Books like The man sitting in the corridor by Marguerite Duras

A nonfiction novel chronicling the adventures of a group of friends on their cross-country journey of discovery, featuring characters like Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty as real-life friends Neal Casady.

The Brothers Karamazov follows a Russian family torn by betrayal, faith, and violence, exploring deep moral questions within 19th‑century Russian society.

Americanah follows Ifemelu, a Nigerian student who moves to the United States for university, exploring her life and love across continents while reflecting on identity, immigration, and cultural belonging.

Tsukuru Tazaki, a quiet railway engineer, embarks on a lonely journey to reunite with high‑school friends, seeking answers for his sudden ostracism and the shadowed past that still haunts him.

A future dystopian novel set in a highly regulated One State society that emphasizes logical reasoning and mass surveillance.

A woman born on a snowy night in 1910 dies and is reborn repeatedly, each life giving her the chance to alter history as the world heads toward another global conflict.

After the Civil War, a veteran newspaper‑reader, Captain Jefferson Kidd, journeys through Texas and agrees to escort an orphaned Kiowa girl, Johanna, to San Antonio—a perilous trek that tests their survival and trust.

Salman Rushdie’s sweeping epic follows the enigmatic billionaire Nero Golden and his family as they settle into Greenwich Village’s “The Gardens,” setting off a chain of mysteries, betrayals, and political intrigue amid contemporary America.

Two newcomers—an older man and a boy—arrive in a new land, learn Spanish, and are assigned new names. They navigate a desert camp, a relocation center, and the city of Novilla while the man searches for the boy’s mother, all amid themes of immigration, family, and fate.

Silas Marner follows a recluse weaver who withdraws to Raveloe after a wrongful accusation, finding redemption and a second chance at life through the love of an abandoned child.

A satirical psychological drama that weaves humor and suspense while exploring themes of liberty, technology, and family relationships in contemporary settings.

"Hailed in France as "an incomparable pleasure," Marguerite Duras's newest novel is a fascinating retelling of the dramatic experiences of her adolescence that have shaped her work. Far more daring and truthful than any book she has written before, it emphasizes the tough realities of her youth in Indochina and reveals much that her earlier works concealed." "An instant number-one bestseller in France, The North China Lover both shocks and entrances its readers. Initially written as notes toward a filmscript for The Lover, the book has the grainy, filmic qualities of a documentary. Gone are the romantic and nostalgic readings of the past. Here are the humiliations and passions of the poverty-ridden world in which Duras grew up: the intense sexuality of the young women who were her friends and classmates, a group of adolescents impatient for the experiences of adulthood while still caught up in the conflicts of childhood. For all who have admired Duras's previous work, here is an exciting and unexpected reading of her past - a work the French critics called a return to "the Duras of the great books and the great days.""--BOOK JACKET.

A French vice‑consul in Lahore is seduced by the ambassador’s wife while awaiting a new assignment, exploring themes of desire, colonialism, and the complexities of diplomatic life.