9 Best fiction books like Brighton Rock by J.M. Coetzee, Graham Greene

Cover of Brighton Rock by J.M. Coetzee, Graham Greene

Brighton Rock

By: J.M. Coetzee , Graham Greene

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has kill…

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Cover of Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, Tim Dolin, Margaret R. Higonnet

1. Tess of the D’Urbervilles

By: Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet

3.83

Format: 518 pages, Paperback

Alternate covers can be found here and here. When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty t… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Bless thy simplicity, Tess"

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

"One thing he certainly was— sincere."

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

"The roof was a gymnasium for the winds"

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

"Tess was carried along the wings of the hours"

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

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2. A Handful of Dust

By: Evelyn Waugh

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laced with cynicism and truth, "A Handful of Dust" satirizes a certain stratum of English life wher… read more

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  • classics
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3. Brighton Rock

By: J.M. Coetzee , Graham Greene

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has kill… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. Lear

By: Edward Bond

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

"Bond's greatest (and biggest) play ... it is even more topical now and will become more so as man'… read more

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  • classics
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5. Lucky Jim

By: Kingsley Amis , David Lodge

4.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jimremain… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
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6. A Kestrel for a Knave

By: Barry Hines

3.60

Format: 253 pages,

With prose that is every bit as raw, intense and bitingly honest as the world it depicts, Barry Hin… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature

7. Atonement

By: Ian McEwan

4.06

Format: 663 pages,

Ian McEwan's symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides a… read more

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8. When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie, #3)

By: Kate Atkinson

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Three lives come together in unexpected and thrilling ways in Kate Atkinson's When Will There Be Go… read more

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9. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

By: Alan Sillitoe

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

To Arthur Seaton, Key worker on a lathe in a Nottingham cycle factory, life is one long battle with… read more

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10. Death of a Salesman

By: Arthur Miller

3.57

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

'For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you t… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
"I’m tired to the death."

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"LINDA [with infinite patience]"

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"Be liked and you will never want."

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"I'm losing weight, you notice, Pop?"

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

11. Hangover Square

By: Patrick Hamilton

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

Hamilton (1904-1962) captures the edgy, obsessive and eventually murderous mindset of a romanticall… read more

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12. Isabella; Or, the Pot of Basil

By: John Keats , None

5.00

Format: 646 pages,

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13. Journey Into Fear

By: Eric Ambler

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

Returning to his hotel room after a late-night flirtation with a cabaret dancer at an Istanbul boit… read more

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14. The Return of the Native

By: Thomas Hardy , Alexander Theroux

3.57

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

The Return of the Nativeis a work by Thomas Hardy now brought to you in this new edition of the tim… read more

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15. Last Orders

By: Graham Swift

3.82

Format: 287 pages,

Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to h… read more

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16. Trainspotting

By: Irvine Welsh , None

3.87

Format: 334 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ils sont quatre amis inseparables qui ont en commun une enfance, une ville, des voisins, le chomage… read more

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17. Vile Bodies

By: Evelyn Waugh

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

Evelyn Waugh's second novel, "Vile Bodies" is his tribute to London's smart set. It introduces us t… read more

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18. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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19. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

By: Evelyn Waugh

4.00

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more

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  • classics
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"Here my last love had died."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"No one is ever holy without suffering."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"I had been there before; I knew all about it."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

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20. The Snow Ghost and Other Tales: Classic Japanese Ghost Stories

By: Lafcadio Hearn

3.55

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales told an… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup by Duncan Hamilton

21. Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup

By: Duncan Hamilton

4.54

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

'Magnificent, moving, often funny and deeply researched account . . . Is this just a book for those… read more

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9 Best classics books like Brighton Rock by J.M. Coetzee, Graham Greene

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Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet

3.83

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A Handful of Dust

Evelyn Waugh

3.76

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Brighton Rock

J.M. Coetzee , Graham Greene

3.73

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Lear

Edward Bond

4.10

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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë , Michael Mason

4.15

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Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet

3.83

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Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë , Richard J. Dunn

3.89

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Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf , Maureen Howard

3.79

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