5 best-selling classics books like Knakketiknakk by Doppo Kunikida

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Knakketiknakk

By: Doppo Kunikida

4.55

Format: 644 pages, Hardcover

Denne boka er et funn for alle de som allerede har latt seg ­fascinere av japansk litteratur, og ti…

If you liked the classics plot in Knakketiknakk by Doppo Kunikida , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Alfred Birnbaum

1. The Elephant Vanishes

By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Alfred Birnbaum

3.83

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750536 With the same deadpan mania and genius for disloca… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"Memory is like fiction: or else it' fiction that's like memory."

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

"Memory is like fiction: or else it's fiction that's like memory."

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

"Sometimes when I think about entities—like in “separate entities"

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

"The moment I see her, there’s a rumbling in my chest, and my mouth is as dry as a desert."

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

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2. The Ice Palace

By: Tarjei Vesaas , Elizabeth Rokkan

3.86

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Commonly seen as the legendary Norwegian writer's masterpiece, this story tells the tale of Siss an… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"The promise was a strong tie, hard, but I knew where I stood. If it's gone, I don't know where I am. When there's a strong scent in the spring twilight, I know least of all."

-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace

"The darkness at the sides of the road. It possesses neither form nor name, but whoever passes here knows when it comes out and follows after and sends shudders like rippling streams down his back."

-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace

"Lovnad i djupaste snøen frå Siss til Unn: Det lovar eg deg at eg ikkje vil tenke på noko anna enn deg. Tenke på alt eg veit om deg. Tenke på deg heime og på skolen, og på skolevegen. Tenke på deg hei…"

-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace

"Four eyes full of gleams and radiance beneath their lashes, filling the looking-glass. Questions shooting out and then hiding again. I don't know: Gleams and radiance, gleaming from you to me, from m…"

-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace

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3. Så vakker du er

By: Brynjulf Jung Tjønn

3.79

Format: 115 pages, Hardcover

Det er sommar og alt er annleis. Onkel Simon flyttar inn hjå Henrik og mora. Simon og Henrik har al… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of After Dark by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

4. After Dark

By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin

3.74

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

In After Dark—a gripping novel of late night encounters—Murakami’s trademark humor and psychologica… read more

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  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
"With luck, it might even snow for us."

-Haruki Murakami, After Dark

"The silence is so deep it hurts our ears"

-Haruki Murakami, After Dark

"Is it against the law for me to know it?"

-Haruki Murakami, After Dark

"Are you asking because you really want an answer?"

-Haruki Murakami, After Dark

Cover of The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, Esther Freud, Thomas Teal, Sophia Jansson

5. The Summer Book

By: Tove Jansson , Esther Freud , Thomas Teal , Sophia Jansson

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter while away a summer together on a tiny island … read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories

6. In the Miso Soup

By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

It is just before New Year's. Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on… read more

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  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan

7. Tatt av kvinnen

By: Erlend Loe

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

En ung kvinne, Marianne, dukker opp fra ingensteds og begynner a forsyne seg av livet til jeg-perso… read more

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8. The Brothers Lionheart

By: Astrid Lindgren , Ilon Wikland , Jill M. Morgan

4.54

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

The Brothers Lionheart (Swedish: Broderna Lejonhjarta) is a children's fantasy novel written by Ast… read more

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9. Kafka on the Shore

By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

4.13

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable character… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • japanese literature
"In dreams begins responsiblities."

-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

"I don’t know what it means to live."

-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

"Artists are those who can evade the verbose."

-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

"Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars."

-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

10. Quartier lointain

By: Jirō Taniguchi , 谷口 ジロー

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Homme mur de 40 ans, transporte dans la peau de l'adolescent qu'il etait a 14 ans, Hiroshi continue… read more

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11. Out Stealing Horses

By: Per Petterson , Anne Born

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

We were going out stealing horses. That was what he said, standing at the door to the cabin where I… read more

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12. Kokoro

By: Natsume Sōseki , Edwin McClellan

3.77

Format: None pages,

Hailed by The New Yorker as "rich in understanding and insight,"Kokoro -- "the heart of things"-- i… read more

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13. Shy

By: Max Porter

3.63

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you’… read more

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  • fiction
"He could learn to speak this language: night-end."

-Max Porter, Shy

"He feels colossally sad. Blisteringly sad. Almost ecstatically sad."

-Max Porter, Shy

"Shy said It's our music, coming out of our shit towns, it's not from Staten Island or Seattle or Detroit, it's from Walsall and Watford. Shaun and his mate Andy burst out laughing and Andy did a sque…"

-Max Porter, Shy

"He smells of pond. Everything smells of pond. He feels like he could sniff his way into individual microbes, earthy worming growgreen liquid stink, newts and shoots, silty, fruity, and as he walks he…"

-Max Porter, Shy

Cover of Nigdy, nigdy, nigdy by Linn Strømsborg

14. Nigdy, nigdy, nigdy

By: Linn Strømsborg

4.16

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Mam trzydzieści pięć lat. Nie chcę mieć dzieci. Bohaterka powieści Linn Strømsborg nigdy nie chc… read more

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  • fiction
"Ich wünsche mir ein langes Leben, das ich mit Büchern fühlen will"

-Linn Strømsborg, Nigdy, nigdy, nigdy

"Eltern warten auf ein Danke, Kinder auf eine Entschuldigung. Keiner kriegt, was er sich wünscht."

