passent leur temps à dire des choses rigolotes, à écouter Duke Ellingt… read more

Similar categories in Boris Vian's L'Écume des jours book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

"Per me, ciccino mio"

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

"Le plus clair de mon temps je le passe à l'obscurcir."

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

"Те се умълчаха за миг. Една кана използва настъпилата тишина, за да издаде сребрист звук, който отекна о стените."

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

"Le ciel bleu-vert pendait presque jusqu'au pavé et de grandes taches blanches marquaient sur le sol la place où des nuages venaient de se fracasser. (p. 220)"

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

Cover of Diary of a Madman and Other Stories by Nikolai Gogol

3. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

By: Nikolai Gogol

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) … read more

Similar categories in Nikolai Gogol's Diary of a Madman and Other Stories book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

Cover of Die Physiker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

4. Die Physiker

By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt

4.38

Format: 613 pages, Paperback

Mobius, ein umworbener weil genialer Physiker, will eine gefahrliche Verstrickung von Wissenschaft … read more

Similar categories in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Die Physiker book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

Cover of Piszkos Fred, a kapitány [Albatrosz könyvek] by Jenő Rejtő

5. Piszkos Fred, a kapitány [Albatrosz könyvek]

By: Jenő Rejtő

4.38

Format: 613 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rejto Jeno, a "ponyva" mestere, mara mar klasszikussa nemesedett. Nemzedekek szamara biztositottak … read more

Similar categories in Jenő Rejtő's Piszkos Fred, a kapitány [Albatrosz könyvek] book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature
Cover of Quarantine In The Grand Hotel by Jenő Rejtő

6. Quarantine In The Grand Hotel

By: Jenő Rejtő

3.74

Format: 296 pages,

Quarantine in the Grand Hotelcenters around a mysterious murder in a hotel on the island of Little … read more

Similar categories in Jenő Rejtő's Quarantine In The Grand Hotel book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature
Cover of Tschick by Wolfgang Herrndorf

7. Tschick

By: Wolfgang Herrndorf

3.50

Format: 824 pages, Hardcover

Mutter in der Entzugsklinik, Vater mit Assistentin auf Geschaftsreise: Maik Klingenberg wird die gr… read more

Similar categories in Wolfgang Herrndorf's Tschick book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

Cover of Never Any End to Paris by Enrique Vila-Matas, Anne McLean

8. Never Any End to Paris

By: Enrique Vila-Matas , Anne McLean

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

A splendid ironic portrayal of literary Paris and of a young writer's struggles by one of Spain's m… read more

Similar categories in Enrique Vila-Matas's Never Any End to Paris book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

Cover of The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, Josef Lada, Cecil Parrott

9. The Good Soldier Švejk

By: Jaroslav Hašek , Josef Lada , Cecil Parrott

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

In The Good Soldier Svejk, celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hasek combined dazzling w… read more

Similar categories in Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Švejk book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • war
Cover of Journey by Moonlight by Len Rix, Antal Szerb

10. Journey by Moonlight

By: Len Rix , Antal Szerb

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

A major classic of 1930s literature, Antal Szerb's Journey by Moonlight (Utas es Holdvilag)is the f… read more

Similar categories in Len Rix's Journey by Moonlight book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature
  • hungary
Cover of Egyperces novellák by István Örkény, None

11. Egyperces novellák

By: István Örkény , None

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

"A mellekelt novellak rovidseguk ellenere is teljes erteku irasok. Elonyuk, hogy az ember idot spor… read more

Similar categories in István Örkény's Egyperces novellák book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature
  • hungary
Cover of Satantango by George Szirtes, László Krasznahorkai

12. Satantango

By: George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai

4.14

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Already famous as the inspiration for the filmmaker Béla Tarr’s six-hour masterpiece, Satantango is… read more

Similar categories in George Szirtes's Satantango book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature
  • hungary
"They’re waiting patiently, like the long-suffering lot they are, in the firm conviction that someone has conned them. They are waiting, belly to the ground, like cats at pig-killing time, hoping for …"

-George Szirtes, Satantango

"Irimiás: God is not made manifest in language, you dope. He's not manifest in anything. He doesn't exist... God was a mistake. I've long understood there is zero difference between me and a bug, or a…"

-George Szirtes, Satantango

Cover of La Mort est mon métier by Robert Merle

13. La Mort est mon métier

By: Robert Merle

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Mass Market Paperback

La mort est mon metier sont les pseudo-memoires de Rudolf Hoss (renomme Rudolf Lang dans l'ouvrage)… read more

Similar categories in Robert Merle's La Mort est mon métier book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • world war ii
  • history
  • war
Cover of Piszkos Fred közbelép Fülig Jimmy őszinte sajnálatára [Albatrosz könyvek] by Jenő Rejtő

14. Piszkos Fred közbelép Fülig Jimmy őszinte sajnálatára [Albatrosz könyvek]

By: Jenő Rejtő

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Regi ismerosunk, Fulig Jimmy ezuttal egy ifju amerikai milliomos expediciojanak fontos szereploje. … read more

Similar categories in Jenő Rejtő's Piszkos Fred közbelép Fülig Jimmy őszinte sajnálatára [Albatrosz könyvek] book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature

15. Fatelessness

By: Imre Kertész , Tim Wilkinson

3.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

At the age of 14 Georg Koves is plucked from his home in a Jewish section of Budapest and without a… read more

Similar categories in Imre Kertész's Fatelessness book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

16. The Door

By: Magda Szabó , Len Rix

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

A busy young writer struggling to cope with domestic chores, hires a housekeeper recommended by a f… read more

