7 must-read nonfiction books like Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken by Tore Janson

Cover of Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken by Tore Janson

Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

By: Tore Janson

3.42

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

None

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken by Tore Janson , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Papillon by Henri Charrière

1. Papillon

By: Henri Charrière

4.23

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Henri Charrière, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris i… read more

Similar categories in Henri Charrière's Papillon book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • history
  • nonfiction
"The important thing was that we were alive..."

-Henri Charrière, Papillon

"You don't have to be a graduate of Saint-Cyr to know that all wrecks end up on shore."

-Henri Charrière, Papillon

"Everybody was stark naked, day and night. Luckily it was hot. They let me wear socks."

-Henri Charrière, Papillon

"My heart was flooded with warmth: at last I had escaped from the road down the drain, and now it was for good."

-Henri Charrière, Papillon

Cover of Kallocain by Karin Boye, Gustaf Lannestock, Richard B. Vowles

2. Kallocain

By: Karin Boye , Gustaf Lannestock , Richard B. Vowles

3.72

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

This is a novel of the future, profoundly sinister in its vision of a drab terror. Ironic and detac… read more

Similar categories in Karin Boye's Kallocain book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • swedish literature
"Ur tankar och känslor föds ord och handlingar. Hur skulle tankar och känslor då kunna vara den enskildes ensak? (...) Hittills har det bara inte varit möjligt att kontrollera dem - men nu är alltså m…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

"На стіні висіли чутливе «поліційне вухо» й «поліційне око», таке саме зірке в темряві, як і при світлі. Ніхто не заперечить того, що ці органи дуже потрібні. Якби не вони, скільки помешкань могло б с…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

"Попри те, цього вечора не годилося поводитися понуро й сумувати. На урочистостях, присвячених примноженню добра й достатку Держави, має панувати піднесений настрій. Мабуть, моя доля пішла б іншим шля…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

"Збуджена, приязно налаштована юрба озвалася на мої слова бурею оплесків і схвальних вигуків. Але я бачив, що не всі аплодували. Коли плеще в долоні тисяча, а двоє сидять склавши руки, то ці двоє пере…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

Cover of Pengar by Victoria Benedictsson

3. Pengar

By: Victoria Benedictsson

3.46

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Selma Berg, en frejdig sextonåring med konstnärsdrömmar, gifts bort med en betydligt äldre man. Det… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Benedictsson's Pengar book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • swedish literature
"Hennes självbedrägeri ljög fram en vrångbild, som i mycket liknade lyckan."

-Victoria Benedictsson, Pengar

Cover of Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning

4. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

By: Christopher R. Browning

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the … read more

Similar categories in Christopher R. Browning's Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • history
  • nonfiction
"The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, and the historian who attempts to "explain" it is indulging in a certain arrogance."

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve policemen faced choices, and most of them committed terrible deeds. But those who killed cannot be absolved by the notion that anyo…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"What, then, is one to conclude? Most of all, one comes away from the story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 with great unease. This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve polic…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"At the same time, however, the collective behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101 has deeply disturbing implications. There are many societies afflicted by traditions of racism and caught in the sie…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

Cover of Metro 2033 (Metro, #1) by Dmitry Glukhovsky

5. Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)

By: Dmitry Glukhovsky

4.02

Format: 458 pages, Paperback

The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. The half-destro… read more

Similar categories in Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro 2033 (Metro, #1) book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

"„alle haben Angst vor irgendwas, aber wovor, weiß keiner."

-Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)

"»Sprich nie vom Recht des Stärkeren. Du bist zu schwach dafür«,"

-Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)

"„Nicht Weisheit und Erfahrung sprachen aus ihm, sondern Alter und Müdigkeit."

-Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)

"El ser humano ha sido siempre un asesino muy superior al resto de criaturas"."

-Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)

6. Barabbas

By: Pär Lagerkvist , Alan Blair

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Barabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucifie… read more

Similar categories in Pär Lagerkvist's Barabbas book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

7. Metro 2034 (Metro #2)

By: Dmitry Glukhovsky , M. David Drevs

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

read more

Similar categories in Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro 2034 (Metro #2) book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

Cover of The Pearl by John Steinbeck

8. The Pearl

By: John Steinbeck

3.54

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf be… read more

Similar categories in John Steinbeck's The Pearl book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

"What have I to fear but starvation?" Kino asked."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

"In the surface of the great pearl he could see dream forms."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

"It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

"We do know that we are cheated from birth to the overcharge on our coffins."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

