10 Best historical books like Dr. Finlay's Casebook by A.J. Cronin

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Dr. Finlay's Casebook

By: A.J. Cronin

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Dr Finlay's Casebook is a delightful collection of episodic stories of Dr Finlay and his life in th…

If you liked the historical plot in Dr. Finlay's Casebook by A.J. Cronin , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2) by Ann Cleeves

1. Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Man… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)

By: John Le Carré

3.88

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, other… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When the truth finally catches up to you, don't be a hero and run."

-John Le Carré, A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)

"شما همه مریض هستید. شما جاسوس‌ها. شماها درمان درد نیستید، خود مرض هستید. هنرمندان ارضای خودتان هستید. بازی‌تان هم برای ارضای خودتان است. ولی پیش خودتان خیال می‌کنید بزرگ‌ترین عقلای کوفتی جهان شماهایی…"

-John Le Carré, A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)

"خب، بالاخره وقت حساب پس دادن است. بالاخره وقتش رسیده برای سوال‌های سخت جواب‌های سرراست بگیرم. سوالاتی مثل جورج، آیا تو آگاهانه انسانیت را در من سرکوب کردی، یا من هم جزء عوارض جانبی بودم؟ یا مثل انسان…"

-John Le Carré, A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)

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3. Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Winner of Britain’s coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves introduces a dazzling new suspe… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It was precisely midnight when he stepped through the door. Taylor had said he wanted everyone in the Incident Room an hour before first light the next day, but Perez wasn't ready for sleep. As he sw…"

-Ann Cleeves, Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1)

Cover of Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse, #12) by Colin Dexter

4. Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse, #12)

By: Colin Dexter

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

The peaceful quadrangle of Lonsdale College seems remote from the shocks of the outside world - suc… read more

Similar categories in Colin Dexter's Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse, #12) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • fiction
Cover of The Jewel That Was Ours (Inspector Morse, #9) by Colin Dexter

5. The Jewel That Was Ours (Inspector Morse, #9)

By: Colin Dexter

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

"Superbly clue-laden...A complex and satisfying puzzle." THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE The case seems so … read more

Similar categories in Colin Dexter's The Jewel That Was Ours (Inspector Morse, #9) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Last Hours

By: Minette Walters

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

For most, the Black Death is the end. For a brave few, it heralds a new beginning. When the Black D… read more

Similar categories in Minette Walters's The Last Hours book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Island

By: Victoria Hislop

3.95

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother's past… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Hislop's The Island book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Britannia (Eagle, #14)

By: Simon Scarrow

3.77

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

Now a Sunday Times bestseller! Simon Scarrow's veteran Roman soldier heroes face a cunning and rele… read more

Similar categories in Simon Scarrow's Britannia (Eagle, #14) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Henry VIII

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

Format: None pages,

Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Henry VIII book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. White Nights (Shetland Island, #2)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.76

Format: 6 pages,

The electrifying follow up to the award-winningRaven Black Raven Blackreceived crime fiction's high… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's White Nights (Shetland Island, #2) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • audiobook

11. Darwinia

By: Robert Charles Wilson

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1912, history was changed by the Miracle, when the old world of Europe was replaced by Darwinia,… read more

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12. Jamaica Inn

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.89

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The coachman tried to warn her away from the ruined, forbidding place on the rainswept Cornish coas… read more

Similar categories in Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"For the sake of your bright eyes, Jem Merlyn."

-Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn

"I like the look of you and the feel of you, and that's enough for any man. It ought to be enough for a woman too."

-Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn

"Roads? Who spoke of roads? We go by the moor and the hills, and tread granite and heather as the Druids did before us."

-Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn

"She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or earth she loved him. He had kissed her, and she was bound to him for ever."

-Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn

13. The Magician

By: W. Somerset Maugham , Robert Calder

3.00

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Maugham's enchanting tale of secrets and fatal attractionThe Magicianis one of Somerset Maugham's m… read more

Similar categories in W. Somerset Maugham's The Magician book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

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14. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

By: Victor Hugo , Walter J. Cobb

4.02

Format: 510 pages, Paperback

This extraordinary historical French gothic novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of i… read more

Similar categories in Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Homo homini monstrum"

-Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

"Oh! Everything I loved!"

-Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

"by making himself a priest made himself a demon."

-Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

"a mother who loses her child can no longer believe in God"

-Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

15. Liverpool Miss

By: Helen Forrester

4.41

Format: 333 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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16. Howards End

By: E.M. Forster

3.96

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

A már életében klasszikusnak számító angol írónak ez volt a negyedik, a kritikusok szerint a legjob… read more

Similar categories in E.M. Forster's Howards End book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"So never give in,"

-E.M. Forster, Howards End

"Tulips were a tray of jewels."

-E.M. Forster, Howards End

"Love and Truth, their warfare seems eternal."

-E.M. Forster, Howards End

"Death destroys a man: the idea of Death saves him."

-E.M. Forster, Howards End

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17. Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)

By: Shaun Bythell

4.01

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the own… read more

Similar categories in Shaun Bythell's Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • scotland
  • audiobook
"Money can't buy happiness, BUT it can buy books (which is basically the same thing)."

