8 Best fiction books like Kafka Four Stories: A Country Doctor, the Hunger Artist, the Little Woman, Report to the Academy by Franz Kafka

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Kafka Four Stories: A Country Doctor, the Hunger Artist, the Little Woman, Report to the Academy

By: Franz Kafka

4.00

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Relatively unknown as a writer during his short lifetime, Kafka (1883–1924) became a major influenc…

If you liked the fiction plot in Kafka Four Stories: A Country Doctor, the Hunger Artist, the Little Woman, Report to the Academy by Franz Kafka , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien

4.22

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more

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  • classics
"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

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2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his … read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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3. Poor Folk

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.78

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

Poor Folk (Russian: Бедные люди, Bednye lyudi), sometimes translated as Poor People,[note] is the f… read more

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  • fiction
"ويقال إنّ الفتى بوكروفسكي يشبه أمه كما تشبه قطرة من الماء قطرة من الماء."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk

"أضرع إليك مرة أخرى: لا تنفق في سبيلي كل هذا الذي تنفقه. أنا أعرف أنك تحبني كثيرًا، ولكنك لست غنيًا."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk

"أوهام إنه ليتفق للمرء أن يخطئ تقدير ما يشعر به هو نفسه، وأن يسترسل في ترهات سخيفة. والذنب في ذلك كله انما هو ذنب هذا الطيش في قلبنا المندفع"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk

"لماذا تعيش النفوس الطيبة النبيلة في الشقاء والهجران، بينما لا يحتاج غيرها حتى إلى البحث عن السعادة لأن السعادة هي التي تلقي بنفسها بين ذراعيه؟"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk

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4. The Tell-Tale Heart

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None

4.24

Format: 31 pages, Library Binding

A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"would a madman have been so wise as this?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

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5. The Death of Ivan Ilych

By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude

4.13

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

6. Autopsy Room Four

By: Stephen King

4.16

Format: 208 pages,

"Autopsy Room Four" is a short story by Stephen King. It was first published in King's limited-edit… read more

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7. Don Quixote de La Mancha, Vol 1

By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum o… read more

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8. Kafka on the Shore

By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

4.13

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable character… read more

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  • fiction
"In dreams begins responsiblities."

-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

"I don’t know what it means to live."

-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

"Artists are those who can evade the verbose."

-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

"It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore."

-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

9. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)

By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more

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10. Eveline

By: James Joyce

3.74

Format: 168 pages,

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11. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

By: Chinua Achebe

3.73

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is wr… read more

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  • fiction
"Let us not reason like cowards,"

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

"There is no story that is not true."

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

"عندما يضئ القمر يشعر الكسيح برغبة قوية إلى المشي"

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

"إذا نظر امرؤ إلى فم ملك, ظن أنه لم يرضع قط من ثدي أمه"

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

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12. The Republic

By: Plato , Desmond Lee

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more

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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."

-Plato, The Republic

"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."

-Plato, The Republic

"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."

-Plato, The Republic

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

-Plato, The Republic

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13. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

By: Elif Shafak

4.09

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

An intensely powerful new novel from the best-selling author of The Bastard of Istanbul and Honour … read more

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  • fiction
"Grief is a swallow,"

-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

"كانت ليلى هي الوحيدة التي اعتقدت أنه قادر على تحقيق الأشياء العظيمة"

-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

"Because what was love if it wasn't nursing someone else's pain as if it wasn't your own?"

-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

"How could meditation help you to quieten your mind when you needed to quieten your mind in order to meditate?"

-Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

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14. Kafka Four Stories: A Country Doctor, the Hunger Artist, the Little Woman, Report to the Academy

By: Franz Kafka

4.00

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Relatively unknown as a writer during his short lifetime, Kafka (1883–1924) became a major influenc… read more

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  • fiction

9 Best classics books like Kafka Four Stories: A Country Doctor, the Hunger Artist, the Little Woman, Report to the Academy by Franz Kafka

Transform Your Habits

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.34

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Poor Folk

Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.78

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The Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None

4.24

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19 Top fiction books like Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe

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Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

4.14

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The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

4.12

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The Stranger

Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None

4.02

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Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

3.59

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