Similar categories in Magda Szabó's The Door book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

17. Infinite Jest

By: David Foster Wallace

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America. Set in an addicts' ha… read more

Similar categories in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

18. The Pendragon Legend

By: Antal Szerb

3.97

Format: None pages,

read more

Similar categories in Antal Szerb's The Pendragon Legend book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

19. The Terror

By: Dan Simmons

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Iliumand Olympostransforms the true story of a legendary Arctic expeditio… read more

Similar categories in Dan Simmons's The Terror book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

Cover of Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, Pınar Kür, Daphne Hardy

20. Darkness at Noon

By: Arthur Koestler , Pınar Kür , Daphne Hardy

4.11

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Darkness at Noon is a fictional portrayal of the nightmare politics of our time. Its hero is an agi… read more

Similar categories in Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

"Truth is what is useful to humanity, falsehood what is harmful."

-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon

"Each wrong idea we follow is a crime committed against future generations."

-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon

"History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unnering flows towards her goal. History knows herway. She makes no mistakes."

-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon

"The ultimate truth is penultimately always a falsehood. He who will be proved right in the end appears to be wrong and harmful before it."

-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon

21. Liliom

By: Ferenc Molnár

4.00

Format: None pages,

read more

Similar categories in Ferenc Molnár's Liliom book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

22. Speak, Memory

By: Vladimir Nabokov

4.00

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

'Speak, memory' said Vladimir Nabokov. And immediately there came flooding back to him a host of en… read more

Similar categories in Vladimir Nabokov's Speak, Memory book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

23. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

By: Douglas Adams

3.00

Format: 9 pages,

At last in paperback in one complete volume, here are the five novels from Douglas Adams's Hitchhik… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Adams's The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

Cover of The Jealousy Man and Other Stories by Jo Nesbø

24. The Jealousy Man and Other Stories

By: Jo Nesbø

3.65

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A veritable crime lover’s delight from a true master of mystery and suspense. Experience the #1 New… read more

Similar categories in Jo Nesbø's The Jealousy Man and Other Stories book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

Cover of Herscht 07769 by László Krasznahorkai

25. Herscht 07769

By: László Krasznahorkai

4.20

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Krasznahorkai új műve, egy több száz oldalas elbeszélés 2021 februárjában jelenik meg a Magvető kia… read more

Similar categories in László Krasznahorkai's Herscht 07769 book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature
  • hungary
Cover of Az elveszett cirkáló by Jenő Rejtő

26. Az elveszett cirkáló

By: Jenő Rejtő

4.47

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Az angol páncélos cirkáló, a Balmoral, korántsem vész el. Fedélzetén Piszkos Fred a kapitány, aki v… read more

Similar categories in Jenő Rejtő's Az elveszett cirkáló book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature
Cover of Hordtam az irhámat by Ádám Nádasdy

27. Hordtam az irhámat

By: Ádám Nádasdy

4.46

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Nádasdy Ádám legújabb könyvében a határok, országok, kultúrák közötti életről mesél. Visszaemlékezé… read more

Similar categories in Ádám Nádasdy's Hordtam az irhámat book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Blonde Hurricane by Jenő Rejtő

28. The Blonde Hurricane

By: Jenő Rejtő

4.19

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

Jenő Rejtő was a journalist, prolific author of cabaret skits, and the steadfast practitioner of co… read more

Similar categories in Jenő Rejtő's The Blonde Hurricane book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature
"Az élet olyan, mint egy nyári ruha mellénye – rövid és céltalan."

-Jenő Rejtő, The Blonde Hurricane

"Miss Weston bölcsészetet tanult az egyetemen, ami nem a legkedvezőbb fényt veti egy fiatal hölgy gyakorlati érzékére."

-Jenő Rejtő, The Blonde Hurricane

Cover of My Happy Days In Hell by György Faludy

29. My Happy Days In Hell

By: György Faludy

4.54

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

My Happy Days in Hell (1962) is Gyorgy Faludy's grimly beautiful autobiography of his battle to sur… read more

Similar categories in György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • poetry
  • survival
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • hungarian literature
  • nonfiction
  • hungary
Cover of Csontbrigád by Jenő Rejtő

30. Csontbrigád

By: Jenő Rejtő

4.35

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Henry Fécamp azért, hogy barátja és közös szerelmük útjából félreálljon, magára vállal egy gyilkoss… read more

Similar categories in Jenő Rejtő's Csontbrigád book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature
Cover of A megkerült cirkáló by Jenő Rejtő

31. A megkerült cirkáló

By: Jenő Rejtő

4.34

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Az olvasók még jól emlékeznek a Balmoral nevű cirkálóra, amely egy ceyloni kikötőből szőrén-lábán e… read more

Similar categories in Jenő Rejtő's A megkerült cirkáló book and György Faludy's My Happy Days In Hell

  • hungarian literature

6 Top hungary books like My Happy Days In Hell by György Faludy

Transform Your Habits

A Journey Round My Skull

Oliver Sacks , Frigyes Karinthy , Vernon Duckworth Barker

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Journey by Moonlight

Len Rix , Antal Szerb

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Egyperces novellák

István Örkény , None

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Satantango

George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai

4.14

View all the books

10 best-selling fiction books like Tschick by Wolfgang Herrndorf

Transform Your Habits

Die Physiker

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Wilhelm Tell

Friedrich Schiller

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Vom Ende der Einsamkeit

Benedict Wells

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Tschick

Wolfgang Herrndorf

3.50

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.