8 must-read mystery books like What Dread Hand?: A Benvenuto Brown Mystery by Elizabeth Gill

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What Dread Hand?: A Benvenuto Brown Mystery

By: Elizabeth Gill

3.65

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Before she could touch him she saw it—the handle of a weapon sticking out between his shoulder-blad…

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1. Mendel el de los libros

By: Stefan Zweig , Berta Vias Mahou

4.00

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Escrito en 1929, Mendel el de los libros narra la trágica historia de un excéntrico librero de viej… read more

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"لا ننتج الكتب إلا لكي نبقى على صلة بالبشر فيما وراء الموت فنزود بذلك عن أنفسنا ضد العدو الألد للحياة ، ضد الزمن الذي يمضي ، ضد النسيان"

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

"Los libros sólo se escriben para, por encima del propio aliento, unir a los seres humanos, y así defendernos frente al inexorable reverso de toda existencia: la fugacidad y el olvido"

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

"...avrei dovuto sapere che i libri si fanno solo per legarsi agli uomini al di là del nostro breve respiro e difendersi così dall'inesorabile avversario di ogni vita: la caducità e l'oblio."

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

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2. Good-Bye, Mr. Chips

By: James Hilton , Edward Weeks , Henry Matthew Brock , Santiago Munevar

3.97

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Mr. Hilton's classic story of an English schoolmaster. Mr. Chipping, the classics master at Broo… read more

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"All things are forgotten in the end"

-James Hilton, Good-Bye, Mr. Chips

"He was forty-eight — an age at which permanence of habits begins to be predictable."

-James Hilton, Good-Bye, Mr. Chips

"For Chips, like some old sea captain, still measured time by the signals of the past. . . ."

-James Hilton, Good-Bye, Mr. Chips

"His guests found it fun to watch him make tea -- mixing careful spoonfuls from different caddies."

-James Hilton, Good-Bye, Mr. Chips

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3. Reencuentro

By: Rosa Sahuquillo Moreno , Margaret Deland , Frances Barber Stephens

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

La senorita Mary North llega al encantador pueblecito de Old Chester con el firme proposito de enco… read more

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4. Bartleby the Scrivener

By: Herman Melville

3.93

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more

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"I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

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5. Poor Folk

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.78

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

Poor Folk (Russian: Бедные люди, Bednye lyudi), sometimes translated as Poor People,[note] is the f… read more

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"ويقال إنّ الفتى بوكروفسكي يشبه أمه كما تشبه قطرة من الماء قطرة من الماء."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk

"أضرع إليك مرة أخرى: لا تنفق في سبيلي كل هذا الذي تنفقه. أنا أعرف أنك تحبني كثيرًا، ولكنك لست غنيًا."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk

"أوهام إنه ليتفق للمرء أن يخطئ تقدير ما يشعر به هو نفسه، وأن يسترسل في ترهات سخيفة. والذنب في ذلك كله انما هو ذنب هذا الطيش في قلبنا المندفع"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk

"لماذا تعيش النفوس الطيبة النبيلة في الشقاء والهجران، بينما لا يحتاج غيرها حتى إلى البحث عن السعادة لأن السعادة هي التي تلقي بنفسها بين ذراعيه؟"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk

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6. Le inchieste del commissario Collura

By: Andrea Camilleri

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dopo essere rimasto ferito nel corso di una sparatoria, il commissario Vincenzo Collura, detto Cece… read more

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7. La solterona

By: Edith Wharton

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Edith Wharton firma una nouvelle magistral, que explota la que fuera una de sus obsesiones recurren… read more

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8. La Regenta

By: Leopoldo Alas

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Mass Market Paperback

En las paginas de La Regentael joven catedratico de la Universidad de Oviedo, Leopoldo Alas, preten… read more

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9. Faces in the Water

By: Janet Frame

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Narrated entirely from the viewpoint of a young insane woman, this novel provides a moving descript… read more

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10. Fierce Attachments: A Memoir

By: Jonathan Lethem , Vivian Gornick

3.61

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

In this deeply etched and haunting memoir, Vivian Gornick tells the story of her lifelong battle wi… read more

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11. Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

By: Stefan Zweig , Mahmure Kahraman

3.90

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Zweig bu novellasında bir kadının yaşamını bütünüyle değiştiren yirmi dört saatlik deneyimini anlat… read more

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"La vérité à demi ne vaut rien, il la faut toujours entière."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Envejecer no significa otra cosa que no tener miedo al pasado"

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Değerli olan her zaman için gerçeğin yarısı değil, tamamıdır."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Ceux qui tombent entraînent souvent dans leur chute ceux qui se portent à leur secours."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

12. Jours sans faim

By: Delphine de Vigan

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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13. La utilidad de lo inútil: Manifiesto

By: Nuccio Ordine , None , None

4.44

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

En esta obra se repasan las opiniones de filosofos y escritores sobre la importancia de seguir tute… read more

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14. A Woman's Story

By: Annie Ernaux

4.23

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A Woman's Story is Annie Ernaux's "deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age… read more

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"Until I was twenty, I thought I was responsible for her growing old."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"With so much misery around, fighting for social advancement had lost all meaning."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"I believe I am writing about my mother because it is my turn to bring her into the world."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

"Het beeld van haar wordt langzaam weer dat wat ik mij voorstel te hebben gehad van haar in mijn babytijd, een grote, blanke schaduw boven mij."

