19 must-read fiction books like Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

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Forrest Gump

By: Winston Groom

3.69

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

[Penguin Readers Level 3]

"Może jestem idiota, ale nie jestem głupi."

-Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

If you liked the fiction plot in Forrest Gump by Winston Groom , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Victoria

By: Daisy Goodwin

3.93

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

“They think I am still a little girl who is not capable of being a Queen.”Lord Melbourne turned to … read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown."

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

"Emma shook her head. “There are some things that a woman always keeps to herself."

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

"In the end to add to the sum of human knowledge is the only thing a man can be truly proud of."

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

"I was so happy … before.’ ‘I find that happiness can always be recollected in tranquillity, Ma’am,’ said Melbourne. Victoria put her hands down and looked up at him, her pale blue eyes searching his …"

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

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2. Old Yeller

By: Fred Gipson

4.10

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving r… read more

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  • fiction
"... I guessed that when you are nearly a man, you have to learn to put up with a lot of aggravation from little old bitty kids."

-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller

"You're getting to be a big boy; and while I'm gone, you'll be the man of the family. I want you to act like one. You take care of Mama and Little Arliss. You look after the work and don't wait around…"

-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller

"Well, when you're fourteen years old, you can't afford to mix in a rock fight with your five-year-old brother. You can't do it, even when you're in the right. You just can't explain a thing like that…"

-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller

"That was as rough a thing as I ever heard tell of happening to a boy. And I'm mighty proud to learn how my boy stood up to it. You couldn't ask any more of a grown man... It's not a thing you can for…"

-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller

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3. The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

By: Shaun Bythell

3.72

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100… read more

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"the immersive capacity of a good novel to transport you into a different world is unique to the written word."

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

"...people still cling to the notion that first editions are somehow imbued with a magical and financial value."

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

"I am putting a mental jigsaw together of what a hobbit looks like, based on a composite of every customer I have ever sold a copy to."

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

"A less than friendly email this morning... [from a booksop customer] After lunch I went to my parents' house to get my shotgun and shoot a kindle (broken screen, bought on eBay for £10)"

-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)

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4. Madame Bovary

By: Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The characte… read more

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  • romance
  • novels
  • fiction
"Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"How oft the warmth of the sun above Makes a pretty young girl dream of love."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

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5. Konrad Wallenrod

By: Adam Mickiewicz , Irene Suboczewski

2.60

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more

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  • fiction
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6. Monsieur Ibrahim and The Flowers of the Qur'an

By: Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt , Patricia Benecke , Patrick Driver

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Internationally acclaimed play of cross-cultural friendship Paris in the 1960s. Thirteen-year-old M… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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7. How I Met Myself

By: David A. Hill

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • fiction
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8. Der Thron der Sieben Königreiche (Das Lied von Eis und Feuer, #3)

By: George R.R. Martin , Andreas Helweg

3.60

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Nach dem Tod seines Vaters ist es an dem erst funfzehnjahrigen Robb Stark, die Herrschaft uber Wint… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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9. La délicatesse

By: David Foenkinos

3.80

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

« François pensa : si elle commande un déca, je me lève et je m’en vais. C’est la boisson la moins … read more

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  • romance
  • novels
  • fiction
"Dictionaries stop where the heart starts."

-David Foenkinos, La délicatesse

"Pourquoi sommes-nous autant marqués par un détail, un geste, qui font de ces instants minimes le coeur d'une époque?"

