Almost Fiction
Discover a captivating collection of fiction books with 'Almost Fiction.' Explore thrilling novels, timeless classics, and hidden gems to fuel your imagination and love for storytelling.
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Labyrinths
by Jorge Luis Borges
Forty short stories and essays have been selected as representative of the Argentine writer's metaphysical narratives.
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Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
In Kublai Khan's garden, at sunset, the young Marco Polo diverts the aged emperor from his obsession with the impending end of his empire with …
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Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of the twentieth century. Written when the poet was himself still …
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Darkness Visible
by William Styron
Zusammenfassung: The author describes his experiences with depression and his resulting suicidal tendencies beginning in 1985
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Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, who Called Themselves the Nimipu--"the Real People" ; a Poem
by Robert Penn Warren
A narrative poem based upon the heroic life of the great chief of the Nez Perce Indians, is told partly in the first person by …
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Swan Lake
by Mark Helprin
A prince's love for a swan queen overcomes an evil sorcerer's spell in this fairy tale adaptation of the classic ballet.
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Pale Fire
by Vladimir Nabokov
A darkly comic novel of suspense, literary idolatry and one-upmanship, and political intrigue from one of the leading writers of the twentieth century, the acclaimed …
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De Profundis
by Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's letter to Lord Alfred Douglas written during the writer's two-year prison term
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Oranges
by John McPhee
A classic of reportage, Oranges was first conceived as a short magazine article about oranges and orange juice, but the author kept encountering so much …
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Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
On July 4, 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into the cabin he had built on the shore of Walden Pond, thus beginning the most famous …