6 Best novels books like The Laughing Matter by William Saroyan

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The Laughing Matter

By: William Saroyan

3.67

Format: None pages, None

When Evan Nazarenus returns from a teaching post at the summer school in Nebraska, he cannot wait f…

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1. Jack of Spades

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.33

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Joyce Carol Oates, an exquisite, psychologically complex thriller about opposing forces within… read more

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"Silence rolled at me, in waves. They are all dead, and you are free. And you are blameless. "

-Joyce Carol Oates, Jack of Spades

"; so too, her glazed ceramics and her macramé are interchangeable with those executed by her women friends in the area, who take courses at the Mill Brook Valley Arts Co-op and whose houses are gradu…"

-Joyce Carol Oates, Jack of Spades

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2. Hatter's Castle

By: A.J. Cronin , Dorotėja Inkenaitė

4.35

Format: 605 pages, Hardcover

Hatter's Castle (1931) is the first novel of author A. J. Cronin. The story is set in 1879, in the … read more

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Cover of The Kreutzer Sonata by Doris Lessing, Leo Tolstoy, Isai Kamen

3. The Kreutzer Sonata

By: Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen

3.87

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partne… read more

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"In a large city the unhappy feel their sadness less acutely."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"Yes, man is much worse than the animal when he does not live like a man."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"Удивительное дело, какая полная бывает иллюзия того, что красота есть добро."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

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4. Trilogia della città di K.

By: Ágota Kristóf , Armando Marchi , Giovanni Bogliolo , Virginia Ripa di Meana

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

<>. Rosetta Loy Il grande quaderno La prova La terza menzogna read more

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5. The Collector

By: John Fowles

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obse… read more

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Cover of Les oubliés du dimanche by Valérie Perrin

6. Les oubliés du dimanche

By: Valérie Perrin

4.07

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Justine, vingt et un ans, aime les personnes agees comme d'autres les contes. Helene, presque cinq … read more

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Cover of The Clown by Heinrich Böll, Leila Vennewitz, Laureano Xoaquín Araujo Cardalda

7. The Clown

By: Heinrich Böll , Leila Vennewitz , Laureano Xoaquín Araujo Cardalda

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Acclaimed entertainer Hans Schnier collapses when his beloved Marie leaves him because he won’t mar… read more

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"I am a clown...and I collect moments."

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

"Atheisten langweilen mich, weil sie immer nur von Gott sprechen."

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

"بی خداها حوصله ام را سر می برند، چون فقط درباره خدا حرف می زنند!"

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

"An artist is like a woman who can do nothing but love, and who succumbs to every stray male jackass."

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

8. Lacci

By: Domenico Starnone

3.88

Format: 588 pages, Hardcover

Che cosa lasciamo, quando lasciamo qualcuno? Una casa, una famiglia, il passato, un'idea di futuro,… read more

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9. Nothing Less (Landon Gibson #2)

By: Anna Todd

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

Book 2 of a new series featuring Afterworldwide fan-favorite Landon Gibson as he leaves Washington … read more

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10. The Map That Leads to You

By: J.P. Monninger

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

"Romantic and unforgettable." -Nicholas Sparks A romantic, vivid novel that takes place in the tend… read more

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11. Moon Palace

By: Paul Auster

3.90

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Marco Stanley Fogg is an orphan, a child of the sixties, a quester tirelessly seeking the key to hi… read more

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12. The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

By: Isaac Bashevis Singer , None

3.00

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

The forty-seven stories in this collection, selected by Singer himself out of nearly one hundred an… read more

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13. The End of the Affair

By: Graham Greene , Monica Ali

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look… read more

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"As long as one suffers one lives."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"Why do we have this desire to tease the innocent? Is it envy?"