9. Det går an

By: Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

3.84

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

During a steamboat trip between Stockholm and Lidkoping sergeant Albert falls in love with the glaz… read more

Similar categories in Carl Jonas Love Almqvist's Det går an book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

10. 1Q84 BOOK 3 (1Q84, #3)

By: Haruki Murakami , 村上 春樹

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

1949Nian niziyozioueruha, Jin Wei Lai Xiao Shuo toshiteno{1984} woKan Xing shita. soshite2009Nian ,… read more

Similar categories in Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 BOOK 3 (1Q84, #3) book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

11. Memoirs of a Polar Bear

By: Susan Bernofsky , Yōko Tawada

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Memoirs of a Polar Bearstars three generations of talented writers and performers--who happen to be… read more

Similar categories in Susan Bernofsky's Memoirs of a Polar Bear book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

12. And Still I Rise

By: Maya Angelou

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this inspiring poem, Maya Angelou celebrates the courage of the human spirit over the harshest o… read more

Similar categories in Maya Angelou's And Still I Rise book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

Cover of Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Lea Ypi

13. Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

By: Lea Ypi

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For precocious 11-year-old Lea Ypi, Albania’s Soviet-style socialism held the promise of a preordai… read more

Similar categories in Lea Ypi's Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • history
  • nonfiction
"In March, they said we were all victims. They accepted us. In August, they looked at us as if we were some kinds of menace, like we were about to eat their children."

-Lea Ypi, Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

"Todavía hoy asocio todos nuestros esfuerzos por enterarnos de lo que pasaba en el mundo exterior al nombre de Dajti, la apartada cordillera que rodeaba nuestra capital y dominaba su paisaje como si l…"

-Lea Ypi, Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

"In the past, one would have been arrested for wanting to leave. Now that nobody was stopping us from emigrating, we were no longer welcome on the other side. The only thing that had changed was the c…"

-Lea Ypi, Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

"[...]Many of those friends were self-declared socialists - Wester socialists, that is. They spoke about Rosa Luxemburg, Leon Trotsky, Salvador Allende or Ernesto 'Che' Guevara as secular saints. It o…"

-Lea Ypi, Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

Cover of Lessons by Ian McEwan

14. Lessons

By: Ian McEwan

4.00

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, … read more

Similar categories in Ian McEwan's Lessons book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

"Books are difficult to tidy. Hard to chuck out. They resist."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"Only the backward look, the well-researched history could tell peaks and troughs from portals."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"What must it be, to burst out of deep infant sleep into the shocking singular fact of existence."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"The years slid over old deaths like a heavy lid. Nearly everything that happens to you in life you forget. Should have kept a journal."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

Cover of Jag for ner till bror (Jana Kippo, #1) by Karin Smirnoff

15. Jag for ner till bror (Jana Kippo, #1)

By: Karin Smirnoff

4.11

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

I Smalånger är det mesta som vanligt. Maria har hittats död. Hennes bror håller på att supa ihjäl s… read more

Similar categories in Karin Smirnoff's Jag for ner till bror (Jana Kippo, #1) book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • swedish literature
Cover of Vi for upp med mor (Jana Kippo, #2) by Karin Smirnoff

16. Vi for upp med mor (Jana Kippo, #2)

By: Karin Smirnoff

4.18

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Modren har dött och vill begravas i sin hemby Kukkojärvi i norra Norrbotten. Tvillingarna jana och … read more

Similar categories in Karin Smirnoff's Vi for upp med mor (Jana Kippo, #2) book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • swedish literature
Cover of Jävla karlar by Andrev Walden

17. Jävla karlar

By: Andrev Walden

4.07

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

"En gång hade jag sju pappor på sju år. Det här är berättelsen om de åren. Om något låter påhittat … read more

Similar categories in Andrev Walden's Jävla karlar book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • swedish literature
"Min pappa är indian och nu ska jag berätta det för blomma."

-Andrev Walden, Jävla karlar

Cover of The Trio by Johanna Hedman

18. The Trio

By: Johanna Hedman

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Sophisticated, mature and richly atmospheric, a debut novel about three young people navigating th… read more

Similar categories in Johanna Hedman's The Trio book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • swedish literature
Cover of Sen for jag hem (Jana Kippo, #3) by Karin Smirnoff

19. Sen for jag hem (Jana Kippo, #3)

By: Karin Smirnoff

4.08

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

Jana Kippo lämnar Smalånger för att delta i en utställning i Stockholm. Där kommer hennes förflutna… read more

Similar categories in Karin Smirnoff's Sen for jag hem (Jana Kippo, #3) book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • swedish literature
Cover of Samlade verk by Lydia Sandgren

