9 Top audiobook books like Baumgartner by Paul Auster

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Baumgartner

By: Paul Auster

3.78

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A taut yet expansive novel of love, memory, and grief from Paul Auster, best-selling, award-winning…

"Vivir es sentir dolor, y vivir con miedo al dolor es negarse a vivir"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"To live is to feel pain, he told himself, and to live in fear of pain is to refuse to live."

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"at some point in the coming years, the two books should be combined and reconfigured into a large, one-volume collected poems—a monument of singing pages that will overwhelm the silence of Anna’s grave."

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"the story turns out to be so astounding and so powerful that your jaw drops open and you feel that it has changed or enhanced or deepened your understanding of the world, does it matter if the story is true or not?"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

If you liked the audiobook plot in Baumgartner by Paul Auster , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again:  Essays and Arguments by David Foster Wallace

1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

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  • literature
  • american
  • americana
"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

Cover of Baumgartner by Paul Auster

2. Baumgartner

By: Paul Auster

3.78

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A taut yet expansive novel of love, memory, and grief from Paul Auster, best-selling, award-winning… read more

Similar categories in Paul Auster's Baumgartner book and Paul Auster's Baumgartner

  • literary fiction
  • american
  • love
  • americana
  • the united states of america
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Vivir es sentir dolor, y vivir con miedo al dolor es negarse a vivir"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"To live is to feel pain, he told himself, and to live in fear of pain is to refuse to live."

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"at some point in the coming years, the two books should be combined and reconfigured into a large, one-volume collected poems—a monument of singing pages that will overwhelm the silence of Anna’s gra…"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"the story turns out to be so astounding and so powerful that your jaw drops open and you feel that it has changed or enhanced or deepened your understanding of the world, does it matter if the story …"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

Cover of Romanzo senza umani by Paolo Di Paolo

3. 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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  • fiction
Cover of Chi dice e chi tace by Chiara Valerio

4. Chi dice e chi tace

By: Chiara Valerio

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Scauri, affacciato sul Tirreno, è l’ultimo paese del Lazio, un posto né bello né brutto, con una su… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • love
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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5. 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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  • american
  • americana
  • the united states of america
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"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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6. L'età fragile

By: Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.73

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Non esiste un'età senza paura. Siamo fragili sempre, da genitori e da figli, quando bisogna ricostr… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. 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
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"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

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8. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

Cover of La llamada: Un retrato by Leila Guerriero

9. La llamada: Un retrato

By: Leila Guerriero

4.49

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Esta es una historia real, llena de aristas y sombras, sobre la condición humana. A fines de los s… read more

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10. Day

By: Michael Cunningham

3.57

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"

-Michael Cunningham, Day

Cover of Un animal salvaje by Joël Dicker

11. Un animal salvaje

By: Joël Dicker

4.05

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

El 2 de julio de 2022, dos delincuentes se disponen a robar en una importante joyería de Ginebra. U… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of La última función by Luis Landero

12. La última función

By: Luis Landero

3.37

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

¿Puede una obra teatral cambiar la vida de quienes la representan? ¿Puede el arte transformarnos? … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Invernale by Dario Voltolini

13. Invernale

By: Dario Voltolini

3.48

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Il padre spacca gli animali, entra nelle loro viscere, separa i muscoli dalle membrane, estirpa gli… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of El niño by Fernando Aramburu

14. El niño

By: Fernando Aramburu

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Un accidente real en el País Vasco de los años ochenta, la vida devastada de una familia. Una histo… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami

15. The City and Its Uncertain Walls

By: Haruki Murakami

3.82

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessen… read more

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  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Vielleicht ist das einer der Problempunkte an der Ewigkeit. Dass man nun mal nicht weiß, wohin man sich fortan wenden soll. Aber was ist eine Liebe wert, die nicht nach Ewigkeit strebt?"

-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

"Später war er so freundlich, mir in einem Satz zu erklären, warum er im Alltag immer einen Rock trug. "Vor allem fühle ich mich, wenn ich einen Rock trage, wie die Zeilen eines schönen Gedichts."

-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

Cover of Tres enigmas para la Organización by Eduardo Mendoza

16. Tres enigmas para la Organización

By: Eduardo Mendoza

3.37

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Barcelona, primavera de 2022. Los miembros de una organización gubernamental secreta se enfrentan a… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Les Aérostats by Amélie Nothomb

17. Les Aérostats

By: Amélie Nothomb

3.65

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

"La jeunesse est un talent, il faut des années pour l'acquérir." Dans ce nouveau livre, la romanci… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
Cover of Il vecchio al mare by Domenico Starnone

18. Il vecchio al mare

By: Domenico Starnone

3.36

Format: 128 pages, ebook

«Nel corso della mia vita ho fatto di tutto, proprio di tutto, per smania di racconto». Sulla spiag… read more

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19. Elogio de las manos

By: Jesús Carrasco

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Una novela tan extraordinaria como la peripecia de sus protagonistas En el año 2011, el narrador d… read more

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20. Sé mía

By: Richard Ford

4.02

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Regresa un viejo conocido, con aires de despedida  Frank Bascombe protagoniza su quinto libro de la… read more

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Cover of En agosto nos vemos by Gabriel García Márquez

21. En agosto nos vemos

By: Gabriel García Márquez

3.63

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

Un maravilloso regalo inesperado para los innumerables lectores de García Márquez   Cada mes de a… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Do you know how old I am?"

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

"The sea was an oasis of gold under the afternoon sun."

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

"It was always a joyful love where even madness was admissible."

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

"They both lay listening intently to the sounds of their souls."

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

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Anne Enright

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