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"I can never think of you as a friend. You can do without a friend."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

14. The Bastard of Istanbul

By: Elif Shafak

3.67

Format: 499 pages, Hardcover

From one of Turkey's most acclaimed and outspoken writers, a novel about the tangled histories of t… read more

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15. The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)

By: Paullina Simons

4.42

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: alternate covers for this edition can be found . During the summer of 1941 the Met… read more

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16. The Screwtape Letters

By: C.S. Lewis

4.27

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell’s Latest Novelties and Heaven’s Unanswerable Answer C.S. Lewis’s T… read more

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"It is always the novice who exaggerates."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

17. The Door

By: Magda Szabó , Len Rix

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

A busy young writer struggling to cope with domestic chores, hires a housekeeper recommended by a f… read more

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18. Thérèse Desqueyroux

By: François Mauriac

1.00

Format: None pages,

Pour eviter le scandale et proteger les interets de leur fille, Bernard Desqueyroux, que sa femme T… read more

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19. A Friend of Kafka

By: Isaac Bashevis Singer

3.86

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

This book of twenty stories is Isaac Bashevis Singer's fifth collection and contains such classics … read more

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20. Entre mes mains le bonheur se faufile

By: Agnès Martin-Lugand

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Depuis l enfance, Iris a une passion pour la couture. Dessiner des modeles, leur donner vie par la … read more

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21. The Third Twin

By: Ken Follett

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dr Ferrami is on the verge of uncovering an extraordinary secret...'A high-tech read about genetic … read more

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22. El olvido que seremos

By: Héctor Abad Faciolince

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

El medico Hector Abad Gomez dedico sus ultimos anos, hasta el mismo dia en que cayo asesinado en pl… read more

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23. The Deal of a Lifetime: A Novella

By: Fredrik Backman

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Beartown delivers an insightful an… read more

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24. 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

By: Debbie Macomber

4.00

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

Olivia Lockhart Cedar Cove, Washington Dear Reader, You don't know me yet, but in a few hours that'… read more

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25. El enigma de la habitación 622

By: Joël Dicker

3.89

Format: 696 pages, Paperback

Una noche de diciembre, un cadáver yace en el suelo de la habitación 622 del Palace de Verbier, un … read more

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"El amor no es tanto alquimia como obra del tiempo. El amor es sobre todo esfuerzo. Te deseo que te esfuerces lo bastante para amar y que te amen."

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas"

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas."

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas. Pues la vida, igu…"

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

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26. The Kingdom

By: Jo Nesbø

3.84

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Roy and Carl have spent their whole lives running from the darkness in their past, but when Carl fi… read more

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27. Cross Her Heart

By: Sarah Pinborough

3.69

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Lisa lives for her daughter Ava, her job, and her best friend Marilyn, but when a handsome client s… read more

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Cover of Despre sensul vieții by Mihai Morar

28. Despre sensul vieții

By: Mihai Morar

4.15

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

„Zgomotul de fond al lumii ne-a făcut să credem că libertatea noastră e-n altă parte! Libertatea no… read more

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29. The Butterfly Room

By: Lucinda Riley

4.19

Format: 672 pages, Kindle Edition

Full of her trademark mix of unforgettable characters and heart-breaking secrets, The Butterfly Roo… read more

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30. Cartea familiei. Învățături de la Părintele Vasile Ioana

By: Vasile Ioana

4.61

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

„Taina fericirii este să știi să-l faci fericit pe cel de lângă tine, iar fericirea lui să fie supo… read more

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31. The Laughing Matter

By: William Saroyan

3.67

Format: None pages, None

When Evan Nazarenus returns from a teaching post at the summer school in Nebraska, he cannot wait f… read more

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14 Top fiction books like The Laughing Matter by William Saroyan

Transform Your Habits

Jack of Spades

Joyce Carol Oates

3.33

Transform Your Habits

Hatter's Castle

A.J. Cronin , Dorotėja Inkenaitė

4.35

Transform Your Habits

The Kreutzer Sonata

Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Trilogia della città di K.

Ágota Kristóf , Armando Marchi , Giovanni Bogliolo , Virginia Ripa di Meana

3.35

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18 Top fiction books like The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley

Transform Your Habits

The Italian Girl

Lucinda Riley , Lucinda Edmonds

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Cuban Daughter (The Lost Daughters #2)

Soraya M. Lane

4.12

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The Rose Garden

Tracy Rees

4.13

Transform Your Habits

La villa de las telas (La villa de las telas, #1)

Anne Jacobs

3.82

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