12 Top fiction books like A Poor Wise Man by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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A Poor Wise Man

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Poor Wise Man mixes romantic fiction with political analysis. This engrossing story begins, "The …

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Cover of The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) by Raymond Chandler

1. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

By: Raymond Chandler

3.95

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more

Similar categories in Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • mystery
  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

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2. Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)

By: Diana Gabaldon

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Includes a sneak preview of the next Outlander novel, An Echo in the Bone . Adored bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Diana Gabaldon's Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1) book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Oh God. It isn’t Wednesday, is it, Hardy?"

-Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)

"Do what must be done, and then deal with the consequences."

-Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)

"Got to go to dinner at my brother’s house tomorrow - my sister-in-law is having Lord Worplesdon."

-Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)

"What sort of mother talks about whores on her deathbed? Your mother wouldn’t do that, would she?" "I have no idea,"

-Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)

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3. The Harvester

By: Gene Stratton-Porter

4.20

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Idyllic bliss, pristine woods, a mysterious past Gene Stratton-Porter returns us to her beloved … read more

Similar categories in Gene Stratton-Porter's The Harvester book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • classics
  • fiction
"From there on, for a few years, she held me, not because I was man enough to stand, but because she was woman enough to support me"

-Gene Stratton-Porter, The Harvester

"Knowing things will not harm you. Doing them is a different matter. What you know will be a protection. What you do ruins - if it is wrong."

-Gene Stratton-Porter, The Harvester

"From an outside viewpoint it seems as if I had almost all a man could ask in reason. But when was a strong man in the grip of love ever reasonable? I think the Almighty took a pretty grave responsibi…"

-Gene Stratton-Porter, The Harvester

"The next time any of you are called upon to address a body of men tell them to learn for themselves and to teach their sons, and to hold them at the critical hour, even by sweat and blood, to a clean…"

-Gene Stratton-Porter, The Harvester

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4. Not Under the Law (GLH #73)

By: Grace Livingston Hill

3.75

Format: 320 pages,

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Similar categories in Grace Livingston Hill's Not Under the Law (GLH #73) book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • fiction
Cover of Arrowsmith by E.L. Doctorow, Sinclair Lewis

5. Arrowsmith

By: E.L. Doctorow , Sinclair Lewis

3.63

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Originally published in 1925, after three years of anticipation, the book follows the life of Marti… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Doctorow's Arrowsmith book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, Stevie Davies

6. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

By: Anne Brontë , Stevie Davies

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Note: Editions of The Tenant that start with: "You must go back with me..." are incomplete. Actual … read more

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Cover of The Breaking Point: Stories by Daphne du Maurier

7. The Breaking Point: Stories

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.44

Format: 48 pages, ebook

"The appeal of romance and the clash of highly-charged emotions." --New York Herald-Tribune In this… read more

Similar categories in Daphne du Maurier's The Breaking Point: Stories book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Whose Body?  (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers

8. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.84

Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more

Similar categories in Dorothy L. Sayers's Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
"But if you were investigating a crime,"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

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9. Silas Marner

By: George Eliot

3.68

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwa… read more

Similar categories in George Eliot's Silas Marner book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"Love once, love always"

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

"Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand."

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

"Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people."

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

"Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings."

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

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10. Mansfield Park

By: Jane Austen

3.87

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich … read more

Similar categories in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • classics
  • fiction
"I was quiet, but I was not blind."

-Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

Cover of The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham

11. The Painted Veil

By: W. Somerset Maugham

3.44

Format: 336 pages,

Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veilis the story of the beautiful, but love-… read more

Similar categories in W. Somerset Maugham's The Painted Veil book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy

12. El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

By: Emmuska Orczy

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

The elusive Pimpernel returns for another swashbuckling adventure in El Dorado. The still-raging Fr… read more

Similar categories in Emmuska Orczy's El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • classics
  • fiction

13. Lord Jim

By: Joseph Conrad

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

Haunted by the memory of a moment of lost nerve during a disastrous voyage, Jim submits to condemna… read more

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14. A Poor Wise Man

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Poor Wise Man mixes romantic fiction with political analysis. This engrossing story begins, "The … read more

Similar categories in Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man book and Mary Roberts Rinehart's A Poor Wise Man

  • mystery
  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction

10 best-selling classics books like A Poor Wise Man by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Transform Your Habits

The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

Raymond Chandler

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Harvester

Gene Stratton-Porter

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Arrowsmith

E.L. Doctorow , Sinclair Lewis

3.63

Transform Your Habits

The Breaking Point: Stories

Daphne du Maurier

3.44

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The Cricket on the Hearth

Charles Dickens

3.45

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North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell , Alan Shelston

4.15

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Rudyard Kipling

3.73

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Magyk (Septimus Heap, #1)

Angie Sage

4.26

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