5 best-selling literary fiction books like The Way the Family Got Away by Michael Kimball

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The Way the Family Got Away

By: Michael Kimball

3.45

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In Michael Kimball's disturbing first novel, a three-year-old girl and her seven-year-old brother t…

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1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

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"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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2. Mother Night

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.23

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: Alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Mother Night is a darin… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"When you're dead you're dead."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night

"It’s all I’ve seen, all I’ve been through,"

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night

"Most things in this world don´t work, aspirin do."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night

"The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art."

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night

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3. Papegaai vloog over de IJssel

By: Kader Abdolah

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Vier buitenlandse gezinnen krijgen elk een huis in een dorp langs de rivier de IJssel aangeboden. Z… read more

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  • fiction
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4. Human Acts

By: Han Kang , Deborah Smith

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and astonishing (The Observer… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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5. Shantaram

By: Gregory David Roberts

3.85

Format: None pages,

"It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choi… read more

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  • fiction
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6. The Underground Railroad

By: Colson Whitehead

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hellish for all the slaves but especiall… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction

7. Our Souls at Night

By: Kent Haruf

3.70

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, co… read more

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8. Camere separate

By: Pier Vittorio Tondelli

3.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

"'Camere separate' e uno straordinario e felice romanzo d'amore e di morte, di nostalgia e maturita… read more

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9. Where You Once Belonged

By: Kent Haruf

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Heavy-built Jack Burdette is quite literally too big for his boots - and too big, certainly for the… read more

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10. L'età fragile

By: Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.73

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Non esiste un'età senza paura. Siamo fragili sempre, da genitori e da figli, quando bisogna ricostr… read more

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  • fiction
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11. Quando muori resta a me

By: Zerocalcare

4.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Un viaggio con suo padre verso il paesino tra le Dolomiti da cui proviene la famiglia paterna sareb… read more

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12. I miei stupidi intenti

By: Bernardo Zannoni

3.78

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Questa è la lunga vita di una faina, raccontata di suo pugno. Fra gli alberi dei boschi, le colline… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder

13. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

By: Jessica Bruder

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780393356311 can be found here. From the beet fields of Nort… read more

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"a vast majority of us vandwellers are white. The reasons range from obvious to duh, but then there’s this."

-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

"Some call them "homeless." The new nomads reject that label. Equipped with both shelter and transportation, they've adopted a new word. They refer to themselves, quite simply, as "houseless"

-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

"The most widely accepted measure for calculating income inequality is a century-old formula called the Gini coefficient. It's a gold standard for economists around the globe, along with the World ban…"

-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

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14. Forbidden Notebook

By: Alba de Céspedes

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri, Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cu… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Un buon posto in cui fermarsi by Matteo Bussola

15. Un buon posto in cui fermarsi

By: Matteo Bussola

3.99

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A volte la vita ci colpisce fino ad abbatterci. E se invece di rialzarci, provassimo a guardare il … read more

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  • fiction
"La vita non è una montagna da scalare, un treno da non perdere, un obiettivo da centrare, ma è una piccola stanza da arredare con cura. Non è una cima da raggiungere a tutti i costi. E' la scelta di …"

-Matteo Bussola, Un buon posto in cui fermarsi

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16. Trois

By: Valérie Perrin

4.29

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

« Je m'appelle Virginie. Aujourd'hui, de Nina, Adrien et Etienne, seul Adrien me parle encore. Nin… read more

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  • fiction
"W życiu są ci, którzy zostają, i ci, którzy odjeżdżają, myśli Nina. I ci, którzy porzucają."

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

"Nina a appris qu'on ne construit rien avec quelqu'un, ni pour quelqu'un. Qu'une existence se fonde seul et que si par miracle on rencontre une âme un peu sœur, c'est cadeau."

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

"Imagine you’ve been unable to move for years because your fist is clenched inside a container, and to manage to pull your hand out, to free yourself, you just need to let go of what you’re clutching …"

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

Cover of Brividi: Storie che non vi faranno dormire la notte by Elisa De Marco

17. Brividi: Storie che non vi faranno dormire la notte

By: Elisa De Marco

3.69

Format: 188 pages, Hardcover

Le storie raccontate da Elisa De Marco nel suo canale «Elisa True Crime» sono ormai diventate un ap… read more

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18. Dix

By: Marine Carteron

3.56

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

1 manoir sur une île 3 adultes 7 adolescents 10 coupables 1 vengeance Coupés du monde, sans … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Sechzehn Wörter by Nava Ebrahimi

19. Sechzehn Wörter

By: Nava Ebrahimi

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Es gibt Wörter, die wir nicht kennen. Deren Bedeutung wir aber erahnen. Als wären sie immer schon h… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Valentino Rossi: The Definitive Biography by Stuart Barker

20. Valentino Rossi: The Definitive Biography

By: Stuart Barker

4.21

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

'AN EXCEPTIONAL READ' - Motor Cycle News'STUART BARKER IS TO WRITING WHAT VALENTINO ROSSI IS TO RID… read more

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21. The Way the Family Got Away

By: Michael Kimball

3.45

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In Michael Kimball's disturbing first novel, a three-year-old girl and her seven-year-old brother t… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction

13 must-read fiction books like The Way the Family Got Away by Michael Kimball

Transform Your Habits

Mother Night

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Papegaai vloog over de IJssel

Kader Abdolah

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Human Acts

Han Kang , Deborah Smith

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

3.85

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17 Best audiobook books like Brividi: Storie che non vi faranno dormire la notte by Elisa De Marco

Transform Your Habits

Cara Giulia: quello che ho imparato da mia figlia

Gino Cecchettin

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Quando muori resta a me

Zerocalcare

4.57

Transform Your Habits

Stai zitta e altre nove frasi che non vogliamo sentire più

Michela Murgia

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Stronze si nasce

Felicia Kingsley

3.82

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