15 must-read fiction books like The Sands of Karakorum: A Fable by James Ramsey Ullman

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The Sands of Karakorum: A Fable

By: James Ramsey Ullman

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Sands of Karakorum is a step by James Ullman into a new dimension of writing, and one of the mo…

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1. The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , Lloyd Osbourne

3.43

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more

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2. The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)

By: John Buchan

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

After the war and newly knighted, Richard Hannay is living peacefully in the Cotswolds with his wif… read more

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"We are all, even the best of us, egoists and self-deceivers, and without a little comfortable make-believe to clothe us we should freeze in the outer winds."

-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)

"It was pretty clear that he was mad, for madness means just this dislocation of the modes of thought which mortals have agreed upon as necessary to keep the world together."

-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)

"I loathed having to screw myself up to emergencies late in the day. Such things should take place in the early morning. It was like going over the top in France; I didn’t mind it so much when it happ…"

-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)

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3. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more

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4. PassageTo Samoa

By: Day Keene

3.57

Format: 24 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Sylvia Ryan was a girl with a past-and fifty million dollars. Beautiful-wild-her romantic escapades… read more

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5. Isvik

By: Hammond Innes

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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6. Wake of the Red Witch

By: Garland Roark

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

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7. Mister Moses

By: Max Catto

4.82

Format: None pages,

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8. Le Grand Meaulnes

By: Alain-Fournier , None

4.00

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

In a small village in the Sologne, Fifteen-year-old Francois Seurel narrates the story of his relat… read more

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9. Shout at the Devil

By: Wilbur Smith

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Wilbur Smith's adventure tales are big, bold and unforgettable. In SHOUT AT THE DEVIL, the New York… read more

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10. Elephant Walk

By: Robert Standish

4.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Reprint. Originally published: 1st American ed. New York: Macmillan, 1949. read more

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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

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12. The Satyricon

By: Piero Chiara , Petronius , P.G. Walsh , Federico Roncoroni

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose & poetry (prosimetrum). It… read more

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13. Danger in Paradise / Malay Woman

By: Sid Fleischman , David Laurence Wilson , A.S. Fleischman

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Two Far East thrillers originally published in the early 1950s by Gold Medal Books and authored by … read more

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14. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

By: Candice Millard

4.24

Format: None pages,

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more

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15. Delta Connection

By: Hammond Innes

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first killing occurs in Constantza, the Romanian seaport on the Black Sea, but the next death h… read more

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16. Cross of Iron

By: Willi Heinrich

3.03

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Cross of Ironis the thrilling story of a German platoon cut off far behind Russian lines in the sec… read more

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17. Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

By: Candice Millard

3.55

Format: None pages, Paperback

From New York Timesbestselling author of Destiny of the Republicand The River of Doubt, a thrilling… read more

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18. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

By: Jonathan Franzen , Sloan Wilson

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Here is the story of Tom and Betsy Rath, a young couple with everthing going for them: three health… read more

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19. Terror in the Town

By: Edward Ronns , Edward S. Aarons

3.86

Format: 336 pages,

A devil killer terrorized the New England fishing town, and the manhunt was on! But the strangler a… read more

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20. The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan’s greatest crime writers. In 1940s Japan, t… read more

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"Detective you have to arrest her. You have to arrest her and put her to death. Not just the regular death penalty - that's not good enough for her. I want her to hang by her heels, rip her to shreds,…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)

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21. Island Nights' Entertainments

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

3.52

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Island Nights' Entertainments (also known as South Sea Tales) is a collection of short stories by R… read more

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22. The Years That Were Fat: Peking, 1933-1940 (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks)

By: George N. Kates

4.28

Format: None pages, Paperback

For seven years, from 1933 to 1940, George N. Kates--a native American--immersed himself in the inn… read more

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23. Look Behind You, Lady / The Venetian Blonde (Stark House Mystery Classics)

By: A.S. Fleischman

4.25

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Look Behind You, Lady: What a pickup line! Bruce Flemish is getting ready for his magic act at th… read more

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24. A Beachcomber in the Orient

By: Harry L. Foster

3.86

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain… read more

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25. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China

By: E. Alexander Powell

3.57

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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26. The Lost Flying Boat

By: Alan Sillitoe

3.67

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Two years after World War II, an RAF bomber crew regroups for a seemingly ordinary commercial missi… read more

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27. The Sands of Karakorum: A Fable

By: James Ramsey Ullman

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Sands of Karakorum is a step by James Ullman into a new dimension of writing, and one of the mo… read more

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28. When the World Shook: Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley, and Arbuthnot

By: H. Rider Haggard

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Out-of-print for many years, When the World Shook is a classic text which tells of the terror of a … read more

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"Thus, then, I too became a dreamer with only one longing, the longing for wisdom, for that spirit touch which should open my eyes and enable me to see."

-H. Rider Haggard, When the World Shook: Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley, and Arbuthnot

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29. The Thief of Bagdad

By: Achmed Abdullah

3.63

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

Achmed Abdullah's classic fantasy novel, based on the silent film of the same title, starring Dougl… read more

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30. Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley

By: Talbot Mundy

4.08

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An expedition in 1920s India searches for a lost tribe, a holy Lama, and a piece of jade that posse… read more

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"We are free -- to become agents of whatever power we wish."

-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley

"The secret of the charm of the lotus is that none can say wherin its beauty lies; for some say this, and some say that, but all agree that it is beautiful. And so indeed it is with woman."

-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley

"I heard, when I was in Delhi, that the men of the West are studying the construction of the atom, and have guessed at the force imprisoned in it. Wait until they have learned how to explode the atom,…"

-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley

"Marmaduke's theory was that, as he couldn't understand Christianity, it was safe to premise that people whose religion was a mixture of degraded Buddhism and devilworship couldn't understand it eithe…"

-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley

31. Say It With Murder (Atlantic Large Print Series)

By: Edward S. Aarons

3.38

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

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