6 must-read nonfiction books like Op. 101 by Horace Engdahl

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Op. 101

By: Horace Engdahl

3.40

Format: 141 pages, Hardcover

Från balkongen i sin nya hemstad ser författaren ut över en tillvaro som har bytt skepnad när en ny…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Op. 101 by Horace Engdahl , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Histoire de la violence

By: Édouard Louis

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

J’ai rencontré Reda un soir de Noël. Je rentrais chez moi après un repas avec des amis, vers quatre… read more

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"I’m sorry, monsieur, but now this is a criminal proceeding. It’s out of your hands."

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

"I’ve been trying to construct a memory that would let me undo the past, that would amplify it and destroy it, so that the more I remember and the more I lose myself in the images that remain, the les…"

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

"I know from experience that the isolation of those who try to forget the past is as terrible as the isolation of those for whom the past is an obsession; I’ve learned that the question is never wheth…"

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

"I was sure that if I kept acting like a trauma victim, that’s what I’d become the effects would be even worse and would last longer. Meanwhile my body knew exactly what was going on. I told Clara: th…"

-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence

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2. Gösta Berling's Saga

By: Selma Lagerlöf , Pauline Klaiber-Gottschau , Lillie Tudeer

5.00

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, Lagerlof assured her place in Swedish le… read more

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3. Baumgartner

By: Paul Auster

3.78

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A taut yet expansive novel of love, memory, and grief from Paul Auster, best-selling, award-winning… read more

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"Vivir es sentir dolor, y vivir con miedo al dolor es negarse a vivir"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"To live is to feel pain, he told himself, and to live in fear of pain is to refuse to live."

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"at some point in the coming years, the two books should be combined and reconfigured into a large, one-volume collected poems—a monument of singing pages that will overwhelm the silence of Anna’s gra…"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"the story turns out to be so astounding and so powerful that your jaw drops open and you feel that it has changed or enhanced or deepened your understanding of the world, does it matter if the story …"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

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4. Nattskolen (Morgenstjernen, #4)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.37

Format: 484 pages, Hardcover

Årets roman fra Karl Ove Knausgård, «Nattskolen», inngår i det store Morgenstjernen-verket som åpne… read more

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5. Hurricane Season

By: Fernanda Melchor

4.06

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Notable Book (2020) A Guardian Best Book of 2020 A Literary Hub Favorite Book of… read more

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"а разнообразие и за да не губи навик, баба, когато е ядосана, си спомня само за лошите неща"

-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season

"за разнообразие и за да не губи навик, баба, когато е ядосана, си спомня само за лошите неща"

-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season

"There's no reasoning with dog, two ferocious dogs who refuse to let go of their prey until they've been torn to shreds"

-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season

"момчето, щом порасна, се превърна в диво животно, което, пуснеха ли го на свобода, дори по никое време вечер, все го теглеше към гората, защото според баба ѝ този бил начинът да възпитават момчетата,…"

-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season

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6. Daheim

By: Judith Hermann

3.48

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Judith Hermann erzählt von einem Aufbruch: eine alte Welt geht verloren und eine neue entsteht. Ih… read more

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7. The Shards

By: Bret Easton Ellis

4.00

Format: 595 pages, Hardcover

A sensational new novel from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms that t… read more

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"Non investivo nel mondo reale – perché avrei dovuto? Non era fatto per me o per i miei bisogni o desideri."

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

"Eravamo adolescenti, bambini superficialmente sofisticati, che non sapevano davvero nulla di come funzionava il mondo - lo stavamo sperimentando, immagino, ma senza averne cognizione. Almeno fino a q…"

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

"And I just stood there in the fading afternoon light, realizing at seventeen that I was already staring into my past — that the past had a meaning that would always define you. I remember this being …"

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

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8. Anéantir

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.84

Format: 734 pages, Hardcover

Ce roman de Michel Houellebecq nous projette à la fin du second mandat du président à travers un ré… read more

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"La prise de vues donnait une étrange impression de neutralité."

-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir

"Les chrétiens ont du mal en général, avec l’absurde, ça n’entre pas vraiment dans leurs catégories."

-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir

"Certains lundis de la toute fin novembre, ou du début de décembre, surtout lorsqu'on est célibataire, on a la sensation d'être dans le couloir de la mort. Les vacances d'été sont depuis longtemps oub…"

-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir

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9. Moral

By: Lyra Ekström Lindbäck

3.49

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

Anna anländer till en universitetsstad i Tjeckien för att doktorera i moralfilosofi. Hennes handled… read more

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10. 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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"Min pappa är indian och nu ska jag berätta det för blomma."

-Andrev Walden, Jävla karlar

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11. 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

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12. I Is Another: Septology III-V

By: Jon Fosse

4.44

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway. His only fr… read more

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"...I just keep the mistakes and let them be wrong, because it’s often the mistakes that eventually lead to something right..."

