6 Top historical fiction books like Jephtha and his Daughter by Lion Feuchtwanger

Jephtha and his Daughter

By: Lion Feuchtwanger

4.20

Format: 244 pages, None

Der Meister des historischen Romans Für seinen letzten Roman griff Feuchtwanger auf einen Stoff aus…

"I have sincerely tried not to deride the action of men, not to lament nor to abhor them. I have done all in my might to understand them.- Spinoza"

-Lion Feuchtwanger, Jephtha and his Daughter

"I have sincerely tried not to deride the action of men, not to lament nor to abhor them. I have done all in my might to understand them.- Spinoza"

-Lion Feuchtwanger, Jephtha and his Daughter

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Jephtha and his Daughter by Lion Feuchtwanger , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal, Paul Wilson

1. I Served the King of England

By: Bohumil Hrabal , Paul Wilson

3.43

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

In a comic masterpiece following the misadventures of a simple but hugely ambitious waiter in pre-W… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov, Stephen Pearl, Galya Diment

2. Oblomov

By: Ivan Goncharov , Stephen Pearl , Galya Diment

4.12

Format: 586 pages, Paperback

Even though Ivan Goncharov wrote several books that were widely read and discussed during his lifet… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Now or never. To be or not to be!"

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"Love was life's hardest school of all."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"You have a lunatic before you who has been infected by passion."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"The common herd of "burghers", those cattle, complete with horns, who turn millstones with their bare hands."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

3. Foundation and Empire (Foundation #2)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its supe… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3) by Ken Follett

4. A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)

By: Ken Follett

4.40

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious co… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

5. The Art of Loving

By: Erich Fromm , Rainer Funk , Peter D. Kramer

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown mill… read more

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6. Le otto montagne

By: Paolo Cognetti

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Pietro e un ragazzino di citta, solitario e un po' scontroso. La madre lavora in un consultorio di … read more

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7. The Book of Strange New Things

By: Michel Faber

4.04

Format: 156 pages,

A monumental, genre-defying novel over ten years in the making, Michel Faber's The Book of Strange … read more

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8. For Whom the Bell Tolls

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found  In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Sp… read more

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9. Platform

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.80

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

In his new work, Michel Houellebecq combines erotic provocation with a terrifying vision of a world… read more

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  • fiction
"Tout peut arriver dans la vie, et surtout rien."

-Michel Houellebecq, Platform

"Anything can happen in life, especially nothing."

-Michel Houellebecq, Platform

"L'absence d'envie de vivre, hélas, ne suffit pas pour avoir envie de mourir."

-Michel Houellebecq, Platform

"Als ik de liefde niet heb begrepen, wat heb ik er dan aan om de rest te begrijpen?"

-Michel Houellebecq, Platform

10. Pippi Longstocking

By: Astrid Lindgren , Louis S. Glanzman , Florence Lamborn

4.41

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. Tommy and his sister Annika h… read more

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Cover of The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili

11. The Eighth Life

By: Nino Haratischwili

4.52

Format: 944 pages, Hardcover

Six romances, one revolution, the story of the century. 'That night Stasia took an oath, swearin… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And if you don’t know who you are, then look at all the possible versions of you, find the most impossible one, and become that."

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

"and you asked me where people keep their childhood, and I remember telling you that we keep it hidden, between our ribs, in little liver spots and moles, in the roots of our hair, above our heart, in…"

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

"Love was slow, creeping poison, loge was treacherous and insincere, love was a veil thrown over the misery of the world, love was sticky and indigestible, it was a mirror in which one could be what o…"

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

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12. Trilogía

By: Jon Fosse

3.90

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Trilogía es un libro diferente. Es hipnótico. Para Jon Fosse escribir es como rezar y, para el lect… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) by Philip Pullman

13. The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)

By: Philip Pullman

4.15

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer. … read more

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  • fiction
"You going to be a scientist when you grow up?"

-Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)

"For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do."

-Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)

"I have told you all the rules I know. If there are rules I have forgotten to mention then they do not matter."

-Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)

"He let her do it, then looked around for his fingers. There they were, curled like a bloody quotation mark on the lead. He laughed."

-Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)

Cover of Probudím se na Šibuji by Anna Cima

14. Probudím se na Šibuji

By: Anna Cima

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Když se sedmnáctiletá Jana dostane do vysněného Tokia, nejraději by zde zůstala navždy. Záhy se pře… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Die Enkelin by Bernhard Schlink

15. Die Enkelin

By: Bernhard Schlink

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Im Sommer 1964 verlieben sich eine Studentin aus dem Osten und ein Student aus dem Westen ineinande… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of China by Edward Rutherfurd

16. China

By: Edward Rutherfurd

4.19

Format: 764 pages, Hardcover

The internationally bestselling author of Paris and New York takes on an exhilarating new world wit… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

17. Jephtha and his Daughter

By: Lion Feuchtwanger

4.20

Format: 244 pages, None

Der Meister des historischen Romans Für seinen letzten Roman griff Feuchtwanger auf einen Stoff aus… read more

Similar categories in Lion Feuchtwanger's Jephtha and his Daughter book and Lion Feuchtwanger's Jephtha and his Daughter

  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I have sincerely tried not to deride the action of men, not to lament nor to abhor them. I have done all in my might to understand them.- Spinoza"

-Lion Feuchtwanger, Jephtha and his Daughter

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