book recommendations

“De tudo, ficaram três coisas: a certeza de que ele estava sempre começando, a certeza de que era preciso continuar e a certeza de que seria interrompido antes de terminar. Fazer da interrupção um caminho novo. Fazer da queda um passo de dança, do medo uma escada, do sono uma ponte, da procura um encontro.”

– Fernando Sabino, O Encontro Marcado

I enjoy reading and talking about books I’ve read. If you happen to be interested in any of the books below (even if you haven’t read it yet), this is a great way to start a conversation with me .

Pro tip: I would be particularly excited to talk about a book written by a Brazilian writer.

My top recommendations

• O Encontro Marcado (A Time to Meet), by Fernando Sabino
• The Stranger, by Albert Camus
• One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez
• Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy

Somewhat related reads I would also recommend

• The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Myth of Sisyphus, by Albert Camus
• The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
• Quincas Borba (Philosopher or Dog), by Machado de Assis
• Sagarana, by João Guimarães Rosa

Other stuff I’ve enjoyed reading in the past

• If This Is a Man, by Primo Levi
• Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas), by Machado de Assis
• O grande mentecapto, by Fernando Sabino
• Vidas secas, by Graciliano Ramos
• Notes from Underground, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Kreutzer Sonata, by Leo Tolstoy
• Animal Farm, by George Orwell
• Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
• On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca