15 best-selling fiction books like The Young Pitcher by Zane Grey

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The Young Pitcher

By: Zane Grey

3.75

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

College student Ken Ward dreams of making the varsity baseball team, but as a freshman he doesn't s…

"Ken thrilled in all his being."

-Zane Grey, The Young Pitcher

"Ken thrilled in all his being."

-Zane Grey, The Young Pitcher

"The coach put his hand on Ken's knee."

-Zane Grey, The Young Pitcher

"The coach put his hand on Ken's knee."

-Zane Grey, The Young Pitcher

If you liked the fiction plot in The Young Pitcher by Zane Grey , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Grand Sophy

By: Georgette Heyer

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

When the redoubtable Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy is ordered to South America on business, he leaves his… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"You are shameless!"

-Georgette Heyer, The Grand Sophy

"Mr. Rivenhall said to Sophy, “If this is your doing—!"

-Georgette Heyer, The Grand Sophy

"Do you like pets better than toys and books? I always did, so I thought very likely you would too."

-Georgette Heyer, The Grand Sophy

"I never indulge commonplace thoughts," said Sir Vincent... "Not, at all events, in relation to the Grand Sophy."

-Georgette Heyer, The Grand Sophy

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2. The Whispering Room (Jane Hawk, #2)

By: Dean Koontz

4.19

Format: 517 pages, Hardcover

Jane Hawk - fiction's most relentless, resourceful, stunning new heroine - continues her battle aga… read more

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  • fiction
"Laws the seemed to be about making the Internet more fair, making it more democratic and open...Woven through them are levers with which government agencies can control what's seen."

-Dean Koontz, The Whispering Room (Jane Hawk, #2)

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3. Pale Kings And Princes (Spenser, #14)

By: Robert B. Parker

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Wheaton is a typical New England small-college town, not the sort of place for drugs and murder. Bu… read more

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  • fiction
"Susan told me on the way out,"

-Robert B. Parker, Pale Kings And Princes (Spenser, #14)

"Say it turns out to be the gun, and it’s going to be major-league coincidence if it doesn’t, you’re going to want to know whose gun it is, and if I tell you that I’ll have to tell you how I know it’s…"

-Robert B. Parker, Pale Kings And Princes (Spenser, #14)

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4. The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

By: Russell Shorto

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polygl… read more

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"If what made America great was its ingenious openness to different cultures, then the small triangle of land at the southern tip of Manhattan Island is the New World birthplace of that idea, the spot…"

-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

"The first Manhattanites didn't arrive with lofty ideals. They came--whether as farmer, tanner, prostitute, wheelwright, barmaid, brewer, or trader--because there was a hope for a better life. There w…"

-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

"Henry Hudson was in his forties when he stepped into the light of history, a seasoned mariner, a man with a strong and resourceful wife and three sons, a man born and raised not only to the sea but t…"

-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

"Many people--whether they live in the heartland or on Fifth Avenue--like to think of New York City as so wild and extreme in its cultural fusion that it's an anomaly in the United States, almost a fo…"

-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

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5. Widow's Walk (Spenser, #29)

By: Robert B. Parker

3.88

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

One of Boston’s elite has been murdered. The accused is his new wife. She’s blonde, beautiful, and … read more

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  • fiction
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6. Chasing the Bear (A Young Spenser Novel)

By: Robert B. Parker

2.55

Format: 48 pages,

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  • fiction
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7. Black Jack

By: Max Brand

3.84

Format: 208 pages,

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  • fiction
Cover of The Mystery Woman (Ladies of Lantern Street, #2) by Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz

8. The Mystery Woman (Ladies of Lantern Street, #2)

By: Amanda Quick , Jayne Ann Krentz

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

Beatrice Lockwood, one of the intrepid ladies of Lantern Street, is in the middle of a case when he… read more

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9. The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2)

By: L. Frank Baum , David McKee

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Tip builds a pumpkinheaded man as a joke. But the joke's on Tip when a mean old witch brings Jack P… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction

10. Bad Business (Spenser, #31)

By: Robert B. Parker

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

One of the great series in the history of the American detective story gets even better when Spense… read more

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11. Desert Solitaire

By: Edward Abbey

4.00

Format: None pages,

When Desert Solitairewas first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude an… read more

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12. Taming A Sea-Horse (Spenser, #13)

By: Robert B. Parker , Ute Tanner

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

Spenser's interest in teenage prostitute April Kyle leads him to Robert Rambeaux, ersatz Juilliard … read more

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13. Port Mortuary (Kay Scarpetta, #18)

By: Patricia Cornwell

4.02

Format: 293 pages,

The new Kay Scarpetta novel from the world's #1 bestselling crime writer. "When it comes to the for… read more

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14. School Days (Spenser, #33)

By: Robert B. Parker

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lily Ellsworth - erect, firm, white-haired, and stylish - is the grande dame of Dowling, Massachuse… read more

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15. The Hustler

By: Walter Tevis

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When it was first published in 1959, The Hustler was the first--and the best--novel written about b… read more

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16. Brimstone (Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch, #3)

By: Robert B. Parker

3.76

Format: None pages,

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17. Jubal Sackett

By: Louis L'Amour

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

In Jubal Sackett, the second generation of Louis L'Amour's great American family pursues a destiny … read more

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18. The Warrior's Path

By: Louis L'Amour

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Filled with exciting tales of the frontier, the chronicle of the Sackett family is perhaps the crow… read more

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19. Blue-Eyed Devil (Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch, #4)

By: Robert B. Parker

3.85

Format: None pages,

read more

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20. The Work of Art (Somerset Stories, #1)

By: Mimi Matthews

4.19

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

An Uncommon Beauty... Hidden away in rural Devonshire, Phyllida Satterthwaite has always been cons… read more

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  • fiction
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21. A Killing on the Hill

By: Robert Dugoni

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The Great Depression. High-level corruption. And a murder that’s about to become Seattle’s hottest … read more

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  • fiction
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22. The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

By: Adam Lazarus

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American John Glenn, the unassail… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
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23. Winter World (The Long Winter, #1)

By: A.G. Riddle

4.16

Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition

A new ice age... and a shocking discovery...will change humanity forever.In the near future, a new … read more

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  • fiction
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24. Tiger Chair

By: Max Brooks

3.57

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

When China invades America, guerrilla warfare explodes on the streets of Los Angeles in this provoc… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Lost Colony (The Long Winter, #3) by A.G. Riddle

25. The Lost Colony (The Long Winter, #3)

By: A.G. Riddle

4.18

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Can humanity survive on a new world?On Eos, the last survivors of the Long Winter face their greate… read more

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  • fiction
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26. The Solar War (The Long Winter, #2)

By: A.G. Riddle

4.26

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

We thought the war was over.We were wrong.They decimated Earth during the Long Winter.Now the grid … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Murder in an Irish Bookshop (Irish Village Mystery, #7) by Carlene O'Connor

27. Murder in an Irish Bookshop (Irish Village Mystery, #7)

By: Carlene O'Connor

4.06

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Between training the new town garda and trying to set a wedding date with her fiancé, Macdara Flann… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit by Chris Matthews

28. Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit

By: Chris Matthews

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before, by … read more

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29. The Homecoming of The Usshers (Ussher Family, #4)

By: Sam Scott

4.64

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

GRADY Texas, 1880. Grady and Eli Ussher had long ago given up their sister for dead. When aged four… read more

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30. Justice at Jericho Springs (Jericho Springs Western, #1)

By: Sam Scott

4.37

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

Small town, big trouble.A brother’s vengeance.A father’s debt.A daughter betrayed.After a year of f… read more

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31. The Young Pitcher

By: Zane Grey

3.75

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

College student Ken Ward dreams of making the varsity baseball team, but as a freshman he doesn't s… read more

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  • baseball
  • classics
  • fiction
  • sports
"Ken thrilled in all his being."

-Zane Grey, The Young Pitcher

"The coach put his hand on Ken's knee."

-Zane Grey, The Young Pitcher

"Peg, are you goin' to throw me down, too?"

-Zane Grey, The Young Pitcher

"There was a bold gleam in his eyes and a smile on his face."

-Zane Grey, The Young Pitcher

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4.15

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