Kirsikankukkajuhla (Genjin tarina #1)
By: Murasaki Shikibu
3.17
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Genjin tarina 1: Kirsikankukkajuhla Genjin tarina on maailman ensimmäinen suurromaani ja yhä Jap…
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1. I'll Be Right There
By: Shin Kyung-Sook , Sora Kim-Russell , None
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
How friendship, European literature, and a charismatic professor defy war, oppression, and the absu… read more
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2. Sankarit
By: Johanna Sinisalo
3.91
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Johanna Sinisalo yllattaa taas! Sankarit on ilkikurinen ja maaginen teos. Mutta miksi kaikki sen he… read more
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3. Autumn
By: Ali Smith
4.26
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A breathtakingly inventive new novel from the Man Booker-shortlisted and Baileys Prize-winning auth… read more
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4. Sweet Bean Paste
By: Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sentaro has failed: he has a criminal record, drinks too much, and hasn't managed to fulfil his dre… read more
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- japanese literature
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5. Kultarinta
By: Anni Kytömäki
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Kultarinta on kertomus miehesta joka asettui kalliolle jaatyakseen kuoliaaksi. Naisesta joka kirjoi… read more
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6. Memory of Water
By: Emmi Itäranta
4.03
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
Global warming has changed the world's geography and its politics. Wars are waged over water, and C… read more
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7. Gift
By: Tove Ditlevsen , Dy Plambeck
3.00
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
I sin tredje erindringsbog vender Tove Ditlevsen tilbage til sin ungdom og fortaeller om det kaerli… read more
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8. The Vegetarian
By: Han Kang , Deborah Smith
4.00
Format: 204 pages,
Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood… read more
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9. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.58
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more
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"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
10. All the Lovers in the Night
By: Mieko Kawakami
3.72
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance copy editor in her mid-thirties. Working and living alone in a city wher… read more
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"It only took me a couple of hours to realise that she was a woman of talents beyond anything I could imagine - even though I was a stranger to such talents myself."-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"The light at night is special because the overwhelming light of day has left us, and the remaining half draws on everything it has to keep the world around us bright."-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
"When I felt sleepy I slept, and when I opened my eyes I got up, letting hunger dictate when to head to the fridge or kitchen cabinet to eat some of the things that I'd stocked up on. When supplies ra…"-Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night
11. Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
By: Jo Nesbø
4.20
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own… read more
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"Your mother should have treated him better, he was her patron, after all. Just like the parasite that is humanity should treat this planet better."-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
"She was upfront like that, a one man woman, and always had been. Even if Markus was far from being a one woman man. Because it wasn’t about what he thought of her, but about what she thought of herse…"-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
"Have you ever thought about how as children we expect unconditional love from our parents, without giving anything in return? But then we grow up and things change completely. When do you think we st…"-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
12. The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
By: Keigo Higashino
4.43
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
When three delinquents hole up in an abandoned general store after their most recent robbery, to th… read more
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"People who live with their head in the clouds deserve to hit the ground every once in a while."-Keigo Higashino, The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
"Believe me. No matter how bad things are today, they’ll be far better tomorrow. — Namiya General Store"-Keigo Higashino, The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
"Be a fighter. Give it everything you’ve got. Even a losing battle is worth fighting. Go out and make your mark."-Keigo Higashino, The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
"It would destroy the very meaning of a family unit if everyone with their separate ways over fleeting feelings of anger or impatience."-Keigo Higashino, The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
13. Elolliset
By: Iida Turpeinen
4.38
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Vuonna 1741 luonnontieteilijä ja teologi Georg Wilhelm Steller seilaa kapteeni Vitus Beringin retki… read more
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14. 36 uurnaa : väärässä olemisen historia
By: Sirpa Kähkönen
3.59
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Kirjailija Sirpa Kähkösen äiti Riitta (s. 1941) kuoli maaliskuussa 2022 pitkään sairastettuaan. Elä… read more
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15. Pienen hauen pyydystys
By: Juhani Karila
4.35
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Elina Ylijaako palaa kotiseudulleen Itä-Lappiin saattamaan loppuun sen, mikä on pantu alulle vuosia… read more
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"- Tiiäkkö sinä että sulla on peijooni takapenkillä. - Tiedän. - Ei sitte mittään."-Juhani Karila, Pienen hauen pyydystys
"Néha úgy tűnik nekem, hogy a világ nem süllyed bele a tengerbe, nem is sivatagosodik el, csak egyszerűen elmocsarasodik. A mezőket elnyelik a mocsarak. Az útjelzőket, a körforgalmakat, a felhőkarcoló…"-Juhani Karila, Pienen hauen pyydystys
16. 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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"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
17. Whereabouts
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
3.77
Format: 157 pages, Hardcover
Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her theme… read more
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"the routine purchases of a woman on her own,"-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts
"My mother, by now, clings to life like a yellowing piece of Scotch tape in a scrapbook."-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts
"wastes away like an old woman who was once a stunning beauty before shutting down completely."-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts
"There’s no point discussing it given that she’s blind to the small pleasures my solitude affords me"-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts
18. The Details
By: Ia Genberg
3.90
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
An acclaimed Swedish author makes her English language debut with this intoxicating novel in the ve… read more
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"La fiducia resta lettera morta, se non la si sente nelle ossa."-Ia Genberg, The Details
"L'io , o meglio, il cosidetto "io", non è altro che questo: ciò che resta delle persone a cui ci siamo stretti."-Ia Genberg, The Details
"La vita mi ha regalato la mia buona dose di magia, e il più delle volte è successo all'incontro con gli altri. Lì c'è qualcosa. Lì, soltanto lì."-Ia Genberg, The Details
"Per i morti la successione del tempo non ha importanza, l'unica cosa che conta sono i dettagli, la densità, il come e il cosa e tutto ciò che riguarda il chi."-Ia Genberg, The Details
19. Tyttö joka en
By: Laura Juntunen
4.10
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Kiitetyn Subutex-kaupungin kasvatit -kirjan kirjoittaja Laura Juntunen kertoo oman tarinansa. ”O… read more
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20. Spindeln (Joona Linna, #9)
By: Lars Kepler
4.10
Format: 543 pages, Hardcover
För tre år sedan fick Saga Bauer ett vykort med en hotfull text om en pistol med nio vita kulor - v… read more
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21. How Do You Live?
