7 must-read classics books like Mr Finchley Discovers His England (Mr Finchley, #1) by Victor Canning

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Mr Finchley Discovers His England (Mr Finchley, #1)

By: Victor Canning

4.02

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his li…

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Cover of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

1. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

By: Winifred Watson

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly Englis… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Vintage Stuff

By: Tom Sharpe

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Peregrine Roderick Clyde-Brown, a bumbling British public schoolboy, has a penchant for taking the … read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
  • british literature
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3. Wilt (Wilt, #1)

By: Tom Sharpe

4.08

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Henry Wilt, tied to a daft job and a domineering wife, has just been passed over for promotion yet … read more

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  • literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • british literature
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4. Henry VIII

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

Format: None pages,

Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Come be My Guest

By: Elizabeth Cadell

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

James' grandfather forbids Christine and James to marry--so Christine goes off to Portugal to mend … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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6. The Darling Buds of May

By: H.E. Bates

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Darling Buds of May, which came out in 1958, was the first of five Larkin novels and in it read… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Riotous Assembly (Piemburg, #1)

By: Tom Sharpe

3.89

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

Offering all the qualities of his general bestselling fiction, this is Tom Sharpe's blazing satire … read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
  • british literature
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8. Woman with Birthmark (Inspector Van Veeteren #4)

By: Håkan Nesser

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

A mother's dying wish sealed with a deadly promise. Four men with a secret they thought they'd buri… read more

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  • fiction

9. Death Among Friends

By: Elizabeth Cadell , Aparna Bera

2.50

Format: 52 pages,

To Alison Sinclair the past was dead and Eden Croft forgotten. She had never expected to see him ag… read more

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Cover of Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3) by P.G. Wodehouse

10. Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.25

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

The titles of the first story in this collection—'Jeeves Takes Charge'— and the last—'Bertie Change… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Employers are like horses — they require management."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

"You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

"Well, you know, there are limits to the sacred claims of friendship."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

"What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?"

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

11. Indecent Exposure

By: Tom Sharpe

4.36

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

A blazing satire of South African apartheid, Indecent Exposure is Tom Sharpe's brilliant follow-up … read more

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12. Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers (44 Scotland Street, #9)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It's not that poor Bertie Pollock is wishing his life away, but having anticipated his 7th birthday… read more

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13. Death of a Bookseller

By: Bernard J. Farmer

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A rare gem of the mystery genre makes its first return to print since 1956 An honest policeman, Se… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Jack, I'm going to tell you a story. A runner took a book to a famous dealer and said: 'I've got something rare here.' 'Yes,' replied the dealer, 'but customers who want it are rarer.' Then my book i…"

-Bernard J. Farmer, Death of a Bookseller

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14. Mr Finchley Discovers His England (Mr Finchley, #1)

By: Victor Canning

4.02

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his li… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • literature
  • travel
  • humor
  • fiction
  • english literature
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Trio

By: William Boyd

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A producer. A novelist. An actress. It is summer in 1968, the year of the assassinations of Mart… read more

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  • british literature
  • literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"People come to us...us novelists...looking for information about all the other people in the world; what we're thinking, what we need, what we dream about, what we hate, what makes us tick.... People…"

-William Boyd, Trio

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16. Five French Hens

By: Judy Leigh

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The best days of your life might be still to come…When 73 year old Jen announces that she is going … read more

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  • audiobook
  • humor
  • fiction
  • british literature
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17. Welcome to Nowhere

By: Caimh McDonnell

4.20

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A little revenge never hurt anybody...When a gambling debt puts him between a rock and a swim in th… read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Old Girls' Network

By: Judy Leigh

3.97

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Is it ever too late to change…After a health scare, 77 year-old spinster Barbara goes to convalesce… read more

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  • audiobook
  • humor
  • fiction
  • british literature
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19. Letter To My Love

By: Elizabeth Cadell

3.86

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

What is the mystery in Grant Hewitt’s family which holds up his marriage to Claire? Why is he runni… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Venus With Pistol (Gripping Action-Packed Thrillers) by Gavin Lyall

20. Venus With Pistol (Gripping Action-Packed Thrillers)

By: Gavin Lyall

4.07

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

‘ASSAULT, GUNFIRE AND MURDER’ New York Times ‘COOL SMOOTH STYLE COMBINED WITH HOT PACE. A GRIPPER’… read more

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21. Dangerous Davies and The Lonely Heart

By: Leslie Thomas

4.27

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Dangerous is back...In this, the fourth of Leslie Thomas's novels about Dangerous Davies, the last … read more

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  • humor
  • fiction

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