6 best-selling history books like Människors undran: Antiken (Europas idéhistoria, #1) by Ronny Ambjörnsson

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Människors undran: Antiken (Europas idéhistoria, #1)

By: Ronny Ambjörnsson

3.52

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Människors undran är första delen i fyrbandsverket Europas idéhistoria. Ronny Ambjörnsson skriver o…

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1. Nausea

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth

3.94

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In… read more

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"It was true, I had always realized it—I hadn’t any “right"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"I see the insipid flesh blossoming and palpitating with abandon."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"My existence began to worry me seriously. Was I not a simple spectre?"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

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2. To the Lighthouse

By: Virginia Woolf

3.80

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more

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"I have had my vision."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"Well, we must wait for the future to show."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

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3. Kallocain

By: Karin Boye , Gustaf Lannestock , Richard B. Vowles

3.72

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

This is a novel of the future, profoundly sinister in its vision of a drab terror. Ironic and detac… read more

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  • swedish literature
"Ur tankar och känslor föds ord och handlingar. Hur skulle tankar och känslor då kunna vara den enskildes ensak? (...) Hittills har det bara inte varit möjligt att kontrollera dem - men nu är alltså m…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

"На стіні висіли чутливе «поліційне вухо» й «поліційне око», таке саме зірке в темряві, як і при світлі. Ніхто не заперечить того, що ці органи дуже потрібні. Якби не вони, скільки помешкань могло б с…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

"Попри те, цього вечора не годилося поводитися понуро й сумувати. На урочистостях, присвячених примноженню добра й достатку Держави, має панувати піднесений настрій. Мабуть, моя доля пішла б іншим шля…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

"Збуджена, приязно налаштована юрба озвалася на мої слова бурею оплесків і схвальних вигуків. Але я бачив, що не всі аплодували. Коли плеще в долоні тисяча, а двоє сидять склавши руки, то ці двоє пере…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

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4. Tripprapporter

By: Tone Schunnesson

3.11

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

"Jag är hel. Jag är en perfekt maskin, Gud har rört vid mig och sett mig i min olycka och sagt åt m… read more

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  • swedish literature
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5. Ondskan

By: Jan Guillou

3.80

Format: 283 pages, Hardcover

I Jan Guillous Ondskan beskrivs våldet i den svenska vardagen. Vi får följa huvudpersonen Eriks fos… read more

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  • swedish literature
"Человек обязан сопротивляться (давлению)."

-Jan Guillou, Ondskan

"...сопротивление необходимо в любом случае, даже в безнадёжной на вид ситуации."

-Jan Guillou, Ondskan

"Тот, кто боится, никогда не сумеет задать взбучку так, как он задумал это сделать."

-Jan Guillou, Ondskan

"Всегда именно страх играл решающую роль... Пожалуй, огромное большинство людей не умели защитить себя как раз по этой причине. У них хватало силы и прочих физических данных. Но страх парализовал их, …"

-Jan Guillou, Ondskan

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6. The Myth of Sisyphus

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"A fate is not a punishment."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"there are truths but no truth"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"To will is to stir up paradoxes"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

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7. The Renaissance

By: Peter Burke

4.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this study Peter Burke distances himself from the traditional interpretation of the Renaissance … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. The Prince

By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez

3.84

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Is it better to be loved or feared?"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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9. A Brief History of Western Philosophy

By: Anthony Kenny

3.57

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Spanning 2,500 years of thought, this volume provides essential coverage of the most influential th… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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11. I Love Dick

By: Chris Kraus , Eileen Myles , Joan Hawkins

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In I Love Dick, Chris Kraus, author of Aliens & Anorexia, Torpor, and Video Green, boldly tears awa… read more

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12. Forever Flowing

By: Vasily Grossman , Thomas P. Whitney

3.91

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

The novel tells the story of Ivan Grigoryevich, who has returned to Russia after thirty years in th… read more

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13. The Trial

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir

3.95

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more

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  • philosophy
"But I’m not guilty,"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"Asking questions were the most important thing."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

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14. Min kamp 2 (Min kamp #2)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads a solita… read more

