15 must-read contemporary books like Döden är inget skämt by Karl Modig

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Döden är inget skämt

By: Karl Modig

3.55

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

Josef är nitton år och bor i en lägenhet ihop med sina storasyskon Natascha och Alexander. Fast nu …

If you liked the contemporary plot in Döden är inget skämt by Karl Modig , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Thérèse Raquin

By: Émile Zola , Robin Buss

3.73

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

One of Zola's most famous realist novels, Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of… read more

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"Quando non c’è più speranza nel futuro, il presente si colora di una spaventosa amarezza."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

"Au fond une pensée unique les rongeait : ils s’irritaient contre leur crime, ils se désespéraient d’avoir a jamais troublé leur vie."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

"Au fond une pensée unique les rongeait : ils s’irritaient contre leur crime, ils se désespéraient d’avoir à jamais troublé leur vie."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

"They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

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2. After Tupac and D Foster

By: Jacqueline Woodson

3.80

Format: 151 pages, Hardcover

D Foster showed up a few months before Tupac got shot that first time and left us the summer before… read more

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  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. Picnic at Hanging Rock

By: Joan Lindsay

3.67

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

It was a cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred. Everyone at Appleyard College for Yo… read more

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"Thinking's all right if you have the time for it."

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

"At every step the prospect ahead grew more enchanting with added detail of crenellated crags and lichen-patterned stone. Now a mountain laurel glossy above the dogwood's dusty silver leaves, now a da…"

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

"Although we are necessarily concerned, in a chronicle of events, with physical action by the light of day, history suggests that the human spirit wanders farthest in the silent hours between midnight…"

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

"And now, at last, after a lifetime of linoleum and asphalt and Axminster carpets, the heavy flat-footed woman trod the springing earth. Born fifty-seven years ago in a suburban wilderness of smoke-gr…"

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

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4. Visoška kronika

By: Ivan Tavčar

3.53

Format: 245 pages,

To je kronika o družini Kalan, ki jo je Ivan Tavčar začel pisati potem, ko je bil že skoraj četrt s… read more

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5. Cirkeln (Engelsfors, #1)

By: Mats Strandberg , Sara Bergmark Elfgren

3.84

Format: 516 pages, Hardcover

Engelsfors. Vackert namn, risig stad. Omgiven av djupa skogar där människor ofta går vilse och förs… read more

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  • young adult
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6. Vinternoveller

By: Ingvild H. Rishøi

3.82

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

Ingvild H. Rishois boker kan ikke unnga a berore leseren, og mer enn noen annen klarer hun a fremst… read more

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  • contemporary
Cover of The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Burton Pike

7. 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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8. Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)

By: Elizabeth Strout

3.85

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition – … read more

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  • contemporary
"The appetites of the body were private battles."

-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)

"She had spells of manic loquaciousness, followed by days of silence."

-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)

"It seems to Henry, as he takes his seat in his usual middle pew, that women are far braver than men"

-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)

"Don't be scared of your hunger. If you're scared of your hunger, you'll just be one more ninny like everyone else."

-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)

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9. Oliver Twist

By: Charles Dickens , George Cruikshank , Philip Horne

3.88

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an in… read more

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"Meat, ma'am, meat."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"Please, sir, I want some more."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"هناك كتب .. غلافـها أفضل ما فيها"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

10. The Course of Love

By: Alain de Botton

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"An engrossing tale that provides plenty of food for thought" (People, Best New Books pick), this p… read more

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11. Le Consentement

By: Vanessa Springora

4.30

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Au milieu des années 1980, élevée par une mère divorcée, V. comble par la lecture le vide laissé pa… read more

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  • contemporary
"Si las relaciones sexuales entre un adulto y un menor de quince años son ilegales, ¿por qué esa tolerancia cuando son obra del representante de una élite, un fotógrafo, un escritor, un cineasta o un …"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"No, ese hombre no albergaba los mejores sentimientos. Ese hombre no era bueno. Era lo que aprendemos a temer desde niños: un ogro. Nuestro amor era un sueño tan potente que nada, ni una sola de las p…"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"I would recall my mission in life - pleasuring men. That was my condition, my status. And so I would offer my services anew, with renewed zeal, and with a simulated conviction that I even managed to …"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

"What he loved more than anything was making love. Who could blame him? When it came to sex, I oscillated between feeling all-powerful and completely apathetic. Sometimes I was filled with a feeling o…"

-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement

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12. Jävla karlar

By: Andrev Walden

4.07

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

"En gång hade jag sju pappor på sju år. Det här är berättelsen om de åren. Om något låter påhittat … read more

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  • contemporary
"Min pappa är indian och nu ska jag berätta det för blomma."

-Andrev Walden, Jävla karlar

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13. Häng city

By: Mikael Yvesand

3.65

Format: 272 pages, ebook

"För några år sen öppnade en snabbmatsrestaurang vid systembolaget. De valde det oambitiösa namnet … read more

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  • contemporary
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14. The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

By: Patrik Svensson

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scie… read more

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15. The Details

By: Ia Genberg

3.90

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed Swedish author makes her English language debut with this intoxicating novel in the ve… read more

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  • contemporary
"La fiducia resta lettera morta, se non la si sente nelle ossa."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"L'io , o meglio, il cosidetto "io", non è altro che questo: ciò che resta delle persone a cui ci siamo stretti."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"La vita mi ha regalato la mia buona dose di magia, e il più delle volte è successo all'incontro con gli altri. Lì c'è qualcosa. Lì, soltanto lì."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"Per i morti la successione del tempo non ha importanza, l'unica cosa che conta sono i dettagli, la densità, il come e il cosa e tutto ciò che riguarda il chi."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

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16. Notes on Grief

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.22

Format: 86 pages, Hardcover

Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Ch… read more

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"I liked to call him 'a gentle man and a gentleman'."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

"I am afraid of tomorrow, and all the tomorrows after..."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

"It was not supposed to happen like this, not like a malicious surprise.."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

"Je vais parfaitement bien. Et c'était vrai. Jusqu'à ce que cela cesse de l'être."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

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17. The Death of Vivek Oji

By: Akwaeke Emezi

4.13

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienti… read more

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  • contemporary
"Love and guilt sometimes taste the same, you know"

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

"They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died."

