21 Top fiction books like Day of No Return by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

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Day of No Return

By: Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

4.01

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

In the mid-1930s, a brave young theological student refused to preach Nazi doctrine and was denied …

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1. Stupeur et tremblements

By: Amélie Nothomb

3.73

Format: 187 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for isbn13: 9782253150718 Au début des années 90, la narratr… read more

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"هناك فهمت حقيقة مهمة: في اليابان، الحياة هي الشركة."

-Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements

"كان يابانيا من بين آلاف آخرين، عبدا وجلادا في الوقت نفسه."

-Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements

"أما فوبوكي فلم تكن لا إلها ولا شيطانا, كانت امرأة يابانية"

-Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements

"Le donne che non hanno il diritto di sognare portano nomi che fanno sognare"

-Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements

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2. Charlotte

By: David Foenkinos

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Ce roman retrace la vie de Charlotte Salomon, artiste peintre morte à vingt-six ans alors qu'elle é… read more

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"La dicha se convierte en una isla en el pasado, inaccesible."

-David Foenkinos, Charlotte

"She must disappear for a time from the human surface, And sacrifice everything for this, To recreate herself from the depths of her world."

-David Foenkinos, Charlotte

"Words do not always need a destination. We can leave them behind us at the borders of feelings. Running around headless in the vague zone. And that is the privilege of artists: to live in confusion."

-David Foenkinos, Charlotte

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3. Blood Trail (Joe Pickett, #8)

By: C.J. Box

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Joe Pickett novel from #1"New York Times-"bestselling author C.J. Box. Game wardens have found a … read more

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  • fiction
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4. Below Zero (Joe Pickett, #9)

By: C.J. Box

4.22

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, a voice from the past has a chilling … read more

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  • fiction
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5. In Plain Sight (Joe Pickett, #6)

By: C.J. Box

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When wealthy matriarch Opal Scarlett vanishes, Joe Pickett is sure one of her greedy sons did her i… read more

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  • fiction
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6. Le Livre des Baltimore

By: Joël Dicker

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Jusqu'au jour du Drame, il y avait deux familles Goldman. Les Goldman-de-Baltimore et les Goldman-d… read more

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  • fiction
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7. La délicatesse

By: David Foenkinos

3.80

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

« François pensa : si elle commande un déca, je me lève et je m’en vais. C’est la boisson la moins … read more

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"Dictionaries stop where the heart starts."

-David Foenkinos, La délicatesse

"Pourquoi sommes-nous autant marqués par un détail, un geste, qui font de ces instants minimes le coeur d'une époque?"

-David Foenkinos, La délicatesse

"Elle avançait dans leur salon et tout était là. À l'identique. Rien n'avait bougé. La couverture toujours sur le canapé. La théière aussi sur la table basse, avec le livre qu'elle était en train de l…"

-David Foenkinos, La délicatesse

8. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce, #4)

By: Alan Bradley

4.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It's Christmastime, and the precocious Flavia de Luce - an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion fo… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Out of My Mind

By: Sharon M. Draper

3.73

Format: None pages,

Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can… read more

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  • fiction
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10. Dream Story

By: Frederic Raphael , Arthur Schnitzler , J.M.Q. Davies

3.76

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

Like his Viennese contemporary Sigmund Freud, the doctor and dramatist Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931… read more

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"El imperativo urgente del momento era huir, al menos por un tiempo, al sueño y al olvido."

-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story

"متأكدة بقدر حدسي أن حقيقة ليلة، بل حتى حقيقة حياة إنسان بأكملها، لا تعني في الوقت ذاته حقيقته الداخلية."

-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story

"بدا له أنه لو وقف وحده سافِر الوجه بين كل هؤلاء المقنَّعين، فسيكون الأمر أسوأ آلاف المرات من أن يقف فجأة عاريًا بين اللابسين"

-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story

"Am I sure? Only as sure as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth."

-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story

11. Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

By: C.J. Box

4.67

Format: 360 pages,

Joe Picket returns, this time to the wilds of Yellowstone National Park. Deftly plotted and full of… read more

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12. Der Seelenbrecher

By: Sebastian Fitzek

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

(This is the original cover. Find the alternate Cover edition here: ) Drei Frauen - alle jung, sch… read more

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13. Petit pays

By: Gaël Faye

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Avant, Gabriel faisait les quatre cents coups avec ses copains dans leur coin de paradis. Et puis l… read more

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14. Winterkill (Joe Pickett, #3)

By: C.J. Box

3.62

Format: 171 pages,

Joe Pickett's pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn w… read more

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15. Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

By: C.J. Box

4.00

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts, an… read more

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  • fiction
"Joe had always considered individual words as finite units of currency, and he believed in savings."

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

"I don't know why it is that alcohol and tobacco are now bad, but jolts of caffeine are suddenly good. It is beyond me, and it makes me feel old."

