11 Top fiction books like Beau Ideal by P.C. Wren

Cover of Beau Ideal by P.C. Wren

Beau Ideal

By: P.C. Wren

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

1925. Wren immortalized the French Foreign Legion in Beau Geste and many other novels of high adven…

If you liked the fiction plot in Beau Ideal by P.C. Wren , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

3.91

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies s… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom’s Cabin book and P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal

  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Liberty! -- Electric word!"

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"Some jokes are less agreeable than others"

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me."

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Cover of The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) by Raymond Chandler

2. 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

Similar categories in Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) book and P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal

  • classics
  • 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)

Cover of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, Gillian Avery

3. The Wind in the Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows book and P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal

  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Cover of They Loved to Laugh by Marguerite de Angeli, Kathryn Worth

4. They Loved to Laugh

By: Marguerite de Angeli , Kathryn Worth

4.18

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Tears and laughter alternate in this novel of a young girl's growth to womanhood in the 1830s. … read more

Similar categories in Marguerite de Angeli's They Loved to Laugh book and P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal

  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There are times when a man has need of the open heavens to compass his thoughts."

-Marguerite de Angeli, They Loved to Laugh

Cover of Little Men (Little Women, #2) by Louisa May Alcott, James Spanfeller

5. Little Men (Little Women, #2)

By: Louisa May Alcott , James Spanfeller

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, … read more

Similar categories in Louisa May Alcott's Little Men (Little Women, #2) book and P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal

  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Persuader (Jack Reacher, #7) by Lee Child

6. Persuader (Jack Reacher, #7)

By: Lee Child

3.94

Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Jack Reacher. The ultimate loner. An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he's mov… read more

Similar categories in Lee Child's Persuader (Jack Reacher, #7) book and P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal

  • fiction
Cover of The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) by Patricia Highsmith

7. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)

By: Patricia Highsmith

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing co… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) book and P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal

  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Quiet American by Graham Greene, Robert  Stone

8. The Quiet American

By: Graham Greene , Robert Stone

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam "I never knew a man… read more

Similar categories in Graham Greene's The Quiet American book and P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal

  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5) by Patrick O'Brian

9. Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.41

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

"[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a master… read more

Similar categories in Patrick O'Brian's Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5) book and P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal

  • adventure
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You do not mean there is danger of peace?", cried Jack."

-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)

"They played, not beautifully but deep, ignoring their often discordant strings and striking right into the heart of the music they knew best, the true notes acting as their milestones. On the poop ab…"

-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)

10. Shadow of the Hegemon (Ender's Shadow, #2)

By: Orson Scott Card

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team of brilliant child-warriors. The enemy is destroy… read more

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11. Ender's Shadow (Ender's Shadow, #1)

By: Orson Scott Card

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Battleschool. Growing up is never easy. But try living on the mean streets as a child be… read more

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Cover of Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) by Connie Willis

12. Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)

By: Connie Willis

4.03

Format: 578 pages, Mass Market Paperback

For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity's history was as si… read more

Similar categories in Connie Willis's Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) book and P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It is the end of the world. Surely you could be allowed a few carnal thoughts."

-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)

"None of the things one frets about ever happen. Something one's never thought of does."

-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)

"Kivrin reached out for Dunworthy's hand and clasped it tightly in her own. "I knew you'd come," she said, and the net opened."

-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)

"No," she said. "No. It's only a bad time. A terrible time, but not everyone will die. And there will be wonderful times after this. The Renaissance and class reforms and music. Wonderful times. There…"

-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)

Cover of Beau Ideal by P.C. Wren

13. Beau Ideal

By: P.C. Wren

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

1925. Wren immortalized the French Foreign Legion in Beau Geste and many other novels of high adven… read more

Similar categories in P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal book and P.C. Wren's Beau Ideal

  • adventure
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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