25 Top fiction books like Blood Royal (Richard Chandos) by Dornford Yates

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Blood Royal (Richard Chandos)

By: Dornford Yates

3.70

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

At his chivalrous, rakish best in a story of mistaken identity, kidnapping, and old-world romance, …

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1. The Ghost

By: Robert Harris

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The stunning new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Fatherland; Enigma; Archangel; Pompeii … read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's The Ghost book and Dornford Yates's Blood Royal (Richard Chandos)

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty."

-Robert Harris, The Ghost

"The line between accident and suicide isn't always clearly defined. You could kill yourself without really making up your mind."

-Robert Harris, The Ghost

"What fascinates people isn't policy- who cares about policy? What fascinates people is always people- the detail of another person's life."

-Robert Harris, The Ghost

"A ghost who has only a lay knowledge of the subject will be able to keep asking the same questions as the lay reader, and will therefore open up the potential readership of the book to a much wider a…"

-Robert Harris, The Ghost

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2. The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.10

Format: 144 pages, ebook

There have been ghosts on the London Underground, sad, harmless spectres whose presence does little… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"I didn't ask why anybody would want to risk the electric two-step on the tracks because, as police, all three of us knew that there wasn't anything so stupid that somebody wouldn't try it sooner or l…"

-Ben Aaronovitch, The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5)

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3. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

By: Raymond Chandler

3.95

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

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4. Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.08

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

The song. That’s what apprentice wizard and London Metropolitan Police Constable Peter Grant fi… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"He threw a fireball at me. I threw a chimney stack at him - that's the London way."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)

" Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards , I thought. For they are soggy and hard to light. "

-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)

"First law of gossip - there's no point knowing something if somebody else doesn't know you know it."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)

"It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)

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5. The Fourth Protocol

By: Frederick Forsyth

4.05

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Professional thief Jim Rawlings breaks into the apartment of a senior civil servant, and unintentio… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"It is the politicians who dream their dreams - sometimes dangerous dreams, (...). A top intelligence officer has to be harder-headed than the toughest businessman. One has to trim to the reality, (..…"

-Frederick Forsyth, The Fourth Protocol

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6. The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)

By: Robert Jordan

3.93

Format: 685 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Seanchan invasion force is in possession of Ebou Dar. Nynaeve, Elayne, and Aviendha head for Ca… read more

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  • fiction
"Under the Light,"

-Robert Jordan, The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)

"I am Elayne Trakand,"

-Robert Jordan, The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)

"A secret spoken finds wings."

-Robert Jordan, The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)

"I would not mind you in my head, if you were not so clearly mad."

-Robert Jordan, The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)

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7. Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time, #13)

By: Brandon Sanderson , Robert Jordan

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The end draws near.... The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One's prison are crumblin… read more

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  • fiction
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8. A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time, #14)

By: Brandon Sanderson , Robert Jordan

4.12

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

"And it came to pass in those days, as it had come before and would come again, that the Dark lay h… read more

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  • fiction
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9. The Great Hunt (Wheel of Time, #2)

By: Robert Jordan

3.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall u… read more

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  • fiction

10. Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The … read more

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  • fiction
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11. The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

By: Brandon Sanderson , Robert Jordan

4.43

Format: 824 pages, Hardcover

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to … read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12) book and Dornford Yates's Blood Royal (Richard Chandos)

  • fiction
"Women,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"Then why let me go?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"So I believe you’ve told me,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"Then how did you end up here?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

Cover of Meet Me in Malmo (Inspector Anita Sundstrom #1) by Torquil MacLeod

12. Meet Me in Malmo (Inspector Anita Sundstrom #1)

By: Torquil MacLeod

3.00

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

A British journalist is invited to Malmo to interview an old university friend who is now one of Sw… read more

Similar categories in Torquil MacLeod's Meet Me in Malmo (Inspector Anita Sundstrom #1) book and Dornford Yates's Blood Royal (Richard Chandos)

  • mystery
  • fiction

13. The Shadow Rising (Wheel of Time, #4)

By: Robert Jordan

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover … read more

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14. A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)

By: Robert Jordan

4.06

Format: 880 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and go. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall un… read more

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  • fiction
"I won't shout at you!" Nyanaeve shouted."

