7 Best historical books like Via Mala by John Knittel

Cover of Via Mala by John Knittel

Via Mala

By: John Knittel

4.03

Format: 506 pages, Paperback

VIA MALA is a book of real characters and vivid force, a novel of power and beauty which leave a de…

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Cover of Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak

1. Quo Vadis

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak

4.01

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

This glorious saga unfolds against the backdrop of ancient Rome--from the Forum to the Coliseum, fr… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • fiction
"If we repay evil with good, then how do we repay the good?"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"-Моето щастие мина, и радостта ми отмина, но аз не съм зла."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Светът е измамен, а животът е илюзия. Трябва да имаш достатъчно ум за да различиш приятните от лошите илюзии."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Look at us! For us there are no partings, no pains, no sufferings; or if they come they are turned into pleasure. And death itself, which for you is the end of life, is for us merely its beginning,—t…"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

Cover of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

2. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

3.91

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies s… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • fiction
"Liberty! -- Electric word!"

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"Some jokes are less agreeable than others"

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me."

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Cover of The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, Matthew Sweet

3. The Woman in White

By: Wilkie Collins , Matthew Sweet

4.01

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: Alternate covers can be found here and here. 'In one moment, every drop of blood… read more

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  • classics
"I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man!"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"... our endurance must end, and our resistance begin, to-day."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"You don’t have to speak at all— I know what you’d say… - Laura"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

Cover of Désirée by Annemarie Selinko

4. Désirée

By: Annemarie Selinko

4.15

Format: 607 pages, Hardcover

Las pasiones e intrigas de la corte de Napoleón Bonaparte vividas por Désirée, hija de un comercian… read more

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  • german literature
  • historical
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Colazione da Tiffany by Truman Capote, Bruno Tasso

5. Colazione da Tiffany

By: Truman Capote , Bruno Tasso

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Holly Golightly, la protagonista di questo estroso romanzo breve, è una cover-girl di New York, att… read more

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

6. 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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  • classics
  • fiction
"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

Cover of Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann, John E. Woods, T.J. Reed

7. Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods , T.J. Reed

3.69

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Buddenbrooks, first published in Germany in 1901, when Mann was only twenty-six, has become a class… read more

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  • german literature
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, Art Spiegelman

8. The New York Trilogy

By: Paul Auster , Art Spiegelman

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Moominsummer Madness (The Moomins, #5) by Tove Jansson, Thomas Warburton

9. Moominsummer Madness (The Moomins, #5)

By: Tove Jansson , Thomas Warburton

4.16

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

When a flood sweeps through the valley, the Moomins must find a new house. And with typical Moomin … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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10. The Professor

By: Charlotte Brontë

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Professor is Charlotte Brontes first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and con… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank, Philip Horne

11. Oliver Twist

By: Charles Dickens , George Cruikshank , Philip Horne

3.88

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an in… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • fiction
"Meat, ma'am, meat."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"Please, sir, I want some more."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"هناك كتب .. غلافـها أفضل ما فيها"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

Cover of Moominpappa's Memoirs (The Moomins, #4) by Tove Jansson, Thomas Warburton

12. Moominpappa's Memoirs (The Moomins, #4)

By: Tove Jansson , Thomas Warburton

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

Before he had a family, before he met Moominmamma, Moominpappa led a life of adventure and intrigue… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction

13. Harpiks

By: Ane Riel

2.62

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Det skorter ikke pa kaerlighed hos familien Haarder, der lever et fredfyldt liv mellem granerne pa … read more

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  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Les oubliés du dimanche by Valérie Perrin

14. 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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  • fiction
Cover of Finn Family Moomintroll (The Moomins, #3) by Tove Jansson, Elizabeth Portch

15. Finn Family Moomintroll (The Moomins, #3)

By: Tove Jansson , Elizabeth Portch

3.42

Format: None pages,

It is spring in the valley and the Moomins are ready for adventure Moomintroll and his friends Snuf… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

16. Der Besuch der alten Dame

By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

>>Claire Zachanassian, eine amerikanische Multimillionarin, kehrt in ihr Heimatdorf Gullen zuruck, … read more

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  • german literature
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino, George Martin

17. Italian Folktales

By: Italo Calvino , George Martin

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

Chosen as one of the New York Times's ten best books in the year of its original publication, this … read more

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  • fiction

18. Nobody's Boy

By: Hector Malot , None

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling story in which orphaned Remi gets hired out to a traveling street entertainer when his… read more

