7 must-read novels books like The Motion of the Body Through Space by Lionel Shriver

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The Motion of the Body Through Space

By: Lionel Shriver

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Lionel Shriver’s entertaining send-up of today’s cult of exercise—which not only encourages bett…

"She herself was only sixty, though hers was the first generation to append "only" to such a sobering milestone."

-Lionel Shriver, The Motion of the Body Through Space

"I did not love running. Here's a pointer for you: no one does. They pretend to, but they are lying. The only good part is having run. In the moment, it's dull and hard as in effortful but not as in difficult to master. It's repetitive. It does not open the floodgates of revelation, as I am you've been led to expect."

-Lionel Shriver, The Motion of the Body Through Space

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1. In a Summer Season

By: Elizabeth Taylor

3.00

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

In a Summer Seasonis one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful cli… read more

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2. Falling Awake

By: Alice Oswald

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Alice Oswald's poems are always vivid and distinct, alert and deeply, physically, engaged in the na… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
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3. Knjiga o Uni

By: Faruk Šehić

4.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

Knjiga o Uni Faruka Sehica mogla se zvati i Roman o prirodi, Zivot na revers, Nocni zapisi, AK-47 i… read more

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4. Le Silence et la Colère

By: Pierre Lemaitre

4.23

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Un ogre de béton, une vilaine chute dans l’escalier, le Salon des arts ménagers, une grossesse prob… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Les gens de Bilbao naissent où ils veulent

By: María Larrea

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

L’histoire commence en Espagne, par deux naissances et deux abandons. En juin 1943, une prostituée … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Reste

By: Adeline Dieudonné

3.55

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Je ne suis pas certaine d'avoir pleinement saisi ce qui m'est arrivé, ni ce qui m'a conduite à agir… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The Motion of the Body Through Space

By: Lionel Shriver

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Lionel Shriver’s entertaining send-up of today’s cult of exercise—which not only encourages bett… read more

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"She herself was only sixty, though hers was the first generation to append "only" to such a sobering milestone."

-Lionel Shriver, The Motion of the Body Through Space

"I did not love running. Here's a pointer for you: no one does. They pretend to, but they are lying. The only good part is having run. In the moment, it's dull and hard as in effortful but not as in d…"

-Lionel Shriver, The Motion of the Body Through Space

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8. 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
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9. La conformista

By: Alba Dedeu

3.53

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

Eva y Pere venden pollos al ast y huelen a fritanga de pies a cabeza. Eva no se resigna: se lava el… read more

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"Al final lo dejamos estar, nos quedamos abrazados en la penumbra, cada uno con un zumbido de frustraciones secretas en la cabeza que quizá se parecían mucho"

-Alba Dedeu, La conformista

"Pero no te fustigues ahora, que aún no has hecho nada malo, ¿Por qué me parece, entonces, que voy a comprar 150 gramos de ibérico para hacerme perdonar algo?"

-Alba Dedeu, La conformista

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10. All the Words We Know

By: Bruce Nash

3.58

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A wickedly funny and genuinely moving novel about memory, language and love, perfect for fans of Ri… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Thanks for Having Me

By: Emma Darragh

3.62

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The first fiction title from JOAN, consisting of interwoven stories about three generations of wome… read more

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  • fiction
  • family
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12. It Takes a Town

By: Aoife Clifford

3.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?   Everyone dies fa… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Nada que decir

By: Silvia Hidalgo

3.35

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

Una historia veraz y lacerante sobre la vivencia del deseo y la pasión, sobre cómo una mujer se sob… read more

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  • fiction
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14. Les exportés

By: Sonia Devillers

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Ma famille maternelle a quitté la Roumanie communiste en 1961. On pourrait la dire « immigrée » ou … read more

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15. A través del bosque

By: Laura Alcoba

3.60

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

La última novela de la aclamada autora de La casa de los conejos , una historia sobrecogedora basad… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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16. Una isla a la deriva: Un viaje por las grietas del reino desunido

By: Ana Carbajosa

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Ana Carbajosa recorre Reino Unido para entender su idiosincrasia y el momento de crisis institucion… read more

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17. Heartsease

By: Kate Kruimink

3.59

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

I saw my mother for a long time after she died. I would see her out windows, or in the corner of my… read more

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  • fiction
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18. Engelen van het duister

By: Jan Siebelink

3.13

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

Hoofdpersonen in Engelen van het duister zijn twee broers. Ze zijn de volwassen geworden zonen uit … read more

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19. El cuento de nunca acabar (Apuntes sobre la narración, el amor y la mentira)

By: Carmen Martín Gaite

4.23

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

El Cuento De Nunca Acabar de Martín Gaite Carmen. Madrid, 1983. read more

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"La rutina no está tanto en las cosas como en nuestra incapacidad para crear a cada momento un vínculo original con ellas, en nuestra tendencia a leerlas por la falsilla de lo rutinario, de lo ya apre…"

-Carmen Martín Gaite, El cuento de nunca acabar (Apuntes sobre la narración, el amor y la mentira)

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20. El arte del saber ligero: Una breve historia del exceso de información

By: Xavier Nueno

3.80

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Nuestro desasosiego ante la sobrecarga informativa no es un fenómeno nuevo. Mucho antes de la llega… read more

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21. Big Time

By: Jordan Prosser

3.76

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The most electrifying debut novel of 2024: Almost Famous meets Slaughterhouse-Five. Big Time is … read more

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