11 best-selling classics books like Blindness by José Saramago

Cover of Blindness by José Saramago

Blindness

By: José Saramago

4.17

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

From Nobel Prize–winning author José Saramago, a magnificent, mesmerizing parable of loss A city…

"الناس يتعودون إي شيء ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

"هناك أوقات لايفيد معها الكلام ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

"* البطون الفارغة تستيقظ باكراً ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

"* الأحقاد القديمة لاتزول بسهولة ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

If you liked the classics plot in Blindness by José Saramago , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of El coronel no tiene quien le escriba by Gabriel García Márquez

1. El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

By: Gabriel García Márquez

3.79

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez durante su estancia en … read more

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"Umut karın doyurmaz, dedi kadın. Karın doyurmaz ama insanı ayakta tutar, diye yanıtladı albay."

-Gabriel García Márquez, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

"You can't eat hope,' the woman said. You can't eat it, but it sustains you,' the colonel replied."

-Gabriel García Márquez, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

"-Y mientras tanto, ¿qué comemos? -No sé, pero si nos fueramos a morir de hambre ya nos hubiéramos muerto"

-Gabriel García Márquez, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

"«A Wilson le falta pasar algún tiempo en la escuela de las dificultades, y aun de la adversidad y la miseria.»"

-Gabriel García Márquez, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

Cover of Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa

2. Chronicle of a Death Foretold

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

3.97

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place twenty-seven years earlier, determined… read more

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  • literature
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"الشرف هو الحب" , هكذا كنت أسمع أمي تقول"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"Ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"...ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Cover of La tregua by Mario Benedetti

3. La tregua

By: Mario Benedetti

4.18

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

De las varias y buenas novelas de Mario Benedetti, LA TREGUA es la que ha alcanzado mayor favor del… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • fiction
"Me aburrí de mí mismo, de mi propia paciencia."

-Mario Benedetti, La tregua

"أنا وحدي مثل بطل ولكن دون أي مبرر للاحساس بالشجاعة"

-Mario Benedetti, La tregua

"أشعر أحيانا بالتعاسة لمجرد أني لا أعرف ما هو الشيء الذي أحن إليه."

-Mario Benedetti, La tregua

"¿Por qué las palmas de mi mano tienen una memoria más fiel que mi memoria?"

-Mario Benedetti, La tregua

Cover of Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman

4. Love in the Time of Cholera

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman

3.94

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventuall… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • fiction
"I’ve remained a virgin for you."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

"مايؤلمني في الموت هو ألا أموت حبا"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

"Be calm. God awaits you at the door."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

"He is ugly and sad... but he is all love."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

Cover of The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, Michael Henry Heim

5. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

By: Milan Kundera , Michael Henry Heim

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"I want you to be weak. As weak as I am."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Physical love is unthinkable without violence."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Only the most naive of questions are truly serious."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Cover of The Stranger by Albert Camus, 
Matthew    Ward
, Stuart Gilbert, None

6. The Stranger

By: Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None

4.02

Format: 123 pages, Paperback

Published in 1942 by French author Albert Camus, The Stranger has long been considered a classic of… read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"It is better to burn than to disappear."

-Albert Camus, The Stranger

"Everything is true, and nothing is true!"

-Albert Camus, The Stranger

"After awhile you could get used to anything."

-Albert Camus, The Stranger

"To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing."

-Albert Camus, The Stranger

Cover of Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

7. Norwegian Wood

By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin

4.01

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a be… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"I wonder what ants do on rainy days?"

-Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"We're all kind of weird and twisted and drowning."

-Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"I’ve never once thought about how I was going to die,"

-Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that."

-Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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

8. 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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"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 White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

9. White Nights

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersbur… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
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  • fiction
"E ti chiedi: “Dove sono i tuoi sogni?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Kalbim içimde konuşurken ben susmayı beceremem."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

Cover of Trilogia della città di K. by Ágota Kristóf, Armando Marchi, Giovanni Bogliolo, Virginia Ripa di Meana

10. Trilogia della città di K.

By: Ágota Kristóf , Armando Marchi , Giovanni Bogliolo , Virginia Ripa di Meana

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

<>. Rosetta Loy Il grande quaderno La prova La terza menzogna read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind, John E. Woods

11. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

By: Patrick Süskind , John E. Woods

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a ter… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Follia by Patrick McGrath, Matteo Codignola

12. Follia

By: Patrick McGrath , Matteo Codignola

3.96

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

«Le storie d’amore contraddistinte da ossessione sessuale sono un mio interesse professionale ormai… read more

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  • horror
"Gli uomini gelosi sono intrinsecamente deboli. Hanno il terrore di essere abbandonati."

-Patrick McGrath, Follia

"these are precisely the conditions that killed love, after first blighting its growth: squalor, fear, uncertainty, overfamiliarity."

-Patrick McGrath, Follia

"Stella mi disse di aver capito in quel momento che in ciascuno di noi c'è come l'anelito a gridare al mondo la verità, a qualsiasi costo. O a distruggersi."

-Patrick McGrath, Follia

"For despite his confidence, and his apparent maturity, I suspected that there was in him a deep and childish need to elevate, and idealize, the love object. This is not uncommon in artists. The very …"

-Patrick McGrath, Follia

Cover of The Trial by Franz Kafka, Max Brod, Edwin Muir, Willa Muir

13. The Trial

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir

3.95

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • dystopia
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  • novels
"But I’m not guilty,"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"Asking questions were the most important thing."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

14. Siddhartha

By: Hermann Hesse , Hilda Rosner

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Siddhartha Este libro electronico tiene una mesa activa de los contenidos Siddhartha es una novela … read more

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15. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

By: Peter Cameron

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

It's time for eighteen-year-old James Sveck to begin his freshman year at Brown. Instead, he's surf… read more

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16. The Metamorphosis

By: Franz Kafka , Stanley Corngold

3.88

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690 "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning fr… read more

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  • classics
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"Oh, God"

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"I only fear danger where I want to fear it."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"It was half past six and the hands were quietly moving forwards."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

17. El túnel

By: None

5.00

Format: None pages,

Breve e intensa novela publicada en 1948, este logrado fruto de la denominada "literatura existenci… read more

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Cover of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa

18. One Hundred Years of Solitude

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

4.12

Format: 417 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The brilliant, bestselling, landmark novel that tells the story of the Buendia family, and chronicl… read more

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"Cease, cows, life is short."

-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

"There is always something left to love."

-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

"Children inherit their parents' madness."

-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

"بدأ يدرك كم يحب فى الواقع الأشخاص الذين كرههم أكثر من سواهم ."

-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

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19. The House of the Spirits

By: Isabel Allende , Magda Bogin

4.28

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Alle… read more

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"You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found."

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

"...no se fue con Pedro Tercero simplemente porque no le alcanzaba el amor"

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

"Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy. "

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

"[Der] ziellose Blick eines Menschen, der sich ausschließlich von Gemüse ernährt."

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

Cover of Blindness by José Saramago

20. Blindness

By: José Saramago

4.17

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

From Nobel Prize–winning author José Saramago, a magnificent, mesmerizing parable of loss A city… read more

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"الناس يتعودون إي شيء ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

"هناك أوقات لايفيد معها الكلام ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

"* البطون الفارغة تستيقظ باكراً ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

"* الأحقاد القديمة لاتزول بسهولة ."

-José Saramago, Blindness

17 must-read fiction books like Blindness by José Saramago

Transform Your Habits

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

Gabriel García Márquez

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

3.97

Transform Your Habits

La tregua

Mario Benedetti

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman

3.94

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Transform Your Habits

Hopscotch

Julio Cortázar , Gregory Rabassa

4.20

Transform Your Habits

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

Gabriel García Márquez

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

3.97

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La tregua

Mario Benedetti

4.18

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