24 must-read fiction books like Hypatia by Arnulf Zitelmann

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Hypatia

By: Arnulf Zitelmann

3.87

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Die spannende Geschichte einer außergewöhnlichen Frau, die um das Jahr 400 in Alexandria lebte. Ihr…

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1. Thérèse Raquin

By: Émile Zola , Robin Buss

3.73

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

One of Zola's most famous realist novels, Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of… read more

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  • fiction
"Quando non c’è più speranza nel futuro, il presente si colora di una spaventosa amarezza."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

"Au fond une pensée unique les rongeait : ils s’irritaient contre leur crime, ils se désespéraient d’avoir à jamais troublé leur vie."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

"Au fond une pensée unique les rongeait : ils s’irritaient contre leur crime, ils se désespéraient d’avoir a jamais troublé leur vie."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

"They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

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2. Sophie’s World

By: Jostein Gaarder , Paulette Møller

3.96

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen c… read more

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  • fiction
"الذي يعرف الخير يفعل الخير"

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

"الأكثر ذكاء هو الذي يعرف أنه لا يعرف"

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

"Wisest is she who knows she does not know."

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

"It's not a silly question if you can't answer it."

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

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3. The Penelopiad

By: Margaret Atwood

3.72

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Now that all the others have run out of air, it's my turn to do a little story-making. In Homer'… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"the gods often mumble"

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Boys with their first beards can be a thorough pain in the neck."

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Happy endings are best achieved by keeping the right doors locked"

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Even an obvious fabrication is some comfort when you have few others."

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

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4. "Femme, Réveille-toi!" Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne

By: Olympe de Gouges

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

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5. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?" Sopho… read more

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  • fiction
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6. 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
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7. 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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"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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8. The Age of Innocence

By: Edith Wharton , Maureen Howard

2.64

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocenceis Edith Wharton's masterful portrait of des… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Memoirs of Hadrian

By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick

4.23

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."

-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

10. Manon Lescaut

By: Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles , Leonard Tancock , None

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

"'The sweetness of her glance - or rather, my evil star already in its ascendant and drawing me to … read more

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11. Beauté fatale : Les nouveaux visages d'une aliénation féminine

By: Mona Chollet

3.78

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

Soutiens-gorge rembourres pour fillettes, obsession de la minceur, banalisation de la chirurgie est… read more

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12. If Only It Were True

By: Marc Levy , Jeremy Leggatt

3.95

Format: 473 pages, Hardcover

What do you do when you find a stranger in your closet; particularly when she's surprised that you … read more

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13. Le Malade imaginaire

By: Molière

3.63

Format: 255 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Le Malade imaginaire est la dernière comédie et en même temps la dernière pièce écrite par Molière.… read more

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  • fiction
"La musique est accoutumée à ne point faire ce qu'on veut."

-Molière, Le Malade imaginaire

"Presque tous les hommes meurent de leurs remèdes, et non pas de leurs maladies."

-Molière, Le Malade imaginaire

14. Far from the Madding Crowd

By: Thomas Hardy , Rosemarie Morgan , Shannon Russell

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . Independent and spirited Bathsh… read more

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15. True Beauty, Vol. 1

By: Yaongyi

3.94

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

After binge-watching beauty videos online, a shy, comic book fan masters the art of make-up, then s… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Afterlove

By: Tanya Byrne

3.99

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

THE LESBIAN LOVE STORY YOU'VE BEEN DYING TO READ. Ash Persaud is about to become a reaper in th… read more

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  • fiction
"Same. I'm strictly clitly." - p. 81"

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

"She throws her head back and laughs and it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard."

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

"But that's the trouble with best friends, isn't it? They know everything and forget nothing, no matter how much you want them to."

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

"Everyone is friends. Everyone is in love. Nothing else matters but midnight because next year will be different. We will be different. It's our year."

-Tanya Byrne, Afterlove

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17. Quand tu écouteras cette chanson

By: Lola Lafon

4.40

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Le 18 août 2021, j'ai passé la nuit au Musée Anne Frank, dans l'Annexe. Anne Frank, que tout le mon… read more

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18. Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.27

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him. When his traditional Latinx famil… read more

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  • fiction
"But now your mess is my mess, too."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"What are you going to do, stab me ?"

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"Maritza smiled. "Let's do this, brujo."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"Julian's chuckle was wet. "Valió ... la pena."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

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19. 薬屋のひとりごと 1 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 1]

By: Nekokurage

4.43

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

宮中に名探偵誕生!? 「小説家になろう」発! ヒーロー文庫の大人気タイトル『薬屋のひとりごと』が、待望のコミカライズ! 中世の宮中で下働きをする少女・猫猫(マオマオ)。 花街で薬師をやっていた彼女が… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. 薬屋のひとりごと 7 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 7]

By: Nekokurage

4.54

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

壬氏を救った猫猫の推理が語られる!! 壬氏の危機を救った猫猫から語られる、偶然を装った事故の背景。そこで明かされる事件の全容と、推理の先に辿り着いた官女の予想外の結末とは…!? そして壬氏から持… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. In the Country of Others

By: Leïla Slimani

3.76

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, #1 internationally bestselling new novel by the author of The Perfect Nanny--a p… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"À présent qu'aucun retour en arrière n'était possible, elle se sentait forte. Forte de ne pas être libre."