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

"...sometimes we see things in animals that aren't really there. It's called transference, if that makes any sense. ...I think there are a lot of people who say they do things for animals when they're…"

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

16. Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

By: C.J. Box

3.62

Format: 171 pages,

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17. Bonjour tristesse

By: Françoise Sagan

3.72

Format: 154 pages, Mass Market Paperback

(English follows French) La villa est magnifique, l'été brûlant, la Méditerranée toute proche. C… read more

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"Je serais intelligente, cultivée, un peu détachée, comme Anne."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Il est très vaniteux ou très peu sûr de lui, comme vous voulez."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Bet juk taip malonu paklusti savo impulsams, o paskui gailėtis..."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Et de plus, Cyril m'aimait ... cette pensée suffisait à mon euphorie."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

18. Trophy Hunt (Joe Pickett, #4)

By: C.J. Box

3.91

Format: 385 pages,

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19. Out Of Range (Joe Pickett, #5)

By: C.J. Box

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

Game warden Joe Pickett returns in a twisting, action-packed tale of greed, power, and murder. Joe … read more

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20. Kehinde

By: Buchi Emecheta

3.79

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Kehinde and her husband Albert had always intended to return to Nigeria. When the opportunity arise… read more

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21. Vivre vite

By: Brigitte Giraud

3.58

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"J'ai été aimantée par cette double mission impossible. Acheter la maison et retrouver les armes ca… read more

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  • fiction
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22. Simple Passion

By: Annie Ernaux

3.93

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensn… read more

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  • fiction
"I experienced pleasure like a future pain."

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

"I do not wish to explain my passion—that would imply that it was a mistake or some disorder I need to justify—I just want to describe it."

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

"A partir du mois de septembre l'année dernière, je n'ai plus rien fait d'autre qu'attendre un homme : qu'il me téléphone et qu'il vienne chez moi."

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

"Yet it is that surreal, almost non-existent last visit that gives my passion its true meaning, which is precisely to be meaningless, and to have been for two years the most violent and unaccountable …"

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

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23. Au revoir là-haut

By: Pierre Lemaitre

4.20

Format: 567 pages, Paperback

Sur les ruines du plus grand carnage du XXe siècle,deux rescapés des tranchées, passablement abîmés… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Même les grandes joies vous laissent un peu de regret, il y a un fond de manque dans tout ce qu'on vit."

-Pierre Lemaitre, Au revoir là-haut

"Elle les avait démasqués de loin, les petits ambitieux qui la trouvait banale vue de face, mais très jolie vue de dot."

-Pierre Lemaitre, Au revoir là-haut

"Le pays tout entier était saisi d'une fureur commémorative en faveur des morts, proportionnelle à sa répulsion vis-à-vis des survivants."

-Pierre Lemaitre, Au revoir là-haut

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24. Yoga

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.87

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

C'est l'histoire d'un livre sur le yoga et la dépression. La méditation et le terrorisme. L'aspirat… read more

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25. This Other Eden

By: Paul Harding

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden te… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. In the Country of Others

By: Leïla Slimani

3.76

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, #1 internationally bestselling new novel by the author of The Perfect Nanny--a p… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"À présent qu'aucun retour en arrière n'était possible, elle se sentait forte. Forte de ne pas être libre."

-Leïla Slimani, In the Country of Others

"J'admire ceux qui avec un cœur sincère acceptent le martyr des leurs. Mais je comprends encore mieux ceux qui veulent les sauver à tout prix."

-Leïla Slimani, In the Country of Others

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27. What Child Is This

By: Rhys Bowen

3.99

Format: 55 pages, Kindle Edition

Christmas during World War II is a time for small miracles in this bittersweet short story by the N… read more

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  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

By: Courtney Walsh

4.19

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

She’s out to prove that there’s no such thing as choosing happiness. Isadora Bentley follows the… read more

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  • fiction
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29. Zorrie

By: Laird Hunt

3.86

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for the 2021 National Book Award (Fiction) From prize-winning, acclaimed author Laird Hun… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You could get whiplash trying to watch time go by."

-Laird Hunt, Zorrie

"As she began to doze, she wondered if when you rode in airplanes, love, even old impossible love, sent hearts tumbling end over end."

-Laird Hunt, Zorrie

"Still, it was Indiana, it was the dirt she had bloomed up out of, it was who she was, what she felt, how she thought, what she knew."

-Laird Hunt, Zorrie

"She asked Janie what it was like to have a mother, and Janie leaned over and gave Zorrie a kiss on the top of her head and then turned her around and gave her a quick kick in her seat and told her th…"

-Laird Hunt, Zorrie

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30. The Secret Pianist

By: Andie Newton

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When a British RAF Whitley comes under fire over the French coast and is forced to drop their cargo… read more

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  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. Day of No Return

By: Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

4.01

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

In the mid-1930s, a brave young theological student refused to preach Nazi doctrine and was denied … read more

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  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

8 Best historical fiction books like Day of No Return by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce, #4)

Alan Bradley

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Au revoir là-haut

Pierre Lemaitre

4.20

Transform Your Habits

This Other Eden

Paul Harding

3.78

Transform Your Habits

In the Country of Others

Leïla Slimani

3.76

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14 must-read fiction books like In the Country of Others by Leïla Slimani

Transform Your Habits

L'art de perdre

Alice Zeniter

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Vivre vite

Brigitte Giraud

3.58

Transform Your Habits

Um Cão no Meio do Caminho

Isabela Figueiredo

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Veiller sur elle

Jean-Baptiste Andrea

4.28

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