-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story

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15. El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

By: Tatiana Țîbuleac

4.35

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Plena de emoción y crudeza, Tatiana Ţîbuleac muestra una intensísima fuerza narrativa en este bruta… read more

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"De ce nu începuse mama să moară mai devreme?"

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

"Te he querido, Aleksy, te he querido como he podido."

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

"Ni rien ni personne ne m'intéressait, et je ne pensais ni à l'avenir ni au présent. Je vivais du passé, comme les pauvres vivent de pain rassis."

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

"La imposibilidad de morir cuando tenía la necesidad absoluta de hacerlo fue la injusticia más grande que se ha cometido conmigo, y conmigo se han cometido muchas injusticias."

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

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16. El hombre que mató a Antía Morgade (Abad y Barroso, #3)

By: Arantza Portabales

3.86

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Santiago de Compostela, 2021: seis amigos acuden a una cena de reencuentro tras más de dos décadas … read more

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Cover of Sabbia nera (Vanina Guarrasi #1) by Cristina Cassar Scalia

17. Sabbia nera (Vanina Guarrasi #1)

By: Cristina Cassar Scalia

3.88

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Mentre Catania è avvolta da una pioggia di ceneri dell'Etna, nell'ala abbandonata di una villa sign… read more

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18. Las gratitudes

By: Delphine de Vigan

4.30

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

«Hoy ha muerto una anciana a la que yo quería. A menudo pensaba: "Le debo tanto." O: "Sin ella, pro… read more

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"A veces conviene aceptar el vacío que deja la pérdida. Renunciar a la distracción. Aceptar que ya no hay nada que decir. Permanecer sentado, a su vera. Cogiéndola de la mano."

-Delphine de Vigan, Las gratitudes

"Tras sus miradas borrosas, sus gestos inseguros, sus cuerpos encorvados o doblados por la mitad, busco al muchacho o a la muchacha que fueron como quien pretende descubrir el esbozo original de un di…"

-Delphine de Vigan, Las gratitudes

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19. Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

By: Cristina Rivera Garza

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, unforgettable memoir about a beloved younger sister and the painful memory of her murde… read more

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"Ahora sí es posible escribir lo inexpresable. Mejor dicho, ahora hay algo inexpresable y, luego entonces ahora es posible escribir."

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

"Éramos apenas unas niñas de dieciocho años, pero ahí íbamos junto con todos los demás, pidiendo lo imposible porque, ¿qué más se puede pedir a esa edad?"

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

"Somos ellas en el pasado, y somos ellas en el futuro, y somos otras a la vez. Somos otras y somos las mismas de siempre. Mujeres en busca de justicia. Mujeres exhaustas, y juntas. Hartas ya, pero con…"

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

"It is in the imperative, inescapable, overwhelming demand that the victim be blamed and that you blame yourself with her. It is in the imperative, inescapable, overwhelming demand to exonerate the mu…"

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

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20. Il gioco della notte

By: Camilla Läckberg

3.12

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Four friends Liv, Martina, Max and Anton have been best friends for years. So on New Year’s Eve, t… read more

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21. La novia gitana (Elena Blanco, #1)

By: Carmen Mola

4.16

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

«En Madrid se mata poco», le decía al joven subinspector Ángel Zárate su mentor en la policía; «per… read more

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"No deja de admirarme hasta qué extremos puede llegar la vanidad humana."

-Carmen Mola, La novia gitana (Elena Blanco, #1)

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22. The Faces

By: Tove Ditlevsen

3.92

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

It's Copenhagen, 1968. Lise, a children's book writer and married mother of three, is becoming incr… read more

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"...and the fear came back like a faithful friend who doesn't care whether return his feelings or not."

-Tove Ditlevsen, The Faces

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23. A Caller's Game

By: J.D. Barker

4.13

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

DIE HARD meets TALK RADIO in this heart-pounding, relentlessly fast-paced thriller from the New Yor… read more

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24. Aucun de nous ne reviendra

By: Charlotte Delbo

4.32

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Aucun de nous ne reviendra est, plus qu'un récit, une suite de moments restitués. Ils se détachent … read more

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25. Luna llena

By: Aki Shimazaki

4.00

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

En una pequeña localidad japonesa, el matrimonio compuesto por Tetsuo y Fujiko Nire vive apacibleme… read more

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26. The Serial Killer’s Wife (The Serial Killer's Family, #1)

By: Alice Hunter

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

They’re saying he’s a monster. And they’re saying she knew. Beth and Tom Hardcastle are the envy… read more

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27. Infeliç

By: Ivan Turgenev

3.65

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Un Turguénev inèdit en català, considerat per Flaubert una de les obres mestres de la narrativa rus… read more

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28. El alumno aventajado

By: Joseph Roth

3.87

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

«Bajo la influencia del alcohol era un hombre alegre y optimista, capaz de culminar las tareas más … read more

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29. What Dread Hand?: A Benvenuto Brown Mystery

By: Elizabeth Gill

3.65

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Before she could touch him she saw it—the handle of a weapon sticking out between his shoulder-blad… read more

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30. La riada (Blackwater, #1)

By: Michael McDowell

3.74

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Descubre el primer volumen de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal. Mujeres poderosas que luc… read more

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