Thế kỷ 20

Thế kỷ 20 đầy biến động đã sinh ra những tư tưởng cách mạng và các phong trào nghệ thuật cấp tiến, mãi mãi thay đổi cách chúng ta nhìn nhận bản thân và xã hội. Giữa hai cuộc chiến tranh thế giới và những biến động xã hội, các nhà văn đã vật lộn với chủ nghĩa hiện sinh, dòng ý thức và bóng tối ngày càng lan rộng của chủ nghĩa toàn trị qua những tác phẩm đột phá định hình nền văn học hiện đại.

Thế kỷ 20 Tóm tắt sách

Răng Trắng

của Zadie Smith • 2000

Two wartime pals and their kids battle God, science, and identity in a chaotic London.

3.79

100.000+

🇬🇧 Multicultural London 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Children Of Immigrants ⚔️ Religious Radicalism 🧬 Genetic Engineering Ethics

Răng Trắng

Two wartime pals and their kids battle God, science, and identity in a chaotic London.

của Zadie Smith 2000 448 trang

3.79

100.000+ đánh giá

🇬🇧 Multicultural London 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Children Of Immigrants ⚔️ Religious Radicalism 🧬 Genetic Engineering Ethics

The Human Stain

của Philip Roth • 2000

One word destroys a professor's career. His oldest secret could destroy everything else.

3.92

46.000+

🎭 Racial Passing 📚 Academic Novel 🇺🇸 1990s America ⚡ Scandal And Disgrace ✨ Self Invention

The Human Stain

One word destroys a professor's career. His oldest secret could destroy everything else.

của Philip Roth 2000 361 trang

3.92

46.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Racial Passing 📚 Academic Novel 🇺🇸 1990s America ⚡ Scandal And Disgrace ✨ Self Invention

Khu vườn bí mật

của Frances Hodgson Burnett • 1911

A sour orphan, a locked garden, a sickly cousin: three things a Yorkshire manor keeps hidden.

4.17

1.000.000+

👧 Orphaned Protagonist 🪴 Hidden Garden 🌿 Nature Heals 🌧️ Yorkshire Moor 🤒 Sickly Child

Khu vườn bí mật

A sour orphan, a locked garden, a sickly cousin: three things a Yorkshire manor keeps hidden.

của Frances Hodgson Burnett 1911 331 trang

4.17

1.000.000+ đánh giá

👧 Orphaned Protagonist 🪴 Hidden Garden 🌿 Nature Heals 🌧️ Yorkshire Moor 🤒 Sickly Child

The Logic of Sense

của Gilles Deleuze • 1969

Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.

4.29

1.000+

🧩 Post-Structuralism 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🏛️ Stoic Logic 🌫️ Incorporeal Events 🎭 Paradox And Nonsense

The Logic of Sense

Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.

của Gilles Deleuze 1969 393 trang

4.29

1.000+ đánh giá

🧩 Post-Structuralism 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🏛️ Stoic Logic 🌫️ Incorporeal Events 🎭 Paradox And Nonsense

The Lover

của Marguerite Duras • 1984

A French girl, a Chinese millionaire, and a colonial affair that becomes her lifelong wound.

3.70

75.000+

📖 Autofiction 🇫🇷 French Colonialism 💰 Transactional Desire 💔 Age Gap Romance 🌸 Sexual Awakening

The Lover

A French girl, a Chinese millionaire, and a colonial affair that becomes her lifelong wound.

của Marguerite Duras 1984 117 trang

3.70

75.000+ đánh giá

📖 Autofiction 🇫🇷 French Colonialism 💰 Transactional Desire 💔 Age Gap Romance 🌸 Sexual Awakening

Sula

của Toni Morrison • 1973

Two girlhood friends in Black Ohio are torn apart when one sleeps with the other's husband.

