8 must-read nonfiction books like Wonderland. La cultura di massa da Walt Disney ai Pink Floyd by Alberto Mario Banti

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Wonderland. La cultura di massa da Walt Disney ai Pink Floyd

By: Alberto Mario Banti

3.78

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

C’era una volta Wonderland, una terra di racconti meravigliosi fatta dalle parole dei romanzi, dall…

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1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

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  • nonfiction
"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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2. L'Avversario

By: Emmanuel Carrère , Eliana Vicari Fabris

3.99

Format: 169 pages, Paperback

«Il 9 gennaio 1993 Jean-Claude Romand ha ucciso la moglie, i figli e i genitori, poi ha tentato di … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Il est notoire que les hommes les plus remarquables sont aussi les plus modestes, les moins soucieux de l'opinion qu'on a d'eux."

-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario

"Je n'ai jamais été aussi libre, jamais la vie n'a été aussi belle. Je suis un assassin, j'ai l'image la plus basse qui puisse exister dans la société, mais c'est plus facile à supporter que les vingt…"

-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario

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3. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

By: Fannie Flagg

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a now-c… read more

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"Quienes más sufren son quienes menos lo dicen."

-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

"Face it girls. I'm older and I have more insurance."

-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

"By the way, is there anything sadder than toys on a grave?"

-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

"Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family?"

-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

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4. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (The Neapolitan Novels #3)

By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

Since the publication of My Brilliant Friend, the first of the Neapolitan novels, Elena Ferrante's … read more

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5. The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present

By: Ronald Hutton

3.62

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. I Married a Communist (The American Trilogy, #2)

By: Philip Roth

3.74

Format: 296 pages,

I Married a Communistis the story of the rise and fall of Ira Ringold, a big American roughneck who… read more

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7. Memoirs of Hadrian

By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick

4.23

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more

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"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

8. The Story of the Lost Child (The Neapolitan Novels, #4)

By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Here is the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable L… read more

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9. The Haunting of Hill House

By: Shirley Jackson , None

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959,… read more

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10. My Brilliant Friend (L'amica geniale #1)

By: Elena Ferrante

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

A modern masterpiece from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, int… read more

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11. Camere separate

By: Pier Vittorio Tondelli

3.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

"'Camere separate' e uno straordinario e felice romanzo d'amore e di morte, di nostalgia e maturita… read more

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12. Altri libertini

By: Pier Vittorio Tondelli

3.22

Format: 224 pages,

Altri libertini ha avuto fin dagli inizi una vita avventurosa: pubblicato nel 1980, sequestrato per… read more

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13. Less Than Zero

By: Bret Easton Ellis

3.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in Los Angeles in the early 1980's, this coolly mesmerizing novel is a raw, powerful portrait o… read more

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14. L'isola di Arturo

By: Elsa Morante

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Il romanzo e un'esplorazione attenta della prima realta verso le sorgenti non inquinate della vita.… read more

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15. Nemesis

By: Philip Roth

4.19

Format: 45 pages, Hardcover

In the "stifling heat of equatorial Newark," a terrifying epidemic is raging, threatening the child… read more

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16. Portnoy's Complaint

By: Philip Roth , Luca Marinelli

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

The famous confession of Alexander Portnoy, who is thrust through life by his unappeasable sexualit… read more

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17. The Story of a New Name (The Neapolitan Novels #2)

By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

The second book, following last year's My Brilliant Friend, featuring the two friends Lila and Elen… read more

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18. L'arte della gioia

By: Goliarda Sapienza

4.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

L'arte della gioiae un libro postumo: giaceva da vent'anni abbandonato in una cassapanca e, dopo es… read more

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19. 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)

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20. I miei stupidi intenti

By: Bernardo Zannoni

3.78

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Questa è la lunga vita di una faina, raccontata di suo pugno. Fra gli alberi dei boschi, le colline… read more

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21. Tutto chiede salvezza

By: Daniele Mencarelli

4.17

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Ha vent'anni Daniele quando, in seguito a una violenta esplosione di rabbia, viene sottoposto a un … read more

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"I think I might be a bit mentally disabled."

-Daniele Mencarelli, Tutto chiede salvezza

"Le mie sono le farneticazioni di un maestro di scuola elementare messo a riposo. Una cosa però tienila sempre a mente. Curati. Chiedi aiuto quando serve. Ma lascia il tuo sguardo libero, non farti ra…"

-Daniele Mencarelli, Tutto chiede salvezza

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22. La ricreazione è finita

By: Dario Ferrari

4.24

Format: 480 pages, ebook

Marcello è un trentenne senza un vero lavoro, resiste ai tentativi della fidanzata di rinsaldare il… read more

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23. 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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24. Animali notturni

By: Carlotta Vagnoli

3.10

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

Alla fine degli anni Zero, Milano è il centro dell' appena cala il sole, una generazione intera si … read more

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25. La città dei vivi

By: Nicola Lagioia

4.20

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Nel marzo 2016, in un anonimo appartamento della periferia romana, due ragazzi di buona famiglia di… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Ci sono le città dei vivi, popolate da morti. E poi ci sono le città dei morti, le uniche dove la vita abbia ancora un senso."

-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi

"Distruggere il più debole. Oppure indebolire il più forte per poi distruggerlo. L'aggressione come garanzia per la sopravvivenza. Colpire per sottrarsi alla paura di essere colpiti. Sentirsi impotent…"

-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi

"«A questo punto mi pare evidente che il problema siamo noi, – fece uno degli scrittori, – intendo noi romani, la classe dirigente è lo specchio del nostro marciume, tutto è marcio, anche i turisti. I…"

-Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi

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26. Il re di tutti. Un ritratto di Stephen King

By: Luca Briasco

3.80

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Per molti è il più grande scrittore degli ultimi decenni. Per altri le sue storie horror sono robac… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. Eroine. Come i personaggi delle serie TV possono aiutarci a fiorire

By: Marina Pierri

3.69

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Non sono “solo” serie tv. Quando guardiamo uno show che amiamo ci poniamo in ascolto attento, e att… read more

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"Ogni volta che creiamo gettiamo un ponte tra il potenziale e l’attuale, e quel ponte va costruito mattone per mattone, con un impegno sordo che metta a tacere la paura e l’insicurezza."

-Marina Pierri, Eroine. Come i personaggi delle serie TV possono aiutarci a fiorire

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28. The Nationalization of the Masses: Political Symbolism and Mass Movements in Germany from the Napoleonic Wars through the Third Reich

By: George L. Mosse

3.90

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Book by George L. Mosse read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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29. Wonderland. La cultura di massa da Walt Disney ai Pink Floyd

By: Alberto Mario Banti

3.78

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

C’era una volta Wonderland, una terra di racconti meravigliosi fatta dalle parole dei romanzi, dall… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of La riada (Blackwater, #1) by Michael McDowell

30. La riada (Blackwater, #1)

By: Michael McDowell

3.74

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Descubre el primer volumen de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal. Mujeres poderosas que luc… read more

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31. Il primo libro di teatro (Italian Edition)

By: Robert Leach

3.71

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Una guida aggiornata e completa al meraviglioso mondo del teatro, alla sua storia, ai suoi protagon… read more

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