-Linn Strømsborg, Nigdy, nigdy, nigdy

"Rodzice czekają na podziękowania, a dzieci czekają na przeprosiny. Nikt z nas nie dostanie nigdy tego, czego pragnie."

-Linn Strømsborg, Nigdy, nigdy, nigdy

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15. Da vi var yngre

By: Oliver Lovrenski

4.27

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

Ivor vokser opp for raskt og savner det han aldri har hatt. Med seg har han Marco, Arjan og Jonas. … read more

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  • fiction
"de sier brødre? dere ække brødre, dere ikke er familie engang, men om vi ikke er familie, hvorfor er vi dem vi ringer hver gang ikke vi kan ringe noen andre, hvorfor er vi dem som er der når ingen an…"

-Oliver Lovrenski, Da vi var yngre

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16. Grass

By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

4.52

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This true story of a Korean comfort woman documents how the atrocity of war devastates women’s live… read more

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"Frágiles ramas que tiemblan en las postrimerías del largo invierno. Dentro albergan la energía de una vida nueva que pronto brotará y abrirá grietas en la corteza La tierra despertará de su hibernaci…"

-Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Grass

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17. Stakkar

By: Matias Faldbakken

3.74

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

"En gang for ikke lenge siden kom et barn, stakkar, krypende ut fra skogen. Ungen kløv opp grøfteka… read more

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  • fiction
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18. The Lake of the Dead

By: André Bjerke

3.82

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

Deep in the darkest part of the Norwegian woods stands Dead Man's Cabin, the site of tragedy a cent… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

19. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

By: Lisa See

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seve… read more

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  • fiction
"Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"The problem with living so long is that you see too many people pass before you."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"It took me me many years to realize that my perceptions at this time was completely wrong."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

"You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman."

-Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

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20. My Men

By: Victoria Kielland

3.12

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on the true story of Norwegian maid Belle Gunness, 19th-century America’s most notorious seri… read more

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  • fiction
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21. Palliasjon

By: Kjersti Bergersen

4.33

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

Menneskene i Palliasjon preges av at noe mangler. De lengter etter noe de har mistet, eller noe de … read more

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22. Kvit, norsk mann

By: Brynjulf Jung Tjønn

4.53

Format: 93 pages, Hardcover

Kvit, norsk mann er ei samling vonde og kloke – men tidvis også morosame – dikt om norsk oppvekst o… read more

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23. Museum for mordere og redningsmenn

By: Simon Stranger

4.33

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

Dette er fortellingen om det jødiske ekteparet Rakel og Jacob Feldmann som blir drept av grenselose… read more

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24. Bli hvis du kan-trilogien

By: Helga Flatland

4.55

Format: 591 pages, Paperback

Trilogien BLI HVIS DU KAN, består av disse bøkene: BLI HVIS DU KAN. REIS HVIS DU MÅ Fire unge… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of En kort introduksjon til Israel–Palestina-konflikten by Jørgen Jensehaugen

25. En kort introduksjon til Israel–Palestina-konflikten

By: Jørgen Jensehaugen

4.33

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

En kort introduksjon til Israel–Palestina-konflikten gir en lett tilgjengelig men samtidig grundig … read more

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26. Brådypt

By: Elin Viktoria Unstad

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Vilja druknet. For tre måneder siden var hun død i 23 minutter. Ingenting blir som før etter det. … read more

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27. Under the Eye of the Big Bird

By: Hiromi Kawakami

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction m… read more

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  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
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28. Knakketiknakk

By: Doppo Kunikida

4.55

Format: 644 pages, Hardcover

Denne boka er et funn for alle de som allerede har latt seg ­fascinere av japansk litteratur, og ti… read more

Similar categories in Doppo Kunikida's Knakketiknakk book and Doppo Kunikida's Knakketiknakk

  • classics
  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • japan
  • fiction
Cover of Den gåtefulle Oberon Qvist by Knut Nærum

29. Den gåtefulle Oberon Qvist

By: Knut Nærum

3.45

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

Den gåtefulle Oberon Qvist er Knut Nærums oppfølger til Døde menn går på ski, De dødes båt og Voo… read more

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30. akzentfrei. Literarische Essays

By: Yōko Tawada

4.04

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Das Aufeinandertreffen verschiedener Kulturen, Alltagserfahrungen der kleinen Missverständnisse, sp… read more

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  • japanese literature
"Die Mauer in meinem Gedächtnis besteht weiter aus den bewaffneten Männern, die bereit waren, nach einer Anweisung auf Menschen zu schießen. Auf unserem wasserblauen Planeten werden immer wieder neue …"

-Yōko Tawada, akzentfrei. Literarische Essays

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31. Marie min

By: Tomas Espedal

3.38

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Marie min er et teaterstykke om Marie Hamsun. Anne Marie Andersen var den eldste i en søskenflok… read more

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17 Top fiction books like Knakketiknakk by Doppo Kunikida

Transform Your Habits

The Elephant Vanishes

Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Alfred Birnbaum

3.83

Transform Your Habits

The Ice Palace

Tarjei Vesaas , Elizabeth Rokkan

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Så vakker du er

Brynjulf Jung Tjønn

3.79

Transform Your Habits

After Dark

Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin

3.74

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5 Top nonfiction books like Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

Transform Your Habits

Los surcos del azar

Paco Roca

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Grass

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

4.52

Transform Your Habits

El abismo del olvido

Paco Roca

4.81

Transform Your Habits

La compañera

Agustina Guerrero

4.53

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