4.06

100.000+

👧🏿 Girlhood Friendship 💔 Friendship Betrayal 🕊️ Returned Outcast 🏘️ Community As Character 🖋️ Lyrical Prose

Sula

Two girlhood friends in Black Ohio are torn apart when one sleeps with the other's husband.

của Toni Morrison 1973 174 trang

4.06

100.000+ đánh giá

👧🏿 Girlhood Friendship 💔 Friendship Betrayal 🕊️ Returned Outcast 🏘️ Community As Character 🖋️ Lyrical Prose

Bố Già

của Mario Puzo • 1969

A mafia don is shot, and the son who stayed clean must now lead the family.

4.40

400.000+

🏠 Mafia Family Saga 🔫 Organized Crime 👑 Reluctant Crime Lord 🖤 Cold-Blooded Antihero 🔥 Revenge Saga

Bố Già

A mafia don is shot, and the son who stayed clean must now lead the family.

của Mario Puzo 1969 428 trang

4.40

400.000+ đánh giá

🏠 Mafia Family Saga 🔫 Organized Crime 👑 Reluctant Crime Lord 🖤 Cold-Blooded Antihero 🔥 Revenge Saga

Oil!

của Upton Sinclair • 1926

An oil baron's son inherits a fortune, then meets the workers who paid for it.

3.74

7.000+

📰 Muckraking Fiction ✊ Labor Struggle 👨‍👦 Father And Son ⛪ Charismatic Preacher 🌴 Southern California

Oil!

An oil baron's son inherits a fortune, then meets the workers who paid for it.

của Upton Sinclair 1926 528 trang

3.74

7.000+ đánh giá

📰 Muckraking Fiction ✊ Labor Struggle 👨‍👦 Father And Son ⛪ Charismatic Preacher 🌴 Southern California

Ethics and Infinity

của Emmanuel Levinas • 1985

You are responsible before you are a self. The other's face upends philosophy.

3.88

500+

🌍 Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 👤 Alterity 🤝 Interpersonal Ethics 🚫 Anti-Ontology

Ethics and Infinity

You are responsible before you are a self. The other's face upends philosophy.

của Emmanuel Levinas 1985 126 trang

3.88

500+ đánh giá

🌍 Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 👤 Alterity 🤝 Interpersonal Ethics 🚫 Anti-Ontology

Horse

của Geraldine Brooks • 2022

An enslaved groom, a 1950s gallerist, and a scholar share a racehorse and a buried past.

4.24

200.000+

🕰️ Braided Timelines 🐎 Thoroughbred Racing 📖 Lost Black Histories 🎨 Art Provenance 🌾 Antebellum South

Horse

An enslaved groom, a 1950s gallerist, and a scholar share a racehorse and a buried past.

của Geraldine Brooks 2022 401 trang

4.24

200.000+ đánh giá

🕰️ Braided Timelines 🐎 Thoroughbred Racing 📖 Lost Black Histories 🎨 Art Provenance 🌾 Antebellum South

Killing Hope

của William Blum • 1995

For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.

4.27

2.000+

❄️ Cold War Politics 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌎 American Empire 🏛️ Regime Change 💰 Corporate Imperialism

Killing Hope

For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.

của William Blum 1995 469 trang

4.27

2.000+ đánh giá

❄️ Cold War Politics 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌎 American Empire 🏛️ Regime Change 💰 Corporate Imperialism

Rich Man, Poor Man

của Irwin Shaw • 1970

Immigrant baker's three children chase success from a gritty Hudson town, but violence haunts them.

4.19

38.000+

📖 Family Saga 🧬 Generational Trauma 🗽 American Dream 🔄 Cycles Of Violence 💔 Dysfunctional Family

Rich Man, Poor Man

Immigrant baker's three children chase success from a gritty Hudson town, but violence haunts them.

của Irwin Shaw 1970 666 trang

4.19

38.000+ đánh giá

📖 Family Saga 🧬 Generational Trauma 🗽 American Dream 🔄 Cycles Of Violence 💔 Dysfunctional Family

The Lost Year

của Katherine Marsh • 2023

Pandemic lockdown forces a boy to investigate his great-grandmother's hidden past in Soviet Ukraine.

