10 Top fiction books like The Acephalic Imperial by Damian Murphy

Cover of The Acephalic Imperial by Damian Murphy

The Acephalic Imperial

By: Damian Murphy

4.57

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Séverine takes a position as a live-in maid in a house of idleness and luxury. She's informed durin…

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Cover of Exercises in Style by Barbara Wright, Raymond Queneau, Barbara  Wright

1. Exercises in Style

By: Barbara Wright , Raymond Queneau , Barbara Wright

4.06

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The plot of Exercises in Style is quite simple: a man gets into an argument with another passenger … read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"C'est en écrivant qu'on devient écriveron"

-Barbara Wright, Exercises in Style

Cover of The Melancholy of Resistance by George Szirtes, László Krasznahorkai

2. The Melancholy of Resistance

By: George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

The Melancholy of Resistance, Laszlo Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
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3. Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess

By: Justin Isis , James Nicholas

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pitched partway between multivalent modern Orphic hymnal and satiric devastation of the Internet ag… read more

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4. Ragtime

By: E.L. Doctorow

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tape… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"It is the law of wealth that such people only profit from the money that is taken from them."

-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime

"It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction."

-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime

"You're nothing more than a clever prostitute. You accepted the conditions in which you found yourself and you triumphed."

-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime

"Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime

Cover of Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

5. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.16

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"See the child."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

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6. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

By: Olga Tokarczuk

3.95

Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio

In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating … read more

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"To wielka tajemnica, że każde wyzwanie uruchamia w nas prawdziwie żywotne siły"

-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

"A man's free to do what he wants with his life, until he falls foul of the banks."

-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

"There are some things we may not understand, but we can sense them perfectly well."

-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

"The best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding."

-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

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7. Antisocieties

By: Michael Cisco

4.01

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

ANTISOCIETIES is a collection of ten stories about isolation - what it does to people, and what iso… read more

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Cover of Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos by Justin Isis

8. Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos

By: Justin Isis

4.77

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

The early 21st Century: a gilded age of pious guilt, poison nostalgia, environmental collapse, unch… read more

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9. Pleasant Tales II

By: Justin Isis

4.78

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Two young sisters enjoy the gustatory delights of chocolate pudding. A healthy young man takes a wa… read more

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10. A Trick of the Shadow

By: R. Ostermeier

4.62

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

R. Ostermeier lives and works on the peninsula. This first collection of strange tales draws predom… read more

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11. Corpsepaint

By: David Peak

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

It’s been years since the groundbreaking debut of black metal band Angelus Mortis, and that first a… read more

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12. Unlanguage

By: Michael Cisco

4.43

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

From Michael Cisco, one of the most innovative and subversive writers working today, comes the long… read more

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Cover of The Acephalic Imperial by Damian Murphy

13. The Acephalic Imperial

By: Damian Murphy

4.57

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Séverine takes a position as a live-in maid in a house of idleness and luxury. She's informed durin… read more

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  • fiction

5 Top literature books like The Acephalic Imperial by Damian Murphy

Transform Your Habits

Exercises in Style

Barbara Wright , Raymond Queneau , Barbara Wright

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Melancholy of Resistance

George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai

2.50

Transform Your Habits

Ragtime

E.L. Doctorow

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy

4.16

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13 Best fiction books like The Melancholy of Resistance by George Szirtes, László Krasznahorkai

Transform Your Habits

The Recognitions

William H. Gass , William Gaddis

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Omensetter's Luck

William H. Gass

4.17

Transform Your Habits

In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories

William H. Gass

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Melancholy of Resistance

George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai

2.50

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