9 must-read science fiction books like Ursula K. Le Guin: Hainish Novels and Stories, Vol. 1 by Ursula K. Le Guin, Brian Attebery

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Ursula K. Le Guin: Hainish Novels and Stories, Vol. 1

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Brian Attebery

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The star-spanning story of humanity's colonization of other planets, Ursula K. Le Guin's visionary …

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1. The Bridge

By: Hart Crane , Waldo Frank , Thomas A. Vogler

4.08

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Like Whitman, Hart Crane strove in his poetry to embrace America, to distill an image of America. B… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"O sleepless as the river under thee, / Vaulting the sea, the prairies' dreaming sod, / Onto us lowliest sometime sweep, descend / And of the curveship lend a myth to God."

-Hart Crane, The Bridge

"O Thou steeled Cognizance whose leap commits The agile precincts of the lark’s return; Within whose lariat sweep encinctured sing In single chrysalis the many twain — Of stars Thou art the stitch and…"

-Hart Crane, The Bridge

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2. Reform or Revolution

By: Rosa Luxemburg , Κώστας Βρετός

4.20

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Why capitalism cannot overcome its internal contradictions and the working class cannot "reform" aw… read more

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"If the proletariat came to power, it could draw from Bernstein's theory the following 'practical' conclusion: to go to sleep."

-Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution

"What distinguishes bourgeoisie society from other class societies…? Precisely the fact that class domination does not rest on “acquired rights"

-Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution

"Fourier's scheme of changing, by means of phalansteries, the water of all the seas into tasty lemonade was surely a phantastic idea. But Bernstein, proposing to change the sea of capitalist bitternes…"

-Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution

"Social Democracy, does not, however, expect to attain its aim either as a result of the victorious violence of a minority or through the numerical superiority of a majority. It sees socialism come as…"

-Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution

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3. The State and Revolution

By: Vladimir Lenin

4.24

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

1917-ci ilin avqust-sentyabr aylarında yazılan yaradıcı marksizmin bu görkəmli əsəri – “Dövlət və i… read more

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"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!"

-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution

"To decide once every few years which member of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament - such is the real essence of bourgeois parliamentarianism, not only in parliamen…"

-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution

"We must also note that Engels is most definite in calling universal suffrage an instrument of bourgeois rule. Universal suffrage, he says, obviously summing up the long experience of German Social-De…"

-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution

"Take any parliamentary country, from America to Switzerland, from France to England, Norway and so forth - in these countries the real business of the 'state' is preformed behind the scenes and is ca…"

-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution

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4. The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2)

By: Colleen McCullough

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

In this great drama, Marius, the general who saved Rome from barbarian invasion and became consul a… read more

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  • fiction
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5. A Journal of the Plague Year

By: Daniel Defoe , None , Cynthia Wall

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1665, the Great Plague swept through London, claiming nearly 100,000 lives. In A Journal of the … read more

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  • literature
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6. Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)

By: Octavia E. Butler

3.92

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex or design. He fears … read more

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7. Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2)

By: Octavia E. Butler

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

In this sequel to Dawn, Lilith Iyapo has given birth to what looks like a normal human boy named Ak… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
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8. Wittgenstein’s Nephew

By: Thomas Bernhard , David McLintock

4.03

Format: 101 pages, Paperback

It is 1967. In separate wings of a Viennese hospital, two men lie bedridden. The narrator, Thomas B… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"Bu zaman zarfında Paul'un düşüncelerinden yoksun kalmıştım, başka başka yüzlerce, ortalaması son derece düşük çaplı kafa içinde boğulmama ramak kalmıştı, çünkü kendimizi aldatmayalım, çoğunlukla elim…"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

"Benimle Nathal'de avlu duvarı dibinde oturmuş, batmakta olan güneşin altında, kaç kere Paris'e, kaç kere Londra'ya, kaç kere Roma'ya gittiğinin, kaç bin şişe şampanya ictiğinin ve acaba kaç kitap oku…"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

"O sıralar herkes tarafından da terk edilmiştim, ben onların hepsini terk etmiştim çünkü, işin aslı bu, hiç kimseyi istemiyordum, tıpkı artık hiçbir şeyi istemeyişim ama her şeye de kendi elimle son v…"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

