15 must-read fiction books like Tales for Transformation by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Tales for Transformation

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

3.89

Format: 133 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In 1768, at the age of nineteen, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe began to study hermetic literature. Thi…

"Die Menschen fürchtet nur, wer sie nicht kennt, Und wer sie meidet, wird sie bald verkennen."

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Tales for Transformation

If you liked the fiction plot in Tales for Transformation by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

1. The Crying of Lot 49

By: Thomas Pynchon

3.69

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humor, The Crying of Lot … read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

"Death glided by, shadowless, among the empties on the grass."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

"I am having a hallucination now, I don't need drugs for that."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

"the casting had been typically Hollywood: they didn't look or act a bit alike."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

Cover of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.96

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Second only to Slaughterhouse-Five of Vonnegut's canon in its prominence and influence, God Bless Y… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"Sons of suicides seldom do well."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

"God damn it, you've got to be kind."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

"Pretend to be good always and even God will be fooled."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

"May I ask you a highly personal question?" "It's what life does all the time."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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3. Fallen Words

By: Yoshihiro Tatsumi , Jocelyne Allen

2.50

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A NEW COLLECTION OF STORIES FROM THE FOREFATHER OF THE JAPANESE LITERARY COMICS MOVEMENT In Fallen … read more

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  • fiction

4. The Ice Dragon

By: George R.R. Martin , None

4.57

Format: 272 pages,

The ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overh… read more

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5. The Black Spider

By: Susan Bernofsky , Jeremias Gotthelf

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

An NYRB Classics Original It is a sunny summer Sunday in a remote Swiss village, and a christening … read more

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6. Metropolis

By: Osamu Tezuka , Kumar Sivasubramanian

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

From Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy, comes Metropolis, the legendary 1949 graphic novel that in… read more

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7. The Sleeper and the Spindle

By: Neil Gaiman , Chris Riddell

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and il… read more

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8. In Our Time

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.74

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

First published in 1925, earning Hemingway praise as a promising American writer. Contains several … read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"Isn't love any fun? Marjorie said. "No," Nick said."

-Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time

"I'm going to stay with you. If you go to jail, we might as well both go."

-Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time

"All right, said Nick. Let's get drunk. All right, Bill said. Let's get really drunk."

-Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time

"In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die."

-Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time

Cover of Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Norman Dietz, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Boris de Schlœzer, Emanuela Guercetti, None, Donald Fanger, None, None, None

9. Notes from Underground

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Norman Dietz , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky , Boris de Schlœzer , Emanuela Guercetti , None , Donald Fanger , None , None , None

4.17

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between ninet… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"l'homme de la nature et de la verite"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"I'll go this minute!' Of course, I remained."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"إذ ما العذاب والألم ... سوى المحرك الوحيد للوعي."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

Cover of Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

10. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.16

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"See the child."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

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11. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

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Cover of The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World by James Tynion IV

12. The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World

By: James Tynion IV

4.11

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

COLE TURNER has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn't prepared for what happens wh… read more

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  • fiction
"Collective belief shapes the world, so everything is a little bit true, or has the potential to be true."

-James Tynion IV, The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World

"The more people believe in something, the more true that thing becomes. The more reality tips in the favor of that belief."

-James Tynion IV, The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World

"Barack Obama contradicts the image they have in their head for what a President looks like and sounds like, and it unsettles them on a subconscious level. And then somebody presents an answer to why …"

-James Tynion IV, The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World

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13. At Night All Blood is Black

By: David Diop

3.82

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting a… read more

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  • fiction
"La nuit, tous les sangs sont noirs."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

"Temporary madness, in war, is bravery's sister."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

"Laughter brings laughter and smiles bring smiles."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

"God's truth, each thing carries its opposite within."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

Cover of The Department of Truth, Vol. 4: The Ministry of Lies by James Tynion IV

14. The Department of Truth, Vol. 4: The Ministry of Lies

By: James Tynion IV

4.24

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

For decades the Department of Truth battled a secret war against its Soviet counterpart the Ministr… read more

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  • fiction
"Nothing in this world exists on principle. We know for a fact that the world is messy, that people believe in messy things. There aren't rules. What does it do for your life to rip out the ground ben…"

-James Tynion IV, The Department of Truth, Vol. 4: The Ministry of Lies

Cover of Venus in the Blind Spot by Junji Ito

15. Venus in the Blind Spot

By: Junji Ito

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This striking collection presents the most remarkable short works of Junji Ito’s career, featuring … read more

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  • fiction
"A fiendish love... an unearthly love... those who feel such a love are numbed to their very souls by this mysterious pleasure while they struggle with endless frustration, censured by the pangs of co…"

-Junji Ito, Venus in the Blind Spot

Cover of The Department of Truth, Vol 2: The City Upon a Hill by James Tynion IV

16. The Department of Truth, Vol 2: The City Upon a Hill

By: James Tynion IV

4.15

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Cole Turner thought he joined the right side of the war for the Truth. But now that he's learning m… read more

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"You lay a few cards down in a particular order, each representing a big idea, and then you get to decide how it relates to you. And the more you're in a position where you want the cards to have more…"

-James Tynion IV, The Department of Truth, Vol 2: The City Upon a Hill

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17. Star Knights

By: Kay Davault

4.26

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A simple frog who wants to become a legendary knight finds himself on a magical journey. From the c… read more

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Cover of Aug 9 - Fog⁠ by Kathryn Scanlan

18. Aug 9 - Fog⁠

By: Kathryn Scanlan

3.56

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A stark, elegiac account of unexpected pleasures and the progress of seasons Fifteen years ago, … read more

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  • fiction
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19. Bezimena

By: Nina Bunjevac

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Benny lavora come guardiano in uno zoo. Un giorno, tra i visitatori nota una donna che gli ricorda … read more

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  • fiction
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20. Mushroom Girls in Love

By: Kei Murayama

2.86

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

In an all-woman planet of intelligent fungi, where Arriala and Erriela are about to get married! Bu… read more

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21. Tales for Transformation

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

3.89

Format: 133 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In 1768, at the age of nineteen, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe began to study hermetic literature. Thi… read more

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  • fiction
"Die Menschen fürchtet nur, wer sie nicht kennt, Und wer sie meidet, wird sie bald verkennen."

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Tales for Transformation

7 Top literature books like Tales for Transformation by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Transform Your Habits

The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

3.69

Transform Your Habits

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.96

Transform Your Habits

In Our Time

Ernest Hemingway

3.74

Transform Your Habits

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky , Norman Dietz , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky , Boris de Schlœzer , Emanuela Guercetti , None , Donald Fanger , None , None , None

4.17

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9 must-read fiction books like Aug 9 - Fog⁠ by Kathryn Scanlan

Transform Your Habits

Çocukluğun Soğuk Geceleri

Tezer Özlü

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Open Throat

Henry Hoke

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Parade

Rachel Cusk

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The English Understand Wool

Helen DeWitt

4.10

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