-David Foenkinos, La délicatesse

"Elle avançait dans leur salon et tout était là. À l'identique. Rien n'avait bougé. La couverture toujours sur le canapé. La théière aussi sur la table basse, avec le livre qu'elle était en train de l…"

-David Foenkinos, La délicatesse

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10. The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do

By: Sarah Knight

3.00

Format: 54 pages, Hardcover

THE "GENIUS" (Cosmopolitan) NATIONAL BESTSELLER ON THE ART OF CARING LESS AND GETTING MORE Are you… read more

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11. A Happy Death

By: Albert Camus , Richard Howard , Jean Sarocchi

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Is it possible to die a happy death?This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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12. Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake

By: Frank W. Abagnale , Stan Redding

4.55

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

I stole every nickel and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes and other sen… read more

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13. The Art of Loving

By: Erich Fromm , Rainer Funk , Peter D. Kramer

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown mill… read more

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14. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

By: Gabor Maté

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In this accessible and groundbreaking book--filled with the moving stories of real people--medical … read more

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15. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

By: William B. Irvine

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discove… read more

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16. O Pioneers!

By: Willa Cather

3.90

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

O Pioneers! (1913) was Willa Cather's first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged ma… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Things away from home often look better than they are."

-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

"There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before."

-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

"Neither Oscar nor Lou has changed much; they have simply, as Alexandra said of them long ago, grown to be more and more like themselves."

-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

"We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it -- for a little while."

-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

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17. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

By: Gabor Maté

4.49

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

He would probably dispute it, but Gabor Maté is something of a compassion machine. Diligently treat… read more

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"Passion creates, addiction consumes."

-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

"Compassionate curiosity directed toward the self leads to the truth of things."

-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

"There is a quality or drive innate in human beings that the Austrian psychiatrist Victor Frankl called our “search for meaning."

-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

"It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behaviour."

-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

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18. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It begins with a man walking St. Petersburg's … read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"I want to suffer so that I may love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

"How anxiously I yearned for those I had forsake"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

"how anxiously I yearned for those I had forsaken."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

"أصبحت فجأة لا أغضب من الناس، بل ما عدت ألاحظ وجودهم."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

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19. The Gift of the Magi

By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger

4.11

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

20. Hissy Fit

By: Mary Kay Andrews

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

"Laced with humor and a sense of place that oozes the aroma of magnolia blossoms." --Atlanta Journa… read more

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21. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

By: Cal Newport

3.36

Format: 96 pages, ebook

In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is… read more

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22. The Blind Owl

By: Sadegh Hedayat , D.P. Costello

3.97

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Considered the most important work of modern Iranian literature, The Blind Owl is a haunting tale o… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"افكار پوچ! از هر حقيقتی بيشتر مرا شكنجه ميكند"

-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl

"در زندگی زخمهایی است که روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد ومیتراشد"

-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl

"در زندگی زخمهايی هست که مثل خوره روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد و می تراشد"

-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl

"از دور ریختن عقایدی که به من تلقین شده بود، آرامش مخصوصی در خودم حس می‌کردم."

-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl

23. Gangsta Granny

By: Tony Ross , David Walliams

4.45

Format: 122 pages, Hardcover

Another hilarious and moving novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing c… read more

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24. Sophie's Choice

By: William Styron

3.19

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Three stories are told: a young Southerner wants to become a writer; a turbulent love-hate affair b… read more

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25. Ganbare! Warsztaty umierania

By: Katarzyna Boni

4.01

Format: 532 pages, Hardcover

Kiedy w Japonii chcesz kogos zmotywowac do dzialania, wolasz Ganbare! - ,,Daj z siebie wszystko! Tr… read more

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26. Au revoir là-haut

By: Pierre Lemaitre

4.20

Format: 567 pages, Paperback

Sur les ruines du plus grand carnage du XXe siècle,deux rescapés des tranchées, passablement abîmés… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Même les grandes joies vous laissent un peu de regret, il y a un fond de manque dans tout ce qu'on vit."

-Pierre Lemaitre, Au revoir là-haut

"Elle les avait démasqués de loin, les petits ambitieux qui la trouvait banale vue de face, mais très jolie vue de dot."

-Pierre Lemaitre, Au revoir là-haut

"Le pays tout entier était saisi d'une fureur commémorative en faveur des morts, proportionnelle à sa répulsion vis-à-vis des survivants."