4.46

5.000+

🇺🇦 Ukrainian Famine 🎭 Assumed Identity ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Family Secrets 🦠 Covid Lockdown

The Lost Year

Pandemic lockdown forces a boy to investigate his great-grandmother's hidden past in Soviet Ukraine.

của Katherine Marsh 2023 368 trang

4.46

5.000+ đánh giá

🇺🇦 Ukrainian Famine 🎭 Assumed Identity ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Family Secrets 🦠 Covid Lockdown

Gambit Hậu

của Walter Tevis • 1983

An orphan discovers chess and tranquilizers. One makes her a champion, the other could destroy her.

4.18

100.000+

♟️ Chess Prodigy 🧠 Troubled Genius 💊 Substance Abuse 🌐 Cold War Setting 🚀 Female Trailblazer

Gambit Hậu

An orphan discovers chess and tranquilizers. One makes her a champion, the other could destroy her.

của Walter Tevis 1983 258 trang

4.18

100.000+ đánh giá

♟️ Chess Prodigy 🧠 Troubled Genius 💊 Substance Abuse 🌐 Cold War Setting 🚀 Female Trailblazer

Sói thảo nguyên

của Hermann Hesse • 1927

A suicidal scholar, half wolf in his own mind, enters a theatre where identity comes apart.

4.13

200.000+

🔮 Philosophical Fiction 🐺 Divided Self 🌑 Existential Crisis 🗝️ Enigmatic Mentor 🖤 Suicidal Despair

Sói thảo nguyên

A suicidal scholar, half wolf in his own mind, enters a theatre where identity comes apart.

của Hermann Hesse 1927 256 trang

4.13

200.000+ đánh giá

🔮 Philosophical Fiction 🐺 Divided Self 🌑 Existential Crisis 🗝️ Enigmatic Mentor 🖤 Suicidal Despair

سمفونی مردگان

của عباس معروفی • 1989

A domineering father in frozen Ardabil breeds rebellion and a shattering family betrayal.

4.27

21.000+

🏠 Iranian Family Saga 📖 Persian Literature 👪 Patriarchal Family 🔪 Sibling Betrayal 🌹 Forbidden Love

سمفونی مردگان

A domineering father in frozen Ardabil breeds rebellion and a shattering family betrayal.

của عباس معروفی 1989 352 trang

4.27

21.000+ đánh giá

🏠 Iranian Family Saga 📖 Persian Literature 👪 Patriarchal Family 🔪 Sibling Betrayal 🌹 Forbidden Love

A Passage to India

của E.M. Forster • 1924

When an Indian doctor is accused inside a dark cave, colonial India's fragile bridges collapse.

3.67

86.000+

🇮🇳 British Raj 🤝 Cross-Cultural Bond ⚖️ False Accusation 👨‍⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🏚️ Existential Dread

A Passage to India

When an Indian doctor is accused inside a dark cave, colonial India's fragile bridges collapse.

của E.M. Forster 1924 376 trang

3.67

86.000+ đánh giá

🇮🇳 British Raj 🤝 Cross-Cultural Bond ⚖️ False Accusation 👨‍⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🏚️ Existential Dread

Journey to the End of the Night

của Louis-Ferdinand Céline • 1932

A French medic's journey through war, colonialism, and poverty reveals a nightmare with no exit.

4.18

48.000+

🪖 War Novel 🗺️ Picaresque Novel 🖤 Misanthropic Satire 😒 Cynical Narrator 💔 Toxic Obsession

Journey to the End of the Night

A French medic's journey through war, colonialism, and poverty reveals a nightmare with no exit.

của Louis-Ferdinand Céline 1932 453 trang

4.18

48.000+ đánh giá

🪖 War Novel 🗺️ Picaresque Novel 🖤 Misanthropic Satire 😒 Cynical Narrator 💔 Toxic Obsession

The Night in Lisbon

của Erich Maria Remarque • 1961

Lisbon, 1942. A stranded refugee meets a man who offers escape for one night of listening.

