18 best-selling fiction books like The Berliners by Emma Harding

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The Berliners

By: Emma Harding

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

'Sometimes I get fanciful and think the buildings speak. That all their history is locked into the …

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1. The Ballad of Peckham Rye

By: Muriel Spark

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Ballad of Peckham Rye is the wickedly farcical fable of a blue-collar town turned upside down. … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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2. Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

By: Viv Albertine

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

The guitarist for seminal female punk group The Slits recounts playing with Sid Vicious, touring wi… read more

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"It’s true the good die young."

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

"I grew up with John Lennon at my side, like a big brother."

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

"Anyone who writes an autobiography is either a twat or broke."

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

"… maybe you can tell how much pain someone is in by watching them laugh."

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

3. Goodbye to Berlin

By: Christopher Isherwood

3.95

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Here, meine Damen und Herren, is Chrisopther Isherwood's brilliant farewell to a city which was not… read more

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4. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

By: Anna Funder

4.20

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more

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  • germany
"People were crazy with pain and secrets."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

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5. A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

By: Joanna Biggs

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by the New York Times , The Week , Vulture , Elle, and The Mi… read more

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"The wound my unsuspecting heart formerly received is not healed,"

-Joanna Biggs, A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

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6. Caledonian Road

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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7. Chi dice e chi tace

By: Chiara Valerio

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Scauri, affacciato sul Tirreno, è l’ultimo paese del Lazio, un posto né bello né brutto, con una su… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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8. Kairos

By: Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."

-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos

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9. Close to Home

By: Michael Magee

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does every­thing he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Time Shelter

By: Georgi Gospodinov

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his l… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Има ли миналото срок на годност?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Time feeds on us. We are food for time."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Ако не сме в нечия памет, има ли ни изобщо?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"There is no time machine except the human being."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

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11. Love in the Big City

By: Sang Young Park

3.65

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Love in the Big City is the English-language debut of Sang Young Park, one of Korea’s most exciting… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"I like the universe that is you"

-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City

"Let's be hamburguer patties together forever,"

-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City

"Sometimes his very existence to me is the existence of love itself"

-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City

"Jaehee, who had taught me that every season is its own beautiful moment -- that Jaehee didn't live here anymore."

-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City

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12. Rosewater

By: Liv Little

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Queenie and Such a Fun Age comes a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel a… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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13. New Animal

By: Ella Baxter

3.40

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

It's not easy getting close to people. Amelia's meeting a lot of men but once she gets the sex she … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"I can’t relax around repeated invitations to be introspective."

-Ella Baxter, New Animal

"I think it's human nature to want to look at wounds. It must be."

-Ella Baxter, New Animal

"Interesting to note my spiraling in real time. Strange to bear witness."

-Ella Baxter, New Animal

"But your body. Your beautiful, beautiful body. It clings to you through it all."

-Ella Baxter, New Animal

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14. Everybody: A Book About Freedom

By: Olivia Laing

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

 The body is a source of pleasure and of pain, at once hopelessly vulnerable and radiant with power… read more

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15. Alphabetical Diaries

By: Sheila Heti

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour. Sheila Heti kept a… read more

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16. Die Liebe im Ernstfall

By: Daniela Krien

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Sie heißen Paula, Judith, Brida, Malika und Jorinde. Sie kennen sich, weil das Schicksal ihre Leben… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • germany
  • fiction
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17. Le transizioni

By: Pajtim Statovci

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Bujar è un uomo che sa diventare una donna: può essere una meravigliosa ragazza di Sarajevo che att… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It's the first thing people notice,' she says despondently. 'Difference. As if it's a crime."

-Pajtim Statovci, Le transizioni

"Katson häntä ja asuntoa hänen ympärillään, elämää jota hän elää, paikkaa johon hän maailmassa kuuluu, miten osaton hän kaikesta huolimatta on. Opiskelupaikka yliopistossa, tällainen asunto ja tällais…"

-Pajtim Statovci, Le transizioni

"Menen hetkeksi istumaan kirkon etuosaan, kaivan laukusta uuden ristikoruni ja ripustan sen kaulalleni, ja kun muuan pappi tervehtii minua nyökkäämällä suuntaani mitä hienovaraisimmalla eleellä, joka …"

-Pajtim Statovci, Le transizioni

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18. The Instant

By: Amy Liptrot

3.66

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Wishing to leave the quiet isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight … read more

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  • germany
"In the simplest terms, the internet is made from pulses of light."

-Amy Liptrot, The Instant

"Hearts and futures can turn on a single afternoon or an accepted invitation - but more often lead to nothing but themselves."

-Amy Liptrot, The Instant

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19. The Outrun: A Memoir

By: Amy Liptrot

4.01

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDA… read more

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"I'm filling the void with new knowledge and moments of beauty. The dangerous thoughts will happen - and while I'm experiencing them I feel like that's the way I will feel for ever - but I just have t…"

-Amy Liptrot, The Outrun: A Memoir

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20. The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure

By: Katherine Rundell

4.42

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In … read more

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"We live in a world of such marvels. We should wake in the morning and as we put on our trousers we should remember the seahorse and we should scream with awe and not stop screaming until we fall asle…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure

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21. This Woman's Work: Essays on Music

By: Sinéad Gleeson

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contribu… read more

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22. Ruth & Pen

By: Emilie Pine

3.69

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Dublin, 7th October 2019. One day, one city, two women - Ruth and Pen. Neither known to the other, … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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23. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

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24. Chrysalis

By: Anna Metcalfe

3.61

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This provocative, fiercely imaginative debut follows a woman trying to slip the shackles of society… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Put A Wet Paper Towel on It: The Weird and Wonderful World of Primary Schools by Lee Parkinson

25. Put A Wet Paper Towel on It: The Weird and Wonderful World of Primary Schools

By: Lee Parkinson

3.88

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A heart-warming and hilarious look at life in the classroom from the teachers who host the most pop… read more

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26. Views

By: Marc-Uwe Kling

4.10

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

Ein schockierendes Verbrechen – und alle werden es sehen Die 16-jährige Lena Palmer verschwindet… read more

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  • germany
  • fiction
"Ist falsche Hoffnung nicht ein Übel?"

-Marc-Uwe Kling, Views

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27. La chiave di Berlino

By: Vincenzo Latronico

3.64

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

«Nessun'altra città è cosí piena di vuoto». Al volgere del millennio i grandi vuoti di Berlino, le … read more

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28. Scrap

By: Calla Henkel

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A true-crime obsessed young artist is drawn into the lives of an obscenely wealthy family in this f… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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29. Reichskanzlerplatz

By: Nora Bossong

3.63

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Nora Bossong zeichnet in ihrem neuen Roman das intensive Porträt der Frau, die Magda Goebbels wurde… read more

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  • germany
  • historical fiction
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30. Gabriel's Moon

By: William Boyd

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain’s greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. The Berliners

By: Emma Harding

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

'Sometimes I get fanciful and think the buildings speak. That all their history is locked into the … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

7 Top historical fiction books like The Berliners by Emma Harding

Transform Your Habits

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Close to Home

Michael Magee

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Le transizioni

Pajtim Statovci

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Held

Anne Michaels

3.66

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Transform Your Habits

Acts of Desperation

Megan Nolan

3.74

Transform Your Habits

Perfume & Pain

Anna Dorn

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Rouge

Mona Awad

3.56

Transform Your Habits

My Husband

Maud Ventura

3.68

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