10 Top fiction books like Ketchikan: A Short Story from Legend of a Suicide by David Vann

Cover of Ketchikan: A Short Story from Legend of a Suicide by David Vann

Ketchikan: A Short Story from Legend of a Suicide

By: David Vann

3.59

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

In semiautobiographical stories set largely in David Vann's native Alaska, Legend of a Suicide foll…

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Cover of 99 francs (14,99 Euros) by Frédéric Beigbeder

1. 99 francs (14,99 Euros)

By: Frédéric Beigbeder

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

En ce temps-la, on mettait des photographies geantes de produits sur les murs, les arrets d'autobus… read more

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Cover of Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1) by Marcel Proust, Simon Vance, Lydia Davis

2. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis

4.15

Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback

«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more

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"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

3. 'Art'

By: Yasmina Reza , Christopher Hampton

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Tony Award-winning play that focuses on the meaning of art (in the form of a solid white painti… read more

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Cover of Bumi Manusia by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

4. Bumi Manusia

By: Pramoedya Ananta Toer

4.42

Format: 535 pages, Paperback

Roman Tetralogi Buru mengambil latar belakang dan cikal bakal nation Indonesia di awal abad ke-20. … read more

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"Eropa gila sama dengan Pribumi gila."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

"Pelacur makhluk lemah tanpa pelindung."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

"Keindahannya ada dalam kenang-kenangan."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

"Yang berani mengalah terinjak-injak, Bunda."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

5. The Lost Daughter

By: Elena Ferrante

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Elena Ferrante will blow you away."-Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones From the author of Th… read more

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Cover of Soumission by Michel Houellebecq

6. Soumission

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.65

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu mot… read more

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"It’s submission,"

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"There is no Israel for me."

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"Intimacy isn’t something men talk about."

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"I was about as political as a bath towel."

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

7. Landfall

By: Ellen Urbani

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Two mothers and their teenage daughters, whose lives collide in a fatal car crash, take turns narra… read more

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8. L'Egoïste romantique

By: Frédéric Beigbeder

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

<>. Ainsi l'auteur definit-il son livre, roman-journal et chronique des People : <>. Mais Oscar Duf… read more

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9. The Summer that Melted Everything

By: Tiffany McDaniel

4.45

Format: 864 pages,

Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the summer of 1984:the year a heat wave scorched Breathed, Ohio.… read more

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10. Shame

By: Annie Ernaux

3.67

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon." Thus begins Shame, … read more

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"People are forever remembering."

-Annie Ernaux, Shame

"We have no true memory of ourselves."

-Annie Ernaux, Shame

"Le pire dans la honte, c'est qu'on croit être seul à la ressentir"

-Annie Ernaux, Shame

"anyone who doesn't speak "the way we do" is, to some extent, labeled a foreigner."

-Annie Ernaux, Shame

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11. Happening

By: Annie Ernaux

4.32

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plag… read more

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"There is no such thing as a lesser truth."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"I was intoxicated, wrapped up in wordless intelligence."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"People judged according to the law, they didn't judge the law."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"love children are the most beautiful of all.' What a terrible statement."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

Cover of A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux

12. A Man's Place

By: Annie Ernaux

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book Annie Ernaux's fat… read more

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"J'écris peut-être parce qu'on n'avait plus rien à se dire."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"Sous le bonheur, la crispation de l'aisance gagnée à l'arraché."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"Có lẽ niềm tự hào lớn nhất đối với ông, hay thậm chí là lời biện minh cho cuộc đời ông: là tôi đang thuộc về thế giới từng khinh miệt ông."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"It was in other people that I searched for the figure of my father, in the way they would call their children, sit down and looked bored in waiting rooms and wave goodbye on station platforms."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

Cover of La plus secrète mémoire des hommes by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

13. La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

By: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Un magistral roman d'apprentissage, une saisissante enquête sur les traces d'un mystérieux auteur m… read more

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"Nunca intentes decir de qué habla un gran libro. O si lo haces, la única respuesta posible es: de nada."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"He alcanzado el estado terminal de la inmigración: simplemente ya no creo en la posibilidad del regreso."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"Estuvo tanto tiempo en el exilio - medio siglo! - que nos decíamos que debía de haberse dejado una parte de sí mismo por el camino"

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

"Nos apetece hablar de todo, menos del exilio. De todas formas, no hay nada que decir sobre el exilio. No conozco un tema más molesto en este mundo."

-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

Cover of Anéantir by Michel Houellebecq

14. 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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15. The Woman in the Purple Skirt

By: Natsuko Imamura

3.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A bestselling, prizewinning novel of obsession and psychological intrigue about two enigmatic unmar… read more

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16. Le Mage du Kremlin

By: Giuliano da Empoli

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

On l’appelait le « mage du Kremlin ». L’énigmatique Vadim Baranov fut metteur en scène puis product… read more

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Cover of The Possession by Annie Ernaux

17. The Possession

By: Annie Ernaux

3.75

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE “The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can … read more

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"The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city, the whole world, with a person you have never met."

-Annie Ernaux, The Possession

"Writing has been a way to save that which is no longer my reality – a sensation seizing me from head to foot, in the streets – but has become ''the possession,'’ a period of time, circumscribed and c…"

-Annie Ernaux, The Possession

Cover of L'isola delle anime by Piergiorgio Pulixi

18. L'isola delle anime

By: Piergiorgio Pulixi

3.96

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

Non temere i morti, temi i vivi.Li chiamano cold case. Sono le inchieste senza soluzione, il veleno… read more

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Cover of Nos mondes perdus by Marion Montaigne

19. Nos mondes perdus

By: Marion Montaigne

4.26

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

1993, sortie en salles de "Jurassic Park" et traumatisme total pour la jeune Marion Montaigne, alor… read more

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Cover of Le lac de nulle part by Pete Fromm

20. Le lac de nulle part

By: Pete Fromm

3.89

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Cela fait bientôt deux ans que Trig et Al, frère et sœur jumeaux, n’ont plus de contact avec leur p… read more

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Cover of Ketchikan: A Short Story from Legend of a Suicide by David Vann

21. Ketchikan: A Short Story from Legend of a Suicide

By: David Vann

3.59

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

In semiautobiographical stories set largely in David Vann's native Alaska, Legend of a Suicide foll… read more

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16 best-selling fiction books like Anéantir by Michel Houellebecq

Transform Your Habits

Baumgartner

Paul Auster

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Guerre

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Om udregning af rumfang I

Solvej Balle

3.71

Transform Your Habits

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Karl Ove Knausgård

4.37

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