4.33

25.000+

🏳️ Wwii Refugee 💔 Doomed Lovers 🖼️ Frame Narrative 😔 Melancholy Tone ⚔️ Nazi Persecution

The Night in Lisbon

Lisbon, 1942. A stranded refugee meets a man who offers escape for one night of listening.

của Erich Maria Remarque 1961 272 trang

4.33

25.000+ đánh giá

🏳️ Wwii Refugee 💔 Doomed Lovers 🖼️ Frame Narrative 😔 Melancholy Tone ⚔️ Nazi Persecution

Mother Courage and Her Children

của Bertolt Brecht • 1941

During the Thirty Years' War, a canteen woman's trade claims her children one by one.

3.62

23.000+

🎭 Epic Theater 🕊️ Anti-War Narrative 💰 War Profiteer 💔 Tragic Motherhood 😇 Innocent Sacrifice

Mother Courage and Her Children

During the Thirty Years' War, a canteen woman's trade claims her children one by one.

của Bertolt Brecht 1941 93 trang

3.62

23.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Epic Theater 🕊️ Anti-War Narrative 💰 War Profiteer 💔 Tragic Motherhood 😇 Innocent Sacrifice

Helgoland

của Carlo Rovelli • 2020

What if things have no standalone properties? Quantum physics and the relational nature of reality.

4.08

10.000+

⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🤔 Philosophy Of Physics 📜 History Of Science 🔬 Quantum Interpretations 👁️ Reality And Perception

Helgoland

What if things have no standalone properties? Quantum physics and the relational nature of reality.

của Carlo Rovelli 2020 233 trang

4.08

10.000+ đánh giá

⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🤔 Philosophy Of Physics 📜 History Of Science 🔬 Quantum Interpretations 👁️ Reality And Perception

1985

của Anthony Burgess • 1978

His wife killed by a strike-related hospital fire, a teacher in a union-ruled Britain fights back.

3.48

1.000+

🏛️ Political Dystopia 🎭 Speculative Satire 🚶 Ordinary Rebel 🏴 Totalitarian State ✊ Resistance Movement

1985

His wife killed by a strike-related hospital fire, a teacher in a union-ruled Britain fights back.

của Anthony Burgess 1978 240 trang

3.48

1.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Political Dystopia 🎭 Speculative Satire 🚶 Ordinary Rebel 🏴 Totalitarian State ✊ Resistance Movement

Tàn ngày

của Kazuo Ishiguro • 1989

An English butler's countryside trip finally asks what a life of perfect service has cost him.

4.14

300.000+

🖤 Emotional Repression 💔 Duty Over Love 🫢 Unspoken Longing 🎭 Self-Deception 🌧️ Melancholy

Tàn ngày

An English butler's countryside trip finally asks what a life of perfect service has cost him.

của Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 trang

4.14

300.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Emotional Repression 💔 Duty Over Love 🫢 Unspoken Longing 🎭 Self-Deception 🌧️ Melancholy

Hòn đảo của những cái cây mất tích

của Elif Shafak • 2021

In 1974 Cyprus, a forbidden love crosses the Greek-Turkish divide, watched by a fig tree.

4.15

100.000+

⭐ Star-Crossed Lovers 🧬 Generational Trauma 💣 War-Torn Romance 📜 Political Division 💜 Hidden Queer Love

Hòn đảo của những cái cây mất tích

In 1974 Cyprus, a forbidden love crosses the Greek-Turkish divide, watched by a fig tree.

của Elif Shafak 2021 354 trang

4.15

100.000+ đánh giá

⭐ Star-Crossed Lovers 🧬 Generational Trauma 💣 War-Torn Romance 📜 Political Division 💜 Hidden Queer Love

Nửa kia biến mất

của Brit Bennett • 2020

Light-skinned twins: Desiree returns to their Black town, Stella disappears into a white life.