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

"Somewhere, you see, in the river of time, I am already alive."

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

"He smelled like grass and wind and clothes that had been dried in the sun."

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

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18. Babetta

By: Nina Wähä

3.23

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

En het sommar. En plötslig mistral. Vad är egentligen vänskap? Och vad är egentligen sant? Katja… read more

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  • contemporary
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19. The Sweetness of Water

By: Nathan Harris

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, a profound debut about the unlikely … read more

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"I can carry him, I've carried him my whole life."

-Nathan Harris, The Sweetness of Water

"Don't hide this pain either, I want you to carry what you've done."

-Nathan Harris, The Sweetness of Water

"Clementine looked at Prentiss a final time, not in shame but as if to say, "This is what I will do for you."

-Nathan Harris, The Sweetness of Water

"...it dawned on him [Landry] that there was less to fear than he'd once imagined, which was maybe a truth he'd long wished to believe--that all danger carried the faint trace of comfort, all wrongs t…"

-Nathan Harris, The Sweetness of Water

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20. Znanost mirnega življenja

By: David Zupančič

4.14

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Nova knjiga priljubljenega zdravnika je pripoved o iskanju miru v hektičnem vsakdanjiku. Knjiga tem… read more

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"Kadar imaš polno rit vsega, ni noben stol dovolj udoben."

-David Zupančič, Znanost mirnega življenja

"Najbolj dragocena veščina ni izoblikovanje takega življenja, v katerem sivina ne obstaja, ampak zavestna prepoznava te sivine kot prelivanja odtenkov, med katerimi so nekateri nujno tudi svetlejši od…"

-David Zupančič, Znanost mirnega življenja

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21. Andromeda

By: Therese Bohman

3.63

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

”Förlagshuset ligger som ett fartyg som ankrat mitt i stan, en stor ljus byggnad som kröns av en ta… read more

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  • contemporary
"Jeśli ro­zu­mie się ludzi, wszy­scy stają się in­te­re­su­ją­cy."

-Therese Bohman, Andromeda

"Pamiętasz jak raz powiedziałaś, że masz wrażenie jakbyś przez całe życie biegła? Dokładnie wiedziałem co masz na myśli, ze mną było tak samo. Biegłem sam, tak jak Ty. Ale przez te kilka lat miałem wr…"

-Therese Bohman, Andromeda

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22. Berätta tre saker

By: Callum Bloodworth

3.84

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Callum Bloodworths ungdomsroman "Berätta tre saker" är en gripande kärlekshistoria kantad av humor … read more

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  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Om människor var som byggnader skulle jag vara i renoveringsbehov."

-Callum Bloodworth, Berätta tre saker

"Du är som fyrverkerier en sommarkväll. Och låt aldrig någon säga annat."

-Callum Bloodworth, Berätta tre saker

"Innan den stunden hade jag levt sexton år utan att veta att en röst kunde spela en hel symfoni på hjärtats strängar."

-Callum Bloodworth, Berätta tre saker

"Men jag vet inte om det hjälper att man är en bra person. Det är det värsta med sjukdomar, de stannar inte upp och frågar innan de drabbar en."

-Callum Bloodworth, Berätta tre saker

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23. Yani

By: nora khalil

3.80

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

Debutroman som med varm humor, träffsäker samhällskritik och klockren gestaltning skildrar stark vä… read more

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  • young adult
  • contemporary
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24. Kit na plaži

By: Vinko Möderndorfer

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Kit na plaži je drugi roman za mladino slovenskega pisatelja, pesnika, dramatika, esejista, gledali… read more

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  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Ingen normal flyttar hit (Sävaträsk, #1) by Pär Sahlin

25. Ingen normal flyttar hit (Sävaträsk, #1)

By: Pär Sahlin

2.84

Format: 79 pages, Hardcover

Black Sabbath är på högsta volym ur epa-traktorns nya högtalare och Joar spanar mot korvkiosken. Sn… read more

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  • young adult
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26. Inte som du

By: Johanna Schreiber

3.49

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Som tjej räcker det typ att vara bra på en grej. Som kille måste man vara bäst på allt för att ens … read more

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  • young adult
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27. En prick i registret (Sävaträsk, #2)

By: Pär Sahlin

3.13

Format: 79 pages, Hardcover

Med andan i halsen slänger sig Joar och Minna in i epan. ”Men kör!” ropar Minna panikslaget. Plötsl… read more

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28. Brightly Shining

By: Ingvild Rishøi

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Brightly Shining is a 'heartbreaking, funny and philosophical tale about the reality of addiction, … read more

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  • contemporary
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29. Döden är inget skämt

By: Karl Modig

3.55

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

Josef är nitton år och bor i en lägenhet ihop med sina storasyskon Natascha och Alexander. Fast nu … read more

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  • young adult
  • contemporary

8 Best young adult books like Döden är inget skämt by Karl Modig

Transform Your Habits

After Tupac and D Foster

Jacqueline Woodson

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Cirkeln (Engelsfors, #1)

Mats Strandberg , Sara Bergmark Elfgren

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Berätta tre saker

Callum Bloodworth

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Yani

nora khalil

3.80

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20 Top fiction books like Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank, Philip Horne

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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë , Michael Mason

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

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Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë , Richard J. Dunn

3.89

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