5 Top historical fiction books like Desde que o Samba é Samba by Paulo Lins

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Desde que o Samba é Samba

By: Paulo Lins

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Desde que o samba é samba (“Ever Since Samba Has Been Samba“), depicts a colourful evolution of wha…

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1. The Double

By: Margaret Jull Costa , José Saramago

3.96

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is a history teacher in a secondary school. He is divorced, involved in a … read more

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  • fiction
"Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered."

-Margaret Jull Costa, The Double

"Reading is probably another way of being in a place."

-Margaret Jull Costa, The Double

"What dogs want most in life is for no one to go away."

-Margaret Jull Costa, The Double

"Cada día que nace es el primero para unos y será el último para otros."

-Margaret Jull Costa, The Double

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2. South of the Border, West of the Sun

By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

3.86

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition here. Growing up in the suburbs of post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime t… read more

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  • fiction
"Is that what you see in my eyes, that you know nothing about me?"

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"But you know Hajime, some feelings cause us pain because they remain."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"Loving her, and being loved, was the only way I could hold myself together."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"What we needed were not words and promises but the steady accumulation of small realities."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

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3. Poetics

By: Aristotle , Malcolm Heath

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

'The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy' In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy,… read more

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4. El caballero de la armadura oxidada

By: Robert Fisher , Verónica d'Ornellas Radziwill

3.97

Format: 570 pages,

El caballero de la armadura oxidadatrata de una fantasia adulta que simboliza nuestra ascension por… read more

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  • fiction
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5. A Viagem do Elefante

By: José Saramago

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Em meados do seculo XVI o rei D. Joao III oferece a seu primo, o arquiduque Maximiliano da Austria,… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Plague

By: Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert

4.02

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947. It tells the story from the point of … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

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7. The Tale of the Unknown Island

By: Margaret Jull Costa , José Saramago , Peter Sís

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other do… read more

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  • fiction
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8. Confessions of an Advertising Man

By: David Ogilvy , Alan Parker

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

David Ogilvy was an advertising genius. At the age of 37, he founded the New York-based agency that… read more

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9. Las pequeñas memorias

By: José Saramago , Pilar del Río

3.92

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Con un estilo sencillo y desnudo, Saramago describe los hechos, grandes y pequenos, que nunca, desd… read more

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10. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (The Neapolitan Novels #3)

By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

Since the publication of My Brilliant Friend, the first of the Neapolitan novels, Elena Ferrante's … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

11. The Story of the Lost Child (The Neapolitan Novels, #4)

By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Here is the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable L… read more

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12. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

By: José Saramago

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Unknown Binding

This is a skeptic' s journey into the meaning of God and of human existence. At once an ironic rend… read more

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13. Auto da Compadecida

By: Ariano Suassuna

4.50

Format: 203 pages, Paperback

O Auto da Compadecida, de Ariano Suassuna, consegue o equilíbrio perfeito entre a tradição popular … read more

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  • fiction
"Valha-me Nossa Senhora, Mãe de Deus de Nazaré! A vaca mansa dá leite, a braba dá quando quer. A mansa dá sossegada, a braba levanta o pé. Já fui barco, fui navio, mas hoje sou escaler. Já fui menino,…"

-Ariano Suassuna, Auto da Compadecida

14. My Brilliant Friend (L'amica geniale #1)

By: Elena Ferrante

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

A modern masterpiece from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, int… read more

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15. Baltasar and Blimunda

By: José Saramago , Giovanni Pontiero

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, a "brilliant...enchanting novel" (New Yor… read more

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16. The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

By: José Saramago , Giovanni Pontiero

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

The world's threats are universal like the sun but Ricardo Reis takes shelter under his own shadow.… read more

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17. Dom Casmurro

By: Machado de Assis

4.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

A classic story of love and jealousy, Dom Casmurro is the story of Bento and his childhood love, Ca… read more

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18. Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the inf… read more

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19. The Solitaire Mystery: A Novel About Family and Destiny

By: Jostein Gaarder , None

2.00

Format: None pages,

Hans Thomas and his father set out on a car trip through Europe, from Norway to Greece--the birthpl… read more

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20. Que Farei Com Este Livro?

By: José Saramago

3.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

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21. Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

By: Machado de Assis

4.25

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A publicação de 'Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas' não só inaugura o Realismo no Brasil, como inicia… read more

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  • fiction
"Quem escapa do perigo vive a vida com outra intensidade."

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

"Em verdade vos digo que toda a sabedoria humana não vale um par de botas curtas."

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

"Diz que o homem tem “uma grande vantagem sobre o resto do universo: sabe que morre, ao passo que o universo ignora-o absolutamente"

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

"هر دوره زندگی چاپ جدیدی است که چاپ قبلی را تصحیح می‌کند و خودش هم در چاپ بعدی تصحیح می‌شود، تا برسد به چاپ متن نهایی که ناشر به کرم ها تقدیم میکندش."