4.12

800.000+

🎭 Racial Passing 👯 Twin Estrangement 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🔐 Family Secrets

Nửa kia biến mất

Light-skinned twins: Desiree returns to their Black town, Stella disappears into a white life.

của Brit Bennett 2020 343 trang

4.12

800.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Racial Passing 👯 Twin Estrangement 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🔐 Family Secrets

Sụp Đổ Của Những Người Khổng Lồ

của Ken Follett • 2005

From Welsh pits to Russian palaces, five families face love and ruin as the world goes to war.

4.33

300.000+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Epic Family Saga ⚔️ World War I 🚩 Russian Revolution ✊ Workers' Rights 🗳️ Political Awakening

Sụp Đổ Của Những Người Khổng Lồ

From Welsh pits to Russian palaces, five families face love and ruin as the world goes to war.

của Ken Follett 2005 985 trang

4.33

300.000+ đánh giá

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Epic Family Saga ⚔️ World War I 🚩 Russian Revolution ✊ Workers' Rights 🗳️ Political Awakening

Free

của Lea Ypi • 2021

Communism collapsed. Freedom arrived. The pyramid schemes began, and a nation tore itself apart.

4.31

25.000+

🏛 Post-Communist Transition 🌍 Balkan History 👧 Coming Of Age Memoir 💡 Political Awakening 📉 Economic Collapse

Free

Communism collapsed. Freedom arrived. The pyramid schemes began, and a nation tore itself apart.

của Lea Ypi 2021 288 trang

4.31

25.000+ đánh giá

🏛 Post-Communist Transition 🌍 Balkan History 👧 Coming Of Age Memoir 💡 Political Awakening 📉 Economic Collapse

Keynes Hayek

của Nicholas Wapshott • 2011

Keynes said spend during crashes. Hayek said get out of the way. That fight never ended.

3.92

2.000+

🧠 History Of Economic Thought ⚔️ Intellectual Rivalry 🏛️ Austrian Economics 💰 Fiscal Policy 📊 Macroeconomics

Keynes Hayek

Keynes said spend during crashes. Hayek said get out of the way. That fight never ended.

của Nicholas Wapshott 2011 300 trang

3.92

2.000+ đánh giá

🧠 History Of Economic Thought ⚔️ Intellectual Rivalry 🏛️ Austrian Economics 💰 Fiscal Policy 📊 Macroeconomics

Cuộc đời sau cuộc đời

của Kate Atkinson • 2013

Repeatedly reborn, Ursula Todd endures two world wars, each life a chance to save her family.

3.79

200.000+

🌀 Literary Time Loop 📜 Alternate History 🦋 Butterfly Effect 🏡 Family Saga 🏠 WWII Home Front

Cuộc đời sau cuộc đời

Repeatedly reborn, Ursula Todd endures two world wars, each life a chance to save her family.

của Kate Atkinson 2013 544 trang

3.79

200.000+ đánh giá

🌀 Literary Time Loop 📜 Alternate History 🦋 Butterfly Effect 🏡 Family Saga 🏠 WWII Home Front

Chuộc tội

của Ian McEwan • 2001

A thirteen-year-old's imagination condemns the wrong man; a lifetime of stories cannot undo it.

3.95

500.000+

💔 Tragic Romance 📖 Metafiction 🪖 Literary War Story ⚖️ False Accusation 🎩 Cross-Class Love

Chuộc tội

A thirteen-year-old's imagination condemns the wrong man; a lifetime of stories cannot undo it.

của Ian McEwan 2001 351 trang

3.95

500.000+ đánh giá

💔 Tragic Romance 📖 Metafiction 🪖 Literary War Story ⚖️ False Accusation 🎩 Cross-Class Love

The Fall of Heaven

của Andrew Scott Cooper • 2016

Oil wealth, repression, reform: how Iran's last shah built the forces that destroyed him.

