19 best-selling fiction books like A Soldier's Quartet by Colin Baldwin

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A Soldier's Quartet

By: Colin Baldwin

4.53

Format: 227 pages, Paperback

Conrad Bentley enjoys his retirement. By chance, he comes across a letter from WWI — a German fath…

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1. Most Secret

By: Nevil Shute

3.98

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Genevieve is a converted French fishing boat, manned by British officers and a small crew of free F… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Reader

By: Bernhard Schlink , Carol Brown Janeway

3.78

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing nov… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There's no need to talk about it, because the truth of what one says lies in what one does."

-Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

"I asked her about life, and it was as if she rummaged around in a dusty chest to get me the answers."

-Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

"But the finger I pointed at her turned back to me. I had loved her. Not only had I loved her, I had chosen her."

-Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

"The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and purposeless, successful and futile. What else is the history of law?"

-Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

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3. The Feast

By: Margaret Kennedy

3.93

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Initially was published in a shortened form in a 1949 Ladies Home Journal magazine under the title … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"She writes this biographical fiction, or fictional biography, whichever you like to call it. She takes some juicy scandal from the life of a famous person, and writes a novel round it. Any facts that…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

"MYSELF: You have never understood. My integrity means more to me than happiness. CHRISTINA: You have none. There is no such thing. You are not a whole person. Nobody is. We are members one of another…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

"[W]hen she was dying she asked me to promise never to leave Father. I couldn't refuse. It was the last thing she said. She was worried over what would happen to him. So you see!' 'How could she conde…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

"What kind of books do you like?' 'I like books about nice people. And a story where it all comes out right in the end.' 'But Nancibel, that's not true to life.' 'I daresay not. Why should it be?' 'Yo…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

Cover of Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) by Kent Haruf

4. Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)

By: Kent Haruf

4.30

Format: None pages,

A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of… read more

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  • fiction
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5. Murder on Thames (Cherringham, #1)

By: Matthew Costello , Neil Richards

4.48

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Digital Series. Episode 1: Cherringham is a quiet and peaceful town in the Cotswolds. Time moves sl… read more

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  • fiction

6. Life and Fate

By: Vasily Grossman , Robert Chandler

4.09

Format: 156 pages,

Life and Fate is an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnik… read more

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7. A Prayer for the Dying

By: Stewart O'Nan

3.69

Format: 32 pages,

Set just after the Civil War, A Prayer for the Dyingis the story of a small Wisconsin town gripped … read more

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8. The Day of the Triffids

By: John Wyndham

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffidsto moderate acclaim. Fifty-two year… read more

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9. The Shepherd

By: Frederick Forsyth

4.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

It is Christmas Eve, 1957. Flying home, on leave from Germany, he is alone in the cockpit of the Va… read more

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10. Christmas Day in the Morning

By: Pearl S. Buck , Mark Buehner

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck and acclaimed artist Mark Buehner comes … read more

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11. Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice

By: Adam Makos

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For readers of Unbrokenand The Boys in the Boatcomes an unforgettable tale of courage from America'… read more

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12. The Book of Fire

By: Christy Lefteri

3.83

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches ch… read more

Similar categories in Christy Lefteri's The Book of Fire book and Colin Baldwin's A Soldier's Quartet

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. The Paris Notebook

By: Tessa Harris

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

‘Gripping, compelling and beautiful.’ Emma Cowell, author of The House in the Olive Grove A secret … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

By: Daniel James Brown

4.49

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga… read more

Similar categories in Daniel James Brown's Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II book and Colin Baldwin's A Soldier's Quartet

  • historical
  • war
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15. Yours Cheerfully (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #2)

By: A.J. Pearce

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

London, November 1941. Following the departure of the formidable Henrietta Bird from Woman’s Friend… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Pearce's Yours Cheerfully (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #2) book and Colin Baldwin's A Soldier's Quartet

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

By: Maria Smilios

4.33

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage. So begins the remar… read more

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"Missouria took in Mr. Morris’s information and this system of demarcating lives. Maps and lines had defined her entire life. They were drawn throughout history, straightened, elongated, bent up and d…"

