23 Top fiction books like After the Party by Cressida Connolly

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After the Party

By: Cressida Connolly

3.45

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

It is the summer of 1938 and Phyllis Forrester has returned to England after years abroad. Moving i…

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Cover of The Lubetkin Legacy by Marina Lewycka

1. The Lubetkin Legacy

By: Marina Lewycka

3.43

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Hilarious new novel from the bestselling author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian. Nort… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
  • british literature
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2. The Brimstone Wedding

By: Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Jenny's marriage is loveless, and she is having an affair. She works at an old people's home, where… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Hons and Rebels by Christopher Hitchens, Jessica Mitford

3. Hons and Rebels

By: Christopher Hitchens , Jessica Mitford

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Jessica Mitford, the great muckraking journalist, was part of a legendary English aristocratic fami… read more

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4. Death in the Tunnel

By: Miles Burton

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

On a dark November evening, Sir Wilfred Saxonby is travelling alone in the 5 o'clock train from Can… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature

5. Death in the Stocks (Inspector Hannasyde, #1)

By: Georgette Heyer

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

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6. Orange Blossom Days

By: Patricia Scanlan

3.78

Format: None pages,

Ina beautiful southern Spanish town, where the sea sparkles and orange blossoms scent the air, the … read more

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7. Love in a Cold Climate

By: Nancy Mitford

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found  One of Nancy Mitford's most beloved nov… read more

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8. One Pair of Hands

By: Monica Dickens

3.82

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

What does a young, well-off English woman do with herself when she's thrown out of acting school an… read more

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9. Old God's Time

By: Sebastian Barry

3.85

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-se immòbil, feliç i inútil"

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-de immòbil, feliç i inútil"

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

"No one minds life as long as they are not trying to leave it. Nor death, as long as they are not dying."

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

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10. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Romantic

By: William Boyd

4.15

Format: 451 pages, Paperback

Set in the 19th century, The Romantic is the story of life itself. Following the roller-coaster for… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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12. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

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  • historical
  • drama
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Godmersham Park

By: Gill Hornby

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

On 21 January 1804, Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of gover… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
"She was simply a creature of the most passionate nature. She felt intensely; where she loved, there she loved absolutely."

-Gill Hornby, Godmersham Park

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14. The Maiden

By: Kate Foster

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more

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  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. Just Sayin': My Life In Words

By: Malorie Blackman

4.53

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world's greatest children's writers, and an empowering… read more

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"Sometimes, when love has flown or is absent, when life knocks us to the ground and won't let us get back up, hope may be all we have left to cling to."

-Malorie Blackman, Just Sayin': My Life In Words

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16. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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17. The Seventh Son

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.60

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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18. In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1)

By: Jo Callaghan

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an ey… read more

Similar categories in Jo Callaghan's In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1) book and Cressida Connolly's After the Party

  • fiction
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19. Other Women

By: Emma Flint

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A husband. A wife. A lover. Each has a secret they’d kill to protect . . . From the author of Li… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Lily

By: Rose Tremain

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer... Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter's … read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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21. The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

By: Eleni Kyriacou

4.18

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. … read more

Similar categories in Eleni Kyriacou's The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou book and Cressida Connolly's After the Party

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Let the Light Pour In by Lemn Sissay

22. Let the Light Pour In

By: Lemn Sissay

3.67

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARA SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE BOOK TO G… read more

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23. The Exhibitionist

By: Charlotte Mendelson

3.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The longer the marriage, the harder truth becomes . . . Meet the Hanrahan family, gathering for … read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Mendelson's The Exhibitionist book and Cressida Connolly's After the Party

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of At the Table by Claire    Powell

24. At the Table

By: Claire Powell

3.74

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

To Nicole and Jamie Maguire, their parents seem the ideal couple - a suburban double act, happily m… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • novels
  • drama
Cover of Jeeves and the King of Clubs by Ben Schott

25. Jeeves and the King of Clubs

By: Ben Schott

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Storm clouds loom over Europe. Treason is afoot in the highest social circles. The very security of… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"There are, of course, three ways to hide behind a sofa."

-Ben Schott, Jeeves and the King of Clubs

"Properly cared for, a Savile Row suit can be handed down the generations—like gout."

-Ben Schott, Jeeves and the King of Clubs

"Such diplomacy is not to be sneezed at, for the suit is a window to the soul: lightweight cotton when cash is tight, Italian cashmere when an inheritance lands; waistlines drawn in during illness or …"

-Ben Schott, Jeeves and the King of Clubs

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26. These Days

By: Lucy Caldwell

3.71

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters, four nights, one city. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war -- so … read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
Cover of The Woman in the Garden (Eustacia Rose #1) by Jill   Johnson

27. The Woman in the Garden (Eustacia Rose #1)

By: Jill Johnson

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

I've always been better with plants than people . . . Eustacia Rose is a Professor of Botanical … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of After the Party by Cressida Connolly

28. After the Party

By: Cressida Connolly

3.45

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

It is the summer of 1938 and Phyllis Forrester has returned to England after years abroad. Moving i… read more

Similar categories in Cressida Connolly's After the Party book and Cressida Connolly's After the Party

  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • drama
Cover of The Stranger's Companion: A beautiful island . . . an impossible mystery by Mary Horlock

29. The Stranger's Companion: A beautiful island . . . an impossible mystery

By: Mary Horlock

3.71

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

October 1933Sark is the smallest of the Channel Islands. With a population of 500 souls it has a re… read more

Similar categories in Mary Horlock's The Stranger's Companion: A beautiful island . . . an impossible mystery book and Cressida Connolly's After the Party

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. Knife Skills for Beginners

By: Orlando Murrin

3.36

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Maid meets Knives Out with a dash of Top Chef in the debut locked room culinary mystery set in … read more

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  • fiction

9 Best novels books like After the Party by Cressida Connolly

Transform Your Habits

The Lubetkin Legacy

Marina Lewycka

3.43

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Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

3.85

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The Romantic

William Boyd

4.15

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Absolutely and Forever

Rose Tremain

3.90

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Joseph Coelho

3.82

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Malorie Blackman

4.53

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Strong Female Character

Fern Brady

4.48

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Paloma Faith

4.06

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