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

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22. The House of the Spirits

By: Isabel Allende , Magda Bogin

4.28

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Alle… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found."

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

"...no se fue con Pedro Tercero simplemente porque no le alcanzaba el amor"

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

"Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy. "

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

"[Der] ziellose Blick eines Menschen, der sich ausschließlich von Gemüse ernährt."

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

23. The Crime of Father Amaro

By: Margaret Jull Costa , Eça de Queirós

3.95

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Eca de Queirs's novel is a lurid satire of clerical corruption in a town in Portugal during a perio… read more

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24. The Story of a New Name (The Neapolitan Novels #2)

By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

The second book, following last year's My Brilliant Friend, featuring the two friends Lila and Elen… read more

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25. Blindness

By: José Saramago

4.17

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

From Nobel Prize–winning author José Saramago, a magnificent, mesmerizing parable of loss A city… read more

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  • fiction
"الناس يتعودون إي شيء ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

"هناك أوقات لايفيد معها الكلام ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

"* البطون الفارغة تستيقظ باكراً ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

"* الأحقاد القديمة لاتزول بسهولة ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

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26. L'Affaire Alaska Sanders

By: Joël Dicker

4.29

Format: 569 pages, Paperback

Avril 1999. Mount Pleasant, une paisible bourgade du New Hampshire, est bouleversée par un meurtre.… read more

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  • fiction
"Para la persona exculpada empieza un nuevo calvario [...] La mayoría de la gente se fía de su sistema judicial, sobre todo quienes nunca han tenido ningún contacto con él"

-Joël Dicker, L'Affaire Alaska Sanders

"- За гроші, Маркусе, можна купити будь-які почуття, крім справжніх. Гроші можуть створити ілюзію, наче ти щпсливий, хоча насправді це не так, наче тебе люблять, хоча насправді ніхто тебе не любить. З…"

-Joël Dicker, L'Affaire Alaska Sanders

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27. The Lying Life of Adults

By: Elena Ferrante

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Two years before leaving home my father said to my mother that I was very ugly. The sentence was u… read more

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"I'm not wise, but I read a lot of novels."

-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

"As coisas feias que você não conta se tornam cães que comem a sua cabeça enquanto você dorme."

-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

"...the dead are objects that have broken, a television, the radio, the mixer, and the best thing is to remember them as they were when they were working, because the only acceptable tomb is memory."

-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

"I’m still fascinated by how our brains elaborates strategies and carries them out without revealing them. To say that it’s a matter of the unconscious seems to me approximate, maybe even hypocritical."

-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

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28. Véspera

By: Carla Madeira

4.34

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Novo romance da autora do fenômeno Tudo é rio, Véspera retoma a escrita brilhante e contagiante de … read more

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  • fiction
"Mas, no coração, tudo que vaza é vermelho. A omissão sangra o amor a conta-gotas e o perde um pouco a cada dia. Pode durar anos, como durou, até que o silêncio irrompa com a força do tempo."

-Carla Madeira, Véspera

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29. The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1)

By: Lyssa Kay Adams

3.88

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

The first rule of book club: You don't talk about book club. Nashville Legends second baseman Ga… read more

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  • fiction
"Love isn't enough"

-Lyssa Kay Adams, The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1)

"Book club isn't just about books."

-Lyssa Kay Adams, The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1)

"A lonely marriage is the worst kind of lonely there is"

-Lyssa Kay Adams, The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1)

"- Backstory. - what? - She is doing it. She's digging into it."

-Lyssa Kay Adams, The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1)

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30. Desde que o Samba é Samba

By: Paulo Lins

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Desde que o samba é samba (“Ever Since Samba Has Been Samba“), depicts a colourful evolution of wha… read more

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  • music
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. O Sedutor Do Sertão

By: Ariano Suassuna

4.05

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Escrito entre 7 e 30 de março de 1966, "O Sedutor do Sertão ou O Grande Golpe da Mulher e da Malvad… read more

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15 Top fiction books like Desde que o Samba é Samba by Paulo Lins

Transform Your Habits

The Double

Margaret Jull Costa , José Saramago

3.96

Transform Your Habits

South of the Border, West of the Sun

Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

3.86

Transform Your Habits

El caballero de la armadura oxidada

Robert Fisher , Verónica d'Ornellas Radziwill

3.97

Transform Your Habits

A Viagem do Elefante

José Saramago

3.77

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14 Top fiction books like Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (The Neapolitan Novels #3) by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein

Transform Your Habits

The Idiot

Elif Batuman

3.66

Transform Your Habits

L'Arminuta

Donatella Di Pietrantonio

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (The Neapolitan Novels #3)

Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Accabadora

Michela Murgia

4.07

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