-Jon Fosse, I Is Another: Septology III-V

"...one of the most important things when it comes to painting is being able to stop at the right time, to know when a picture is saying what it can say, if you keep going too long then more often tha…"

-Jon Fosse, I Is Another: Septology III-V

"...a person comes from God and goes back to God, I think, for the body is conceived and born, it grows and declines, it dies and vanishes, but the spirit is a unity of body and soul, the way form and…"

-Jon Fosse, I Is Another: Septology III-V

"...everyone has a deep longing inside them, we always always long for something and we believe that what we long for is this or that, this person or that person, this thing or that thing, but actuall…"

-Jon Fosse, I Is Another: Septology III-V

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13. Full spredning

By: Nina Lykke

3.69

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Ingen kjenner understrømmene i befolkningen så godt som en fastlege. Jeg har vært gjennom alt samme… read more

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14. The Wolves of Eternity (Morgenstjernen, #2)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.03

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a sprawling and deeply human novel… read more

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15. Sniglar och snö

By: Agneta Pleijel

3.86

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Hon blir Sveriges första kvinnliga kulturchef på en dagstidning. På Aftonbladets kulturredaktion i … read more

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16. Skriften i vattnet (Blodstormen, #1)

By: John Ajvide Lindqvist

3.40

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Det är midsommarafton och bordet på bryggan är dukat med finporslinet. Affärsmannen Olof Helanders … read more

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17. Hyper

By: Agri Ismaïl

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When Rafiq Kermanj, founder of the Kurdish Communist Party, is forced to flee Tehran for London wit… read more

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18. A New Name: Septology VI-VII

By: Jon Fosse

4.49

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway. His only fr… read more

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"God is so far away that no one can say anything about him and that’s why all ideas about God are wrong, and at the same time he is so close that we almost can’t notice him, because he is the foundati…"

-Jon Fosse, A New Name: Septology VI-VII

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19. Andromeda

By: Therese Bohman

3.63

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

”Förlagshuset ligger som ett fartyg som ankrat mitt i stan, en stor ljus byggnad som kröns av en ta… read more

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"Jeśli ro­zu­mie się ludzi, wszy­scy stają się in­te­re­su­ją­cy."

-Therese Bohman, Andromeda

"Pamiętasz jak raz powiedziałaś, że masz wrażenie jakbyś przez całe życie biegła? Dokładnie wiedziałem co masz na myśli, ze mną było tak samo. Biegłem sam, tak jak Ty. Ale przez te kilka lat miałem wr…"

-Therese Bohman, Andromeda

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20. Natten

By: Sara Gordan

3.97

Format: 175 pages, Hardcover

”Det kommer en punkt där allt är gjort och ingenting finns kvar utom natten. Du lever eller är död,… read more

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21. Mjölkat

By: Sanna Samuelsson

3.55

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

"En kille i klassen drog ett skämt om att vi drack mjölken direkt från spenen. Att vi levde på det … read more

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22. Marionetterna : en berättelse om världen som politisk teater

By: Ingrid Carlberg

3.68

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

”Jag skyndar på stegen och följer instruktionerna. Jag gör det för att jag har ledsnat på hatet, le… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. Vildsvinet

By: Adam Svanell

3.31

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

Perhaps nothing can make you feel alive like someone else's death. Gustav's best friend takes hi… read more

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24. Jordens sång: Essäer om Tolkiens tankevärld

By: John Sjögren

4.24

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

På randen till den fjärde tidsåldern hotar en exploaterande makt Midgårds skogar och stränder. Mord… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Testosteron

By: Selma Brodrej

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

»Jag vill nå våldets kärna, vilket på många sätt är detsamma som att nå mannens kärna. Något jag fö… read more

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26. Op. 101

By: Horace Engdahl

3.40

Format: 141 pages, Hardcover

Från balkongen i sin nya hemstad ser författaren ut över en tillvaro som har bytt skepnad när en ny… read more

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27. Ung mans färd mot natt

By: Håkan Nesser

3.75

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Nionde boken i serien om kommissarie Barbarotti read more

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28. Den sista boken om mordet på Olof Palme

By: Jon Jordås

3.83

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

Efter det förbryllande utpekandet av Skandia-mannen år 2020 började Jon Jordås, dokumentärchef och … read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Helga

By: Bengt Ohlsson

3.58

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Tjugo år efter Gregorius återkommer Bengt Ohlsson med en berättelse om pastor Gregorius hustru Helg… read more

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30. Pythian pratar

By: Liv Strömquist

4.52

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Liv Strömquists tionde seriealbum är en självhjälpsbok mot självhjälp. Vi lever i en kultur som … read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Terranauterna * Om Människans dröm att upptäcka och kartlägge världen

By: Staffan Bergwik

3.60

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Viljan att kunna överblicka världen . En överblickens historia sedd med den västerländska människan… read more

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10 Top swedish literature books like Op. 101 by Horace Engdahl

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Gösta Berling's Saga

Selma Lagerlöf , Pauline Klaiber-Gottschau , Lillie Tudeer

5.00

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Moral

Lyra Ekström Lindbäck

3.49

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Jävla karlar

Andrev Walden

4.07

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The Details

Ia Genberg

3.90

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Bli hvis du kan. Reis hvis du må.

Helga Flatland

4.24

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Jeg nekter å tenke

Lotta Elstad

3.16

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Zeshan Shakar

3.64

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Erlend Loe

4.12

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