8 must-read literature books like The Three Leaps of Wang Lun by Alfred Döblin

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The Three Leaps of Wang Lun

By: Alfred Döblin

3.61

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Here for the first time in English is Alfred Döblin's astonishing epic of eighteenth century China,…

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Cover of Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa

1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

3.97

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place twenty-seven years earlier, determined… read more

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"الشرف هو الحب" , هكذا كنت أسمع أمي تقول"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"Ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"...ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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2. The Ego and Its Own

By: Max Stirner , David Leopold

4.06

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Stirner's The Ego and its Own (1845) is striking in both style and content, attacking Feuerbach, Mo… read more

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  • german literature
"Political liberty,"

-Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own

"A minha causa é a causa de nada."

-Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own

"No dia em que devorares o sagrado, ele torna-se tua propriedade!"

-Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own

"Proudhon, e.g., thinks that with the sentence “Property is theft"

-Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own

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3. It Can't Happen Here

By: Sinclair Lewis , Christopher Hurt , Michael R. Meyer

3.78

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrow… read more

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"NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged."

-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here

"So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting."

-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here

"It isn't what you earn but how spend it that fixes your class."

-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here

"Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on."

-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here

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4. Die Physiker

By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt

4.38

Format: 613 pages, Paperback

Mobius, ein umworbener weil genialer Physiker, will eine gefahrliche Verstrickung von Wissenschaft … read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
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5. The Sorrows of Young Werther

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Burton Pike

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in… read more

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6. In Cold Blood

By: Truman Capote

4.01

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were… read more

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7. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

By: Patrick Süskind , John E. Woods

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a ter… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

8. Der Besuch der alten Dame

By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

>>Claire Zachanassian, eine amerikanische Multimillionarin, kehrt in ihr Heimatdorf Gullen zuruck, … read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction

9. I'm Not Stiller

By: Max Frisch , Michael Bullock

3.62

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Arrested and imprisoned in a small Swiss town, a prisoner begins this book with an exclamation: "I'… read more

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10. The Tin Drum

By: Günter Grass

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wield… read more

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11. Steppenwolf

By: Hermann Hesse , Basil Creighton , کیکاووس جهانداری

4.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Steppenwolfis a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. Th… read more

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12. QualityLand

By: Marc-Uwe Kling

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Willkommen in QualityLand! In der Zukunft lauft alles rund: Arbeit, Freizeit und Beziehungen sind v… read more

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13. The Gambler

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Gary Saul Morson

3.91

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young t… read more

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"Quien teme al lobo no se mete en el bosque."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"يجب ان يظل المال دون الأستقراطي، حتى لكأن الأستقراطي لا يكاد يحفل به أو يقلق له"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"En toda situación es posible comportarse con dignidad. Si hay lucha, que sea noble y no humillante."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"I believe he was feeling a bit nervous. Possibly it was my costume that took him aback. I was dressed quite well, even elegantly, and looked as if I belonged to the best society."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

14. Crowds and Power

By: Elias Canetti , None

4.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Crowds and Poweris a revolutionary work in which Elias Canetti finds a new way of looking at human … read more

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15. Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the inf… read more

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16. Die Judenbuche

By: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Der 1842 erschienenen Novelle Die Judenbuche von Annette von Droste-Hulshoff liegt eine wahre Begeb… read more

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17. The Magic Mountain

By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods

4.13

Format: 706 pages, Paperback

In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devot… read more

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"Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"A harmful truth is better than a useful lie."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

18. Letter to His Father

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Eithne Wilkins , Ernst Kaiser , Willem van Toorn , Gerda Meijerink

3.53

Format: 349 pages,

This is the bilingual edition with German verso, English recto. read more

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19. Chess Story

By: Stefan Zweig , Joel Rotenberg , Peter Gay , None , None , None , None , None

3.00

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement,… read more

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20. Anéantir

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.84

Format: 734 pages, Hardcover

Ce roman de Michel Houellebecq nous projette à la fin du second mandat du président à travers un ré… read more

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"La prise de vues donnait une étrange impression de neutralité."

-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir

"Les chrétiens ont du mal en général, avec l’absurde, ça n’entre pas vraiment dans leurs catégories."

-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir

"Certains lundis de la toute fin novembre, ou du début de décembre, surtout lorsqu'on est célibataire, on a la sensation d'être dans le couloir de la mort. Les vacances d'été sont depuis longtemps oub…"

-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir

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21. The Three Leaps of Wang Lun

By: Alfred Döblin

3.61

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Here for the first time in English is Alfred Döblin's astonishing epic of eighteenth century China,… read more

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11 must-read fiction books like The Three Leaps of Wang Lun by Alfred Döblin

Transform Your Habits

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

3.97

Transform Your Habits

It Can't Happen Here

Sinclair Lewis , Christopher Hurt , Michael R. Meyer

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Die Physiker

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Burton Pike

3.73

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7 Top classics books like In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Transform Your Habits

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

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The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

3.80

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In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

4.01

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