8 must-read philosophy books like L'Amour la solitude by André Comte-Sponville

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L'Amour la solitude

By: André Comte-Sponville

3.83

Format: 184 pages, Pocket Book

L’amour, la sexualité, le désespoir, la solitude, la sagesse… Pour André Comte-Sponville, proche …

If you liked the philosophy plot in L'Amour la solitude by André Comte-Sponville , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

By: Milan Kundera , Michael Henry Heim

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a… read more

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"I want you to be weak. As weak as I am."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Physical love is unthinkable without violence."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Only the most naive of questions are truly serious."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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2. King Kong théorie

By: Virginie Despentes

4.01

Format: 155 pages, Paperback

J’écris de chez les moches, pour les moches, les frigides, les mal baisées, les imbaisables, toutes… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Le prostitute costituiscono l'unico proletariato la cui condizione commuove tanto la borghesia"

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Dans la morale judéo-chrétienne, mieux vaut être prise de force que prise pour une chienne, on nous l'a assez répété."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Il faut être crétin, ou simplement malhonnête, pour trouver une oppression insupportable et juger l'autre pleine de poésie."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Hace falta ser idiota, o asquerosamente deshonesto, para pensar que una forma de opresión es insoportable y juzgar que la otra está llena de poesía."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

Cover of The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien, James  Wood, Justin Obrien

3. 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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4. The New York Trilogy

By: Paul Auster , Art Spiegelman

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of … read more

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5. A Happy Death

By: Albert Camus , Richard Howard , Jean Sarocchi

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Is it possible to die a happy death?This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel… read more

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  • philosophy
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6. La Confusion des sentiments

By: Stefan Zweig , Alzir Hella , Olivier Bournac

4.02

Format: 124 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Au soir de sa vie, un vieux professeur se souvient de l'aventure qui, plus que les honneurs et la r… read more

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"Celui qui n'est pas passionné devient tout au plus un pédagogue; c'est toujours par l'intérieur qu'il faut aller aux choses, toujours, toujours en partant de la passion."

-Stefan Zweig, La Confusion des sentiments

"Her şey olması gerektiği gibi olmuştu; çünkü bazı insanlar dünyaya aşk için gelmezler, kavuşmanın acı verici mutluluklarını taşıyamayacak kadar zayıf oldukları için onlarda sadece beklentinin kutsal …"

-Stefan Zweig, La Confusion des sentiments

"Derinlerdeki mahzenlerde, köklerin yayıldığı mağaralarda ve yüreğin karanlık kuyularında tutkunun hakiki ve tehlikeli canavarları fosforlu pırıltılarını saçarak dolaşırken, gizlice çiftleşir ve en ak…"

-Stefan Zweig, La Confusion des sentiments

Cover of Laughable Loves by Milan Kundera, حسین کاظمی‌یزدی, Suzanne Rappaport

7. Laughable Loves

By: Milan Kundera , حسین کاظمی‌یزدی , Suzanne Rappaport

3.91

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

Laughable Lovesis a collection of stories that first appeared in print in Prague before 1968, but w… read more

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8. La Tresse

By: Laetitia Colombani

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Smita, Julia, Sarah. Trois femmes, trois vies, trois continents. Trois chemins que rien ne destine … read more

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9. The Festival of Insignificance

By: Milan Kundera , Linda Asher

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, an une… read more

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  • philosophy

10. Nothing

By: Janne Teller , Martin Aitken

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

When Pierre-Anthon realizes there is no meaning to life, the seventh-grader leaves his classroom, c… read more

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11. L’été

By: Albert Camus

3.94

Format: 322 pages,

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12. Vernon Subutex, 2 (Vernon Subutex, #2)

By: Virginie Despentes

3.10

Format: None pages,

QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more

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13. The Emotions: Outline of a Theory (Philosophical Library Book)

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Bernard Frechtman

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

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14. Gilded Needles

By: Michael McDowell

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the Black Triangle, New York's decadent district of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunke… read more

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15. Nada

By: Edith Grossman , Carmen Laforet

3.83

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Carmen Laforet’s Nada ranks among the most important literary works of post-Civil War Spain. Loosel… read more

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"You always move in the same circle of people no matter how many turns you seem to make"

-Edith Grossman, Nada

"... siempre se mueve uno en el mismo círculo de personas por más vueltas que parezca dar."

-Edith Grossman, Nada

"el interés y la estimación que inspire una persona son dos cosas que no siempre van unidas."

-Edith Grossman, Nada

"Su charla insubstancial me parecía el rumor de lluvia que se escucha con gusto y con pereza."

-Edith Grossman, Nada

16. Korku

By: Stefan Zweig , İlknur İgan

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

Rahat ve korunakli bir yasam suren saygin bir kadin, sekiz yillik evliliginden sikilmis, burjuva du… read more

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17. The Fall

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searin… read more

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18. El enigma de la habitación 622

By: Joël Dicker

3.89

Format: 696 pages, Paperback

Una noche de diciembre, un cadáver yace en el suelo de la habitación 622 del Palace de Verbier, un … read more

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"El amor no es tanto alquimia como obra del tiempo. El amor es sobre todo esfuerzo. Te deseo que te esfuerces lo bastante para amar y que te amen."

