18 Best fiction books like Young Archimedes and Other Stories by Aldous Huxley

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Young Archimedes and Other Stories

By: Aldous Huxley

3.65

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

In these semi-autobiographical stories, Huxley discourses on life and death, accident and necessity…

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1. Joséphine Baker

By: José-Louis Bocquet , None

3.98

Format: 564 pages, Paperback

Joséphine Baker a 20 ans quand elle débarque à Paris en 1925. En une seule nuit, la petite danseuse… read more

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2. Prins Charles känsla

By: Liv Strömquist

4.34

Format: 133 pages, Paperback

"What is love?" frågade sig den tyske eurodanceartisten Haddaway redan år 1993. I Prins Charles kän… read more

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"Se puede decir directamente que una relación romántica es una minirreligión privada."

-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla

"El "amor" surge, pues, del proceso de negociación de un contrato de exclusividad más o menos permanente de la propiedad sexual entre individuos libres."

-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla

"Pourquoi ? Peut-être parce qu'à travers la domination, on peut avoir un sentiment qui rappelle la liberté alors que l'homme ne peut sans doute jamais vraiment "se libérer", de la mort par exemple. En…"

-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla

"Cette petite religion possède un caractère unique : les deux membres du couple en incarnent tous les deux l'idéal. Le droit de propriété sur le corps de son partenaire, protégé par une défense rituel…"

-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla

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3. The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

By: Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4.13

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife Bea have much to celebrate. They … read more

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"Why is it that all wars are won by bankers?"

-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

"ا من أحد يطرح اسئلة عن الشيء الذي يفضل تجاهله."

-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

"Everything can be forgiven, save telling the truth"

-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

"One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it."

-Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)

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4. Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy, #3)

By: Ken Follett , John Lee

4.19

Format: 37 pages, Audible Audio

Edge of Eternity is the sweeping, passionate conclusion to Ken Follett’s extraordinary historical e… read more

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  • fiction
"Since Lenin died, every Soviet leader had been a liar. They had all glossed over what was wrong and declined to acknowledge reality. The most striking characteristic of Soviet leadership for the last…"

-Ken Follett, Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy, #3)

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. ‘I have a dream that one day,…"

-Ken Follett, Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy, #3)

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5. Les Fleurs du Mal

By: Charles Baudelaire , Richard Howard

4.20

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

Charles Baudelaire's 1857 masterwork was scandalous in its day for its portrayals of sex, same-sex … read more

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"L'orage rajeunit les fleurs"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"I am the vampire at my own veins."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"Beauty, you walk on corpses, mocking them;"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

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6. Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more

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"a raven's heart within a dove."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"I pity you That's a degree to love"

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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7. Kingdom Come

By: Alex Ross , Mark Waid , Elliot S. Maggin

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

Winner of five Eisner and Harvey Awards, KINGDOM COME is the best-selling graphic novel from acclai… read more

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8. The Divine Comedy

By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more

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9. The Stepford Wives

By: Ira Levin

2.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost to… read more

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10. Thus Spoke Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann

4.07

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more

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"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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11. Julius Caesar

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill

3.70

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more

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"Et tu, Brute?"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Beware the ides of March."

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

12. The Madman

By: Kahlil Gibran

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Halil Cibran, genclik doneminin urunu ve sonraki yapitlarinin habercisi olan Meczup'ta, toplum onun… read more

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  • short stories
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13. Martin Eden

By: Jack London , Andrew Sinclair

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

The semiautobiographical Martin Edenis the most vital and original character Jack London ever creat… read more

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14. Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

By: Ken Follett

3.70

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Winter of the World picks up right where the first book left off, as its five interrelated families… read more

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15. Binti (Binti, #1)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.95

Format: 145 pages, ebook

Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza Uni… read more

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16. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

By: Mark Fisher

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

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17. Unlocking the Air and Other Stories

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

2.76

Format: 320 pages,

This collection of mainstream stories, written from the early eighties to the mid-nineties, is a st… read more

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18. Petit pays

By: Gaël Faye

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Avant, Gabriel faisait les quatre cents coups avec ses copains dans leur coin de paradis. Et puis l… read more

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19. Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.12

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is h… read more

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"He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"If such a thing had happened once, it must surely have happened many times in this galaxy of a hundred billion suns."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

20. Ficciones

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Anthony Bonner , Anthony Kerrigan

3.53

Format: 320 pages,

The seventeen pieces in Ficcionesdemonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precis… read more

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21. Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

By: Joe Dispenza

4.14

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

Nous ne sommes pas condamnés par nos gènes à vivre une certaine forme d'existence. Une nouvelle sci… read more

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"Your outer world is a reflection of your inner reality."

-Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

"Eres lo que eres, eres donde estás y eres quien eres por lo que piensas acerca de ti."

-Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

"We should never wait for science to give us permission to do the uncommon; if we do, then we are turning science into another religion."

-Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

"Whether we’re addicted to cigarettes, chocolate, alcohol, shopping, gambling, or biting our nails, the moment we cease the habitual action, chaos rages between the body and the mind."

-Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

22. Vernon Subutex, 1 (Vernon Subutex, #1)

By: Virginie Despentes

3.74

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more

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23. The Wanderer

By: Kahlil Gibran

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) was a Lebanese American of Assyrian descent, an artist, poet and writer. … read more

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24. The Invention of Solitude

By: Paul Auster

2.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this debut work by New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster (The New York Trilogy), The Inv… read more

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25. Los abismos

By: Pilar Quintana

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Una niña contempla con una agudeza y una sensibilidad extraordinaria el conflictivo matrimonio de s… read more

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26. Le Bureau des affaires occultes

By: Eric Fouassier

3.74

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Prix Maison de la Presse 2021 "LE roman historique de l'année. Vous ne le lâcherez pas." Gérard Co… read more

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27. Peau d'Homme

By: Hubert

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Sans contrefaçon, je suis un garçon ! Dans l'Italie de la Renaissance, Bianca, demoiselle de bonne… read more

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28. The Black God's Drums

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.01

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Instead, she wants to … read more

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29. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

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30. Ballena

By: Paul Gadenne

3.79

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

La aparición de una ballena blanca varada en la orilla se convierte en el mayor acontecimiento de u… read more

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31. Young Archimedes and Other Stories

By: Aldous Huxley

3.65

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

In these semi-autobiographical stories, Huxley discourses on life and death, accident and necessity… read more

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28 must-read fiction books like Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke

Transform Your Habits

Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

Kim Stanley Robinson

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Solaris

Stanisław Lem

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

Isaac Asimov

4.19

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