4.16

500+

🕌 Modern Iranian History 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏗️ Authoritarian Modernization 🛢️ Oil Economies ☪️ Political Islam

The Fall of Heaven

Oil wealth, repression, reform: how Iran's last shah built the forces that destroyed him.

của Andrew Scott Cooper 2016 608 trang

4.16

500+ đánh giá

🕌 Modern Iranian History 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏗️ Authoritarian Modernization 🛢️ Oil Economies ☪️ Political Islam

R.U.R.

của Karel Čapek • 1920

Rossum's robots serve a world that no longer works. They were never meant to want more.

3.84

17.000+

🦾 Robot Uprising 🧠 Machine Consciousness ⚠️ Scientific Overreach 🏚️ Last Human Survivor 💕 Robot Love

R.U.R.

Rossum's robots serve a world that no longer works. They were never meant to want more.

của Karel Čapek 1920 58 trang

3.84

17.000+ đánh giá

🦾 Robot Uprising 🧠 Machine Consciousness ⚠️ Scientific Overreach 🏚️ Last Human Survivor 💕 Robot Love

Quê hương tan rã

của Chinua Achebe • 1958

A fierce Igbo leader returns from exile to find missionaries have unmade his world.

3.75

400.000+

📚 Postcolonial Literature 🎭 Literary Tragedy ⚔️ Tragic Hero 🌍 Colonial Africa 💔 Father-Son Conflict

Quê hương tan rã

A fierce Igbo leader returns from exile to find missionaries have unmade his world.

của Chinua Achebe 1958 215 trang

3.75

400.000+ đánh giá

📚 Postcolonial Literature 🎭 Literary Tragedy ⚔️ Tragic Hero 🌍 Colonial Africa 💔 Father-Son Conflict

Mù lòa

của José Saramago • 1995

An epidemic of blindness sweeps a city, but inside the quarantine, one woman still sees.

4.18

300.000+

🦠 Epidemic Horror 🏚️ Social Collapse 🏥 Asylum Captivity 📚 Moral Philosophy 👁️ Allegorical Dystopia

Mù lòa

An epidemic of blindness sweeps a city, but inside the quarantine, one woman still sees.

của José Saramago 1995 349 trang

4.18

300.000+ đánh giá

🦠 Epidemic Horror 🏚️ Social Collapse 🏥 Asylum Captivity 📚 Moral Philosophy 👁️ Allegorical Dystopia

Leadership

của Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2018

Before they transformed the nation, they were broken by life. Four presidents, one pattern.

4.40

16.000+

🏛️ Presidential History 🗳️ Political Leadership 📖 Biographical Leadership ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🧠 Cognitive Diversity

Leadership

Before they transformed the nation, they were broken by life. Four presidents, one pattern.

của Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 18 trang

4.40

16.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Presidential History 🗳️ Political Leadership 📖 Biographical Leadership ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🧠 Cognitive Diversity

Black Cake

của Charmaine Wilkerson • 2022

After her death, a mother's recording reveals a Caribbean escape, a hidden identity, and a sister.

4.08

200.000+

📖 Family Saga ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Sibling Estrangement 🎭 Assumed Identity 👤 Long-Lost Sibling

Black Cake

After her death, a mother's recording reveals a Caribbean escape, a hidden identity, and a sister.

của Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 385 trang

4.08

200.000+ đánh giá

📖 Family Saga ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Sibling Estrangement 🎭 Assumed Identity 👤 Long-Lost Sibling

Tại quán cà phê hiện sinh

của Sarah Bakewell • 2016

The existentialists built a philosophy from cafés, war, and each other's complicated lives.

4.24

19.000+

🖤 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology 🇫🇷 French Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🎭 Meaning In Absurdity

Tại quán cà phê hiện sinh

The existentialists built a philosophy from cafés, war, and each other's complicated lives.

của Sarah Bakewell 2016 327 trang

4.24

19.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology 🇫🇷 French Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🎭 Meaning In Absurdity

The Sicilian

của Mario Puzo • 1984

Michael Corleone must extract a bandit king from Sicily before the Mafia silences him forever.

4.04

31.000+

🖤 Mafia Crime Saga 🏹 Outlaw Hero 🌅 Postwar Sicily 💔 Familial Betrayal 🕯️ Doomed Idealism

The Sicilian

Michael Corleone must extract a bandit king from Sicily before the Mafia silences him forever.

của Mario Puzo 1984 416 trang

4.04

31.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Mafia Crime Saga 🏹 Outlaw Hero 🌅 Postwar Sicily 💔 Familial Betrayal 🕯️ Doomed Idealism

The Clown

của Heinrich Böll • 1963

A clown in postwar Bonn unravels after the woman he loves leaves him for a Catholic.

3.93

32.000+

🏚️ German Postwar 🤔 Existential Novel 🎭 Artistic Outsider ⛪ Religious Hypocrisy 🏛️ Postwar Hypocrisy

The Clown

A clown in postwar Bonn unravels after the woman he loves leaves him for a Catholic.

của Heinrich Böll 1963 272 trang

3.93

32.000+ đánh giá

🏚️ German Postwar 🤔 Existential Novel 🎭 Artistic Outsider ⛪ Religious Hypocrisy 🏛️ Postwar Hypocrisy

Tôi, Robot

của Isaac Asimov • 1950

Robots built to protect humanity keep finding fatal logic gaps: a robopsychologist's casebook.

4.21

300.000+

🤖 Robot Ethics 💻 Programming Conflicts 🧠 Machine Consciousness 🤝 Human-Robot Bonds 🪐 Golden Age Sci-Fi

Tôi, Robot

Robots built to protect humanity keep finding fatal logic gaps: a robopsychologist's casebook.

của Isaac Asimov 1950 224 trang

4.21

300.000+ đánh giá

🤖 Robot Ethics 💻 Programming Conflicts 🧠 Machine Consciousness 🤝 Human-Robot Bonds 🪐 Golden Age Sci-Fi

Language, Truth and Logic

của Alfred Jules Ayer • 1936

A single test separates meaningful statements from nonsense, and most of philosophy fails it.

3.75

4.000+

🧠 Logical Positivism 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🏛️ Vienna Circle 👁️ Empiricism

Language, Truth and Logic

A single test separates meaningful statements from nonsense, and most of philosophy fails it.

của Alfred Jules Ayer 1936 160 trang

3.75

4.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Logical Positivism 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🏛️ Vienna Circle 👁️ Empiricism

Người vô hình

của Ralph Ellison • 1952

He steals electricity and lives underground because the world above never learned to see him.

3.92

200.000+

🎓 Bildungsroman 📚 African American Classic 🎭 Unnamed Narrator 🛤️ Picaresque Journey 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Người vô hình

He steals electricity and lives underground because the world above never learned to see him.

của Ralph Ellison 1952 581 trang

3.92

200.000+ đánh giá

🎓 Bildungsroman 📚 African American Classic 🎭 Unnamed Narrator 🛤️ Picaresque Journey 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Liên minh những kẻ ngốc

của John Kennedy Toole • 1980

In 1960s New Orleans, a corpulent medievalist is forced into the job market by his mother.

3.89

300.000+

🃏 Picaresque 🌿 Southern Gothic 🖤 Dark Comedy 🤪 Eccentric Protagonist 🎷 New Orleans

Liên minh những kẻ ngốc

In 1960s New Orleans, a corpulent medievalist is forced into the job market by his mother.

của John Kennedy Toole 1980 394 trang

3.89

300.000+ đánh giá

🃏 Picaresque 🌿 Southern Gothic 🖤 Dark Comedy 🤪 Eccentric Protagonist 🎷 New Orleans

Ficciones

của Jorge Luis Borges • 1944

Libraries without end, worlds dreamed into being, a man who cannot forget: philosophy as fiction.

