5 Top contemporary books like Soumission by Michel Houellebecq

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Soumission

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.65

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu mot…

"It’s submission,"

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"It’s submission,"

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"There is no Israel for me."

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"There is no Israel for me."

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

If you liked the contemporary plot in Soumission by Michel Houellebecq , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of L'Avversario by Emmanuel Carrère, Eliana Vicari Fabris

1. L'Avversario

By: Emmanuel Carrère , Eliana Vicari Fabris

3.99

Format: 169 pages, Paperback

«Il 9 gennaio 1993 Jean-Claude Romand ha ucciso la moglie, i figli e i genitori, poi ha tentato di … read more

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  • roman
  • france
  • french literature
"Il est notoire que les hommes les plus remarquables sont aussi les plus modestes, les moins soucieux de l'opinion qu'on a d'eux."

-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario

"Je n'ai jamais été aussi libre, jamais la vie n'a été aussi belle. Je suis un assassin, j'ai l'image la plus basse qui puisse exister dans la société, mais c'est plus facile à supporter que les vingt…"

-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario

Cover of Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuinness, Robert Baldick, Patrick McGuiness

2. Against Nature

By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness

3.87

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

With a title translated either as Against Natureor as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-d… read more

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  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
Cover of Là-Bas by Joris-Karl Huysmans, None

3. Là-Bas

By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , None

3.73

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

At the novel's center is Durtal, a writer obsessed with the life of one of the blackest figures in … read more

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  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction

4. The Loser

By: Thomas Bernhard , Jack Dawson

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovatio… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • fiction
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5. Concrete

By: Thomas Bernhard , David McLintock

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Instead of the book he's meant to write, Rudolph, a Viennese musicologist, produces this tale of pr… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of Min kamp 1 (Min kamp #1) by Karl Ove Knausgård

6. Min kamp 1 (Min kamp #1)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Min kamp ar Karl Ove Knausgards maktiga sjalvbiografiska roman. Forsta delen inleds med en svepande… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Limonov

By: Emmanuel Carrère

4.27

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

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  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
Cover of Min kamp 2 (Min kamp #2) by Karl Ove Knausgård

8. Min kamp 2 (Min kamp #2)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads a solita… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Journey to the End of the Night

By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann

4.19

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of soci… read more

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  • roman
  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • novels
"If you aren't rich you should always look useful."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"When you write, you should put your skin on the table."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"Sonuçta savaş dediğiniz şey, anlamadığınız ne varsa odur"

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

10. Vernon Subutex, 2 (Vernon Subutex, #2)

By: Virginie Despentes

3.10

Format: None pages,

QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more

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11. Disgrace

By: J.M. Coetzee

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in post-apartheid South Africa, J. M. Coetzee's searing novel tells the story of David Lurie, a… read more

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12. Soumission

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.65

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu mot… read more

Similar categories in Michel Houellebecq's Soumission book and Michel Houellebecq's Soumission

  • roman
  • islam
  • literature
  • politics
  • dystopia
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"It’s submission,"

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"There is no Israel for me."

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"Intimacy isn’t something men talk about."

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

"I was about as political as a bath towel."

-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

13. Portnoy's Complaint

By: Philip Roth , Luca Marinelli

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

The famous confession of Alexander Portnoy, who is thrust through life by his unappeasable sexualit… read more

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14. Trilogía

By: Jon Fosse

3.90

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Trilogía es un libro diferente. Es hipnótico. Para Jon Fosse escribir es como rezar y, para el lect… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Yoga by Emmanuel Carrère

15. Yoga

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.87

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

C'est l'histoire d'un livre sur le yoga et la dépression. La méditation et le terrorisme. L'aspirat… read more

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  • roman
  • france
  • french literature
  • contemporary
Cover of The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations by Christopher Lasch

16. The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

By: Christopher Lasch

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a “bibl… read more

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  • politics
"Since “the society"

-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

"We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves."

-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

"Imprisoned in his self-awareness modern man longs for the lost innocence of spontaneous feeling."

-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

"When the images of power overshadow the reality, those without power find themselves fighting phantoms."

-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

Cover of The Wolves of Eternity (Morgenstjernen, #2) by Karl Ove Knausgård

17. The Wolves of Eternity (Morgenstjernen, #2)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.03

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a sprawling and deeply human novel… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • roman
  • fiction
Cover of Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert

18. Bronze Age Mindset

By: Bronze Age Pervert

3.84

Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition

Some say that this book, found in a safebox in the port area of Kowloon, was dictated, because Bron… read more

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  • politics
"You idolize peasants. You look up to island savages living “at one with Nature,"

-Bronze Age Pervert, Bronze Age Mindset

"Well as rare as beautiful bodies are, the mind in the same condition is even more rare. Let us strive, in our decrepit, cancerous and fetid world, for what is concrete and what we can try to attain. …"

-Bronze Age Pervert, Bronze Age Mindset

"Animals walk around in a state of permanent religious intoxication. This is the natural condition of the mind and intellect, the moment-to-moment perception, of man as well. I heard some computer foo…"

-Bronze Age Pervert, Bronze Age Mindset

Cover of Finally, Some Good News by Delicious Tacos

19. Finally, Some Good News

By: Delicious Tacos

3.88

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

Two birdwatchers survive a nuclear holocaust. read more

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  • fiction
Cover of A Criação Do Mundo by Miguel Torga

20. A Criação Do Mundo

By: Miguel Torga

4.55

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

PREFÁCIO DO AUTOR À TRADUÇÃO FRANCESA Querido Leitor: Vais ler de uma assentada, se a macic… read more

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  • literature

11 Top fiction books like Soumission by Michel Houellebecq

Transform Your Habits

Against Nature

Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Là-Bas

Joris-Karl Huysmans , None

3.73

The Loser

Thomas Bernhard , Jack Dawson

3.34

Transform Your Habits

Concrete

Thomas Bernhard , David McLintock

3.34

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17 Top fiction books like Min kamp 1 (Min kamp #1) by Karl Ove Knausgård

Transform Your Habits

The Elementary Particles

Michel Houellebecq , Frank Wynne

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Min kamp 1 (Min kamp #1)

Karl Ove Knausgård

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Hunger

Knut Hamsun , George Egerton

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Soumission

Michel Houellebecq

3.65

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