The Good Doctor
By: Damon Galgut
4.62
Format: None pages,
The internationally acclaimed novel, is the story of an idealistic medical graduate who arrives at …
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1. The Scarlet City
By: Hella S. Haasse
3.60
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In The Scarlet City, Hella Haasse takes us to 16th-century Italy, which is torn by savage violence … read more
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"Ik geloofde op mijn plaats te zijn in de geschonden stad. De verwoesting, de leegte, de moeizame pogingen tot herstel schenen mij in overeenstemming met mijn eigen zielstoestand. Wat zocht ik hier? G…"-Hella S. Haasse, The Scarlet City
2. Proud Beggars
By: Albert Cossery , Thomas W. Cushing
4.03
Format: 208 pages, ebook
Early in "Proud Beggars," a brutal and motiveless murder is committed in a Cairo brothel. But the r… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- novels
3. The Temporary Gentleman
By: Sebastian Barry
4.39
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A stunning return from the prize-winning and best-selling author of The Secret Scripture Jack McNul… read more
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- literary fiction
- africa
- fiction
4. Days in the History of Silence
By: Anne Bruce , Merethe Lindstrøm
3.53
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
Eva and Simon have spent most of their adult lives together. He is a physician and she is a teache… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
5. The Good Doctor
By: Damon Galgut
4.62
Format: None pages,
The internationally acclaimed novel, is the story of an idealistic medical graduate who arrives at … read more
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- africa
- south africa
- novels
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- contemporary
- african literature
6. Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
By: John Lanchester , B.S. Johnson
4.47
Format: 907 pages, Paperback
B.S. Johnson's funniest and most accessible novel, reissued for the first time in 25 years. Christi… read more
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7. Youth
By: J.M. Coetzee
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
The second installment of J. M. Coetzee's fictionalized "memoir" explores a young man's struggle to… read more
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8. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
9. Old God's Time
By: Sebastian Barry
3.85
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, … read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
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- contemporary
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-se immòbil, feliç i inútil"-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-de immòbil, feliç i inútil"-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
"No one minds life as long as they are not trying to leave it. Nor death, as long as they are not dying."-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
10. Nie mówię żegnaj
By: Han Kang
3.77
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Zdobywczyni nagrody Man Booker Prize 2016, Han Kang, powraca po 5 latach z nową, pełnowymiarową pow… read more
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- fiction
- novels
11. 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
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
12. The House of Doors
By: Tan Twan Eng
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more
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- fiction
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"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
13. Lessons
By: Ian McEwan
4.00
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, … read more
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- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"Books are difficult to tidy. Hard to chuck out. They resist."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
"Only the backward look, the well-researched history could tell peaks and troughs from portals."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
"What must it be, to burst out of deep infant sleep into the shocking singular fact of existence."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
"The years slid over old deaths like a heavy lid. Nearly everything that happens to you in life you forget. Should have kept a journal."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
14. This Other Eden
By: Paul Harding
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden te… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
15. Elizabeth Finch
By: Julian Barnes
3.17
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning novelist, a compact narrative that centers on the presence of a vivid and pa… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"In the case of George and the Dragon – an encounter in which the dice were theologically loaded – any morally sentient human being must surely sympathise with the poor dragon."-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch
"I don’t know what the average allotment of good luck in a life is or should be — it’s an unanswerable question, and doubtless there is no ‘should’ in it anyway — but I do know that she was part of my…"-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch
"Korean woman who had escaped from the North to the South. She was talking about love. ‘If you grow up in the West,’ she said, ‘you may think romance occurs naturally, but it does not. You learn how t…"-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch
"We must certainly consider, not just in this class, but outside it, in our own turbulent and fretful lives, the element of chance. The number of people we deeply meet is strangely few. Passion may mi…"-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch
16. De Hollander (Liewe Cupido, #1)
By: Mathijs Deen
3.68
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Een Nederlands patrouilleschip stuit op een verdronken wadloper, aangespoeld op de drooggevallen za… read more
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- fiction
17. Nirwana
By: Tommy Wieringa
4.07
Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition
De geschiedenis van een grootvader bepaalt het heden van een samen vertellen ze het verhaal van ee… read more
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- fiction
18. Treurwil
By: Rik Van Puymbroeck
3.94
Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition
Op de laatste avond van oktober 1984 ziet een jongen hoe zijn beste vriend verongelukt. Het is zijn… read more
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"Elke dag is Allerheiligen als de dood de gezel van het leven geworden is."-Rik Van Puymbroeck, Treurwil
19. Ce vrăji a mai făcut pisica mea
By: Radu Paraschivescu
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
„Ultimele cercetări în domeniu arată că principala trăsătură a pisicii e arta de-a suscita simpatie… read more
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20. Where to Find Me
By: Alba Arikha
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping and poignant tale of chance encounters, tangled lies and painful discoveries, Where to F… read more
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- fiction
21. The Struggle for India's Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy
By: Shashi Tharoor
3.58
Format: 516 pages, Kindle Edition
Over a billion Indians are alive today. But are some more Indian than others? To answer this questi… read more
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