14 must-read fiction books like The Embalmer by Anne-Renée Caillé

Cover of The Embalmer by Anne-Renée Caillé

The Embalmer

By: Anne-Renée Caillé

3.75

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Imagine rubbing shoulders with the dead for most of your life. As she picks the brain of her father…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Embalmer by Anne-Renée Caillé , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Les fous de Bassan by Anne Hébert

1. Les fous de Bassan

By: Anne Hébert

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

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  • fiction
  • france
  • canada

2. Chercher Sam

By: Sophie Bienvenu

3.71

Format: 412 pages,

Mathieu vit dans la rue. Il l'a choisi. Ce n'est pas un aventurier, et ca n'a rien a voir avec la l… read more

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  • fiction
  • france
  • canada

3. The Romance of Tristan, The Tale of Tristan's Madness

By: Béroul , None

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

This edition contains perhaps the earliest and most elemental version of the tragic legend of Trist… read more

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4. 5150, rue des Ormes

By: Patrick Senécal

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Le personnage principal du roman est Yannick Berube, un jeune homme de 23 ans sequestre dans une ma… read more

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5. Kamouraska

By: Anne Hébert

3.62

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Au milieu du XIXe siècle, dans la ville de Québec, une femme veille son mari qui va mourir.Elle n''… read more

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  • fiction
  • france
  • canada
"That’s what it means to be out of your mind. To let yourself be carried away by a dream. To give it room, let it grow wild and thick, until it overruns you."

-Anne Hébert, Kamouraska

"And now the bride begins to move. Little mechanical doll, clinging to her husband’s arm, climbing into the carriage. Her white silk stocking, her elegant shoe."

-Anne Hébert, Kamouraska

"I clap my hands together. (Where do I get the strength, the burst of energy?) To chase away the ghosts. Dispel my fears. Arrange the dream. Maintain a kind of balance"

-Anne Hébert, Kamouraska

"My love, I'm here. I'll wait my whole life through until you're done, there in the cove at Kamouraska. Until you wash your blood-soaked hands and make your way back to me"

-Anne Hébert, Kamouraska

6. Angéline de Montbrun

By: None

3.75

Format: 273 pages,

Avec cette histoire d'une relation pere-fille vaguement incestueuse, Laure Conan signait en 1881 un… read more

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Cover of Ce que je sais de toi by Éric Chacour

7. Ce que je sais de toi

By: Éric Chacour

4.43

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Dans le Caire des années 1980, un jeune médecin suit un destin tracé pour lui. Entre son dispensair… read more

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  • fiction
  • france
  • canada
"Le jour, ses mains en prolongement des tiennes sur le corps des patients. La nuit, son corps en prolongement du tien sous tes mains impatientes."

-Éric Chacour, Ce que je sais de toi

Cover of Mélasse de fantaisie by Francis Ouellette

8. Mélasse de fantaisie

By: Francis Ouellette

4.21

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Rue Poupart, Centre-Sud, décembre 1976. Un nouveau-né échappe aux bras inexpérimentés de sa mère et… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
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9. La version qui n'intéresse personne

By: Emmanuelle Pierrot

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Elle croyait qu’ici, à l’autre bout du monde, au confluent de la rivière Klondike et du fleuve Yuko… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
Cover of Prendre son souffle by Geneviève Jannelle

10. Prendre son souffle

By: Geneviève Jannelle

4.68

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Anaïs aurait dû écouter Éden et s’enfuir. Mais quand on finit par trouver l’amour, le vrai – celui … read more

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  • france
  • fiction
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11. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Rue Duplessis: Ma petite noirceur by Jean-Philippe Pleau

12. Rue Duplessis: Ma petite noirceur

By: Jean-Philippe Pleau

4.36

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

«Juin 2018. J’effectue une entrevue sur les ondes de Radio-Canada avec l’écrivain Édouard Louis. On… read more

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  • france
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13. Walking Practice

By: Dolki Min

3.59

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation … read more

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  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
"I’ve invested close to ten years of my time figuring out what exactly their criteria are. My conclusion is that there are no such criteria."

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"Criteria are like glass. As long as they are respected and held without dropping them, they’ll stay solid and won’t break. I made myself complicit in humanity’s scam and adapted myself to the local e…"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"Do I exist in the same physical space as other people? Can I really seek joy and pleasure together with them? Why does the path become narrower the further I walk down it? Why is every place I go to …"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"He’s a real fucking dog. Ah, forgive me. I’ve accidentally lumped dogs in with the likes of him. I would like to give a sincere apology to all the dogs of Earth. I can almost hear their complaints no…"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

Cover of Comme un long accident de char by Joël Martel

14. Comme un long accident de char

By: Joël Martel

4.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Figure bien-connue de l’humour web, ancien chroniqueur vedette du Quotidien de Saguenay et musicien… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Captives: Crimes réels et disparitions mystérieuses au Québec by Annie Laurin

15. Captives: Crimes réels et disparitions mystérieuses au Québec

By: Annie Laurin

4.34

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Les créatrices du balado québecois '' Captives'', Annie Laurin et Michèle Ouellette, racontent trei… read more

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16. Impromptu

By: Catherine Mavrikakis

3.55

Format: None pages, Paperback

J’ai voulu écrire un texte comique et acerbe, parfois affectueux, souvent cruel sur notre rapport à… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Mavrikakis's Impromptu book and Anne-Renée Caillé's The Embalmer

  • fiction
  • canada
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17. The Embalmer

By: Anne-Renée Caillé

3.75

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Imagine rubbing shoulders with the dead for most of your life. As she picks the brain of her father… read more

Similar categories in Anne-Renée Caillé's The Embalmer book and Anne-Renée Caillé's The Embalmer

  • canada
  • novella
  • death
  • short stories
  • france
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
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18. Voir Montauk

By: Sophie Dora Swan

3.92

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

De retour dans son pays natal après une longue absence, une femme prend soin de sa mère tombée mala… read more

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19. Coup de Grâce

By: Sofia Ajram

3.94

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A mindbending and visceral experimental horror about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal su… read more

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  • canada
  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
Cover of The Eleventh Hour by Jacques Goldstyn

20. The Eleventh Hour

By: Jacques Goldstyn

4.36

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Jim and Jules are childhood friends, born on the same day in the same village. All their lives, Jim… read more

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  • canada
Cover of The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

21. The Bog Wife

By: Kay Chronister

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this atmospheric Appalachian gothic, the Haddesley siblings of West Virginia must unearth long-b… read more

Similar categories in Kay Chronister's The Bog Wife book and Anne-Renée Caillé's The Embalmer

  • fiction
  • horror

9 Top france books like The Embalmer by Anne-Renée Caillé

Transform Your Habits

Les fous de Bassan

Anne Hébert

3.71

Chercher Sam

Sophie Bienvenu

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Kamouraska

Anne Hébert

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Ce que je sais de toi

Éric Chacour

4.43

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20 Best fiction books like Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

Transform Your Habits

The Night Guest

Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Heads Will Roll

Josh Winning

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Devils Kill Devils

Johnny Compton

3.46

Transform Your Habits

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Monika Kim

3.89

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