12 best-selling fiction books like Upstate by James Wood

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Upstate

By: James Wood

3.41

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Alan Querry, a successful property developer from the north of England, has two Vanessa, a philoso…

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Cover of The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris

1. The Unnamed

By: Joshua Ferris

3.33

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

What drives a man to stay in a marriage, in a job? What forces him away? Is love or conscience enou… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • american
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"They were like two inviolable spheres touching at a fine point in their curves, touching but failing to penetrate, failing to breathe the other's air."

-Joshua Ferris, The Unnamed

Cover of The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

2. The Moon and Sixpence

By: W. Somerset Maugham

4.13

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerf… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • literature
  • fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"The writer is more concerned to know than to judge."

-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

"Can the law get blood out of a stone? I haven't any money."

-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

"I shall beat you,' he said, looking at her. How else should I know you loved me,' she answered."

-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

"Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed."

-W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

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3. How Should a Person Be?

By: Sheila Heti

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of The Middle Storiesand Ticknorcomes a bold interrogatio… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Dul by Jean-Louis Fournier, Can Belge

4. Dul

By: Jean-Louis Fournier , Can Belge

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

"Artik dulum. 12 Kasim gunu Sylvie oldu. Cok uzucu. Bu sene indirimli satislara birlikte gidemeyece… read more

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  • literature
  • contemporary

5. Hotel du Lac

By: Anita Brookner

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

"Impeccably written and suffused with pleasing wit."--Newsweek In the novel that won her the Booker… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
Cover of Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra, Megan McDowell

6. Ways of Going Home

By: Alejandro Zambra , Megan McDowell

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ways of Going Homebegins with an earthquake, seen through the eyes of an unnamed nine-year-old boy.… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Aylak Adam

By: Yusuf Atılgan

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Her seye "karsi" duran, "karsi" cikan, "karsi" olan bir adam... Aylak Adam... Bir adi bile yok. "C.… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of A Philosophy of Walking by John  Howe, Clifford Harper, Frédéric Gros

8. A Philosophy of Walking

By: John Howe , Clifford Harper , Frédéric Gros

3.74

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

In A Philosophy of Walking, leading thinker Frédéric Gros charts the many different ways we get fro… read more

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  • audiobook
"Thus the man who walks all day has become certain by nightfall."

-John Howe, A Philosophy of Walking

"Just as there are several solitudes, so there are several silences."

-John Howe, A Philosophy of Walking

"Discipline is the impossible conquered by the obstinate repetition of the possible."

-John Howe, A Philosophy of Walking

"You don't walk to kill time but to welcome it, to pick off its leaves and petals one by one, second by second."

-John Howe, A Philosophy of Walking

9. The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles

By: Roy Jacobsen

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

Set in Finland in 1939, this is the story of one man who remains in his home town when everyone els… read more

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10. Autumn

By: Karl Ove Knausgård , Ingvild Burkey , Vanessa Baird

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the monumental My Struggleseries, Karl Ove Knausgaard, one of the masters of con… read more

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11. Tante Rosa

By: Sevgi Soysal

3.62

Format: 208 pages,

Ilk yayimlandiginda "yerli" olmamakla elestirilen Tante Rosa, Sevgi Soysal'in, sinemaya da uyarlana… read more

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12. Meet Me at the Museum

By: Anne Youngson

3.93

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Please be aware I am writing to you to make sense of myself ... When the curator of a Danish mus… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Our letters have meant so much to us because we have both arrived at the same point in our lives. More behind us than ahead of us."

-Anne Youngson, Meet Me at the Museum

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13. Tek Yalnız Ben Değilim

By: Jean-Louis Fournier

4.02

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Tek Yalnız Ben Değilim Jean-Louis Fournier’nin en melankolik, en hüzünlü ve belki de en vurucu anla… read more

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14. Wayward

By: Dana Spiotta

3.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A “furious and addictive new novel” ( The New York Time… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • american
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"She herself had done little all day; instead she reported from the edge of an unlived life."

-Dana Spiotta, Wayward

"Why was so much noticed only in the breach, in the loss, by the regret-filled longing for what was left behind?"

-Dana Spiotta, Wayward

"Only recently did it dawn on me all the things I will never do: I will never have an apartment in Rome. I will never have another lover. I will never radically change my life again."

-Dana Spiotta, Wayward

"I want things to be normal. I want you to call me and tell me about your life. I want to hear about Ally, and I want to talk politics. I want to garden, and walk my dog. I want my life as it is and a…"

-Dana Spiotta, Wayward

Cover of Getting Lost by Annie Ernaux

15. Getting Lost

By: Annie Ernaux

3.44

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The diary of one of France’s most important, award-… read more

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  • audiobook
"I write in lieu of love, to fill that empty space above death."

-Annie Ernaux, Getting Lost

Cover of The Woman in the Garden (Eustacia Rose #1) by Jill   Johnson

16. The Woman in the Garden (Eustacia Rose #1)

By: Jill Johnson

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

I've always been better with plants than people . . . Eustacia Rose is a Professor of Botanical … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2 by Baek Se-hee

17. I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2

By: Baek Se-hee

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“Alih-alih menerima kekurangan, aku memutuskan untuk tidak memandang diriku sendiri secara negatif.… read more

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  • audiobook
  • contemporary
Cover of Mutedil Dalgalı by Ömür İklim Demir

18. Mutedil Dalgalı

By: Ömür İklim Demir

4.03

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Mutedil Dalgalı “Üzüntüyle başını cama dayayacak, herkes bir şekilde, diye düşünecek, herkes bir… read more

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19. The Road to the Country

By: Chigozie Obioma

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, heart-racing, mystical novel about a university student in Lagos trying to save his bro… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It has always seemed to him that the world was full of things; that even in one’s loneliest moments, there was often a crowd. But the things one loved remained invisible, hidden amongst the multitude…"

-Chigozie Obioma, The Road to the Country

Cover of T. Singer by Dag Solstad

20. T. Singer

By: Dag Solstad

3.84

Format: 235 pages, Unknown Binding

This first edition has several ISBNs. This page has the publisher's ISBN. The book club ISBN is 82-… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
Cover of Upstate by James  Wood

21. Upstate

By: James Wood

3.41

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Alan Querry, a successful property developer from the north of England, has two Vanessa, a philoso… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • american
  • british literature
  • literature
  • the united states of america
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  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook

11 best-selling contemporary books like Upstate by James Wood

Transform Your Habits

The Unnamed

Joshua Ferris

3.33

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How Should a Person Be?

Sheila Heti

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Dul

Jean-Louis Fournier , Can Belge

3.51

Hotel du Lac

Anita Brookner

3.93

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13 best-selling fiction books like Aylak Adam by Yusuf Atılgan

Transform Your Habits

Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu

Peyami Safa

4.03

Transform Your Habits

İnce Memed 1 (İnce Memed, #1)

Yaşar Kemal

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Yaban

Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Huzur

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar

4.23

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