24 best-selling fiction books like L'intérieur de la nuit by Léonora Miano

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L'intérieur de la nuit

By: Léonora Miano

3.86

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

213pages. poche. broché.

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Cover of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Margaret Mauldon, Malcolm Bowie, Mark Overstall

1. Madame Bovary

By: Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The characte… read more

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  • literature
  • france
  • fiction
"Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"How oft the warmth of the sun above Makes a pretty young girl dream of love."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

2. Le Ventre de l'Atlantique

By: Fatou Diome

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Salie vit en France. Son frere, Madicke, reve de l'y rejoindre et compte sur elle. Mais comment lui… read more

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  • africa
  • france
  • fiction
  • african literature
Cover of Winter Child by Susan Ouriou, Christelle Morelli, Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau

3. Winter Child

By: Susan Ouriou , Christelle Morelli , Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A visceral, luminous novel in translation about a Metis woman tracing the life and death of her son… read more

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  • fiction

4. House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories

By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker , Yukio Mishima

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Nobel prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata is noted for his combination of a traditional Japanese… read more

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5. Our Lady of the Nile

By: Scholastique Mukasonga , None

3.71

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

For her most recent work and first novel - Notre-Dame du Nil, originally published in March 2012 wi… read more

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6. Greek Lessons

By: Han Kang

3.47

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more

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  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

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7. 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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  • france
"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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8. Idol, Burning

By: Rin Usami

3.23

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

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9. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

By: Olga Ravn

3.67

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

A workplace novel of the 22nd century The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"This is not a human, but a coworker."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Cada ação encerra em si um elemento de caos."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Tudo precisa atravessar enormes distâncias para se tornar o que é."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Eu também tenho em mim palavras apagadas que deveria ter dito e já não sei mais o que significam."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

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10. A Woman's Story

By: Annie Ernaux

4.23

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A Woman's Story is Annie Ernaux's "deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age… read more

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  • literature
  • france
"Until I was twenty, I thought I was responsible for her growing old."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"With so much misery around, fighting for social advancement had lost all meaning."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"I believe I am writing about my mother because it is my turn to bring her into the world."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"Het beeld van haar wordt langzaam weer dat wat ik mij voorstel te hebben gehad van haar in mijn babytijd, een grote, blanke schaduw boven mij."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

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11. Là où je me terre

By: Caroline Dawson

4.38

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Valparaíso, décembre 1986, tremblement de terre entre les quatre murs d’une maison. Un homme et une… read more

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  • roman
  • france
  • fiction
"Parce que c'est ma mère, elle qui a sacrifié chacun de ses jours et plusieurs de ses nuits pour me voir libérée des servilités et soumissions qui étaient les siennes, qui a souahaité le plus ma réuss…"

-Caroline Dawson, Là où je me terre

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12. The Hole

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.49

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the cou… read more

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  • fiction
"I moved out here with my husband."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"It's just, families are strange things, aren't they? You have this couple: one man, one woman. A male and a female, if you will. They mate, and why? To leave children behind. And what are the childre…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"Abrí la ventana y oí a las cigarras cantar. No sé si era porque estaba en el campo y había muchos árboles o por la influencia del clima de ese año, pero nunca las había oído con tanta intensidad. Era…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

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13. Life Ceremony

By: Sayaka Murata

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stori… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object - this is a wonderful advancement."

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"I'm seeking an amicable daily routine with someone I get along well with, like brother and sister, without being a slave to sex"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"Walking like this, feeling like a feral human, even machines and buildings were warm to the touch, and some emitted sounds and vibrations. Their presence was similar to the sounds emitted by life-for…"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"If they tried it, the memories of the wild rooted in their flesh would come back to them, and they would discover that eating the city like this would connect the earth between the gaps in the concre…"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

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

14. 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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  • literary fiction
  • roman
  • africa
  • literature
  • france
  • fiction
  • african literature
"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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15. Seven Empty Houses

By: Samanta Schweblin

3.71

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The seven houses in these seven stories are empty. Some are devoid of love or life or furniture, of… read more

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  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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16. Martyr!

By: Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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17. 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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  • literary fiction
  • roman
  • africa
  • cameroon
  • france
  • fiction
  • african literature
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18. The Perfect Nanny

By: Leïla Slimani

3.40

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780143132172. When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
"The baby is dead."

-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny

"Nous devons prouver que, vous aussi, vous êtes une victime."

-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny

"Several times during the night, she opened her eyes, unsure if an hour had passed or a month."

-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny

"Yeah. Maybe. But honestly, I don’t understand.’ ‘You shouldn’t try to understand everything. Children are just like adults. There’s nothing to understand."