-Pierre Lemaitre, Au revoir là-haut

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27. Wrony

By: Petra Dvořáková

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Bestseller z Czech! Kameralna opowieść o świetle i mroku. W gałęziach starego wiązu zagnieździła… read more

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  • fiction
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28. La Nuit où les étoiles se sont éteintes (La Nuit où les étoiles se sont éteintes, #1)

By: Nine Gorman

4.32

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

« J'aimerais lui rétorquer que les étoiles s'éteignent et que quand c'est le cas, elles détruisent … read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"Plus sombre est le chaos, plus belle sera l'étoile."

-Nine Gorman, La Nuit où les étoiles se sont éteintes (La Nuit où les étoiles se sont éteintes, #1)

"- Parfois, j'aimerais pouvoir être là pour toi comme tu l'as été pour moi."

-Nine Gorman, La Nuit où les étoiles se sont éteintes (La Nuit où les étoiles se sont éteintes, #1)

"Il faut parfois traverser des mauvais moments pour apprécier les meilleurs à leur juste valeur. Les étoiles n'ont pas besoin de la nuit pour briller, mais toi, tu en as besoin pour les voir."

-Nine Gorman, La Nuit où les étoiles se sont éteintes (La Nuit où les étoiles se sont éteintes, #1)

"Le temps s'écoule et rien ne vient rompre la paix que j'éprouve. Dans ce silence, j'entends l'immensité de l'univers, dont j'ignore tout et qui m'ignore lui aussi. Face à l'infini, je sais que mon ex…"

-Nine Gorman, La Nuit où les étoiles se sont éteintes (La Nuit où les étoiles se sont éteintes, #1)

Cover of Angst with happy ending by Weronika Łodyga

29. Angst with happy ending

By: Weronika Łodyga

3.63

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Życie siedemnastoletniego Aleksandra nie jest usłane różami. W domu wciąż brakuje pieniędzy, mama z… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"Pomyśl o tym jak o byciu jedynym bez okularów w grupie okularników. To, że ich nie masz, nie znaczy, że jesteś gorszy i czegoś ci brakuje. Po prostu nie potrzebujesz ich, żeby dobrze funkcjonować."

-Weronika Łodyga, Angst with happy ending

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30. All Grown Up

By: Jami Attenberg

3.39

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Middlesteins comes a wickedly funny novel about … read more

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  • fiction
"I am distracted by the world around me and my family's issues and my lackluster career and how all the wheels keep spinning and I have never learned how to steer."

-Jami Attenberg, All Grown Up

"I can tell you something remarkable about that time, although it has only just occurred to me now. I never thought about death, like I do now. I never worried about dying. I only ever thought about b…"

-Jami Attenberg, All Grown Up

"But a funny thing happens when you tell a man that you don't want to get married: they don't believe you. They think you're lying to yourself or to them or you're trying to trick them in some way and…"

-Jami Attenberg, All Grown Up

"Then she calls me and she's crying and we talk for a while about her marriage and while I am sad that my friend is sad, it makes me happier than ever that I've never been married and never will be, b…"

-Jami Attenberg, All Grown Up

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31. Forrest Gump

By: Winston Groom

3.69

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

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  • teaching
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"Może jestem idiota, ale nie jestem głupi."

-Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

12 must-read novels books like Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

Transform Your Habits

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Monsieur Ibrahim and The Flowers of the Qur'an

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt , Patricia Benecke , Patrick Driver

4.83

Transform Your Habits

Der Thron der Sieben Königreiche (Das Lied von Eis und Feuer, #3)

George R.R. Martin , Andreas Helweg

3.60

Transform Your Habits

La délicatesse

David Foenkinos

3.80

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Transform Your Habits

Fanfik

Natalia Osińska , Olga Budzan

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Jestem głód

Petra Dvořáková

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Wrony

Petra Dvořáková

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Nocne godziny

Marta Bijan

3.61

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