"قلت لنفسى وأنا أجلس فوق دكة فى منتزه المدينة، إن هذه ربما تكون آخر مرة أرى فيها صديقى. لم أكن اعتقد أن جسدا بهذا الوهن، خبت فيه جذوة الحياة وانطفأت شعلة الإرادة، سيتحمل أكثر من بضعة أيام. زُلزل كيانى …"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

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9. Ursula K. Le Guin: Hainish Novels and Stories, Vol. 1

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Brian Attebery

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The star-spanning story of humanity's colonization of other planets, Ursula K. Le Guin's visionary … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

10. The Inverted World

By: Christopher Priest

4.07

Format: 213 pages,

The city is winched along tracks through a devastated land full of hostile tribes. Rails must be fr… read more

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11. The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty, #2)

By: Ken Liu

2.00

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

In the much-anticipated sequel to the "magnificent fantasy epic" (NPR) Grace of Kings, Emperor Kuni… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
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12. A Modest Proposal

By: Jonathan Swift

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Thei… read more

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13. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

By: Patricia A. McKillip

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Sixteen when a baby is brought to her to raise, Sybel has grown up on Eld Mountain. Her only playma… read more

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14. Patternmaster (Patternmaster, #4)

By: Octavia E. Butler

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The combined mind--force of a telepathic race, patternist thoughts can destroy, heal, rule. For the… read more

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15. Mind of My Mind (Patternmaster, #2)

By: Octavia E. Butler

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Mass Market Paperback

For 4,000 years, an immortal has spread the seeds of a master race, using the downtrodden as his pr… read more

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16. The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil

By: George Saunders

3.87

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

From the New York Timesbestselling author of Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist… read more

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17. The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun #2)

By: Gene Wolfe

3.78

Format: 416 pages,

Severian is in possession of a gem considered to be "The Claw of the Conciliator", a powerful relic… read more

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18. The Sword of the Lictor

By: Gene Wolfe

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Beneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Severian, at last comes to his place of exile - Thrax… read more

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19. The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. … read more

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20. The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)

By: Ken Liu

3.28

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Two men rebel together against tyranny--and then become rivals--in this first sweeping book of an e… read more

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21. Clay's Ark (Patternmaster, #3)

By: Octavia E. Butler

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An innocent familiy, carjacked on a desolate highway, is abducted to a bizarre new world. A world b… read more

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22. The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)

By: Colleen McCullough

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Thorn Birdscomes a masterpiece of historical fiction that is fas… read more

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23. Capital, Vol 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production

By: Karl Marx , Ben Fowkes , Ernest Mandel

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Capital, one of Marx's major and most influential works, was the product of thirty years close stud… read more

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24. City of Saints and Madmen (Ambergris, #1)

By: Jeff VanderMeer , Michael Moorcock

3.87

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

In City of Saints and Madmen, Jeff VanderMeer has reinvented the literature of the fantastic. You h… read more

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25. Provenance (Imperial Radch)

By: Ann Leckie

3.84

Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition

Though she knows her brother holds her mother's favor, Ingray is determined to at least be consider… read more

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"Diplomat does not mean nice,"

-Ann Leckie, Provenance (Imperial Radch)

26. A Time of Gifts

By: Patrick Leigh Fermor , Jan Morris

4.00

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from … read more

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27. Gravity's Rainbow

By: Thomas Pynchon , Andrés Ibáñez , None

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustiv… read more

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28. Capital: The Process of Circulation of Capital

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Ernest Mandel , David Fernbach

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

The "forgotten" second volume of Capital, Marx's world-shaking analysis of economics, politics, and… read more

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29. Long Chills and Case Dough

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.44

Format: 67 pages, Hardcover

Long Chills and Case Dough is a previously unpublished short story, written just before Brandon pub… read more

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30. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

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"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

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31. Feed Them Silence

By: Lee Mandelo

3.52

Format: 105 pages, Hardcover

Lee Mandelo dives into the minds of wolves in Feed Them Silence, a novella of the near future.What … read more

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12 Top fiction books like Ursula K. Le Guin: Hainish Novels and Stories, Vol. 1 by Ursula K. Le Guin, Brian Attebery

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The Bridge

Hart Crane , Waldo Frank , Thomas A. Vogler

4.08

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Colleen McCullough

3.67

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Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)

Octavia E. Butler

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2)

Octavia E. Butler

3.89

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Malka Ann Older

3.64

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Martha Wells

4.22

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Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

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John Scalzi

4.16

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