-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny

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19. Still Born

By: Guadalupe Nettel

4.13

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize! For readers of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti, … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Thoughts are like clouds moving in the sky, you know? Before you know it, they change shape or they just aren't there anymore."

-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born

"There is a word to describe someone who loses their spouse, and a word for children who are left without parents. There is no word, however, for a parent who loses their child."

-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born

"A mí me intrigan más las aves a las que parasitan. Según yo, saben que no son sus crías y aun así las cuidan y las atienden. Yo pienso que llega un punto en que todas las madres nos damos cuenta de e…"

-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born

"A mí me intrigan más las aves a las que parasitan. Según yo, saben que no son sus crías y aun así las cuidan y las atienden. Yo pienso que llega un punto en que todas las madres nos damos cuenta de e…"

-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born

Cover of Au prochain arrêt by Hiro Arikawa

20. Au prochain arrêt

By: Hiro Arikawa

3.98

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Au Japon, sur la ligne reliant Takarazuka à Nishinomiya, au gré des huit gares que dessert le train… read more

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  • roman
  • france
  • fiction
Cover of Huaco retrato by Gabriela Wiener

21. Huaco retrato

By: Gabriela Wiener

3.89

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

La muerte de su padre y los fantasmas de su herencia marcan el retorno de Wiener con esta exploraci… read more

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  • literary fiction
Cover of Les villes de papier by Dominique Fortier

22. Les villes de papier

By: Dominique Fortier

3.94

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Si, comme elle l'écrit, l'eau s'apprend par la soif et l'oiseau par la neige, alors Emily Dickinson… read more

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  • roman
  • france
  • fiction
"Emily écrit sur le monde qu'elle habite, tout en sachant qu'il serait plus beau si personne ne l'habitait."

-Dominique Fortier, Les villes de papier

"All she needs is to lay down a few sentences, sometimes just a few words, on paper to feel soothed, for a moment delivered from this nameless, pointless urgency that consumes her. Even saved. What is…"

-Dominique Fortier, Les villes de papier

"En écrivant, elle s'efface. Elle disparaît derrière le brin d'herbe que, sans elle, on n'aurait jamais vu. Elle n'écrit pas pour s'exprimer, quelle horreur, ce mot lui rappelle celui d'expectorer, da…"

-Dominique Fortier, Les villes de papier

Cover of De purs hommes by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

23. De purs hommes

By: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

4.13

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

Tout part d'une vidéo virale, au Sénégal. On y voit comment le cadavre d'un homme est déterré, puis… read more

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  • africa
  • roman
  • france
  • fiction
  • african literature
Cover of Either/Or by Elif Batuman

24. Either/Or

By: Elif Batuman

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Idiot, the continuation of beloved protagonist Sel… read more

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  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"I'm going to become whatever I was going to become."

-Elif Batuman, Either/Or

"Fiona Apple's album made me more immediately depressed than any other music I remembered hearing."

-Elif Batuman, Either/Or

"That had probably been written by a professor. I recognized the professor's characteristic delight at not imparting information."

-Elif Batuman, Either/Or

"I was going to remember, or discover, where everything came from. I was going to do the subtle, monstrous thing where you figured out what you were doing, and why."

-Elif Batuman, Either/Or

Cover of 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

25. 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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  • france
  • fiction
"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)

Cover of Inne i spegelsalen by Liv Strömquist

26. Inne i spegelsalen

By: Liv Strömquist

4.24

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Vi lever i en tid besatt av fysisk skönhet. Fotografier - hur vi ser ut på bild - har blivit allt v… read more

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27. Blue Bear Woman (Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series)

By: Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau

3.68

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

Blue Bear Woman or Ourse bleueis the first novel in Quebec written by an Indigenous woman. The stor… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • france
  • fiction
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28. L'amant du lac

By: Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau

3.59

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A spellbinding novel celebrating Indigenous sensuality; the first erotic novel written by an Indige… read more

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  • roman
  • fiction
Cover of L'intérieur de la nuit by Léonora Miano

29. L'intérieur de la nuit

By: Léonora Miano

3.86

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

213pages. poche. broché. read more

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  • literary fiction
  • roman
  • africa
  • literature
  • cameroon
  • france
  • fiction
  • 21st century
  • african literature
Cover of L'Homme qui m'offrait le ciel by Calixthe Beyala

30. L'Homme qui m'offrait le ciel

By: Calixthe Beyala

3.25

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Elle est noire, africaine, célibataire et mère d'une ado rebelle. Il est blanc, occidental, marié s… read more

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31. A Sunny Place for Shady People

By: Mariana Enríquez

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with … read more

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  • fiction

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3.70

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3.47

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4.23

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