8 must-read classics books like Den nya skolan by Ivar Lo-Johansson

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Den nya skolan

By: Ivar Lo-Johansson

3.39

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

Holger gick bävande upp mot katedern, började. Snart satt han där som berusad. För första gången i …

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Cover of Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

1. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

By: Terry Pratchett , Neil Gaiman

4.26

Format: 491 pages, Mass Market Paperback

According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter - the world's only totally reliable g… read more

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"It was a nice day."

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"What’s your name, lad?"

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"Woss the matter with you?"

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"Never f*!k with the ineffable."

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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2. James and the Giant Peach

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that loo… read more

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  • classics
"I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans."

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"- ¡Lo que haces es reptar! - Me deslizo, dijo orgulloso el Gusano. - Eres un bicho viscoso, replicó el Ciempipes. - No soy un bicho viscoso - dijo el Gusano -. Soy una criatura útil y apreciada. Preg…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything? Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything. Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

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

3. 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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  • classics
"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

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4. Mig äger ingen

By: Åsa Linderborg

3.83

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Swedish / Svenska read more

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  • swedish literature
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5. Knackningar

By: Johan Theorin

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Molly har precis forlorat sin enda vaninna Judith och livet som ensam pensionar fylls av alltfler t… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • short stories
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6. The Country of the Blind

By: H.G. Wells

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"The Country of the Blind" is a short story written by H. G. Wells. It was first published in the A… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
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7. Svinalängorna

By: Susanna Alakoski

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Leena har tva basta vanner. Ase ar nastan den enda hon kanner som inte har en pappa som super, men … read more

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  • swedish literature
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8. The Defenders

By: Philip K. Dick

3.13

Format: 192 pages,

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  • classics
  • short stories

9. Spökhanden

By: Selma Lagerlöf

4.20

Format: None pages,

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10. Night-Side: 18 Tales

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.78

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

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11. Profitörerna

By: Leif G.W. Persson

2.88

Format: 29 pages, Paperback

Ur polisrapporten: "I lagenheten pa nedre botten Roslagsgatan 40 lag en kvinna pa golvet alldeles i… read more

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12. Moby-Dick or, The Whale

By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco

3.55

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more

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  • classics
"Call me Ishmael."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

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13. A Sound of Thunder

By: Ray Bradbury

4.08

Format: 15 pages, ebook

Free online fiction. The short story, A Sound of Thunder, involves a Time Travel Safari where ri… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
Cover of The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1) by Maja Lunde

14. The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1)

By: Maja Lunde

3.81

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this dazzling and ambitious literary debut fol… read more

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"We are nothing without passion."

-Maja Lunde, The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1)

"You do know he loves to write. He always has."

-Maja Lunde, The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1)

"Without knowledge we are nothing.without knowledge we are animals."

-Maja Lunde, The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1)

"لم تستطع أن تبقي أصابعها بعيدة عنه؛ بعد أن تراكمت أشهرٌ من الحنين -إليه- في يديها."

-Maja Lunde, The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1)

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15. Kallmyren (Stenträsktrilogin, #2)

By: Liza Marklund

3.60

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Stenträsk, 1990. Lappen på köksbordet. Älskade, jag plockar lite hjortron. Måste ut ur läge… read more

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  • swedish literature
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16. Mr Salary

By: Sally Rooney

3.78

Format: 33 pages, Paperback

My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him cl… read more

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  • short stories
"My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all."

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

"He watched me at first but then looked away. "Would it be a major bereavement for you if I died?" I said. "The most major one I can think of, yeah." "Nobody else would grieve."

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

"Death was, of course, the most ordinary thing that could happen, at some level I knew that. Still, I had stood there waiting to see the body in the river, ignoring the real living bodies all around m…"

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

"Nothing inside my body was trying to kill me. Death was, of course, the most ordinary thing that could happen, at some level I knew that. Still, I had stood there waiting to see the body in the river…"

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

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17. Jävla karlar

By: Andrev Walden

4.07

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

"En gång hade jag sju pappor på sju år. Det här är berättelsen om de åren. Om något låter påhittat … read more

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  • swedish literature
"Min pappa är indian och nu ska jag berätta det för blomma."