-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)

"There's a difference between a book being too expensive and a customer being too cheap."

-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)

"On the news this morning was a story about four men who have been abducted from a bookshop in Hong Kong for disseminating literature critical of the Chinese regime. Bookselling can be a perilous busi…"

-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)

"Коли я виставляв ціни на видання, до мене підійшов старший чоловік і попросив: - Не допоможете мені знайти книжки із самодопомоги? Певний, що він не помітив у цій фразі суперечності, я спитав, яка са…"

-Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #2)

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18. The Teacher (DS Cross Mysteries, #6)

By: Tim Sullivan

4.51

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

An eighty-year-old man is found murdered in his home. His age and standing in the community makes f… read more

Similar categories in Tim Sullivan's The Teacher (DS Cross Mysteries, #6) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Only Story

By: Julian Barnes

3.61

Format: 272 pages, ebook

Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is… read more

Similar categories in Julian Barnes's The Only Story book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"If you're going to be a grown-up,"

-Julian Barnes, The Only Story

"And who does not want their love authenticated?"

-Julian Barnes, The Only Story

"You realize that tough love is also tough on the lover."

-Julian Barnes, The Only Story

"First love fixes a life for ever: this much I have discovered over the years."

-Julian Barnes, The Only Story

Cover of The Politician (DS Cross Mysteries, #4) by Tim  Sullivan

20. The Politician (DS Cross Mysteries, #4)

By: Tim Sullivan

4.49

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

A ransacked room. A dead politician. A burglary gone wrong – or a staged murder? THE DETECTIVE … read more

Similar categories in Tim Sullivan's The Politician (DS Cross Mysteries, #4) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4) by Ambrose Parry

21. Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.28

Format: 416 pages, ebook

1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chl… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sharpe's Assassin (Sharpe, #21) by Bernard Cornwell

22. Sharpe's Assassin (Sharpe, #21)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.SHA… read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Assassin (Sharpe, #21) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)

By: Margaret Hickey

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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24. War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

By: David Nott

4.54

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

For more than 25 years, surgeon David Nott has volunteered in some of the world’s most dangerous co… read more

Similar categories in David Nott's War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • audiobook
"As the Koran says in Surah 5:32: whoever saves a life, it shall be as though he had saved the lives of all mankind."

-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

"The boy's death turned me into a person marked by war: it was the Sarajevo equivalent of a campaign medal, although not one to wear with pride."

-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

"I remember the three of us – Mum, Dad and me – all being in tears as we looked at my grades and considered the consequences. I went out into the garden and tried to make sense of it all. Yes, I could…"

-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

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25. Blackout (Berlin Wartime Thriller #1)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.20

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia … read more

Similar categories in Simon Scarrow's Blackout (Berlin Wartime Thriller #1) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2) by Margaret Hickey

26. Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.07

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Stone Town is captivating new rural crime drama from the author of the bestselling Cutters End. … read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee (44 Scotland Street, #17) by Alexander McCall Smith

27. The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee (44 Scotland Street, #17)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest installment in the warm and welcoming 44 Scotland Street series finds all our favorite r… read more

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee (44 Scotland Street, #17) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • scotland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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28. Trust Me

By: T.M. Logan

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Two strangers, a child, and a split second choice that will change everything . . . Ellen was ju… read more

Similar categories in T.M. Logan's Trust Me book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cyclist (DS Cross #2) by Tim  Sullivan

29. The Cyclist (DS Cross #2)

By: Tim Sullivan

4.24

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

To solve any murder, you must first know your victim . . . THE DETECTIVE DS George Cross has … read more

Similar categories in Tim Sullivan's The Cyclist (DS Cross #2) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2) by Minette Walters

30. The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2)

By: Minette Walters

3.99

Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition

As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Do… read more

Similar categories in Minette Walters's The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2) book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"After being shown the demesne by Pikeman, and consulting with him at length, the elders had expressed their willingness to bring their fellows to live and work in Bourne on the same terms that My Lor…"

-Minette Walters, The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2)

"After being shown the demesne by Pikeman, and consulting with him at length, the elders had expressed their willingness to bring their fellows to live and work in Bourne on the same terms that My Lor…"

-Minette Walters, The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2)

Cover of Dr. Finlay's Casebook by A.J. Cronin

31. Dr. Finlay's Casebook

By: A.J. Cronin

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Dr Finlay's Casebook is a delightful collection of episodic stories of Dr Finlay and his life in th… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook book and A.J. Cronin's Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • historical
  • short stories
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

26 must-read fiction books like Dr. Finlay's Casebook by A.J. Cronin

Transform Your Habits

Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2)

Ann Cleeves

4.09

Transform Your Habits

A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)

John Le Carré

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1)

Ann Cleeves

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse, #12)

Colin Dexter

3.98

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Transform Your Habits

Dead Embers (DCI Michael Lambert #3)

Matt Brolly

3.95

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The Viaduct Killings (The Yorkshire Murders #1)

Wes Markin

4.36

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The Bonnie Dead (DCI Lomond #1)

Andrew Raymond

4.47

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J.D. Kirk

4.43

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