15 Best fiction books like Lambs of Men by Charles Dodd White

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Lambs of Men

By: Charles Dodd White

4.40

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Reeling from his memories from the battlefields of Europe in World War I, Marine Corps Sergeant Hir…

"Men were doomed to repeat the sins of not only their fathers, but all their ancient forbears on back to Cain. That was the true mark upon man, scripted in his very blood."

-Charles Dodd White, Lambs of Men

"Men were doomed to repeat the sins of not only their fathers, but all their ancient forbears on back to Cain. That was the true mark upon man, scripted in his very blood."

-Charles Dodd White, Lambs of Men

If you liked the fiction plot in Lambs of Men by Charles Dodd White , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Remembering

By: Wendell Berry

4.02

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Remembering takes place in a single day in 1976. Andy Catlett, at the bottom of a deep dark depress… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"They were not going to live again in a time like that."

-Wendell Berry, Remembering

"There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot."

-Wendell Berry, Remembering

"It was a country . . . that he and his people had known how to use and abuse, but not how to preserve."

-Wendell Berry, Remembering

"We stood and looked and knowed it was all the time we had and from now on we must remember. We must look now forever."

-Wendell Berry, Remembering

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2. Winter in the Blood

By: James Welch

3.82

Format: 177 pages, Paperback

During his life, James Welch came to be regarded as a master of American prose, and his first novel… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"He had followed the calendar, the years, time- Bird farted. And it came to me, as though it were riding one moment of the gusting wind, as though bird had had it in him all the time and had passed it…"

-James Welch, Winter in the Blood

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3. The Birds of Opulence

By: Crystal Wilkinson

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Blackberries, Blackberriesand Water Streetco… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Wilkinson's The Birds of Opulence book and Charles Dodd White's Lambs of Men

  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Fallen Land

By: Taylor Brown

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Fallen Landis Taylor Brown's debut novel set in the final year of the Civil War, as a young couple … read more

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  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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6. In the Garden of the North American Martyrs

By: Tobias Wolff

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Among the characters you'll find in this collection of twelve stories by Tobias Wolff are a teenage… read more

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  • fiction
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7. Provinces of Night

By: William Gay

3.64

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

The year is 1952, and E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - … read more

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  • southern
  • southern gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

The sixties and seventies witnessed the emergence of Joyce Carol Oates as one of America's foremost… read more

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9. The Swimmer

By: John Cheever

3.56

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Neddy Merrill decides to swim home from a friend's pool party, traveling from fashionable swimming … read more

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  • fiction
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10. Black River

By: S.M. Hulse

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A former prison guard and talented fiddler returns to his Montana hometown to bury his wife and con… read more

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  • fiction
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11. Walk the Blue Fields: Stories

By: Claire Keegan

3.46

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

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  • fiction
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12. Chatterton Square

By: E.H. Young

3.46

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

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  • fiction
  • family
  • historical fiction
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13. Miss Mole

By: E.H. Young

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Miss Mole is set between the wars and is the story of Hannah Mole, a fortyish spinster who ekes out… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Without actually making that confession, her mind went on to imagine what a real love might have been. But such loves do not come in the way of the Miss Moles of this world, and now she was nearly fo…"

-E.H. Young, Miss Mole

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14. The Heart of the Matter

By: Graham Greene

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Scobie is a highly principled officer in a war-torn West African state. When he is passed over for … read more

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  • fiction

15. The Chosen

By: Chaim Potok

3.89

Format: 384 pages,

Few stories offer more warmth, wisdom or generosity than this tale of two boys, their fathers, thei… read more

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16. Absalom, Absalom!

By: William Faulkner

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

Published in 1936, Absalom, Absalom! is considered by many to be William Faulkner's masterpiece. Al… read more

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17. Light in August

By: William Faulkner

3.89

Format: 704 pages,

Light in August, a novel that contrasts stark tragedy with hopeful perseverance in the face of mort… read more

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18. The Bottle Imp

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

2.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Offering an engrossing spin on a time-honored theme--the risky business of making a pact with the d… read more

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19. The Hot Spot

By: Charles Williams

4.57

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

A dark, brooding masterpiece of guilt, greed, and lust in a town ripe for felony. Madox wasn't all … read more

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20. Beach Music

By: Pat Conroy

4.20

Format: 192 pages,

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21. Hunter's Horn

By: Harriette Simpson Arnow

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Michigan State University Press is proud to announce the re-release of Harriette Simpson Arnow's 19… read more

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22. Anything Is Possible

By: Elizabeth Strout

3.20

Format: None pages,

Short story collection Anything Is Possibleexplores the whole range of human emotion through the in… read more

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23. The Dollmaker

By: Harriette Simpson Arnow

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Strong-willed, self-reliant Gertie Nevels's peaceful life in the Kentucky hills is devastated by th… read more

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24. Time and Again (Time, #1)

By: Jack Finney

3.67

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

One of the most beloved tales of our time! Science fiction, mystery, a passionate love story, and a… read more

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25. Comment Wang Fô Fut Sauvé

By: Marguerite Yourcenar

4.20

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Voici l'histoire d'un vieux peintre chinois tres pauvre du nom de Wang-Fo. Il a un pouvoir magique … read more

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26. Fire on the Mountain

By: Edward Abbey

3.78

Format: 472 pages, Paperback

Edward Abbey was a hero to environmentalists and rebels of every stripe. With Fire on the Mountain,… read more

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27. On Agate Hill

By: Lee Smith

3.68

Format: 208 pages,

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28. No Thoroughfare

By: Charles Dickens , Wilkie Collins

4.18

Format: None pages,

In 1867 Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens collaborated to produce a stage play titled No Thoroughf… read more

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29. The Queen of Dirt Island

By: Donal Ryan

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • family
  • historical fiction
"Time will wind its own sweet way. We have no choice but to keep up."

-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island

"Happiness was a strange notion, something that was wrapped neatly, and packed into the closing scenes of television shows and daytime films, sharply relieved on the screen, but blurry in real life, a…"

-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island

"her mother and grandmother and great-grandmother had walked her to the classroom door and Mammy had cried a bit and Granny had told her to cop on and Nana then had told Granny to cop on herself and t…"

-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island

"She felt sad in that moment for anyone in the world who didn’t have a mother like hers. A mother who was standing now above her quarry like a prizefighter in a swell of victory, looking slowly left a…"

-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island

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30. Is She His Wife? Or, Something Singular, a Comic Burletta

By: Charles Dickens

3.37

Format: 86 pages, Hardcover

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more

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  • fiction
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31. Lambs of Men

By: Charles Dodd White

4.40

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Reeling from his memories from the battlefields of Europe in World War I, Marine Corps Sergeant Hir… read more

Similar categories in Charles Dodd White's Lambs of Men book and Charles Dodd White's Lambs of Men

  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • southern gothic
"Men were doomed to repeat the sins of not only their fathers, but all their ancient forbears on back to Cain. That was the true mark upon man, scripted in his very blood."

-Charles Dodd White, Lambs of Men

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Wendell Berry

4.02

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Winter in the Blood

James Welch

3.82

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The Birds of Opulence

Crystal Wilkinson

3.70

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Fallen Land

Taylor Brown

4.27

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Walk the Blue Fields: Stories

Claire Keegan

3.46

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

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Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

3.85

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Anne Enright

3.55

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