19 best-selling fiction books like The Proposal by Bae Myung-hoon

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The Proposal

By: Bae Myung-hoon

3.50

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

In The Proposal, a space opera romance set against the backdrop of a looming colossal war between E…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Proposal by Bae Myung-hoon , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. Please Look After Mom

By: Shin Kyung-Sook , Chi-Young Kim , None

4.62

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

An international sensation and a bestseller that has sold over 1.5 million copies in the author's n… read more

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2. DallerGut Dream Department Store

By: Lee Mi-ye

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

|| THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD|| In a mysterious town that lies h… read more

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"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak"

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak."

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"I don't think humans are some self-driving car racing toward the finish line. We must own our lives, start the engine ourselves, and sometimes put on brakes."

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"I believe there are two ways to love your life, Penny. The first is to work hard to change your life when you feel unsatisfied.' 'That seems about right.' Penny nods. 'The second option may look easi…"

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

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3. In Ascension

By: Martin MacInnes

3.79

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the oc… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"I questioned what else I had already missed so far, in my own life, simply through the limits of my character."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"Once he had committed to this life, there was no way he could get out of it. He was angry at us, his daughters, because the financial demands of our existence bound him to it."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"I kind of love it. It's so macabre. The reason we haven't seen or heard from anything off-world is that reaching off-world status is a civilisational death knell. Life either gets stuck there or dest…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"The air was thick with teeming life, just as the oceans and the rivers were. A spoonful of seawater or a pinch of soil between your fingers held billions of living things. We were blind to this out o…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

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4. Your Utopia

By: Bora Chung

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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5. The Wolves of Eternity (Morgenstjernen, #2)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.03

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a sprawling and deeply human novel… read more

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  • fiction
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6. A Perfect Day to Be Alone

By: Nanae Aoyama

3.12

Format: 160 pages, ebook

It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in… read more

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"I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old."

-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

"Is that how it feels to you? Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around."

-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

Cover of A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon

7. A Magical Girl Retires

By: Park Seolyeon

3.63

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful… read more

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  • fiction
"The person I loved and respected the most in the world called me a genius; therefore, I was a genius."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"If I could become a magical girl at twenty-nine, then surely it was never too late to become a watchmaker."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"Grandfather, I just love watches. When I look at them, I just... It's like they're a whole universe. The universe itself. Even the smallest watch."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"She had a point. I mean, when did my own girlhood begin and end, exactly? I couldn't quite circle a lasso around it, but I knew, at least, when it had ended. Three years ago, when Grandfather died."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

Cover of Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

8. Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, t… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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9. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

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  • fiction
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

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10. The River Judge

By: S.L. Huang

4.01

Format: 42 pages, ebook

In this prequel novelette to the critically acclaimed The Water Outlaws, nine-year-old Li Li is int… read more

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  • fiction
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11. The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Family and Borghesia by Natalia Ginzburg

12. Family and Borghesia

By: Natalia Ginzburg

3.89

Format: 118 pages, Kindle Edition

Two novellas about domestic life, isolation, and the passing of time by one of the finest Italian w… read more

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  • fiction
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13. Cannibals

By: Shin'ya Tanaka

2.92

Format: 70 pages, Kindle Edition

During the hot, dry summer of 1988, in a forgotten neighborhood known as the riverside, seventeen-y… read more

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  • fiction
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14. Graveyard Shift

By: M.L. Rio

3.49

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Author of sales sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story about a ragtag group of night sh… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani

15. The Night of Baba Yaga

By: Akira Otani

3.40

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In this no-holds-barred queer thriller, a fierce mixed-race fighter develops a powerful attachment … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre by Cho yeeun

16. The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre

By: Cho yeeun

3.51

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

At New Seoul Park, Korea’s greatest theme park, an enigmatic man tempts visitors with a mysterious … read more

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  • fiction
"I couldn't help but feel empty inside as I thought about all the moments of my life fading away like that. What was I, after all, if all the memories that made me up were gone?"

-Cho yeeun, The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre

Cover of Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat by Kim Jiyun

17. Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat

By: Kim Jiyun

3.95

Format: 320 pages, ebook

*THE HEARTWARMING KOREAN BESTSELLER* *A new book from Shanna Tan, translator of Welcome to the H… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk

18. The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

By: Olga Tokarczuk

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors… read more

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  • fiction
"mitologię, jako zbiór pouczających opowieści, które pomagają żyć"

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

"Ojciec często powtarzał mu (...) że kobiety są z natury swojej zdradliwe i chwiejne. Rozmazane."

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

"To proste - myślał Mieczyś Wojnicz, łykając łzy, które mieszały się z krwią zwierzęcia w jego wątłym ciele - być mężczyzną to nauczyć się ignorować to, co sprawia kłopot. Oto cała tajemnica."

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

"Wojnicz już zauważył, że każda dyskusja, czy szło o demokrację, czy o piąty wymiar, czy o rolę religii socjalizm, Europę, wreszcie sztukę nowoczesną, wszystko w końcu sprowadzało się do kobiet"

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

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19. The Proposal

By: Bae Myung-hoon

3.50

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

In The Proposal, a space opera romance set against the backdrop of a looming colossal war between E… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Marigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun

20. The Marigold Mind Laundry

By: Jungeun Yun

3.40

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the Marigold Mind Laundry, where we wash away the stains from your heart. In this enc… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull by Martin Howard

21. Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull

By: Martin Howard

4.28

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Super funny, super spooky MG for budding horror fans about a talkative skull and a necromancer-in-t… read more

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"The whole experience is disappointing,"

-Martin Howard, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull

19 Top fiction books like DallerGut Dream Department Store by Lee Mi-ye

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La asombrosa tienda de la señora Yeom

Kim Ho-yeon

4.04

Transform Your Habits

DallerGut Dream Department Store

Lee Mi-ye

3.79

Transform Your Habits

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

Transform Your Habits

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Satoshi Yagisawa

3.65

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