19 Best classics books like Briefe an Milena by Frank Kafka

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Briefe an Milena

By: Frank Kafka

3.91

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

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1. The Reader

By: Bernhard Schlink , Carol Brown Janeway

3.78

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing nov… read more

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"There's no need to talk about it, because the truth of what one says lies in what one does."

-Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

"I asked her about life, and it was as if she rummaged around in a dusty chest to get me the answers."

-Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

"But the finger I pointed at her turned back to me. I had loved her. Not only had I loved her, I had chosen her."

-Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

"The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and purposeless, successful and futile. What else is the history of law?"

-Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

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2. Betty Blue

By: Philippe Djian , H. Buten

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This is a full-fledged lovers' tragedy between a drifter-turned-writer and the fatally flawed Betty… read more

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"There comes a moment when the silence between two people can have the purity of a diamond."

-Philippe Djian, Betty Blue

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3. White Nights

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersbur… read more

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"E ti chiedi: “Dove sono i tuoi sogni?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Kalbim içimde konuşurken ben susmayı beceremem."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

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4. The Myth of Sisyphus

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more

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"A fate is not a punishment."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"there are truths but no truth"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"To will is to stir up paradoxes"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

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5. Letters to a Young Poet

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell

4.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, req… read more

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"Everything is gestation and then birthing."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Perhaps all dragons in our lives are really princesses just waiting to see us just once being beautiful and courageous."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

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6. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

By: Sylvia Plath , Karen V. Kukil

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

First U.S. Publication A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, p… read more

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7. The Plague

By: Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert

4.02

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947. It tells the story from the point of … read more

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"Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

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8. Les jeux sont faits

By: Jean-Paul Sartre

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

- Il m'a empoisonnee ? - Eh oui, madame. - Mais pourquoi ? pourquoi ? - Vous le geniez, repond la v… read more

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9. Emil and the Detectives

By: Erich Kästner , Walter Trier

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin, she'd never ha… read more

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"Die Stadt war so groß. Und Emil war so klein. Und kein Mensch wollte wissen, warum er kein Geld hatte, und warum er nicht wusste, wo er austeigen sollte. Vier Millionen Menschen lebten in Berlin und …"

-Erich Kästner, Emil and the Detectives

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10. Vom Ende der Einsamkeit

By: Benedict Wells

4.38

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Jules und seine beiden Geschwister wachsen behütet auf, bis ihre Eltern bei einem Unfall ums Leben … read more

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"De eenzaamheid in ons kunnen we alleen samen overwinnen."

-Benedict Wells, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit

"Er waren dingen die ik niet kon zeggen, alleen schrijven. Want als ik praatte, dacht ik en als ik schreef, voelde ik."

-Benedict Wells, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit

"Ik vraag me af wanneer alles verkeerd begon te lopen en of het misschien al vanaf het begin de verkeerde kant op is gegaan."

-Benedict Wells, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit

"Aber in ihrer Gegenwart habe ich zum ersten Mal die Stille in mir genossen. Sie war wie eine kalte Hand auf einer heißen Stirn."

-Benedict Wells, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit

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11. The Nose

By: Nikolai Gogol , Ronald Wilks

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Strangely enough, I mistook it for a gentleman at first. Fortunately I had my spectacles with me s… read more

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12. My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun

By: Emily Dickinson

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

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13. Faust: First Part

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more

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14. Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo

By: Christiane V. Felscherinow , Horst Rieck , Kai Hermann

4.48

Format: 192 pages,

Sie ist heute sechzehn, kam mit zwolf in einem evangelischen Jugendheim zum Haschisch, mit dreizehn… read more

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15. Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare , Richard Andrews , Rex Gibson

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

Among Shakespeare's plays, "Hamlet" is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role o… read more

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"Therein lies the rub."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Conscience doth make cowards of us all."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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16. The Trial

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir

3.95

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more

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"But I’m not guilty,"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"Asking questions were the most important thing."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

17. Transit

By: Rachel Cusk

4.14

Format: 222 pages, Hardcover

The stunning second novel of a trilogy that began with Outline, one of The New York Times Book Revi… read more

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18. Women Who Run With the Wolves

By: Clarissa Pinkola Estés

4.13

Format: 537 pages, Paperback

Within every woman, there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity… read more

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"Dogs are the magicians of the universe."

