5 best-selling historical books like Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars by Daisy Dunn

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Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars

By: Daisy Dunn

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford …

If you liked the historical plot in Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars by Daisy Dunn , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress (The Pax Britannica Trilogy, #1)

By: Jan Morris

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

The opening volume of Morris's "Pax Britannica Trilogy," this richly detailed work traces the rise … read more

Similar categories in Jan Morris's Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress (The Pax Britannica Trilogy, #1) book and Daisy Dunn's Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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2. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)

By: Jane Gardam

4.10

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more

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  • historical
  • british literature
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3. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

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  • british literature

4. All the Birds, Singing

By: Evie Wyld

4.52

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists, a stunningly insightful, emotionally powerful ne… read more

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5. Harvey

By: Mary Chase

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

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6. Caledonian Road

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more

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  • british literature
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7. Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

By: Kate Atkinson

3.71

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author o… read more

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  • british literature
"Hello, Boy," Franklin said. He liked dogs, they were uncomplicated. "I'm a girl, actually," the dog said."

-Kate Atkinson, Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

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8. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)

By: Richard Coles

3.32

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more

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  • british literature
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9. The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days

By: Helen Rebanks

3.89

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

A portrait of life at Helen Rebanks' Lake District farmhouse that beautifully captures the unsung w… read more

Similar categories in Helen Rebanks's The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days book and Daisy Dunn's Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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10. The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes

By: Kate Strasdin

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - to… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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11. Burntcoat

By: Sarah Hall

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying novel of mortality, passion, and human connection, set against the backdrop of a de… read more

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  • british literature
"I have this feeling - of being unplugged and too far from the socket and what remains is a red warning bar."

-Sarah Hall, Burntcoat

"I did not contact my father. He had another family; he was a stranger. I'd been raised, capably and neglectfully, by a borrowed woman and her shadow. I lay on Naomi's bed in the empty cottage, comfor…"

-Sarah Hall, Burntcoat

"There's blindness to new lovers. They exist in the rare atmosphere of their own colony, trusting by sense and feel, creatures consuming each other, building shelters with their hopes. Other worlds ce…"

-Sarah Hall, Burntcoat

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12. The Home

By: Penelope Mortimer

3.68

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

A tragi-comedy published in 1971 that looks at the experience of a woman escaping a broken marriage… read more

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  • british literature
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13. There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more

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  • historical
  • british literature
"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

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14. Reading Lessons: The Books We Read at School, The Conversations They Spark, we read at school, and Why They Matter

By: Carol Atherton

4.55

Format: 392 pages, ebook

An English teacher's love letter to reading and the many ways literature can make us, and our lives… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"They worm their way into our heads and touch us in a way that's more personal than any other school subject. Their lessons will sit quietly within us for years, until something awakens then: a partic…"

-Carol Atherton, Reading Lessons: The Books We Read at School, The Conversations They Spark, we read at school, and Why They Matter

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15. Shy Creatures

By: Clare Chambers

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more

Similar categories in Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures book and Daisy Dunn's Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars

  • historical
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16. Bump in the Night (Flaxborough, #2)

By: Colin Watson

4.04

Format: 164 pages, ebook

Tuesday nights have suddenly turned quite ridiculously noisy in the country town of Chalmsbury, whe… read more

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  • british literature
Cover of Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars by Daisy  Dunn

17. Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars

By: Daisy Dunn

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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18. The Black Loch (Lewis Trilogy, #4)

By: Peter May

4.37

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

THE RETURN OF FIN MACLEOD, PETER MAY'S MUCH-LOVED HERO OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING LEWIS TRILO… read more

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19. My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir

By: Sarah Moss

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An unflinching memoir about childhood, food, books, and our ability to see, become, and protect our… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

6 Best nonfiction books like Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars by Daisy Dunn

Transform Your Habits

Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress (The Pax Britannica Trilogy, #1)

Jan Morris

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days

Helen Rebanks

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes

Kate Strasdin

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Reading Lessons: The Books We Read at School, The Conversations They Spark, we read at school, and Why They Matter

Carol Atherton

4.55

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20 must-read fiction books like Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

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Caledonian Road

Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

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You Are Here

David Nicholls

4.08

Transform Your Habits

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Anne Enright

3.55

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