6 must-read fiction books like Suzanne et le Pacifique by Jean Giraudoux

Cover of Suzanne et le Pacifique by Jean Giraudoux

Suzanne et le Pacifique

By: Jean Giraudoux

3.69

Format: 221 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"C’était pourtant un de ces jours où rien n’arrive, où, comme les poules quand la pluie va durer, s…

If you liked the fiction plot in Suzanne et le Pacifique by Jean Giraudoux , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, Megan Backus

1. Kitchen

By: Banana Yoshimoto , Megan Backus

3.66

Format: 296 pages,

Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made her a sensation in Japan and all over the world, and Kitchen, t… read more

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2. Heartsnatcher

By: Raymond Queneau , Boris Vian , John Sturrock , Stanley Chapman

3.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in a bizarre and slightly sinister town where the elderly are auctioned off at an Old Folks Fai… read more

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Cover of The Little Ghost by Anthea Bell, Otfried Preußler, F.J. Tripp

3. The Little Ghost

By: Anthea Bell , Otfried Preußler , F.J. Tripp

3.81

Format: 336 pages,

A little ghost who always wanted to see the town by daylight creates chaos when he does, and finds … read more

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Cover of So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ, Modupé Bodé-Thomas

4. So Long a Letter

By: Mariama Bâ , Modupé Bodé-Thomas

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye and describing her strugg… read more

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5. Der Struwwelpeter

By: Heinrich Hoffmann

4.32

Format: 318 pages,

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Cover of Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1) by Marcel Proust, Simon Vance, Lydia Davis

6. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis

4.15

Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback

«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more

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"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

7. The Setting Sun

By: Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene

4.36

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

The post-war period in Japan was one of immense social change as Japanese society adjusted to the s… read more

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8. A Visit from the Goon Squad

By: Jennifer Egan

3.57

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Jennifer Egan's spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging f… read more

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9. The Housekeeper and the Professor

By: Yōko Ogawa , Stephen Snyder

2.86

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he ha… read more

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10. Vernon Subutex, 2 (Vernon Subutex, #2)

By: Virginie Despentes

3.10

Format: None pages,

QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more

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11. Night Sky with Exit Wounds

By: Ocean Vuong

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"--and very human--s… read more

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Cover of The Years by Annie Ernaux

12. The Years

By: Annie Ernaux

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work and a breakout bestseller when… read more

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"Sauver quelque chose du temps où l'on ne sera plus jamais."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"The profusion of things concealed the scarcity of ideas and the erosion of beliefs."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"Je ne suis nulle part dans le temps. Il est l'ange qui fait revivre le passé, rend éternel."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

Cover of Ghost Music by An Yu

13. Ghost Music

By: An Yu

3.51

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For three years, Song Yan has filled the emptiness of her Beijing apartment with the tentative note… read more

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"What brought me a touch of comfort was knowing not that my husband was there, asleep on the other side of the wall, but that there was a stranger, across the street, still awake and listening to the …"

-An Yu, Ghost Music

Cover of Suzanne et le Pacifique by Jean Giraudoux

14. Suzanne et le Pacifique

By: Jean Giraudoux

3.69

Format: 221 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"C’était pourtant un de ces jours où rien n’arrive, où, comme les poules quand la pluie va durer, s… read more

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Michael Ende

4.32

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Emil and the Detectives

Erich Kästner , Walter Trier

3.98

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Kurt Held

3.00

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