20. Samlade verk

By: Lydia Sandgren

4.08

Format: 689 pages, Hardcover

I Göteborg förbereds en stor retrospektiv över konstnären Gustav Beckers verk från 1980-talet och f… read more

Similar categories in Lydia Sandgren's Samlade verk book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • swedish literature
"You’re right,"

-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk

"People engage in a lot of self-deception,"

-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk

"Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about what a person has a right to tell other people. As a therapist, it’s simple: everything you’re told is confidential. Outside the clinic, however, there are un…"

-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk

Cover of Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men by Katrine Marçal

21. Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men

By: Katrine Marçal

3.89

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

It all starts with a rolling suitcase. Though the wheel was invented some five thousand years ago, … read more

Similar categories in Katrine Marçal's Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • history
  • nonfiction
"Nie wyciosał cię swoim toporem Odyn, nie jesteś hydrauliczną rzeźbą, centralą telefoniczną ani komputerem. Wypluł cię skurcz krwawej macicy twojej matki."

-Katrine Marçal, Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men

"The Viking gods didn't whittle you with an axe. You are no hydraulic statue, telephone exchange or computer. You came, kicking and screaming, out of a pulsating, blood-red womb."

-Katrine Marçal, Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men

"Jobless Jack sits in his damp basement watching YouTube videos of Jordan Peterson, while Mary goes on a Brené Brown course on ‘vulnerability as a leadership skill’. Welcome to the second machine age!"

-Katrine Marçal, Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men

"Witchcraft stemmed from woman’s insatiable lust, he imagined. Her vagina just couldn’t get enough. Just look at its form! It was these deeply insalubrious desires that supposedly put woman in contact…"

-Katrine Marçal, Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men

Cover of Den lodande människan. Havet, djupet och nyfikenheten: Essäer by Patrik Svensson

22. Den lodande människan. Havet, djupet och nyfikenheten: Essäer

By: Patrik Svensson

3.81

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

Hur lärde sig människan att hitta på havet? Var Magellan verkligen den förste världsomseglaren? Hur… read more

Similar categories in Patrik Svensson's Den lodande människan. Havet, djupet och nyfikenheten: Essäer book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • history
  • swedish literature
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tusen år i Uppåkra : en järnåldersmetropols uppgång och fall by Dick Harrison

23. Tusen år i Uppåkra : en järnåldersmetropols uppgång och fall

By: Dick Harrison

3.73

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

I Uppåkra utanför Lund breder odlingsfälten ut sig över den skånska slätten. Men i över tusen år fa… read more

Similar categories in Dick Harrison's Tusen år i Uppåkra : en järnåldersmetropols uppgång och fall book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Sverige vid avgrunden 1808-1814 by Dag Sebastian Ahlander

24. Sverige vid avgrunden 1808-1814

By: Dag Sebastian Ahlander

3.88

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

Swedish / Svenska read more

Similar categories in Dag Sebastian Ahlander's Sverige vid avgrunden 1808-1814 book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • history
Cover of Brightly Shining by Ingvild Rishøi

25. Brightly Shining

By: Ingvild Rishøi

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Brightly Shining is a 'heartbreaking, funny and philosophical tale about the reality of addiction, … read more

Similar categories in Ingvild Rishøi's Brightly Shining book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

Cover of Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken by Tore Janson

26. Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

By: Tore Janson

3.42

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

None read more

Similar categories in Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

  • history
  • swedish literature
  • nonfiction
Cover of Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán

27. Clean

By: Alia Trabucco Zerán

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! From a global star and International Booker Prize finalist, a razor-sh… read more

Similar categories in Alia Trabucco Zerán's Clean book and Tore Janson's Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken

"Yo jamás me comí las uñas. Tampoco mi mamá. Para eso, me imagino, hay que tener las manos desocupadas."

-Alia Trabucco Zerán, Clean

8 Best history books like Romarinnor och romare: livet i antiken by Tore Janson

Transform Your Habits

Papillon

Henri Charrière

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

Christopher R. Browning

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

Lea Ypi

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men

Katrine Marçal

3.89

View all the books

21 Best sweden books like Sen for jag hem (Jana Kippo, #3) by Karin Smirnoff

Transform Your Habits

Skynda att älska

Alex Schulman

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Blackwater

Joan Tate , Kerstin Ekman

3.29

Transform Your Habits

Je m’appelle Agneta (Agneta, #1)

Emma Hamberg

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Jävla karlar

Andrev Walden

4.07

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.