-Maria Smilios, The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

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17. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. 2023 on Goodreads

By: Various

4.11

Format: None pages, None

Whether or not you've had time to write your own reviews, here's a chance to review your entire 202… read more

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19. The Horse

By: Willy Vlautin

4.26

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, addiction, regret, love, and hard-won … read more

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  • fiction
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20. Raft of Stars

By: Andrew J. Graff

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When two hardscrabble young boys think they’ve committed a crime, they flee into the Northwoods of … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Tell Me Lies

By: J.P. Pomare

3.75

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for Ned Kelly Best Crime Novel. Shortlisted for Ngaio Marsh Best Crime Novel. Marg… read more

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  • fiction
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22. In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree

By: Michael A. McLellan

4.38

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Born into slavery, Henry’s young life is spent working in tobacco drying sheds on Missouri plantati… read more

Similar categories in Michael A. McLellan's In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree book and Colin Baldwin's A Soldier's Quartet

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. The Wartime Book Club

By: Kate Thompson

4.31

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

From enchanting cliff tops and white sandy bays to the pretty cobbled streets of St Helier, Jersey … read more

Similar categories in Kate Thompson's The Wartime Book Club book and Colin Baldwin's A Soldier's Quartet

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. Broken Rhodes

By: Kimber Silver

4.43

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

Kinsley Rhodes blows into Harlow, Kansas like a tornado, twisting Sheriff Lincoln James' life into … read more

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  • fiction
"Silence cut him to the quick as it breathed a tale he didn’t want to hear."

-Kimber Silver, Broken Rhodes

"This town was caught in a perpetual state of stagnation. The same three thousand or so people were still living the same small-town life. They thought they ruled the universe from the confines of thi…"

-Kimber Silver, Broken Rhodes

"The stars sparkled in an inky sky as they drove through the hot summer night—rhinestones scattered across midnight silk. Out here, a person could almost see forever across the flat expanse of farmlan…"

-Kimber Silver, Broken Rhodes

Cover of Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) by William Kent Krueger

25. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more

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  • fiction
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26. Joe Little and the Indian School (The Americans)

By: Michael A. McLellan

4.36

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

“I was Indian, but no more. Now I’m something different altogether.” In this standalone companio… read more

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27. Hunger for Life

By: Andy Marr

4.24

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

On the day of his graduation, James says goodbye to the future and moves back to his parents’ house… read more

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  • fiction
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28. A Matter of Life and Death

By: Andy Marr

4.25

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Six months ago, Tom Halliday left his job. Two days after that, his wife left him. Now, with his mo… read more

Similar categories in Andy Marr's A Matter of Life and Death book and Colin Baldwin's A Soldier's Quartet

  • fiction
Cover of A Soldier's Quartet by Colin  Baldwin

29. A Soldier's Quartet

By: Colin Baldwin

4.53

Format: 227 pages, Paperback

Conrad Bentley enjoys his retirement. By chance, he comes across a letter from WWI — a German fath… read more

Similar categories in Colin Baldwin's A Soldier's Quartet book and Colin Baldwin's A Soldier's Quartet

  • world war i
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. Not MY Birthday!

By: Andy Marr

4.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

Not MY Birthday! offers young children a gentle introduction to the concept of jealousy, and learni… read more

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31. The Scout of Wounded Knee

By: Michael A. McLellan

4.73

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Half-starved and disillusioned, Everett Ward searches for a new life after four years of war. He dr… read more

Similar categories in Michael A. McLellan's The Scout of Wounded Knee book and Colin Baldwin's A Soldier's Quartet

  • historical fiction

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Most Secret

Nevil Shute

3.98

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The Reader

Bernhard Schlink , Carol Brown Janeway

3.78

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The Feast

Margaret Kennedy

3.93

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Tessa Harris

4.17

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Black Heart (Detective Dan Riley, #1)

Anna-Lou Weatherley

3.90

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We Play Games

Sarah A. Denzil

3.51

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K.L. Slater

3.88

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Sarah K. Stephens

3.62

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