11 best-selling novels books like The Anatomy Lesson by Philip Roth

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The Anatomy Lesson

By: Philip Roth

4.04

Format: 288 pages,

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1. The Fixer

By: Bernard Malamud , Jonathan Safran Foer

3.98

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

A classic that won Malamud both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. The Fixer (1966)… read more

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"Where to look if you've lost your mind?"

-Bernard Malamud, The Fixer

"In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams."

-Bernard Malamud, The Fixer

"I fix what's broken - except in the heart."

-Bernard Malamud, The Fixer

"Charity you can give even when you haven't got."

-Bernard Malamud, The Fixer

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2. Full of Life

By: John Fante

3.89

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

The narrator is an Italian-American writer living in Los Angeles with his pregnant wife, Joyce. As … read more

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3. The Adventures of Augie March

By: Christopher Hitchens , Saul Bellow

3.84

Format: 586 pages, Paperback

Augie comes on stage with one of literature’s most famous opening lines. “I am an American, Chicago… read more

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"God may save all, but human rescue is only for a few."

-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March

"Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities."

-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March

"Many common lies and hypocrisies are like that, just out of the harmony of the moment."

-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March

"The lesson of an American life like my father's... is that achievements are compatible with decency (112)."

-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March

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4. Point Omega

By: Don DeLillo

3.43

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Don DeLillo looks into the mind and heart of a "defense intellectual," one of the men involved in t… read more

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5. The Body Artist

By: Don DeLillo

4.81

Format: 539 pages, Paperback

The Barnes & Noble Review In whatever form Don DeLillo chooses to write, there is simply no other A… read more

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6. Americana

By: Don DeLillo

4.81

Format: 539 pages, Paperback

At twenty-eight, David Bell is the American Dream come true. He has fought his way to the top, surv… read more

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7. Success

By: Martin Amis

4.04

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

In SuccessAmis pens a mismatched pair of foster brothers--one "a quivering condom of neurosis and i… read more

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8. The Anatomy Lesson

By: Philip Roth

4.04

Format: 288 pages,

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9. Libra

By: Don DeLillo

3.87

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

From the author of White Noise (winner of the National Book Award) and Zero K In this powerful, eer… read more

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10. The Names

By: Don DeLillo

3.87

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

Set against the backdrop of a lush and exotic Greece, The Namesis considered the book which began t… read more

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11. Putas asesinas

By: Roberto Bolaño

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

<>se narra un viaje a Acapulco que se convierte paulatinamente en un des-censo a los infiernos. En … read more

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12. Rabbit Redux (Rabbit Angstrom #2)

By: John Updike

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

In this sequel to Rabbit, Run,John Updike resumes the spiritual quest of his anxious Everyman, Harr… read more

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13. Herzog

By: Philip Roth , Saul Bellow

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is the story of Moses Herzog, a great sufferer, joker, mourner, and charmer. Although his life… read more

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14. Barney's Version

By: Mordecai Richler

3.78

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Before his brain began to shrink, Barney Panofsky clung to two cherished beliefs. Life was absurd, … read more

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15. Ravelstein

By: Saul Bellow

3.57

Format: 10 pages, Paperback

Abe Ravelstein is a brilliant professor at a prominent midwestern university and a man who glories … read more

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16. Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

By: John Updike

3.58

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Rabbit, Run is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of his—… read more

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"You were never in Texas,"

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

"They’ve not forgotten him: worse, they never heard of him."

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

"If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price."

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

"The only way to get somewhere, you know, is to figure out where you’re going before you go there."

-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

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17. Romanzo senza umani

By: Paolo Di Paolo

3.09

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Un uomo solo cammina lungo le rive di un grande lago tedesco. È partito all’improvviso, chiudendo i… read more

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18. L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

By: Michael Bible

3.60

Format: 135 pages, ebook

Mentre tutti sono raccolti in preghiera, dall’ultima fila Iggy avanza verso il centro della chiesa.… read more

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"Quegli anni sono così malinconici e bizzarri. Per effetto del vento sembrava che le azalee levitassero a una spanna da terra. I cani dei vicini, Sale e Pepe, abbaiavano come due innamorati durante un…"

-Michael Bible, L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

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19. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.87

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more

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"I would like to belong but I dont."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

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20. La casa del mago

By: Emanuele Trevi

3.57

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

L'attesissimo ritorno al romanzo di Emanuele Trevi. « Emanuele Trevi, il figlio del «mago», è an… read more

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21. Philip Roth: The Biography

By: Blake Bailey

4.06

Format: 912 pages, Hardcover

The renowned biographer’s definitive portrait of a literary titan. Appointed by Philip Roth and … read more

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13 Top fiction books like The Anatomy Lesson by Philip Roth

Transform Your Habits

The Fixer

Bernard Malamud , Jonathan Safran Foer

3.98

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Full of Life

John Fante

3.89

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The Adventures of Augie March

Christopher Hitchens , Saul Bellow

3.84

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Point Omega

Don DeLillo

3.43

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The Recognitions

William H. Gass , William Gaddis

4.20

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The Moviegoer

Walker Percy

3.65

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The Fixer

Bernard Malamud , Jonathan Safran Foer

3.98

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The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

3.69

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