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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,581,035 ratings — published 1915
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The Trial The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.93 — 427,696 ratings — published 1925
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The Castle The Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.90 — 81,184 ratings — published 1926
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Kafka on the Shore Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.11 — 581,807 ratings — published 2002
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A Hunger Artist (Short Prose of Franz Kafka) A Hunger Artist (Short Prose of Franz Kafka)
by (shelved 13 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.08 — 25,098 ratings — published 1924
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In the Penal Colony In the Penal Colony (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.92 — 35,909 ratings — published 1918
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Invitation to a Beheading Invitation to a Beheading (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.91 — 21,234 ratings — published 1938
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The Woman in the Dunes The Woman in the Dunes (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.88 — 42,818 ratings — published 1962
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The Tartar Steppe The Tartar Steppe (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.20 — 48,360 ratings — published 1940
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Amerika Amerika (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.73 — 36,253 ratings — published 1927
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The Complete Stories The Complete Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.33 — 29,125 ratings — published 1915
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.11 — 158,984 ratings — published 1985
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Metamorphosis and Other Stories Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.89 — 8,405 ratings — published 1915
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The Box Man The Box Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.57 — 8,152 ratings — published 1973
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The Unconsoled The Unconsoled (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.59 — 19,514 ratings — published 1995
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The Judgement (Short Story) The Judgement (Short Story)
by (shelved 5 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.59 — 10,372 ratings — published 1913
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.99 — 908,064 ratings — published 1961
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Diaries, 1910-1923 Diaries, 1910-1923 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,321 ratings — published 1949
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The Other Side The Other Side (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.70 — 2,482 ratings — published 1909
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.18 — 667,302 ratings — published 1996
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The Palace of Dreams The Palace of Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,239 ratings — published 1981
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Letters to Milena Letters to Milena (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.90 — 29,073 ratings — published 1952
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A Country Doctor A Country Doctor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.67 — 8,575 ratings — published 1918
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Metropole Metropole (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.52 — 3,956 ratings — published 1970
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I Who Have Never Known Men I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.03 — 744,168 ratings — published 1995
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Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.85 — 749 ratings — published 2018
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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.06 — 392,675 ratings — published 1892
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The Vegetarian The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.65 — 471,410 ratings — published 2007
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Sputnik Sweetheart Sputnik Sweetheart (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.82 — 190,485 ratings — published 1999
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Letter to His Father Letter to His Father (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.03 — 72,525 ratings — published 1919
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The Strange Library The Strange Library (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.54 — 72,902 ratings — published 2005
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Contemplation Contemplation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.53 — 2,677 ratings — published 1913
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,550,752 ratings — published 1942
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Ice Ice (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.62 — 13,822 ratings — published 1967
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Waiting for the Barbarians Waiting for the Barbarians (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.93 — 37,443 ratings — published 1980
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A Report for an Academy A Report for an Academy (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,172 ratings — published 1917
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,816,131 ratings — published 1949
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Authority (Southern Reach, #2) Authority (Southern Reach, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.55 — 115,916 ratings — published 2014
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The Burrow The Burrow (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.80 — 2,196 ratings — published 1924
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The Crying of Lot 49 The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.69 — 102,791 ratings — published 1965
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City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, #1) City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.74 — 25,274 ratings — published 1985
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The Double The Double (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.67 — 48,773 ratings — published 1846
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The Room The Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.60 — 6,483 ratings — published 2014
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.82 — 49,238 ratings — published 1908
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The Ruined Map The Ruined Map (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.45 — 3,123 ratings — published 1967
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Jakob von Gunten Jakob von Gunten (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.87 — 6,349 ratings — published 1909
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المحاكمة: رواية مصورة المحاكمة: رواية مصورة (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.59 — 3,106 ratings — published 1925
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The Iliac Crest The Iliac Crest (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.62 — 4,688 ratings — published 2002
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The Singularity The Singularity (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.60 — 2,298 ratings — published 1960
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The Judgment and other stories The Judgment and other stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as kafkaesque)
avg rating 3.84 — 8,469 ratings — published 1912
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Franz Kafka
“Ella tuvo un escalofrío, le saltó al cuello y cayeron los dos al suelo, donde rodaron como dos locos, rápida la respiración, temerosamente, como si quisieran esconderse el uno del otro, como si el placer que sentían perteneciera a un tercero, al que se lo robasen.”
― Franz Kafka, The Castle

Franz Kafka
“Era ahora demasiado libre, podía esperar en el lugar prohibido tanto como quisiera, había conquistado esa libertad como nadie hubiera sabido hacerlo, y nadie tenía derecho a tocarle, ni a expulsarle, incluso incomodarle, pero —y esta convicción era por lo menos tan fuerte como la otra— nada había tampoco más falto de sentido ni más desesperante que dicha libertad, dicha espera y dicha intangibilidad.”
― Franz Kafka, The Castle

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