Recommended Books

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice 

Because in this classic love novel the dependent (financial) position of women is poignant

Julian Barnes - The sense of an ending 

Because it is beautifully written

Julian Barnes - The only story 

Because tennis, an impossible love, and alcoholism give an unexpected twist to the story

Paolo Coelho - The alchemist 

Because it is so sweet-romantic

Julio Cortázar & Carol Dunlop: Autonauts of the Cosmoroute (translated by Anne McLean)

Because the great love between Julio and Carol becomes clear from a thousands daily things

Gabriel García Marquez - Love in the Time of Cholera

Because it makes the tears jump into your eyes

Ian McEwan - On Chesil Beach 

Because it is so heartbreaking

Ian McEwan - Lessons

Because McEwan shows that no one can avoid constructing a self-created hell at least once in their life

Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood

Because this sensual story of an unfulfilled love is so palpable

Haruki Murakami: 1q84 (all three volumes)

Because the question "Will Aomame and Tengo get each other?" is becoming more and more pressing

Boris Pasternak: Doctor Zhivago 

Because in the tragic love between Zhivago and Lara, Pasternak provides insight into how a regime restricts individual freedom

Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time Vol. 1: The Way by Swann (translated into English by Lydia Davis) 

Because the intense desire for an unreliable loved one is described so recognizable

James Salter - Light Years 

Because it is hypnotic and confronting

Meir Shalev  - Two She-Bears: a novel (translated into English by Stuart Schoffman)

Because no one can give love such a natural place in life as Meir Shalev

Isaac Bashevis Singer - Enemies, a Love Story 

Because Singer evokes a world in a few sentences

Tom Spanbauer - The man who fell in love with the moon

Because it is original and so surprisingly loving

Jan Wolkers - Turkish Delight (translated into English by Sam Garret)

Because love, lust and suffering are passionately described

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