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas"

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas."

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas. Pues la vida, igu…"

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

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19. The Perfect Nanny

By: Leïla Slimani

3.40

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780143132172. When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer… read more

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"The baby is dead."

-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny

"Nous devons prouver que, vous aussi, vous êtes une victime."

-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny

"Several times during the night, she opened her eyes, unsure if an hour had passed or a month."

-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny

"Yeah. Maybe. But honestly, I don’t understand.’ ‘You shouldn’t try to understand everything. Children are just like adults. There’s nothing to understand."

-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny

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20. Adèle

By: Leïla Slimani

3.39

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Adèle appears to have the perfect life: She is a successful journalist in Paris who lives in a beau… read more

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"People who are never satisfied destroy everything around them."

-Leïla Slimani, Adèle

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21. Lo que hay

By: Sara Torres

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

El esperado debut narrativo de la premiada poeta Sara Torres: una memoria sobre el duelo, el deseo … read more

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"Sola en la cocina escucho en bucle 'Me quedo contigo' cantado por Rosalía con un vestido rojo, en la sala de los Goya. "Me enamorao, te quiero y te quiero' me revuelve y me hace llorar -¿por quién? P…"

-Sara Torres, Lo que hay

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22. En plein coeur de Saturne

By: Marie-Christine Chartier

4.26

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Dès les premiers instants, ça a été le coup de foudre entre Félix et Élise, malgré leurs personnali… read more

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23. Panza de burro

By: Andrea Abreu López

3.80

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

«Reconozco que al principio, cuando Panza de burro solo había crecido unos capitulitos, pensé que s… read more

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"A la altura del cruce vi la forma del cuerpo de Isora al final del camino. Era verla allá, al final de la carretera, justo en el rasante, donde el camino se volvía casi vertical, y me golpeaba una al…"

-Andrea Abreu López, Panza de burro

"Y ya las ranitas del estanque en el que ya nadie nadaba empezaban a cantar y parecía como una canción antigua, una canción que venía de siglos atrás, de cuando Isora y yo todavía no éramos amigas per…"

-Andrea Abreu López, Panza de burro

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24. Huaco retrato

By: Gabriela Wiener

3.89

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

La muerte de su padre y los fantasmas de su herencia marcan el retorno de Wiener con esta exploraci… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. L'Enragé

By: Sorj Chalandon

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

« En 1977, alors que je travaillais à Libération, j’ai lu que le Centre d’éducation surveillée de B… read more

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26. Être à sa place: Habiter sa vie, habiter son corps

By: Claire Marin

4.04

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

Ca commence parfois par une inquiétude ou un malaise. On se sent en décalage, on craint d'agir de m… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ofendiditos: Sobre la criminalización de la protesta by Lucía Lijtmaer

27. Ofendiditos: Sobre la criminalización de la protesta

By: Lucía Lijtmaer

3.75

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

En los últimos tiempos saltan a la prensa noticias como la censura del cartel de una exposición de … read more

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"Todos estos casos siguen una misma dinámica: el eslabón más alto de la jerarquía utiliza los medios a su alcance para realizar una crítica, la que sea, contra un movimiento o grupo social. Cuando est…"

-Lucía Lijtmaer, Ofendiditos: Sobre la criminalización de la protesta

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28. Lenguaje inclusivo y exclusión de clase

By: Brigitte Vasallo

4.23

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

«Este debería ser un libro sobre lenguaje inclusivo. Y lo es. Como también es un libro que se pregu… read more

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  • nonfiction
"La violencia es lo real. Lo simbólico, aun participando de esa violencia, es resignificable. Si las palabras son unívocas, toda esta posibilidad de resignificación y de ocupación del significado se p…"

-Brigitte Vasallo, Lenguaje inclusivo y exclusión de clase

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29. Discotecas por fuera

By: Victor Balcells Matas

3.58

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

El día que Víctor y Ur rompen su relación, él compra el dominio de internet Monstruopedia y crea un… read more

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30. Alienation and Acceleration: Towards a Critical Theory of Late-Modern Temporality

By: Hartmut Rosa

4.18

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Modern life is speeding-up, incessantly. Strange as it is, while the art of saving time reaches unp… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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31. L'Amour la solitude

By: André Comte-Sponville

3.83

Format: 184 pages, Pocket Book

L’amour, la sexualité, le désespoir, la solitude, la sagesse… Pour André Comte-Sponville, proche … read more

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8 must-read nonfiction books like L'Amour la solitude by André Comte-Sponville

Transform Your Habits

King Kong théorie

Virginie Despentes

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Myth of Sisyphus

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

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Huaco retrato

Gabriela Wiener

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Être à sa place: Habiter sa vie, habiter son corps

Claire Marin

4.04

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7 must-read philosophy books like Alienation and Acceleration: Towards a Critical Theory of Late-Modern Temporality by Hartmut Rosa

Transform Your Habits

The Society of the Spectacle

Donald Nicholson-Smith , Guy Debord

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Allein

Daniel Schreiber

3.87

Transform Your Habits

De kunst van het ongelukkig zijn

Dirk De Wachter

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Over Normaliteit En Andere Afwijkingen

Paul Verhaeghe

3.98

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