22 must-read fiction books like The Truce of God by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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The Truce of God

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

3.64

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

"If I should lie in a manger all night," she said, standing with her feet well apart and looking up…

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1. The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

Format: 300 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Edgar Allan Poe remains the unsurpassed master of works of mystery and madness in this outstanding … read more

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  • fiction
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2. The Three Musketeers

By: Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee

4.09

Format: 625 pages, Paperback

First published in 1844, The Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas' historical nov… read more

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  • fiction
"All for one and one for all."

-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

"Love is the most selfish of all the passions."

-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

"The merit of all things lies in their difficulty."

-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

"I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death."

-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

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3. The Last Trail

By: Zane Grey

4.57

Format: None pages,

When a woman is kidnapped from Fort Henry by a band of renegades, Lewis Wetzel and Jonathan Zane ta… read more

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  • fiction
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4. Summer

By: Edith Wharton

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Considered by some to be her finest work, Edith Wharton's "Summer" created a sensation when first p… read more

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  • fiction
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5. China Court: The Hours of a Country House

By: Rumer Godden

3.98

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

For more than half a century, Rumer Godden has been known as one of the finest and subtlest writers… read more

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  • fiction
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6. A Gentleman of Leisure

By: P.G. Wodehouse

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'A Gentleman of Leisure' concerns a young man, his love life & a burglary. Familiar Wodehouse chara… read more

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  • fiction
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7. David Copperfield

By: Charles Dickens , Jeremy Tambling

4.03

Format: 882 pages, Paperback

David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impov… read more

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  • fiction
"Trifles make the sum of life. "

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

"the sight of me is good for sore eyes"

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

"Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him."

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

"My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do to-day"

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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8. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his … read more

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  • fiction
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9. Desert Gold

By: Zane Grey

4.48

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of dow… read more

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  • fiction
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10. Nutcracker

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, co… read more

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  • christmas
  • fiction

11. Mary Russell's War: And Other Stories of Suspense

By: Laurie R. King

3.16

Format: 315 pages,

A dynamic short story collection that illuminates many hidden corners of the Mary Russell and Sherl… read more

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  • fiction
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12. My Cousin Rachel

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.16

Format: 315 pages, ebook

Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolute… read more

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  • fiction
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13. Quick Service

By: P.G. Wodehouse

3.29

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

When imperious American widow Beatice Chavender eats a forkful of inferior ham at her sister's coun… read more

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  • fiction
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14. The Spirit of the Border

By: Zane Grey

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

As the Revolutionary war draws to an end, the violence on the frontier only accelerates. The infamo… read more

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  • fiction

15. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories (Golf Stories, #0.5)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

3.38

Format: None pages,

This classic text by P.G. Wodehouse is a large collection of short stories including, The Man Upsta… read more

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16. Told After Supper

By: Jerome K. Jerome

3.73

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

This large print title is set in Tiresias 16pt font as recommended by the RNIB. read more

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17. She Came Back (Miss Silver, #9)

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.73

Format: 251 pages,

Also published as The Traveller Returns. Assumed dead, Lady Anne Jocelyn meets varying degrees of w… read more

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18. Who Pays the Piper?

By: Patricia Wentworth

4.13

Format: 334 pages,

A blackmailing businessman turns up dead in this gripping mystery from the creator of the beloved M… read more

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19. The Wall

By: John Hersey

3.50

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Riveting & compelling, The Walltells the inspiring story of forty men & women who escape the dehuma… read more

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20. The Wind in the Rosebush and Other Stories of the Supernatural

By: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Freeman began writing stories and verse for children while still a teenager to help support her fam… read more

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21. The Most Dangerous Game

By: Richard Connell

3.94

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

The Most Dangerous Game features a big-game hunter from New York who becomes shipwrecked on an isol… read more

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  • fiction
"But you can’t mean—"

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

"The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees."

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

"Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have."

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

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22. The Gift of the Magi

By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger

4.11

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more

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  • christmas
  • fiction
"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

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23. My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

By: Gerald Durrell , Helma Lapiņa

4.17

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do… read more

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"Larry was always full of ideas about things of which he had no experience."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"‎'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

24. The Girl on the Boat

By: P.G. Wodehouse

3.00

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

The Girl on the Boatfeatures red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina "Billie" Bennet, and the three men, … read more

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25. The Jane Austen Society

By: Natalie Jenner

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

2020 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel! Just after the S… read more

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  • fiction
"Saved by Jane Austen"

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"But one can always read Austen."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"You read too much. You read her to much."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"Reading, she now understood, had been her own choice of rebellion."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

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26. Christmas Storms and Sunshine

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

3.56

Format: 14 pages, Kindle Edition

Christmas is the most famous holiday of the year, and the word itself evokes images of Santa Claus,… read more

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  • christmas
  • fiction
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27. If the Fates Allow

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.49

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

After a long, lonely year, two people stumble toward each other in this holiday short story by the … read more

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  • christmas
  • fiction
"We’re socially distanced over here,"

-Rainbow Rowell, If the Fates Allow

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28. Christmas Every Day

By: William Dean Howells

3.67

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A story originally written in 1892 follows a parent's explanation to a little girl why Christmas co… read more

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  • christmas
  • fiction
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29. The Truce of God

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

3.64

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

"If I should lie in a manger all night," she said, standing with her feet well apart and looking up… read more

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  • christmas
  • fiction
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30. The Lyttleton Case

By: R.A.V. Morris

3.78

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest in the series of classic crime novels from the vaults of HarperCollins for the detective… read more

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6 Top christmas books like The Truce of God by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Transform Your Habits

Nutcracker

E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Christmas Storms and Sunshine

Elizabeth Gaskell

3.56

Transform Your Habits

If the Fates Allow

Rainbow Rowell

3.49

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14 Top fiction books like The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

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The Lady or the Tiger? And, the Discourager of Hesitancy

Frank R. Stockton

3.94

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Lamb to the Slaughter

Roald Dahl

3.84

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Shirley Jackson

4.05

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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.93

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