4.40

80.000+

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 📖 Metafictional Stories 🌍 Invented Worlds 🌀 Labyrinthine Narratives 💭 Dreamlike Logic

Ficciones

Libraries without end, worlds dreamed into being, a man who cannot forget: philosophy as fiction.

của Jorge Luis Borges 1944 174 trang

4.40

80.000+ đánh giá

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 📖 Metafictional Stories 🌍 Invented Worlds 🌀 Labyrinthine Narratives 💭 Dreamlike Logic

Câu chuyện về cái tên mới

của Elena Ferrante • 2012

Lila marries a monster. Elena writes a novel. Neither can own her story without the other.

4.47

200.000+

🖤 Female Friendship 💔 Toxic Marriage 📚 Academic Ambition 🔥 Illicit Affair 🇮🇹 Postwar Italy

Câu chuyện về cái tên mới

Lila marries a monster. Elena writes a novel. Neither can own her story without the other.

của Elena Ferrante 2012 471 trang

4.47

200.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Female Friendship 💔 Toxic Marriage 📚 Academic Ambition 🔥 Illicit Affair 🇮🇹 Postwar Italy

Debt of Honor

của Tom Clancy • 1994

Behind a trade war with Japan, Jack Ryan finds a secret plan to cripple America.

4.11

52.000+

🔧 Techno-Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Thriller 💰 Economic Warfare 🏛️ Reluctant President 🕴️ Corporate Conspiracy

Debt of Honor

Behind a trade war with Japan, Jack Ryan finds a secret plan to cripple America.

của Tom Clancy 1994 990 trang

4.11

52.000+ đánh giá

🔧 Techno-Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Thriller 💰 Economic Warfare 🏛️ Reluctant President 🕴️ Corporate Conspiracy

Mexico

của enrique-krauze • 1997

Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.

4.27

500+

🇲🇽 Mexican History 🏛️ Authoritarianism ⛪ Church And State 🌎 Colonial Legacy 👤 Political Biography

Mexico

Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.

của enrique-krauze 1997 896 trang

4.27

500+ đánh giá

🇲🇽 Mexican History 🏛️ Authoritarianism ⛪ Church And State 🌎 Colonial Legacy 👤 Political Biography

Troublemakers

của Leslie Berlin • 2017

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

4.09

500+

🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

Troublemakers

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

của Leslie Berlin 2017 512 trang

4.09

500+ đánh giá

🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

The Sword and the Shield

của Christopher Andrew • 1985

One KGB archivist smuggled out the foreign intelligence files, rewriting Cold War history.

3.93

2.000+

🕵️ Soviet Intelligence ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🇷🇺 Russian History 📦 Defector Archives 👁️ State Surveillance

The Sword and the Shield

One KGB archivist smuggled out the foreign intelligence files, rewriting Cold War history.

của Christopher Andrew 1985 736 trang

3.93

2.000+ đánh giá

🕵️ Soviet Intelligence ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🇷🇺 Russian History 📦 Defector Archives 👁️ State Surveillance

Ham on Rye

của Charles Bukowski • 1982

His father rages, his skin erupts in boils; 1930s LA offers no escape except the library.

4.14

100.000+

🏚️ Dirty Realism 📖 Autobiographical Fiction 🏠 Dysfunctional Family 💔 Parental Neglect 🚬 Alienated Youth

Ham on Rye

His father rages, his skin erupts in boils; 1930s LA offers no escape except the library.

của Charles Bukowski 1982 288 trang

4.14

100.000+ đánh giá

🏚️ Dirty Realism 📖 Autobiographical Fiction 🏠 Dysfunctional Family 💔 Parental Neglect 🚬 Alienated Youth

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