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19. Mary Barton

By: Elizabeth Gaskell , Shirley Foster

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

This is Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, a widely acclaimed work based on the actual murder, in 183… read more

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20. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

By: Gabor Maté

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In this accessible and groundbreaking book--filled with the moving stories of real people--medical … read more

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21. Nothing

By: Janne Teller , Martin Aitken

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

When Pierre-Anthon realizes there is no meaning to life, the seventh-grader leaves his classroom, c… read more

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22. Comet in Moominland (The Moomins, #2)

By: Tove Jansson , Elizabeth Portch

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

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23. The Moomins and the Great Flood (The Moomins, #1)

By: Tove Jansson , David McDuff

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

The Moomins and the Great Flood is the first book about the Moomins, originally published in 1945. … read more

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24. Melody

By: Martin Suter

4.09

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

In einer Villa am Zürichberg wohnt Alt-Nationalrat Dr. Stotz, umgeben von Porträts einer jungen Fra… read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
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25. Gun Island

By: Amitav Ghosh

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B07DNDDFLD Bundook. Gun. A common word, but one which turns De… read more

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  • fiction
"That the world of today presents all the symptoms of demonic possession."

-Amitav Ghosh, Gun Island

"... there was a land of sugar, where everything was sweet; and also a country made of cloth, and an island of chains."

-Amitav Ghosh, Gun Island

"People think that knowing the future can help you prepare for what is to come - but often it only makes you powerless."

-Amitav Ghosh, Gun Island

"Sometimes, said Moyna, it seemed as though both land and water were turning against those who lived in the Sunderbans."

-Amitav Ghosh, Gun Island

Cover of Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy

26. Marilla of Green Gables

By: Sarah McCoy

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and mo… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • fiction
"Keep yourself open to unexpected blessings, dear."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"There was power in knowledge. Like the gears of a steam engine, the more active knowledge was, the more force it produced."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Human hearts are full of strife. It's a fallen world, my dears. We can only do our best to establish safe havens where we can."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Just take a deep breath and go on in there with your head held high. Look for good things and good things [are] what you'll find..."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

Cover of Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, #1) by Michael Robotham

27. Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, #1)

By: Michael Robotham

4.16

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

A girl is discovered hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a terrible crime. Half-starved and… read more

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  • crime
  • fiction
"Guilt has to fall somewhere when logic fails."

-Michael Robotham, Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, #1)

"Maybe that's what's keeping me awake - the choices."

-Michael Robotham, Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, #1)

"A slow death, I know, but that's life, isn't it - a long, drawn-out suicide."

-Michael Robotham, Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, #1)

"As a forensic psychologist, I have met killers and psychopaths and sociopaths, but I refuse to define people as being good or evil. Wrongdoing is an absence of something good rather than something fa…"

-Michael Robotham, Good Girl, Bad Girl (Cyrus Haven, #1)

Cover of A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

28. A Ghost in the Throat

By: Doireann Ní Ghríofa

4.04

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

A true original. In this stunningly unusual prose debut, Doireann Ni Ghriofa sculpts essay and auto… read more

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"Swift, the twist from ordinary to catastrophe."

-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat

"Instead, I'll think of new words, and then I'll follow them."

-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat

"We cannot know from whose mouths the echoes of our lives will chime."

-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat

"We cannot permit reason to intrude upon this moment. Do not deny us this."

-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat

Cover of Via Mala by John Knittel

29. Via Mala

By: John Knittel

4.03

Format: 506 pages, Paperback

VIA MALA is a book of real characters and vivid force, a novel of power and beauty which leave a de… read more

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  • german literature
  • classics
  • historical
  • fiction
  • crime
Cover of Hrobárov almanach (Hrobárov almanach, #1) by Oliver Pötzsch

30. Hrobárov almanach (Hrobárov almanach, #1)

By: Oliver Pötzsch

4.22

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

Viedeň obchádza smrť a jej tajomstvá môže odhaliť iba jediný človek Píše sa rok 1893. Augustin R… read more

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  • historical
  • crime
  • fiction

22 Top fiction books like Via Mala by John Knittel

Transform Your Habits

Quo Vadis

Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Désirée

Annemarie Selinko

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Colazione da Tiffany

Truman Capote , Bruno Tasso

3.72

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20 Top fiction books like Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank, Philip Horne

Transform Your Habits

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë , Michael Mason

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë , Richard J. Dunn

3.89

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