9 must-read fiction books like The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth (B'Nai B'Rith Jewish Heritage Classics (Paperback)) by Joseph Roth

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The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth (B'Nai B'Rith Jewish Heritage Classics (Paperback))

By: Joseph Roth

4.19

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

The Collected Stories , in its variety and force, is the essential introduction to the fiction of J…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth (B'Nai B'Rith Jewish Heritage Classics (Paperback)) by Joseph Roth , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Orphan Master's Son

By: Adam Johnson

4.07

Format: 443 pages, Hardcover

Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother - a singer "stolen" to Pyongyang - and an influentia… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"Acts of heroism are easy—becoming a hero is a bitch."

-Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son

"Use your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past."

-Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son

"Citizens, gather 'round your loudspeakers, for we bring important updates!"

-Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son

"In a gesture of socialist support, the Dear Leader placed his hand upon her."

-Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son

Cover of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Margaret Mauldon, Malcolm Bowie, Mark Overstall

2. Madame Bovary

By: Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The characte… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"How oft the warmth of the sun above Makes a pretty young girl dream of love."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

3. Hard Times

By: Charles Dickens , Gage McWeeny

4.33

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

Longman's new Cultural Editions Series, Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, edited by Jeff Nunokawa, in… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
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4. The Complete Essays

By: Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech

4.23

Format: 1344 pages, Paperback

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly resp… read more

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  • literature
"The thing I fear most is fear."

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

"We should tend our freedom wisely."

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

"Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."

-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

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5. The Idiot

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Joseph Frank , Alan Myers , Anna Brailovsky

4.21

Format: 667 pages, Paperback

Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin find… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"I'm drunk but truthful."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

"Beauty will save the world."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

"The Russian soul is a dark place."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

"She is passion embodied, a flower of melodrama in eternal bloom."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

Cover of Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert, Geoffrey Wall, Robert Baldick

6. Sentimental Education

By: Gustave Flaubert , Geoffrey Wall , Robert Baldick

3.81

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

Based on Flaubert’s own youthful passion for an older woman, Sentimental Education was described by… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"Cheer up,' said the captain's son. 'Life is long, and we are young."

-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education

"A man so habituated to corruption that he would happily pay for the pleasure of selling himself."

-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education

"...I'm going to write a little novel entitled 'The History of the Idea of Justice' and won't it be funny!"

-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education

"It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find."

-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education

7. The Burnout Society

By: Byung-Chul Han

5.00

Format: 172 pages,

Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more

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8. The Portrait of a Lady

By: Henry James , Patricia Crick

3.79

Format: 797 pages, Paperback

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more

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"She has only one fault; too many ideas."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

9. All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.00

Format: 592 pages,

All the Pretty Horsestells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Acr… read more

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10. Five Decembers

By: James Kestrel

4.43

Format: 429 pages, Hardcover

December 1941: America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe M… read more

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  • fiction
"Aishitemasu"

-James Kestrel, Five Decembers

"It was a complete disaster and no one had done anything wrong."

-James Kestrel, Five Decembers

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11. Faith, Hope and Carnage

By: Nick Cave

4.44

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more

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"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

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12. O Caledonia

By: Elspeth Barker

3.98

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle, a darkly humorous modern … read more

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  • fiction
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13. Il nome della rosa, Vol. 1

By: Milo Manara

4.04

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Milo Manara, maestro del fumetto classico contemporaneo, firma l’adattamento a fumetti di Il nome d… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate by Daniel Mendelsohn

14. Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate

By: Daniel Mendelsohn

3.90

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In this genre-defying book, best-selling memoirist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn explores the myster… read more

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  • literature
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15. Deuses e Afins

By: Afonso Cruz

3.92

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

No oitavo volume da Enciclopédia da Estória Universal - coleção que recolhe factos (reais ou não) e… read more

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16. The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth (B'Nai B'Rith Jewish Heritage Classics (Paperback))

By: Joseph Roth

4.19

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

The Collected Stories , in its variety and force, is the essential introduction to the fiction of J… read more

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  • german literature
  • short story collection
  • literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Shlomo: The devil was in the Diamonds by Jonathan   Stern

17. Shlomo: The devil was in the Diamonds

By: Jonathan Stern

4.59

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

A rivetting thriller that reveals the darkest secrets of the international diamond cartel and final… read more

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8 Top literature books like The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth (B'Nai B'Rith Jewish Heritage Classics (Paperback)) by Joseph Roth

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Adam Johnson

4.07

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Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

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Charles Dickens , Gage McWeeny

4.33

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The Complete Essays

Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech

4.23

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Je suis leur silence

Jordi Lafebre

4.12

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Daniel Clowes

3.95

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Fabcaro

3.83

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Étienne Davodeau

3.74

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