Franz Kafka Best Books | 10 Best Franz Kafka Books That You Should Read

Here is a List of 10 Best Franz Kafka Books. These Books are available on Amazon. Franz Kafka's work is marked by anguish and isolation, and his characters often face ludicrous circumstances. He is famous for his novels The Tribunal.

1. Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka. Top 10 Franz Kafka Books

Author : Franz Kafka

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‘One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.’ Thus begins The Metamorphosis, cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the twentieth century. A story of Gregor Samsa, a travelling salesman, who wakes up one day to discover that he has metamorphosed into a bug, The Metamorphosis is a book that concerns itself with the themes of alienation, disillusionment and existentialism.

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2. Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Top 10 Franz Kafka Books

Author : Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Gripped by anxiety, the impoverished, handsome, and intelligent Rodion Raskolnikov has isolated himself from everyone. Preoccupied with his own contemplations, he becomes conscious of his fears.

“I want to attempt a thing like that and am frightened by these trifles,” he thought, with an odd smile. “Hm . . . yes, all is in a man’s hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that’s an axiom.”

After much introspection, Raskolnikov murders an old pawnbroker—for the betterment of the society—and escapes unnoticed. But will he be able to escape his own conscience?

An exceptional psychological drama, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment deftly delves into the mind of a young man who commits a crime, laying bare his mental anguish and moral dilemmas. Having undergone several film adaptations, the novel continues to remain a literary sensation.

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3. The Greatest Works of Franz Kafka

The Greatest Works of Franz Kafka By Franz Kafka. Top 10 Franz Kafka Books

Author : Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka is considered one of the major figures of 20th century literature. His work is known to be mix of realism and the fantastic and has been appreciated for its attention to detail.

This book is an attempt to handpick the greatest works of Franz Kafka over the years, most of which was originally written in German. Stories from all slices of life, which will make you laugh, cry, smile or sulk.

Including the much acclaimed novel 'The Trial' and short stories like 'The Metamorphosis' and 'The Judgement', among many others

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4. The Trial

The Trial By Franz Kafka. Top 10 Franz Kafka Books

Author : Franz Kafka

Kafka's gripping work of psychological horror.
A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K, an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released but must report to court on a regular basis, an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life, including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door, becomes increasingly unpredictable. As Joseph tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.

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5. Satyayoddha Kalki: Eye of Brahma

Satyayoddha Kalki By Kevin Missal. Top 10 Franz Kafka Books

Author : Kevin Missal

After a defeat at the hands of Lord Kali, Kalki Hari must journey towards the Mahendragiri mountains with his companions to finally become the avatar he is destined to be. But the road ahead is not without peril . . .
Not only is he trapped by the cannibalistic armies of the Pisach, he is also embroiled in the civil war of the Vanars. And in midst of all this, he meets a face from the legends.
Meanwhile, Manasa, the sister of the late Vasuki, plots to overthrow Lord Kali by bringing a massive war to his kingdom. But Naagpuri, her homeland, has been infiltrated by their sworn enemy, the Suparns. Not only does she need to protect her kingdom from the Suparns, she must also protect her close ones from the league of conspirators at her own home. Who can she really trust? And will she be able to put an end to Lord Kali’s rule?

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6. Franz Kafka - Short Stories

Franz Kafka - Short Stories By Franz Kafka. Top 10 Franz Kafka Books

Author : Franz Kafka

Acclaimed as one of the founding masters of modern world literature, Franz Kafka's influence has been too far, too wide and too deep for any comprehensive assessment. Enigmatic and paradoxical, full of predicaments of the modern man, these pieces of fiction reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.

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7. The Castle

The Castle By Franz Kafka. Top 10 Franz Kafka Books

Author : Franz Kafka

The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence. Kafka began The Castle in 1922 and it was never finished, yet this, the last of his three great novels, draws fascinating conclusions that make it feel strangely complete.

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8. The Complete Novels Of Vintage Kafka

The Complete Novels Of Vintage Kafka By Franz Kafka. Top 10 Franz Kafka Books

Author : Franz Kafka

Kafka’s characters are victims of forces beyond their control, estranged and rootless citizens deceived by authoritarian power. Filled with claustrophobic description and existential profundity, Kafka has been compared to a literary Woody Allen.

In The Trial Joseph K is relentlessly hunted for a crime that remains nameless.

The Castle follows K in his ceaseless attempts to enter the castle and to belong somewhere.

In Amerika Karl Rossmann also finds himself isolated and confused when he is 'packed off to America by his parents'. Here, ordinary immigrants are also strange, and 'America' is never quite as real as it seems.

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9. Investigations of a Dog

Investigations of a Dog By Franz Kafka. Top 10 Franz Kafka Books

Author : Franz Kafka

Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

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10. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories By Franz Kafka. Top 10 Franz Kafka Books

Author : Franz Kafka

With a bewildering blend of the everyday and the fantastical, Kafka thus begins his most famous short story, The Metamorphosis. A commercial traveller is unexpectedly freed from his dreary job by his inexplicable transformation into an insect, which drastically alters his relationship with his family. Kafka considered publishing it with two of the stories included here in a volume to be called Punishments. The Judgement also concerns family tensions, when a power struggle between father and son ends with the father passing an enigmatic judgement on the helpless son. The third story, In the Penal Colony, explores questions of power, justice, punishment, and the meaning of pain in a colonial setting.

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