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15. Kris

By: Karin Boye

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Genom sina kanslor for skolkamraten Siv tvingas den unga Malin Forst att omvardera sitt liv. Pa tro… read more

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16. The Communist Manifesto

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

17. Röda rummet

By: August Strindberg

3.43

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Roda rummet utkom hosten 1879 och inleds med det bevingade voltaireska mottot om det obehagliga i a… read more

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18. Drömfakulteten

By: Sara Stridsberg

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ett hotellrum i Tenderloin District, torskdistriktet i San Francisco. Det ar april 1988 och Valerie… read more

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19. All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.00

Format: 592 pages,

All the Pretty Horsestells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Acr… read more

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20. 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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21. Happening

By: Annie Ernaux

4.32

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plag… read more

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"There is no such thing as a lesser truth."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"I was intoxicated, wrapped up in wordless intelligence."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"People judged according to the law, they didn't judge the law."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"love children are the most beautiful of all.' What a terrible statement."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

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22. A Girl's Story

By: Annie Ernaux

3.89

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Another masterpiece of remembering from Annie Ernau… read more

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"Un été immense comme ils le sont tous jusqu'à vingt-cinq ans"

-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story

"Everywhere on earth, with every day that dawns, a woman stands surrounded by men ready to throw stones at her."

-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story

"At this very moment, out in the streets, the open spaces, on the metro, in lecture halls, and inside millions of heads, millions of novels are being written chapter by chapter, erased and revised, an…"

-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story

"Aucun autre projet d’écriture ne me paraît, non pas lumineux, ni nouveau, encore moins heureux, mais vital, capable de me faire vivre au-dessus du temps. Juste « profiter de la vie » est une perspect…"

-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story

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23. Jag ser allt du gör

By: Annika Norlin

3.97

Format: 219 pages, Hardcover

På vägen mellan Jokkmokk och Kåbdalis, i skuggan av den största sorgen man kan bära, börjar en sång… read more

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  • swedish literature
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24. D e kroniskt

By: Caroline Ringskog Ferrada-Noli

3.40

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

»Det kan verka som att allt gått i lås. Terapin har hjälpt. Man träffar en bra man. Får barn. Man b… read more

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  • swedish literature
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25. Den som dödade helvetets änglar

By: Jan Guillou

3.01

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Det är inte vilka pensionärer som helst som hamnar i kampen mot extrem och ytterst välorganiserad b… read more

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  • swedish literature
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26. Samlade verk

By: Lydia Sandgren

4.08

Format: 689 pages, Hardcover

I Göteborg förbereds en stor retrospektiv över konstnären Gustav Beckers verk från 1980-talet och f… read more

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  • swedish literature
"You’re right,"

-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk

"People engage in a lot of self-deception,"

-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk

"Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about what a person has a right to tell other people. As a therapist, it’s simple: everything you’re told is confidential. Outside the clinic, however, there are un…"

-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk

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27. Ut ur min kropp

By: Sara Meidell

3.45

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

”När det blir kväll, nästan natt, ordnar jag med balansräkningen. Vad behövs som minst för att håll… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • nonfiction
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28. Jag tänker bli äcklig

By: Ali Alonzo

3.06

Format: 125 pages, Hardcover

I Ali Alonzos Jag tänker bli äcklig störtar dikterna nerför sidorna, mot läsaren. De är rastlösa oc… read more

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29. Människors undran: Antiken (Europas idéhistoria, #1)

By: Ronny Ambjörnsson

3.52

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Människors undran är första delen i fyrbandsverket Europas idéhistoria. Ronny Ambjörnsson skriver o… read more

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  • history
  • swedish literature
  • nonfiction
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30. Idéhistoriens huvudlinjer

By: Gunnar Eriksson

3.17

Format: 186 pages, None

Historien om mänsklighetens tankar kring livet och världen är minst lika viktig för vår förståelse … read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Den kupade handen

By: Bo Sundin

3.42

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

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  • history

8 Best philosophy books like Människors undran: Antiken (Europas idéhistoria, #1) by Ronny Ambjörnsson

Transform Your Habits

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3.94

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4.18

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