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

"Failure is a greater teacher than success"

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

"To love a woman, the mate must also love her wildish nature."

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

"There is no one a wildish woman loves better than a mate who can be her equal."

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

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19. The Gentle Spirit

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.89

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

In this compelling study of despair, based on a real-life incident, a pawnbroker mourns the loss of… read more

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"I'm a master of speaking silently—all my life I've spoken silently and I've lived through entire tragedies in silence."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

"Oh, I have always been proud, I always wanted all or nothing! You see it was just because I am not one who will accept half a happiness, but always wanted all"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

"I worked it through with pride,I almost spoke without words, and i'm masterly at speaking without words.All my life I have spoken without words, and I have passed through whole tragedies on my own ac…"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

"Listen! This is where it began but I keep getting muddled... The fact of the matter is that I now want to recall everything, every trifle, every little detail. I still want to collect my thoughts and…"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

20. Woyzeck

By: Georg Büchner

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kaum ein bedeutendes Werk der deutschen Literatur ist in seiner Textfassung so problematisch wie Bu… read more

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21. Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more

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22. A Terrible Beauty Is Born

By: W.B. Yeats

4.20

Format: 172 pages,

'But I, being poor, have only my dreams; / I have spread my dreams under your feet...' By turns joy… read more

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23. Das Urteil / Die Verwandlung

By: Franz Kafka

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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24. Água Viva

By: Clarice Lispector , Benjamin Moser , Stefan Tobler

4.29

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Lispector at her most philosophically radical. A meditation on the nature of life and time, Água Vi… read more

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"I always give names to things"

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"I'm not a synonym—I'm a proper noun."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"Suddenly I was crying. It was already love."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"To write you I first cover myself with perfume."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

25. Letter to His Father

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Eithne Wilkins , Ernst Kaiser , Willem van Toorn , Gerda Meijerink

3.53

Format: 349 pages,

This is the bilingual edition with German verso, English recto. read more

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26. Nachmittage

By: Ferdinand von Schirach

4.10

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Ferdinand von Schirach erzählt von milden Frühsommermorgen, verregneten Nachmittagen und schwarzen … read more

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"Ist das nicht merkwürdig?", sagt die Anwältin. "Kann man so sehr lieben, dass man vergisst, nicht schwimmen zu können?"

-Ferdinand von Schirach, Nachmittage

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27. The Shortest History of Germany

By: James Hawes

3.72

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

Read in an afternoon. Remember for a lifetime. In his acclaimed new bestseller, now in paperback, … read more

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"Anyone who thinks of the Germans as a naturally bellicose people should recall that Prussia-Germany was the only one of the continental powers in the run-up to 1914 whose elite seriously feared that …"

-James Hawes, The Shortest History of Germany

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28. Die Wut, die bleibt

By: Mareike Fallwickl

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Aufwühlend, wütend, hellsichtig: Mareike Fallwickls neuer Roman. Helene, Mutter von drei Kindern… read more

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29. The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life

By: John P. Strelecky

3.55

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

In a small cafe at a location so remote it stands in the middle of the middle of nowhere, John--a m… read more

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"Man schafft nicht alles. Niemand tut das. Deshalb sollte man sich über die Dinge freuen, zu denen man kommt."

-John P. Strelecky, The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life

"Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now?"

-John P. Strelecky, The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life

"As I was floating on the surface, I realized something: When the turtle was swimming, it linked its movements to the movements of the water. When a wave was coming at him, he would float, and paddle …"

-John P. Strelecky, The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life

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30. Hippie

By: Paulo Coelho

3.63

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

In Hippie, his most autobiographical novel to date, Paulo Coelho takes us back in time to re-live t… read more

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"True love, a question for which there is no answer."

-Paulo Coelho, Hippie

"If there was no change, there would be no universe."

-Paulo Coelho, Hippie

"Part of the fun in life is exactly this: running risks."

-Paulo Coelho, Hippie

"Just one day was worth more than all the kingdoms in the world."

-Paulo Coelho, Hippie

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31. Briefe an Milena

By: Frank Kafka

3.91

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

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