-Leïla Slimani, In the Country of Others

"J'admire ceux qui avec un cœur sincère acceptent le martyr des leurs. Mais je comprends encore mieux ceux qui veulent les sauver à tout prix."

-Leïla Slimani, In the Country of Others

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22. 薬屋のひとりごと 6 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 6]

By: Nekokurage

4.61

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

変装して、壬氏と二人で街歩き──…。 壬氏直属の下女として働く猫猫ですが、何故か壬氏に化粧を施す事に。 更には猫猫も変装して、二人で街へ出かける事になりますが…!? 二人の珍道中の行方と、初め… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. 薬屋のひとりごと 8 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 8]

By: Nekokurage

4.57

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

身請けを祝う、見送りの舞。 猫猫との象棋の勝負で敗れ、酒を飲んで酔い潰れた羅漢は、夢の中でかつて出会った妓女との出来事と娘との出会いを思い出します。そして、緑青館で目を覚ました羅漢が、身請け相手と… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

By: Hisashi Kashiwai

3.70

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series f… read more

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  • fiction
"Ah, Setchubai. "Plum Blossoms in the Snow." Perfect, and not just because of the name. It's a little sweet, but it'll go very well with the hotpot."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"It's Swatow lace, I believe-- beautiful, isn't it? The design is titled "The Disc of the Moon"-- apparently it was inspired by the poem "Midnight Song" by the Tang-era poet Li Bai. I looked it up, an…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"Miyajima oysters, simmered Kurama-style, miso-glazed baked butterburs with millet cake, bracken and bamboo shoot stew, chargrilled moroko, breast of Kyoto-reared chicken with a wasabi dressing, and v…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

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25. Peau d'Homme

By: Hubert

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Sans contrefaçon, je suis un garçon ! Dans l'Italie de la Renaissance, Bianca, demoiselle de bonne… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Kraken's Sacrifice (A Deal With a Demon, #2) by Katee Robert

26. The Kraken's Sacrifice (A Deal With a Demon, #2)

By: Katee Robert

3.42

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Catalina only made her deal with the demon because she had nowhere else to go. The world has kicked… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

27. Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.96

Format: 173 pages, ebook

The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following a… read more

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  • fiction
"Yet, even so, Mieko and I shared our lives. But Meiko had an accident and fell into a vegetative state. Her eyes no longer saw; her ears no longer heard. My children grieved, but as much as I felt it…"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

Cover of Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

28. Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.91

Format: 220 pages, ebook

The latest novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following fou… read more

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  • fiction
"surviving alone is much the same as dying alone"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"I will remember this comforting warmth for the rest of my life"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"People’s true feelings are not in plain sight. The other person might not be thinking anything, but there is a tendency to just assume what the other is feeling without reaching out and asking."

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"When you give a gift to someone who is striving to achieve their dreams, you have to give them the most cherished thing you have. Some days that person who is chasing their dreams will not be able to…"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

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29. Et à la fin, ils meurent: La sale vérité sur les contes de fées

By: Lou Lubie

4.51

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Quels terribles secrets cachent les contes de fées ? Derrière leur réputation d'histoires un peu n… read more

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"En sauvant les contes de fées de l'oubli, les adaptation de Disney ont fini par être perçues comme les "vraies" versions... pour le meilleur et pour le pire."

-Lou Lubie, Et à la fin, ils meurent: La sale vérité sur les contes de fées

"Les contes de fées étaient des récits ancestraux, profondément symboliques, remodelés de siècle en siècle par la parole et l'écrit... Aujourd'hui, ils servent de matière première à des œuvres qui, te…"

-Lou Lubie, Et à la fin, ils meurent: La sale vérité sur les contes de fées

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30. Death in Her Hands

By: Ottessa Moshfegh

3.24

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

A novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she fi… read more

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  • fiction
"When you die, leave not a trace. Sweep up any evidence of your existence."

-Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands

"How did people go on with their lives as though death weren't all around them?"

-Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands

"Suspicion invites danger, doesn't it? Keep the imagination soft and happy, and only good things will come."

-Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands

"But people lied all the time. It was a part of what kept us whole as individuals. A little lying never hurt anybody. It kept the bounds of what one person was distinct from what another person was."

-Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands

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31. Hypatia

By: Arnulf Zitelmann

3.87

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Die spannende Geschichte einer außergewöhnlichen Frau, die um das Jahr 400 in Alexandria lebte. Ihr… read more

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  • fiction
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