-Andrev Walden, Jävla karlar

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18. Systrarna

By: Jonas Hassen Khemiri

4.19

Format: 722 pages, Hardcover

"Första gången jag hörde talas om Mikkolasystrarna var jag fem eller sex år gammal, jag satt på var… read more

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  • swedish literature
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19. Konferensen

By: Mats Strandberg

3.75

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

En dysfunktionell arbetsgrupp på konferens blir jagade av en hämndlysten mördare. Nu måste de lära … read more

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  • swedish literature
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20. Stolen

By: Ann-Helén Laestadius

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM Louise Erdrich meets Jo Nesbø in this spellbinding Swedish novel that fo… read more

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  • swedish literature
"Plötsligt började áhkku sjunga, högt, med klar röst. En samisk psalm. Hanna stod en bra bit bort men hon vände sig om, lyssnade och sjönk ihop, såg ut att kunna ramla. "

-Ann-Helén Laestadius, Stolen

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21. Vänligheten

By: John Ajvide Lindqvist

3.74

Format: 805 pages, Hardcover

En klargul, låst container. En höstmorgon 2018 står den bara där, i Norrtäljes hamn. Ingen vet h… read more

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  • swedish literature
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22. Missing people

By: Karin Smirnoff

3.61

Format: None pages, None

Swedish / Svenska read more

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  • short stories
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23. Biografi över en klänning

By: Jamaica Kincaid

3.54

Format: 17 pages, Paperback

När hon gick där med mig i famnen (utan att klaga) och solens hetta ännu var så överväldigande att … read more

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  • short stories
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24. Lite krasslig, bara

By: Stephen King

3.54

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

Bradley Franklin est un publicitaire au sommet de sa carrière. Il vit à New York avec sa femme Elle… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • short stories
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25. En sann historia

By: Olga Tokarczuk

3.63

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Professorn insåg att han, där han satt böjd över kvinnan, skulle kunna framstå som någon i färd med… read more

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26. Historia

By: Sonja Åkesson

2.93

Format: 18 pages, Paperback

Jag kan som sagt inte förklara varför jag håller på på det här sättet. För att jag är so utle och t… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • short stories
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27. Avlägset mål

By: Per Anders Fogelström

3.23

Format: 16 pages, Paperback

Egentligen hade hon velat resa hem tidigare än de hade bestämt. Men biljetterna var beställda och d… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • short stories
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28. De kom från öar

By: Malin Haawind

3.39

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Kräva liv av livet. Att inte bara andas och arbeta och sköta sig, utan att också dra ner hela andet… read more

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  • swedish literature
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29. Den nya skolan

By: Ivar Lo-Johansson

3.39

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

Holger gick bävande upp mot katedern, började. Snart satt han där som berusad. För första gången i … read more

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  • swedish literature
  • classics
  • short stories
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30. Pälsen; Syndens lön & Kyssen

By: Hjalmar Söderberg

3.54

Format: 21 pages, Paperback

I doktor Hencks arbetsrum flammade en stor brasa. På bordet stod whisky och vatten. Häradshövding R… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
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31. Det finns en skräck på bottnen

By: Märta Tikkanen

3.58

Format: 20 pages, Paperback

Märta Tikkanen, finlandssvensk författare och feministikon, känd för böcker som Århundradets kärlek… read more

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12 must-read short stories books like Den nya skolan by Ivar Lo-Johansson

Transform Your Habits

Knackningar

Johan Theorin

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Country of the Blind

H.G. Wells

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Defenders

Philip K. Dick

3.13

Transform Your Habits

A Sound of Thunder

Ray Bradbury

4.08

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13 must-read short stories books like Historia by Sonja Åkesson

Transform Your Habits

Knackningar

Johan Theorin

4.25

American hotel

Sara Stridsberg

3.64

Huset

Torgny Lindgren

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Verkligheten

John Ajvide Lindqvist

3.32

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