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Books for people who love to read but struggle to find things that hold their attention
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items if you love to read but when you start a book you have to go through tons of boring, cluttered sentences... often unnecessary… just to get to a few meaningful ones. you lose focus and motivation. then these are books for you - where every page counts...
1. the plot (intriguing, unique, unusual, appealing) 2. writing style (engaging, readable, captivating, quickly draws you in, immersive, vivid) 3. deep and refreshingly different philosophical message that makes you think
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind, Paperback
a story about identity and origins.
dovlatov, as he himself says, was one-third russian, one-third jewish, and one-third armenian. the book describes four generations of russian society through the members of the author’s family. using plain language...
Ours: A Russian Family Album by Sergei Dovlatov
“who is actually mad? who defines that...?” a confession of a mentally ill clerk who finds himself in an asylum and tries to find a way out of a hopeless situation. An unusual, brief, yet powerful portrayal of psychosis, society, and alienation. ...t...
Diary of a Madman & Other Stories
iranian classics are rarely known in our part of world... this is one that truly stands out.
the story revolves around a family in tehran, overshadowed by their paranoid uncle (a caricature-like, tragicomic figure).
for me, the writing was unexpe...
My Uncle Napoleon: A Novel (Modern Library)
from someone who doesn't like poetry, understands nothing about it, and rarely feels it - this is the best poetry collection that changed my rigid attitude toward poetry and marked the beginning of my understanding of it… truly one of a kind.. my fav...
Mr. Cogito: Modern European Poetry
There Is Not Enough for Everyone - a collection of dialogues in which Müller engages with intellectuals from both the east and the west. an authentic, non-commercial, and far from clichéd critique of capitalism - meaningful and distinct. a writing st...
»Für alle reicht es nicht«. Buch von Heiner Müller ...
a deep allegorical depiction of the human psyche through the unusual yet realistic example of penalty kick.
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke
even if you don't agree with (all of) nietzsche's ideas, this is the book that first offered a completely new perspective on (christian) religion and the conception of the world as it was known until then. if we look at the world entirely objectively...
The Antichrist (Great Books in Philosophy)
the best eastern european book and the greatest unknown european classic
Primaverile lui Ivan Galeb by Vladan Desnica
being, not having, as the principle.
THE ART OF BEING - Erich Fromm
"there is no deaths, only migrations..." the greatest serbian writer – miloš crnjanski – with a rich sensitivity for language and harmony, a writing style that feels close to the reader, yet remains literary and intellectual. my favorite sentence by ...
Migrations: Tsernianski, Milos, Heim
the most authentic contemporary critique of the modern age and the western man. the only one who includes the aspect of sexuality in the life of the modern western individual to the extent that it truly exists (extensively). his writing style has bee...
Serotonin: A Novel by Michel Houellebecq
the magical appeal of Islam
Submission: A Novel by Michel Houellebecq
about those who did not enter history.
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE DEAD - Danilo Kis
a simple yet hypnotic writing style. hemingway’s way of “saying a lot with little”.
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
The story takes place in a closed community where each individual knows the exact date of their death in advance. People in this society carry their "number" - a symbol of fate and predestination. These numbers are assigned by an authority and become...
The Numbered: a Play by Elias Canetti