-Robert Jordan, A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)

"Believing because you think you know is dangerous."

-Robert Jordan, A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)

"Men teach cats curiosity, but cats keep sense for themselves."

-Robert Jordan, A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)

"If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know."

-Robert Jordan, A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)

15. The Dragon Reborn (Wheel of Time, #3)

By: Robert Jordan

4.57

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Dragon Reborn--the leader long prophesied who will save the world, but in the saving destroy it… read more

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16. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

By: John Le Carré

4.06

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"As a good Socialist, I'm going for the money."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"Good intelligence work, Control had always preached, was gradual and rested on a kind of gentleness."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"The monstrosity of this, reaching Smiley through a thickening wall of spiritual exhaustion, left him momentarily speechless."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

17. Enigma

By: Robert Harris

3.92

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

A gripping World War II mystery novel with a cryptographic twist, Enigma's hero is Tom Jericho, a b… read more

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18. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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19. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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20. The Anomaly

By: Hervé Le Tellier

3.81

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

A virtuoso novel where logic confronts magic and that explores the part of ourselves that eludes us… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Aimer évite au moins de chercher sans cesse un sens à sa vie."

-Hervé Le Tellier, The Anomaly

"Le vrai pessimiste sait qu'il est déjà trop tard pour l'être."

-Hervé Le Tellier, The Anomaly

"Es gibt ein Leben nach dem Tod, besonders nach dem der anderen."

-Hervé Le Tellier, The Anomaly

"Une traduction est une œuvre, les traducteurs sont des auteurs."

-Hervé Le Tellier, The Anomaly

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21. Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.33

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Now in hardcover, the ninth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns t… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"What makes you think I know?' asked Zach, who, if questioned, would deny his own existence out of sheer habit."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"I saw nothing suspicious—which is unusual. A copper can usually find something suspicious if they look hard enough."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"Always look after your people,' he said as I noted down the order. 'The way you treat them sets an example for the way they treat others."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"Lips too thick and nose too wide–he looked like he’d stepped out of an early Asterix comic. Subconscious racism, I thought–it will fuck you up every time."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

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22. The Scarlet Papers

By: Matthew Richardson

4.33

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi Europe. MOSCOW, 1964:… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) by Martha Wells

23. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

By: Martha Wells

4.38

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it res… read more

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  • fiction
"Why is this ship so old and shitty?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"I was having an emotion, and I hate that."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"But they were humans— who knows why they did anything?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

Cover of A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) by Arkady Martine

24. A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

By: Arkady Martine

4.12

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to disco… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"made in blood, acclaimed in sunlight."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"Released, I am a spear in the hands of the sun."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"An end to empires. An immovable object to crash an impossible force upon, and break it."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"The problem with sending messages was that people responded to them, which meant one had to write more messages in reply."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

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25. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

By: Martha Wells

4.47

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more

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  • fiction
"Ugh, emotions."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"So, you have a relationship with this transport."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

Cover of The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal

26. The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

3.96

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coa… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Fifty-Fifty (Eddie Flynn, #5) by Steve Cavanagh

27. Fifty-Fifty (Eddie Flynn, #5)

By: Steve Cavanagh

4.30

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Alexandra Avellino has just found her father's mutilated body, and needs the police right away. She… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Blood Royal (Richard Chandos) by Dornford Yates

28. Blood Royal (Richard Chandos)

By: Dornford Yates

3.70

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

At his chivalrous, rakish best in a story of mistaken identity, kidnapping, and old-world romance, … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

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Robert Harris

3.79

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Ben Aaronovitch

4.10

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Raymond Chandler

3.95

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Gregory Benford

3.85

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William Gibson

3.89

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David Brin

4.00

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