By: Genzaburo Yoshino
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite childhood book, in English for the first time. First pub… read more
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"you can't become a great man without having great thoughts."-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
"We must not forget to make a habit of modesty and restraint in our lives."-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
"You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?"-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
"There is nothing more beautiful than people nurturing goodwill toward their fellow beings."-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
22. Love island
By: Amanda Palo
3.22
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
Kun todellisuus ja reality-tv sekoittuvat Love island on repivän kiihkeä ja aito romaani addikti… read more
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23. Passio
By: Pirkko Saisio
4.20
Format: 732 pages, Hardcover
On toukokuu, 1500-luku koittamassa, dominikaanimunkki Girolamo Savonarola on hirtetty ja poltettu r… read more
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"Ihminen, jonka ei koskaan ollut pakko elää toisena, kuolee maailman syvyyttä tuntematta."-Pirkko Saisio, Passio
"– Ne jotka menevät pois, luulevat aina, että ne jotka jäävät, pysyvät paikallaan, sanoi Yrjö."-Pirkko Saisio, Passio
"Ihmisen halut olivat monimutkaisempia kuin lampaan, mutta yhtä lyhytnäköisiä. Yhtä mitättömiä. Lammas halusi ruohoa, vettä, parittelua, etsi toisista lampaista turvaa. Ihminen halusi kaikkea samaa, s…"-Pirkko Saisio, Passio
"Jevgeni Nikiforovitš hymyili. Hän piti tästä selkeästä Artjom Artjomovitšista, jolla oli kuitit, grammat ja karaatit järjestyksessä ja joka ei kuljettanut häntä sekavien ja hämärien ajatustensa eräma…"-Pirkko Saisio, Passio
24. Winter in Sokcho
By: Elisa Shua Dusapin
3.56
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman - a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut F… read more
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"The rain hammered down, the sea rising beneath it in spikes like the spines of a sea urchin."-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho
"How do you know when a story is done?’ ‘My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho
"How do you know when a story is done?" "My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho
25. Kotileikki
By: Natalia Kallio
3.33
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
Lähiökerrostalon pihalta kurkottava väkevä kasvukertomus Esikoisromaani kuvaa sukupolvien yli ja… read more
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26. Itki toisenkin
By: Merja Mäki
4.23
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
Tunteikas romaani sota-ajan rakkaudesta Karjalassa Larja palaa kesällä 1942 opettajaleiriltä kanta… read more
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27. Tainnutuskehto
By: Elli Valtonen
4.37
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
Hurja ja kaunis esikoisromaani auttamisen halusta ja sen alle musertumisesta. Iiris, Janna ja Sa… read more
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28. Dodo
By: J.S. Meresmaa
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Dodo on nuorista kertova säeromaani, joka tihkuu vimmaa ja kesän loputonta valoa. Yksinhuoltaja… read more
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"Jollain ajatuksen tasolla mä käsitän, että se on villieläin. Sen pitäis olla vapaa. Mutta silti jokin mussa huutaa, että tuolla ulkona ihmisten armoilla sille kävis huonosti. Sille kävis niin kuin do…"-J.S. Meresmaa, Dodo
29. Sensei
By: Minna Eväsoja
3.97
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
Kun Minna Eväsoja aloitti väitöskirjatyönsä Japanissa, hänelle nimettiin Sensei, opettaja. Vuosien … read more
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30. Rusetti
By: Anu Kaaja
3.91
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Anu Kaajan neljännessä, virtuoosimaisessa proosateoksessa haltioidutaan kuumista renessanssipojista… read more
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31. Kirsikankukkajuhla (Genjin tarina #1)
By: Murasaki Shikibu
3.17
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Genjin tarina 1: Kirsikankukkajuhla Genjin tarina on maailman ensimmäinen suurromaani ja yhä Jap… read more
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