7 Best 20th century books like Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre, Lloyd Alexander, Hayden Carruth

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Nausea

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth

3.94

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In…

"It was true, I had always realized it—I hadn’t any “right"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"I see the insipid flesh blossoming and palpitating with abandon."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

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1. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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2. Nausea

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth

3.94

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In… read more

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"It was true, I had always realized it—I hadn’t any “right"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"I see the insipid flesh blossoming and palpitating with abandon."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"My existence began to worry me seriously. Was I not a simple spectre?"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

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3. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

By: Milan Kundera , Michael Henry Heim

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a… read more

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"I want you to be weak. As weak as I am."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Physical love is unthinkable without violence."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Only the most naive of questions are truly serious."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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Matthew    Ward
, Stuart Gilbert, None

4. The Stranger

By: Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None

4.02

Format: 123 pages, Paperback

Published in 1942 by French author Albert Camus, The Stranger has long been considered a classic of… read more

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"It is better to burn than to disappear."

-Albert Camus, The Stranger

"Everything is true, and nothing is true!"

-Albert Camus, The Stranger

"After awhile you could get used to anything."

-Albert Camus, The Stranger

"To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing."

-Albert Camus, The Stranger

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5. 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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6. Fear and Trembling

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more

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  • philosophy
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7. 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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8. 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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9. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien

4.22

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more

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"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

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10. The Castle

By: Franz Kafka , Mark Harman , Regaip Minareci , None

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published unt… read more

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11. Thus Spoke Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann

4.07

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more

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"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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12. A Happy Death

By: Albert Camus , Richard Howard , Jean Sarocchi

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Is it possible to die a happy death?This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel… read more

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13. The Idiot

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Joseph Frank , Alan Myers , Anna Brailovsky

4.21

Format: 667 pages, Paperback

Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin find… read more

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"I'm drunk but truthful."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

"Beauty will save the world."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

"The Russian soul is a dark place."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

"She is passion embodied, a flower of melodrama in eternal bloom."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

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14. 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

15. Steppenwolf

By: Hermann Hesse , Basil Creighton , کیکاووس جهانداری

4.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Steppenwolfis a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. Th… read more

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16. Siddhartha

By: Hermann Hesse , Hilda Rosner

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Siddhartha Este libro electronico tiene una mesa activa de los contenidos Siddhartha es una novela … read more

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17. The Metamorphosis

By: Franz Kafka , Stanley Corngold

3.88

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690 "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning fr… read more

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  • classics
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"Oh, God"

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"I only fear danger where I want to fear it."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"It was half past six and the hands were quietly moving forwards."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

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18. Crime and Punishment

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , David McDuff

4.27

Format: 671 pages, Paperback

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg a… read more

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"Life [had] replaced logic."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

"I drink because I wish to multiply my sufferings."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

"The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

"It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

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19. Notes from Underground

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Norman Dietz , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky , Boris de Schlœzer , Emanuela Guercetti , None , Donald Fanger , None , None , None

4.17

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between ninet… read more

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"l'homme de la nature et de la verite"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"I'll go this minute!' Of course, I remained."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"إذ ما العذاب والألم ... سوى المحرك الوحيد للوعي."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

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20. The Master and Margarita

By: Mikhail Bulgakov , None , Katherine Tiernan O'Connor , None

4.29

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece. An au… read more

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"Cowardice is the most terrible of vices."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"manuscripts don't burn" - "(рукописи не горят)"

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!"

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"Злых людей нет на свете, есть только люди несчастливые."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

21. The Fall

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searin… read more

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