10 Best classics books like Nothing So Strange by James Hilton

Cover of Nothing So Strange by James Hilton

Nothing So Strange

By: James Hilton

3.61

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

• The first Kindle version of Nothing So Strange for sale on Amazon. • This is the story of two mo…

"The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is."

-James Hilton, Nothing So Strange

If you liked the classics plot in Nothing So Strange by James Hilton , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Winthrop Woman by Philippa Gregory, Anya Seton

1. The Winthrop Woman

By: Philippa Gregory , Anya Seton

4.11

Format: 588 pages, Paperback

First published in 1958 and set in the early 17th century, this bestselling novel—and follow-up to … read more

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  • historical fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
"A woman with opinions had better develop a thick skin and a loud voice."

-Philippa Gregory, The Winthrop Woman

"Elizabeth knew it was a fast day, but the rumbling in her belly was harder to ignore than the grumbling of the preacher."

-Philippa Gregory, The Winthrop Woman

"Nay, it's not the Devil been leading her astray. It's books! That girl has been nothing but trouble ever since she learned how to read."

-Philippa Gregory, The Winthrop Woman

"Elizabeth squirmed on the hard wooden bench, and tried to ignore both her sore backside and her rumbling stomach. Why did the minister's sermons last so long? And why did the talk of sin always give …"

-Philippa Gregory, The Winthrop Woman

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2. Play It As It Lays

By: Joan Didion , David Thomson

3.92

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of a… read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"The letter is still in my makeup box but I am careful not to read it unless I am drunk"

-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

"Carter and Helene still believe in cause-effect. Carter and Helene also believe that people are either sane or insane."

-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

"Carter and Helene still ask questions. I used to ask questions, and I got the answer: nothing. The answer is “nothing."

-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

"She could remember it all but none of it seemed to come to anything. She had a sense the dream had ended and she had slept on."

-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

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3. Mrs. Dalloway

By: Virginia Woolf , Maureen Howard

3.79

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Heralded as Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, this is a vivid portrait of a single day in a woman's … read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Life stand still here."

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"What a lark! What a plunge!"

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"To love makes one solitary."

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"What does the brain matter compared with the heart?"

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

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4. The Ministry of Fear

By: Graham Greene , Alan Furst

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

For Arthur Rowe, the trip to the charity fete was a joyful step back into adolescence, a chance to … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
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5. The Tender Bar: A Memoir

By: J.R. Moehringer

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In the grand tradition of landmark memoirs - a classic American story of self-invention and escape,… read more

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"All love is based on knowledge, the desire to know, the thrill of being known"

-J.R. Moehringer, The Tender Bar: A Memoir

"I don't know. Sometimes I try to say what's on my mind and it comes out sounding like I ate a dictionary and I'm shitting pages. Sorry"

-J.R. Moehringer, The Tender Bar: A Memoir

"Sometimes I felt so alone that I wish there were a bigger, longer word for alone. I tried to tell Grandma about this feeling, about my suspicion that life was nicking away pieces of me."

-J.R. Moehringer, The Tender Bar: A Memoir

"Angst ist der Schlüssel zum Erfolg und der Hauptgrund für dein Scheitern, Angst ist das zugrunde liegende Dilemma in jeder Geschihte, die du dir über dich selbst erzählst. Und was ist die einzige Cha…"

-J.R. Moehringer, The Tender Bar: A Memoir

6. My Ántonia

By: Willa Cather

4.07

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Through Jim Burden's endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Lady Windermere's Fan

By: Oscar Wilde

3.66

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Beautiful, aristocratic, an adored wife and young mother, Lady Windermere is 'a fascinating puritan… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction

8. Death in Cyprus

By: M.M. Kaye

3.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

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9. Lone Wolf

By: Jodi Picoult

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A life hanging in the balance...a family torn apart. The #1 internationally bestselling author Jodi… read more

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10. Shoeless Joe

By: W.P. Kinsella

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“If you build it, he will come.” These mysterious words inspire Ray Kinsella to create a cornfi… read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I'm not trying to bleed you. I want to renew you."

-W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe

"Any game becomes important when you know and love the players."

-W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe

"Serenity is a very elusive quality. I've been trying all my life to find it."

-W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe

"I am more than a little jealous that the wonder I am party to has been sprinkled over Salinger's gray head."

-W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe

11. Inherit the Wind

By: Jerome Lawrence , Robert E. Lee

3.93

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

A meaningful play based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, in which a Tennessee teacher was tried … read more

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12. The Far Country

By: Nevil Shute

4.80

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Jennifer fled the drab monotony of post-war London for Australia, and feels like she has come home.… read more

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13. Mothering Sunday

By: Graham Swift

4.25

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

A luminous, intensely moving tale that begins with a secret lovers' assignation in the spring of 19… read more

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14. The Complete Stories and Poems

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.72

Format: 294 pages,

The life of American writer Edgar Allan Poe was characterized by a dramatic series of successes and… read more

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15. The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

By: Agatha Christie

3.87

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-s… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Two people rarely see the same thing."

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"Again you have the sentiment and not the logic!"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"[...] She is not for you, that one! Take it from Papa Poirot!"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"Mon ami, двоє людей рідко можуть похвалитись, що бачать однакові речі"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

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16. Where Angels Fear to Tread

By: E.M. Forster

3.60

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Chaperoned by her young friend Caroline Abbott, free-spirited, recently widowed Lilia Herriton jour… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"We were mad - drunk with rebellion."

-E.M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread

"In Rome one had simply to sit still and feel."

-E.M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread

"Pretty things pack just the same as ugly ones."

-E.M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread

"Mr. Herriton, don’t – please, Mr. Herriton – a dentist. His father’s a dentist."

-E.M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread

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17. Nothing So Strange

By: James Hilton

3.61

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

• The first Kindle version of Nothing So Strange for sale on Amazon. • This is the story of two mo… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is."

-James Hilton, Nothing So Strange

Cover of Escape From Colditz by P.R. Reid

18. Escape From Colditz

By: P.R. Reid

4.15

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Combines The Colditz Story and Men of Colditz into one volume. read more

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4.11

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3.92

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Mrs. Dalloway

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3.79

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4.12

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Saul Bellow

3.26

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