18 books like Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

What to read after Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Of time and the river Thomas Wolfe · 1935 · ★ 4.2 · 912p · ≈ 30h · Challenging This book continues the story of Eugene Gant, the protagonist in Look Homeward Angel. If you have read and liked Angel you should definitely follow through and read this(vol 1 and 2). Autobiographical in nature.. Shares Young men, Bildungsromans

Windy McPherson's son Sherwood Anderson · 1916 · ★ 3.5 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Young men, Fathers and sons with this book.

Abyssinian Chronicles Moses Isegawa · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 493p · ≈ 16h · Moderate "The teller of this tale is Mugezi, a quick-witted, sharp-eyed man whose life encompasses the traditional and the modern, the peaceful and the insanely violent, the despotic and the democratic. Born in a rural community in the early l960s, he is raised by his grandfather, a deposed clan chief, and his great-aunt, or "grandmother," after his parents immigrate to the capital city of Kampala. At… Shares Bildungsromans

Gadis Pantai Pramoedya Ananta Toer · 1987 · ★ 4.2 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "In a poor coastal fishing village, a beautiful girl unknowingly attracts the attention of a local aristocrat. Before she knows it, she is forced to marry this man she has never seen and leave behind all that is familiar to her - her carefree days spent helping her mother with daily tasks, dreamily listening to the sounds of the wind and the waves, and watching boats come and go. She is taken… Shares Bildungsromans

Sinister street Sir Compton Mackenzie · 1913 · 832p · ≈ 27h · Challenging Michael Fane arrives in the thin red house in Carlington Road to his new family of Nurse, Cook, Annie the housemaid, his younger sister Stella, and the occasional presence of Mother. From here, the novel follows the next twenty years of his life as he tries to find his place in the upper echelons of Edwardian society, through prep school, studies at Oxford, and his emergence into the wide world.… Shares Bildungsromans

Der Nachsommer Adalbert Stifter · 1900 · 927p · ≈ 30h · Challenging Shares Bildungsromans with this book.

Ecocriticism and the Idea of Culture

Ecocriticism and the Idea of Culture Helena Feder · 2016 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Bildungsromans with this book.

Immortality

Immortality Milan Kundera · 1992 Shares Continental european fiction with this book.

Clayhanger Arnold Bennett · 1910 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This coming-of-age story set in the Midlands of Victorian England follows Edwin Clayhanger as he leaves school, takes over the family business and falls in love. Bennett wrote it in 1910 at the Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton, and in Lausanne. Edwin Clayhanger's father, Darius, has risen from an extremely poor background, which Bennett repeatedly returns to, to become a prominent printer in Bursley.… Shares Fathers and sons, Bildungsromans

Number9Dream David Mitchell · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate At age twenty, Eiji goes to Tokyo to search for the wealthy father he's never known. He stumbles upon the hidden power centers of the Japanese underworld and instead of finding his father, finds himself. Shares Young men, Fathers and sons, Bildungsromans

Wilhelm Tell Friedrich Schiller · 1800 · ★ 3.2 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "When Schiller completed Wilhelm Tell as a 'New Year's Gift for 1805' he foretold that it would cause a stir. He was right. In the midst of Great Power politics a play that drew substance from one of the fourteenth-century liberation movements proved both attractive and inflammatory. Since then the work has become immensely popular. This new English translation by William F. Mainland brings out… Shares German language, Criticism and interpretation

Bicycle days John Burnham Schwartz · 1989 · 253p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Young men, Bildungsromans with this book.

The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka · 1996 · ★ 3.9 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Gregor Samsa hates his job. He works himself to exhaustion as a traveling salesman to support a family that takes him for granted. One morning, his whole life changes. He wakes up to discover that he has turned into a giant insect. As he and his family come to grips with the fantastical event, The Metamorphosis explores themes of alienation, family loyalty, and unconditional love. Shares Continental european fiction

Paradise News David Lodge · 1991 · ★ 3.8 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A British theologian and his father travel to Hawaii. Shares Modern fiction, Bildungsromans

Abel Sánchez Miguel de Unamuno · 1917 · ★ 3.8 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares Continental european fiction, Criticism and interpretation with this book.

Blood's Game

Blood's Game Angus Donald · 2017 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 330 pages ; 25 cm Shares Fathers and sons

Why are we in Vietnam? Norman Mailer · 1967 · ★ 4.0 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Narrated by Ranald ("D.J.") Jethroe, Texas's most precocious teenager, on the eve of his departure to fight in Vietnam, this story of a hunting trip in Alaska is both brilliantly entertaining and profoundly thoughtful. Shares Young men, Bildungsromans

Gedichte Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1700 · ★ 4.1 · 439p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares German language, Criticism and interpretation with this book.

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